Maritime Security Response Team
Counterterrorism
Unit nameMaritime Security Response Team
Dates2004 (de facto) Offically formed in 2006. (MSRT West, 2013)[1]
CountryUnited States of America
BranchUnited States Coast Guard
RoleCounterterrorism
Counter narcotics operations
Counterproliferation
Counter piracy
Command structureDepartment of Homeland Security
Size307 Coast Guardsmen (as of September 2020)[2]
Battles

Global War on Terrorism

The Maritime Security Response Team (MSRT) is a maritime counter-terrorism and high risk law enforcement unit of the United States Coast Guard. It was originally formed in 2004 as the Security Response Team One (SRT-1) and then renamed the Enhanced-MSST. However, it was offically formed in 2006.[clarification needed] It part of the Deployable Specialized Forces and is the only rapidly deployable unit in the United States Coast Guard.[5][failed verification] It trains with the Navy SEALS, SWCC, 75th Ranger Regiment, and other Special Operations forces, including some foreign units. [6] [7]

Organization

Most MSRT members come from the TACLET and MSST Teams.

  • Direct Action Section
  • Tactical Delivery Team
  • Precision Marksmen Observer Team [8]

Capabilities

See also

References

  1. ^ https://nationalcoastguardmuseum.org/articles/mssts-and-msrts/
  2. ^ https://www.gao.gov/assets/gao-20-710.pdf
  3. ^ https://maritime-executive.com/article/report-u-s-coast-guard-awaits-specialized-team-to-board-third-tanker
  4. ^ https://web.archive.org/web/20260103233947/https://taskandpurpose.com/news/venezuela-maduro-delta-force-absolute-resolve/
  5. ^ https://www.dcms.uscg.mil/Our-Organization/Assistant-Commandant-for-Human-Resources-CG-1/Health-Safety-and-Work-Life-CG-11/Safety-and-Environmental-Health/Safety/DSF/
  6. ^ https://www.dvidshub.net/image/8625395/5th-sfga-trains-with-us-coast-guard-msrt-direct-action-section
  7. ^ https://x.com/USCG/status/1926261947147727254
  8. ^ https://www.americanspecialops.com/coast-guard/msrt/