Elite tactical unit of the Federal Bureau of Investigation
Not to be confused with FBI Special Weapons and Tactics Teams.
Hostage Rescue Team
Patch of the Hostage Rescue Team
Active
August 1983 (1983-08) – present[1]
Country
United States
Agency
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Type
Police tactical unit
Role
Law enforcement
Counter-terrorism
Part of
Critical Incident Response Group
Headquarters
Quantico, Virginia, U.S.
Motto
Servare Vitas "To save lives"
Abbreviation
HRT
Structure
Operators
149 (2020)[2]
Commanders
Notable commanders
Danny Coulson
Richard M. Rogers[3]
Roger Nisley[4]
James Yacone[5]
Kevin Cornelius[6]
D.J. Hathaway[7]
David Sundberg[8]
The Hostage Rescue Team (HRT) is the Federal Bureau of Investigation's (FBI) elite tactical unit.[9] The HRT was formed to provide a full-time federal law enforcement tactical capability to respond to major terrorist incidents throughout the United States.[9] Today, the HRT performs a number of tactical law enforcement and national security functions in high-risk environments and conditions and has deployed overseas, including with military Joint Special Operations Command units.[10]
The HRT, along with the Crisis Negotiation Unit (CNU), the SWAT Operations Unit that manages the field office SWAT program, and the Tactical Helicopter Unit (THU), comprise the Tactical Section of the FBI's Critical Incident Response Group (CIRG).[11] The Hostage Rescue Team was founded in 1983 by Danny Coulson, former Deputy Assistant Director of the FBI, and completed its final certification exercise in October 1983.[12]
^"Timeline - FBI". FBI.
^Federal Tactical Teams: Characteristics, Training, Deployments, and Inventory (PDF) (Report). GAO-20-710. United States Government Accountability Office. September 10, 2020. Retrieved 25 January 2021.
^"REPORT TO THE DEPUTY ATTORNEY GENERAL ON THE EVENTS AT WACO, TEXAS: THE FBI'S MANAGEMENT OF THE STANDOFF AT MT. CARMEL". 15 September 2014. Archived from the original on 2020-08-12. Retrieved 25 May 2020.
^"Roger Nisley '67". Archived from the original on 2023-05-02. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
^"James F. Yacone Named Assistant Director of the Critical Incident Response Group". Archived from the original on 2023-05-02. Retrieved 11 August 2019.
^"Kevin R. Cornelius Named Special Agent in Charge of Cincinnati Division". Archived from the original on 2021-10-29. Retrieved 27 October 2020.
^"FBI Integrity Project Advisors". Archived from the original on 2023-05-02. Retrieved 11 April 2023.
^"David Sundberg Named Special Agent in Charge of the New Haven Field Office". Archived from the original on 2023-05-02. Retrieved 13 May 2021.
^ ab"The Hostage Rescue Team: 30 Years of Service". Federal Bureau of Investigation. February 1, 2013.
^Goldman, Adam; Tate, Julie (10 April 2014). "Inside the FBI's secret relationship with the military's special operations". The Washington Post. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
^"CIRG - FBI". Federal Bureau of Investigation. Retrieved 25 January 2021.
^"The Hostage Rescue Team: 30 Years of Service". Federal Bureau of Investigation. Retrieved 2023-03-18. Since the first generation of HRT operators were trained in 1983, team members have deployed domestically and around the globe nearly 800 times, putting themselves in harm's way to help safeguard the nation and to save lives.
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