Is Fast Company Special forces?

The USMC’s FAST companies provide both the US Navy and Marine Corps with a dedicated force protection and anti-terrorist unit, and they constitute as one of the USMC Special Operations Capable Forces.

What is Alpha Company in the Marines?

Alpha Company is a United States Marine Corps unit based in Rochester, New York and a component of the Anti-Terrorism Battalion, 4th Marine Division. Before being attached to the Anti-Terrorism Battalion, the Rochester Marine unit was assigned to the 8th Tank Battalion.

What does FAST stand for in the Marines?

FAST stands for Fleet Anti-terrorism Security Team. These FAST units fall under the branch’s Security Force Regiment, which provides a dedicated security force and anti-terrorism unit made up of Security Force Marines.

What is the MOS 8152?

Security Force (MOS 8152) acts as the primary security and anti-terrorism unit of the Marine Corps. Additionally, the Marine Corps ranks corporal (E-4) through gunnery sergeant (E-7) may become a security supervisor.

What is the Charlie Company?

Charlie Company is a halfway house for Vietnam War veterans located on a farm north of Ventura, California, roughly 40 miles from Los Angeles. The facility is operated by retired Colonel Gordon Scales. It houses 24 resident inmates at a time, thirty to forty per year, all veterans of Vietnam combat.

How do you become a Marine Fast Company?

To become a member of a Fleet Antiterrorism Security Team, there is extensive training involved to transform a civilian into a FAST member. You need to talk to your local Marine Corps recruiter and show interest in becoming a security force member to start the process.

Where does USMC fast deploy?

They call FAST, and those Marines live up to their acronym. FAST Marines do non-traditional deployments to Guantanamo Bay, Bahrain, Spain, and Japan, where they essentially stage as a just-in-case precaution. These ‘staging’ deployments allow them to deploy at a moment’s notice to nearly anywhere in the world.