I-SWAT ye-Marine Corps
Ngo-Cpl. Ryan Walker
I-CENTRAL TRAINING AREA, Okinawa , eJapane - I-ballistics gear igxilile, iqembu leMarines lihamba kancane libheke emgomweni wabo elinde isihlangu sokuvikela umyalo ovela kumholi wabo oyedwa ukuba baqhube ngamaphuzu abo okubamba ukubopha umsolwa wabo.
AmaMarine ayishumi avela ku-Provost Marshal's Office ukwakha iqembu elinjalo. Ithimba Eliyingqayizivele Lezimpendulo liqeqeshwe ngokukhethekile ukuze libhekane nokuthunyelwa ngaphesheya kokubizelwa komsebenzi kuma polisi asezempi aqeqeshwe ngokuyisisekelo.
"Siyiqembu le-SWAT le-Marine Corps" kusho u-Staff Sgt. Steven Rowe, umphathi, ithimba elihlangene lokuziphendulela, i-Provost Marshal's Office, i-Marine Corps Base. "Umsebenzi wethu ukuqeqesha, ukujwayela nokuvuselela noma yikuphi isimo, njengama-hostages, ukuvimbela abasolwa, nokuboshwa kwecala."
Iphoyisa elisempi likhethiwe ukuba lilungu le-SRT ngemuva kokuqeda ukufundiswa, okuwukuhlola ukuthi angakwazi kanjani ukufunda amaqhinga akhethekile weyunithi, kusho uRowe.
"Uma sebeba yi-SRT, sibathumela eSikoleni Sakwa-SRT e-Fort Leonard Wood, Mo." kusho uRowe. "Ngemuva kweSRT School, ukuqeqeshwa kwabo akupheli; kunezikole eziningi esingabathumela kuzo. "
Njengo-SRT kuphela wezempi e-Okinawa, leyunithi iqeqeshwa njalo ukuze ikwazi ukumelana namakhono weqembu eliqinile, ngokuvamile iqeqesha izinsuku eziyisithupha noma eziyisikhombisa ngesonto.
"Namuhla sibheka ukungena okuyisisekelo kanye nokuhlanza igumbi," kusho uRowe. "Laba bantu benza lokhu izikhathi eziyinkulungwane, futhi bayazi ukuthi bangayenza kanjani, kodwa njengeqembu, awuyona ithimba elihle kakhulu kuze kube yilapho usenza ngokuphindwe kabili ndawonye."
Lapho amaMarines esefika ekwakheni kwawo, noma ngokulikhahlela noma ukusebenzisa enye yezindlela zabo ezibuhlungu ezibucayi, balinda imiyalo evela "kusihlangu."
"Isihlangu siyi-boss yehholo egijima eqenjini," kusho uRowe. "Ungumuntu obhekene ne-ballistics kusuka ekhanda kuya enzwaneni futhi angathatha izinkomba ezimbalwa."
"Ngigqoke ukuvikeleka okuningi kunamanye amalungu eqembu, ngakho umsebenzi wami ukhululekile ukudubula," kusho uCpl. U-Eddie L. Tesch, osebenza njengesihlangu se-SRT.
Emva kokuthola umyalo wokungena ekamelweni, inkinobho ezimbili noma ngaphezulu zama-Marines noma ungene ekamelweni ukuze uthole noma uqinisekise ukuthi zicacile.
"Uma sesilahla ekamelweni, sithatha ngokushesha," kusho uRowe.
Ngengozi ekhoneni ngalinye, amadoda amaningi angeke abe nesibindi sokuthi abe yilungu leqembu elilindelekile.
"Sibheke ukudubula kuzo zonke izakhiwo," kusho uTesch. "Kuzo zonke izingqimba, zonke izingcingo nazo zonke izindlu ngicabanga ukuthi umfana omubi ulindele kimi. Yilokho engizikhukhumeza khona, ngakho-ke uma ngiphenduka leli kheli noma ngivula leyo mnyango, ngilungele ukumbamba. "
Yize i-SRT ingakaze ibe nesimo sezwe sangempela ukuphendula iminyaka eminingi, lokho akuzange kuqhube ukuqeqeshwa kwabo.
"Asinaso isimo eminyakeni, okuhle ngoba asinayo le nkinga lapha, futhi sinesikhathi esiningi sokuqeqesha," kusho uRowe. "Sithumela futhi abafana bethu kuwo wonke usesho futhi sophula lapha."
Kungakhathaliseki ukuthi iMarines iye yaba nesimo sezwe sangempela ukuphendula eminyakeni yamuva, ithimba lizibona njengeqembu lama-Marite elite.
"Siyaziqhenya ngokwabo ngalokho esikwenzayo," kusho uTesch. "Ukuziqhenya nje ngokuba yiyona engcono kunazo zonke."