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U.S. Marines with the Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni Special Reaction Team, and the air station’s Provost Marshal’s Office conduct a barricaded suspect exercise at the Iwakuni Naval Family Branch Clinic at MCAS Iwakuni, Japan, April 8, 2022. SRT and PMO work side-by-side to conduct emergency drills in order to maintain their proficiencies and prepare for potential real-world contingencies on the installation. - U.S. Marines with the Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni Special Reaction Team, and the air station’s Provost Marshal’s Office conduct a barricaded suspect exercise at the Iwakuni Naval Family Branch Clinic at MCAS Iwakuni, Japan, April 8, 2022. SRT and PMO work side-by-side to conduct emergency drills in order to maintain their proficiencies and prepare for potential real-world contingencies on the installation.

MCAS Iwakuni Marines conduct active shooter drill

U.S. Marines with the Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni Special Reaction Team and the Provost Marshal’s Office conducted a barricaded suspect exercise at the Iwakuni Naval Family Branch Clinic on April 8, 2022. This type of training is held annually, however this is only the second time it has been conducted in the Branch Health Clinic. The most recent event was acknowledged by participants as being larger and more successful than the previous. “This time around there was more coordination and a lot more planning, I felt as if the execution was a lot better...”

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