SEYMOUR JOHNSON AIR FORCE BASE, N.C. – Airmen from the 4th Security Forces Squadron (SFS) and Goldsboro Police Department Emergency Response Team (ERT) participated in joint training inside the Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) vehicle at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, North Carolina. Participants received classroom instruction and hands-on street and off-road driving to improve their ability to handle a top-heavy vehicle.
The MRAP is not an everyday vehicle for police officers. The vehicle weights between 34,000 and 48,000 pounds, has a 370-375 horsepower engine, operates at a range of 300-370 miles and can carry a payload of up to 4,000 pounds. It provides a mission platform capable of mitigating improvised explosive devices, rocket-propelled grenades, explosively formed penetrators, underbody mines and small arms fire threats.
“We are adjusting to an extremely top-heavy vehicle,” said Corporal Jason Booker, Goldsboro Police Officer. “This training gets our team a little more experience with handling a foreign piece of equipment in a safe manner and learning its capabilities so we can utilize it to the best of our abilities on the civilian side.”
The SFS Airmen instructing the training explained safety first as the primary focus.
