WASHINGTON — Two members of the FBI's elite Hostage Rescue Team were killed during a maritime training exercise while rappelling from a helicopter to a ship, about 10 miles off the coast of ...

When negotiations fail, these are the agents who go in. The Hostage Rescue Team is the FBI’s elite unit—fast, precise, and ...

Two members of the FBI’s ultra-elite Hostage Rescue Team were killed Friday during a training accident involving a helicopter off the coast of Virginia Beach.

An HRT Operator via FBI Two FBI Agents apparently died Friday while trying to fast-rope from a helicopter to a ship near Virginia Beach, an FBI spokesperson told Fox News.

The HRT's Tactical Helicopter and Mobility Teams during an exercise. FBI 2020-12-16T21:48:54Z Share. Facebook Email X LinkedIn Copy link. An icon ... The FBI's Hostage Rescue Team (HRT) ...

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 ...

The FBI’s Hostage Rescue Team (HRT), founded in 1982, operates as a full-time tactical unit capable of deploying within four hours across the U.S. or overseas. With training modeled on military ...

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.

On Jan. 26, 2016, at least five members of the FBI’s elite hostage rescue team (HRT) assisted during the attempted arrest of Arizona rancher Robert "LaVoy" Finicum and other occupation leaders ...