Regional security personnel get training in marksmanship from US Marines

 


Police and military members from the region with US Ambassador to Barbados, the Eastern Caribbean, and the OECS, Linda Taglialatela

United States Ambassador Taglialatela visited the Regional Security System firing range where a Mobile Training Team of eight Marines from Marine Forces-South conducted a ten-day marksmanship instruction course for 45 participants from Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean.

The event familiarized security force personnel with the Marine Corps program of instruction on rifle marksmanship, built on existing weapons proficiency skills, and exposed them to techniques and procedures used as best-practices for the safe and effective employment of the M16/M4 rifle.

Each participant received a combination of classroom instruction, dry-fire drills, and live-fire range instruction.

The training provided an opportunity for police and military members from Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Dominica, Grenada, St. Kitts and Nevis, and St. Vincent and the Grenadines to work together in a training environment where they not only benefited from instruction but the exposure to a range of skills and experiences.

The event demonstrates United States’ enduring commitment to its Caribbean partners in advancing regional security.

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4 Comments

  1. Made in China
    September 17, 2018

    What DA police don’t know how to shoot!! are you kidding me!! It looks like the government is about to buy some M16 and M4 riffles for the police and para military farce. :mrgreen:

  2. Possie vibes
    September 17, 2018

    That’s all they can offer. We need schools roads hospitals and so on.

  3. Man bites dogs
    September 16, 2018

    The US marines will be training Dominican Police officers in time for next year general election, Words out a certain Mr X.Is planning mayhem at election times. A desperate man is a dangerous man!!!!

  4. Silver
    September 15, 2018

    This, as usual,seems to be the type of assistance that the US will so readily provide, one that in no way helps to lift our people from poverty!

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