Special Missions Training Center
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The Special Missions Training Center (SMTC) is located in Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. SMTC's mission is to provide relevant and credible training programs and products supporting the special mission requirements of the US Coast Guard, US Navy and the US Marine Corps. SMTC is comprised of four main divisions: Weapons, Port Security, Engineering / Logistics, and Fast Boat.
Divisions
The Weapons Division is responsible for providing less-lethal weapons testing for the US Coast Guard. The Weapons Division identifies, tests, evaluates and develops tactics, techniques and procedures for maritime delivered weapons technologies. Additionally, the Weapons Division provides weapons training and support to both Fast Boat and Port Security Divisions. Training includes various service small arms; The M240B, M2 Browning machine gun and the MK19 crew-served weapons system. SMTC also operates Fire Arms Training Simulator IV (FATS)[1], which supports crew served weapons training and tactics development.
The Port Security Division provides Port Security Unit (PSU) and Maritime Safety and Security Team (MSST) training in antiterrorism and force protection tactics, techniques, and procedures. Courses include chemical, biological, and radiological defense, basic skills courses, pier and vehicle searches, and military operations in urban terrain (MOUT). The Port Security Division also maintains a group of cultural guides and charts, maps, imagery and publications of strategic ports worldwide.
The Logistics Department, part of the Engineering and Logistics Division, provides the support, supplies and maintenance for all activities at SMTC. Procurement and contracting are done through various sources including those used by Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune as well as UNICOR, General Services Administration and commercial vendors. The Engineering Division handles all of the aspects of the vehicle and boat maintenance from routine preventative maintenance to ordering parts for vehicles used during training.
The Fast Boat Division provides standardized, safe and relevant fast boat tactics and training to students. Inherent in this mission is the requirement for knowledgeable instructors, who maintain proficiency in the most up-to-date fast boat tactics, techniques and procedures for all US Coast Guard, US Navy, and US Marine Corps small boats. Within the Fast Boat Division, there are two sections; The Tactical Coxswain section, which instructs Navy Mobile Security Forces (NMSF), Maritime Safety and Security Teams (MSST), and Port Security Unit (PSU) coxswains, and the Cutter Boat Over-the-Horizon (CB-OTH) section, who teaches counter narcotic operations to the cutter fleet.