A short time later, the helicopter ... ensures that the HRT can launch assaults with speed, precision and, if necessary, deadly force." In a statement this year, FBI Deputy Director Sean Joyce ...

The FBI's Hostage Rescue Team (HRT ... and platforms to support its operations. A small fleet of helicopters and boats ensures HRT operators can operate in any environment, but they also often ...

The HRT training center is located at the FBI Academy on the Marine Base in ... They also learn specialized low-altitude helicopter assaults ... "fast roping" — for example, onto a target's ...

FBI HRT, founded in 1982, is an elite tactical unit formed to provide a full-time federal law enforcement tactical capability to respond to major terrorist incidents throughout the U.S. HRT is on ...

NORFOLK, Va. Two FBI agents who died while training off the Virginia Beach coast fell to their deaths when a helicopter had trouble during a "maritime counterterrorism exercise," an agency ...

HRT deployments on these aircraft operate under call signs JENA1 and JENA2. It is probable that elements from the FBI's counter-IED section and crisis negotiation unit joined HRT on the flight.

The capture of one of the alleged leaders of the 2012 terrorist attacks in Benghazi, Libya, in a joint raid involving U.S. Special Operations troops and the FBI highlights the bureau’s role as ...