NEW JERSEY - The New Jersey Joint Counterdrug Task Force - Ground Reconnaissance Team, facilitated the first Ground Recon Support Phase Two course at the Northeast Counterdrug Training Center from March 2 - 13 2026, on Fort Indiantown Gap, Pennsylvania.
Ground Recon Teams utilize specially trained National Guard members to perform ground reconnaissance and observation of suspected illegal drug activity in various operational environments. Their skill sets allow law enforcement officers to focus on fewer tasks during various operations.
This course improves a students ability to problem solve and helps prepare them to conduct recon and observation operations in a safe and effective manner. Students become efficient in mobile, photography, rural, hide sites, static and foot observations. The course is also an excellent environment for networking and gaining knowledge on how other states operate and how equipment is being used or could have access to. It brings the GR operator out of a comfort zone and develops them into leaders with experiencing all types of environments they may not have been exposed to.
NCTC was founded in 1999, in accordance with provisions outlined in the Defense Appropriations Act. Since its inception, they now offer more than 60 unique counterdrug training courses focusing on operations and interdiction, interrogation, undercover operations, leadership, terrorism, intelligence and drug demand reduction. This training was facilitated by the New Jersey Ground Reconnaissance Support Team alongside GRS instructors from Florida, California, Arizona and Pennsylvania.
| Date Taken: | 03.05.2026 |
| Date Posted: | 04.02.2026 09:44 |
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