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Military community steps up violence prevention CPL. CHARLIE CLARK
Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune
Visit, Board, Search and Seizure Photos by Staff Sgt. Robert M. Storm VIRN
Members of 1st Marine Special Operations Battalion practice boarding, searching and takedown of a ship at night. Marines train for Visit, Board, Search and Seizure at the highest level. This type of interdiction involves a noncompliant ship, underway, opposed, and at night.
Several serious acts of violence aboard military installations were reported in recent years. The Marine Corps maintains a zero tolerance policy regarding this type of behavior and is currently taking measures to stop these acts before they reach the boiling point. According to Marine Corps Order 5580.3, the Violence Prevention Program is rooted in the early recognition and reporting of behavioral warning signs, and ultimately a measured response to those warning signs before a crime occurs. “The program is exactly what the name implies - to prevent violence,” said Col. Richard A. Anderson, Marine Corps Installations East security emergency services assistant chief of staff. “Rather than being reactive to situations, as we have done in the past, we want to be proactive and deal with the symptoms of a possible outbreak in violence before it gets to that point.” Under the programs’ guidance, three categories of behavior were classified as moderate, high and extreme risk factors. Moderate risk factors could include social withdrawal, extreme changes in behavior, a change in hygiene or appearance habits, history of past mental issues and strong racist or sexual behavior patterns. High risk factors include visible anger problems and severe jealousy, expressing opinion against military operations, history of discipline problems, persistent stalking and personally created artwork of a disturbing nature. According to the program, extreme risk factors include homicidal or suicidal ideations, physical abuse of spouse or children, interested in a foreign terrorist group or organization or even travelling overseas to attend terrorist training. Marines are encouraged to SEE VIOLENCE 8A
Intel Marines complete interoperability exercise for 22nd MEU deployment SGT. AUSTIN HAZARD
22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit
The 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit’s intelligence section completed integration training with intelligence Marines from its future support elements at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, June 15 in preparation for their deployment early next year. Approximately 30 Marines from the MEU’s battalion landing team (1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment), air combat element (Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 263), and a detachment from 2nd Intelligence Battalion participated in the weeklong interoperability exercise, which began June 9 when the Marines set up expeditionary training sites on the base parade field and at Lejeune’s Stone Bay training area. “It is the first opportunity for the MEU intelligence section and its reinforcements to train as a team, and is in essence a dress rehearsal for the intelligence enterprise prior to the beginning of the formal predeployment training cycle,” said Maj. James Allen, 22nd MEU intelligence officer. According to Allen, the exercise is intended to teach the different intelligence sections how to work together to efficiently perform tasks they might receive during the upcoming deployment as a single intelligence element. “We will all find ourselves working together again when the MEU composites and deploys, so this is our first chance to get together as a section,” said Allen.
Photo by Sgt. Austin Hazard
Cpl. Tim Thompson, 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit ground sensor platoon team leader configures a seismic ground sensor during the 22nd MEU’s interoperability exercise at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, June 12. Beyond learning to integrate with each other, the Marines also received a brief on shipboard intelligence operations and capabilities from the
Bataan Amphibious Ready Group intelligence officer, Lt. Cmdr. Travis Bode. Much of the rest of the exercise was more hands-on and consisted of trial and error for the Marines. For many of them, this exercise was their first taste of the MEU’s fast pace. Whereas the typical intelligence operations cycle is 24 hours long, the MEU’s is only six. Learning to be constantly aware of correspondence, alerts and information traffic in the rapid environment of MEU operations was key to their training. With a workflow four times faster than most of them were used to, letting a report or request go unread for 45 minutes was a serious issue. “Because we were working on the MEU’s operations cycle, I think the MEU SMAT prepared us time-wise,” said Pfc. Erik Gonzalez, 2nd Intelligence Battalion intelligence analyst, referring to the new MEU Structures, Models, Approaches and Techniques course his detachment recently completed for its attachment to the MEU. “The hardest part is getting used to the constant crunch, but that course really prepared us for this time-critical environment.” This exercise was also the first time working with other intelligence specialties for several of the Marines. “It’s a good way for us all to be able to integrate,” said Lance Cpl. Kyle Langlois, VMM263 intelligence analyst. “At the squadron level, we don’t have any of the other intelligence SEE MEU 7A
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