The training scenarios with US Marines working with civilian law enforcement is a bad idea. News stories like this don't help....via WNCT.com.
I don't know if these are Infantrymen or Military Police but someone at the Public Affairs Office needs to get out ahead of this stuff.CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. - Training at Camp Lejeune Thursday looked and felt real -- and that was the point. Law officers and marines from across the country ended their training with a bang.
Thursday was the final day of exercises for law enforcement and marines who have gone through special reaction team training at Camp Lejeune for the past three weeks. In the final exercise, teams were presented with a series of real life scenarios as well as hands on instruction to handle them correctly.
Brian Dye, Operations Chief of I&I in Lexington, Kentucky says training civilians as a blended force with Marine Corps personnel eases the transition into a real world scenario.
"I think it's always good when you get an opportunity to work on some similar tactics and procedures so that everybody's kind of operating on the same page. That way when you bring teams together from active duty and the civilian side, it makes the integration a whole lot smoother."
The tactics trainees take away from this course just may help save lives. This three week SRT training course is phase one for law enforcement and Marine Corps personnel. Phase two will focus on sniper and designated marksmanship training.
The internet is blowing up about this and its sparking some pretty infammatory comments. I'm not saying that anything evil is going on here. But it needs to be explained before some loons start taking aim at Marines because they think they're coming to "declare martial law"...sounds over the top? Read some websites.
The Marine Corps NEEDS to get ahead of the curve and explain this!
NOTE: Here is an example of what I'm talking about. The internet is aflame with this.
