Coast Guard Maritime Security Response Team

PORTSMOUTH, Va. - U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano visited the Coast Guard Integrated Support Command in Portsmouth for a demonstration of the capabilities of the Coast Guard's Maritime Security Response Team Monday. During Napolitano's visit, the MSRT demonstrated their underway boarding techniques, including a vertical insertion from a helicopter and a hook-and-climb boarding from a 25-foot Defender Class response boat, on the Coast Guard Cutter Frank Drew. After the demonstration, Napolitano gave a press briefing on the Coast Guard's role in national port security and counter-terrorism, pledging her support for the Coast Guard's missions.