A fleet anti-terrorism security team (FAST) platoon is a 50-Marine unit tasked with providing armed, combat-trained Marines to provide or restore security for vital naval and national assets. Its TO&E calls for 2 officers and 48 enlisted Marines from the infantry as well as a corpsman and radio operator. Weapons organic to the FAST platoon include small arms, medium and heavy machine guns, M203 grenade launchers, and a nonlethal weapons kit. The site security capabilities of the platoon can be further bolstered by a kit comprising night vision devices, remote surveillance equipment, and explosive detection gear. The FAST platoon is the core operational unit of the Marine Corps Security Force Battalion (MCSF). There are 18 FAST platoons divided into 3 FAST companies that are based in Norfolk and Yorktown, Virginia. FAST platoons remain under the administrative control of the MCSF Battalion at all times, but fall under the operational control of designated maritime component or numbered fleet commanders when deployed as part of the FAST Deployment Program (FDP). Under the current model, 6 FAST platoons are deployed via the FDP at all times. However, the FDP does not sufficiently capitalize on the training and expeditionary nature of FAST platoons and maximize the combatant commanders' ability to employ them to the extent of their capabilities. As of Fiscal Year 08, Level II VBSS was a mission essential task for all FAST platoons. If deployed with a MEU, a FAST platoon could provide the MEU commander with a trained, dedicated VBSS force in the event that a Marine special operations company is not deployed with the MEU or becomes separated due to operational requirements. A FAST platoon deployed with the MEU also would provide the MEU commander increased economy of force by assuming the following missions: noncombatant evacuation, security for the conduct of aviation operations from expeditionary shore-based sites, and tactical recovery of aircraft and personnel.
FAST: The New Maritime Special Purpose Force
2008
13 pages
Report
No indication
English
Personnel Management, Labor Relations & Manpower , Job Training & Career Development , Military Sciences , Manpower utilization , Platoon level organizations , Counterterrorism , Marine corps personnel , Missions , Teams(Personnel) , Security , Military capabilities , Search and rescue , Surveillance , Marine corps training , Weapons , Evacuation , Night reconnaissance , Interdiction , Explosives detection , Integration , Fleet antiterrorism security teams , Meu(Marine expeditionary units) , Fast(Fleet antiterrorism security teams) , Vbss(Visit board search and seizure)
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