Video by Lance Cpl. Alexander Vaughn | Marine Corps Air Station Miramar | 03.11.2025
Marines stationed at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar conduct security augmentation force training at MCAS Miramar, California, March 11, 2025. Marines entering the SAF program attend a five-day course learning basic law enforcement skills, lethal and non-lethal weapons handling, and earning their oleoresin capsicum spray qualification to be able to serve with the provost marshal’s office.......
Video by Lance Cpl. Noah Braswell | Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point | 08.30.2021
Mathew McGee, a PMO trainer, discusses what SAF is and the role it plays on MCAS Cherry Point, Aug. 31, 2021. Marines entering the SAF program attend a four day course learning basic law enforcement skills, lethal and non-lethal weapons handling, as well as earning their Oleoresin Capsicum Spray qualification. No matter the Military Occupational Specialty, any Marine can be a part of the SAF.......
Video by Cpl. Nickolas Beamish | Marine Corps Installations Pacific | 12.13.2019
U.S. Marines and sailors aboard Marine Corps Base-Camp Smedley D. Butler take part in Security Augmentation Force Training from Dec. 2 to 12, 2019 on Camp Foster, Okinawa, Japan. Camps Foster, Plaza and Lester requires a SAF in order to adequately protect the installation, personnel and interests during periods of increased Force Protection Conditions (FPCON). The Provost Marshal’s Office......
Video by Cpl. Morgan Woods | Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point | 04.01.2019
Security Augmentation Force (SAF) training is done to provide qualified and properly trained personnel ready to support the military provost marshals (PMO) and local law enforcement. They train to become our law enforcements back-up when their capacities are exceeded, support destructive weather efforts, and any special event that is deemed appropriate by the installation commander. The......
Video by Lance Cpl. Jamin Powell | 3rd Marine Logistics Group | 10.11.2018
Marines with Headquarters Regiment, 3rd Marine Logistics Group, engage in an non-lethal weapons training course as a part of a security augmentation force (SAF) training event Oct. 11, 2018 on Camp Kinser, Okinawa, Japan. The SAF Marines practiced detainee handling procedures and non-lethal weapons tactics after being sprayed with oleoresin capsicum (OC) spray in order to learn how to......
Video by Cpl. Niles Lee | Marine Forces Reserve (MARFORRES) | 09.19.2018
Marines participating in a Security Augmentation Force course, get OC sprayed at Marine Corps Support Facility, New Orleans, Louisiana, Sept. 14, 2018, as part of the process to become SAF qualified. During the course Marines will get OC qualified, pistol qualified, as well as learn how to conduct vehicle searches and serve as armed security. The mission of the course is to produce qualified......
Video by Pfc. Maxwell Pennington | Marine Corps Air Station Miramar | 05.01.2014
Marines based at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Calif., endured 80 hours of Security Augmentation Force training. The Marines learned how to shoot different weapons and use tactics similar to law enforcement....
