BOSTON - The Coast Guard’s Maritime Security Response Team (MSRT) from Virginia participates in a training evolution in Hyannis, Mass., Thursday, Oct., 22, 2015.
The highly trained and specialized team, using a real-world underway ferry, practiced tactical boardings-at-sea, active shooter scenarios, and detection of radiological material.
The team boarded the moving ferry using specialized boats and encountered a simulated active shooter with the possibility of explosives on board. The team detained individuals and swept the ferry using a K-9 unit and special bomb detecting devices.