Welcome Aboard The Coast Guard Special Missions Training Center
Ahoy and welcome aboard. The Coast Guard Special Missions Training Center (SMTC) is located at Courthouse Bay, aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. The primary mission of the SMTC is to train Coast Guard Maritime Safety and Security Teams (MSST), Port Security Units (PSU), U.S. Navy Mobile Security Forces (MSF), as well as Coast Guard Cutter fast boat teams conducting counter drug operations. Formal courses include Basic Combat Skills, Tactical Boat Coxswain, Crew Served Weapons and Cutter Boat Over the Horizon fast boat tactics. The SMTC is also the Coast Guard center for testing and evaluating non-lethal weapon technology. Coast
Guard and Navy instructors annually train over 1,500 Coast Guardsmen and Sailors.
All photos are credited: U.S. Coast Guard
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The Coast Guard Special Missions Training Center (SMTC) is located at Courthouse Bay, aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina.
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