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|title       = MCTFT  
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|label1  = Origin
|data1   = 1993
|label2  = Authorities
|data2   = [[Title 10 of the United States Code|Title 10 (Armed Forces)]]; [[Title 32 of the United States Code|Title 32 (National Guard)]]; [[National Defense Authorization Act|National Defense Auth. Act]]
|label3  = Organizations supported
|data3   = Military services<br />Federal agencies<br />State and local LEA<br />[[Unified Combatant Command|Combatant Commands]]<br />[http://www.floridacounterdrug.com/ Counterdrug]
|label4  = Support types
|data4   = On-site training<br />Mobile training<br />Course design<br />Custom training<br />Online training<br />Distance learning
|label5  = Students trained 1993–2013
|data5   = 6 million<ref>{{cite web|title=About Us|url=http://mctft.org/about-us/|website=MCTFT.org|publisher=MCTFT|accessdate=27 July 2015}}</ref>
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[[File:Training_U.S._Marshals.JPG|thumb|MCTFT trains U.S. Marshals]]  
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[[File:Florida Guard Counter Drug Training SWAT 1.JPG|thumb|MCTFT trains SWAT]]
[[File:Florida Guard Counter Drug Training SWAT2.JPG|thumb|MCTFT trains SWAT]]

'''Multijurisdictional Counterdrug Task Force Training'''  ('''MCTFT''') is a [[United States Department of Defense]] (US DOD) program managed by the [[National Guard of the United States|National Guard]] that provides unique, tuition-free military and counterdrug training<ref>{{cite web|title=Continuing Police Education|url=http://www.policemag.com/channel/patrol/articles/2009/09/continuing-police-education.aspx|website=Police Magazine|date=September 17, 2009 |accessdate=28 April 2015}}</ref> for local, state, federal, and military criminal justice professionals as well as awareness training for community leaders.<ref>{{cite web|title=Earmark Declaration - Hon. C.W. Bill Young|url=http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/CREC-2009-07-29/pdf/CREC-2009-07-29-pt1-PgE2068-3.pdf|website=U.S. Government Publishing Office|accessdate=28 April 2015}}</ref> The MCTFT program is funded by the Department of Defense and administered through the [[Florida National Guard]], and exists to fulfill the counterdrug training needs of law enforcement personnel.<ref>{{cite web|title=Law Enforcement Resource Guide|url=https://www.fletc.gov/sites/default/files/imported_files/osl/free-resources/resource-guide.pdf|website=FLETC|publisher=Department of Homeland Security|accessdate=28 April 2015}}</ref> Nationally responsive, the program meets the training needs of all 50 U.S. states and four U.S. territories.<ref>{{cite web|title=Florida Gang Reduction Strategy 2008 - 2012|url=http://www.floridagangreduction.com/webfiles.nsf/WF/KGRG-7FVPNR/$file/GangReductionReportWEB.pdf|website=Florida Gang Reduction|publisher=Office of the Attorney General of Florida|accessdate=28 April 2015}}</ref>

MCTFT produces numerous [[public service announcement]]s (PSAs) regarding the use, spread, and effects of drugs.<ref>{{cite web|title=Meth - Illegal Manufacturing, Abuse & Trafficking / Video PSA|url=http://www.usfra.org/video/meth-illegal-manufacturing#.VT-dziFVhBd|website=United States First Responders Association|accessdate=28 April 2015}}</ref> Media outlets across the United States routinely feature MCTFT PSAs and anti-drug videos in reports on the combating of local drug epidemics.<ref>{{cite web|title=National Anti-Drug Video Features Bangor|url=http://wabi.tv/2012/01/26/national-anti-drug-video-features-bangor/|website=WABI-TV|accessdate=28 April 2015}}</ref>

==Training Types==
'''Emerging Drug Threats'''
MCTFT personnel provide instruction and awareness education on emerging drug threats and dangerous new drugs spreading across the United States.<ref>{{cite web|title=Brewer police lieutenant teaching national task force about bath salts|url=http://bangordailynews.com/2012/02/20/news/bangor/brewer-police-lieutenant-teaching-national-task-force-about-bath-salts/|website=Bangor Daily News|date=February 20, 2012 |accessdate=28 April 2015}}</ref>

'''Local Law Enforcement Agency Training'''
MCTFT provides training to local law enforcement officers on a variety of counterdrug law enforcement topics, such as secret compartment recognition education.<ref>{{cite web|title=ScORE Training Class- Secret Compartment Recognition Education|url=http://blutube.policeone.com/videos/935650629001-score-training-class-secret-compartment-recognition-education/|website=BLUtube|publisher=Police One|accessdate=28 April 2015}}</ref> MCTFT trains local law enforcement agencies across the United States in tactical counterdrug operations.<ref>{{cite web|title=SWAT goes through specialized training|url=http://floridakeyssheriff.blogspot.com/2012/11/swat-goes-through-specialized-training.html|website=Monroe County Sheriff's Department|accessdate=28 April 2015}}</ref>

'''Military to Military Training'''
MCTFT provides military training for counter-drug efforts, including courses in Counter-Threat Finance, Interview Techniques, tactical combat casualty care, land navigation, movement techniques, and weapon marksmanship.<ref>{{cite web|title=Training|url=http://www.fl.ng.mil/programs/counterdrug/training|website=Florida Guard Online|publisher=Florida National Guard|accessdate=28 April 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150414023418/http://www.fl.ng.mil/programs/counterdrug/training|archive-date=April 14, 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref>

'''Federal Agency Training'''
MCTFT provides training to numerous federal agencies.<ref>{{cite web|title=Training U.S. Marshals|url=https://www.dvidshub.net/image/375655/camp-blanding-joint-training-center-provided-training-facilities-florida-regional-fugitive-task-force-members#.VT-XziFVhBc|website=DVIDS|publisher=Defense Video and Imagery Distribution System|accessdate=28 April 2015}}</ref>

'''Tactical Medical'''
MCTFT trains first responders to provide lifesaving intervention to wounded people in any type of environment. Adapted from military courses, TACMED was designed to teach Law Enforcement Officers the life saving medical techniques gained in combat.<ref>{{cite web|title=Tac Med FREE Online Training|url=http://projecttriage.org/training/|website=Project Triage}}</ref>

'''Online Training'''
MCTFT provides numerous online counterdrug training courses and many police academies and colleges throughout the United States direct students to the MCTFT to fulfill some of their training requirements or to serve as important references in guiding careers in law enforcement.<ref>{{cite web|title=Training Announcement|url=http://www.uvm.edu/police/?Page=about/newsArchive.php&SM=about/nav.html|website=University of Vermont|accessdate=22 April 2015}}</ref>

==History==
In 1981, the [[Military Cooperation with Civilian Law Enforcement Agencies Act]] was enacted, allowing the United States military to cooperate with civilian law enforcement officials in the support of counterdrug operations and other law enforcement operations. The legislation allows the U.S. military to give civilian law enforcement agencies access to [[List of U.S. military bases|its military bases]] and [[Equipment of the United States Armed Forces|its military equipment]].<ref name=balko>{{cite news|last1=Balko|first1=Radley|title=A Decade After 9/11, Police Departments Are Increasingly Militarized|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/09/12/police-militarization-9-11-september-11_n_955508.html|accessdate=29 November 2014|agency=Huffington Post|date=11 September 2011}}</ref> The legislation was promoted during the [[Presidency of Ronald Reagan]] in the context of the [[War on drugs]], and is considered a part of a general trend towards the [[militarization of police]].<ref name=balko />

The [[Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988]] established the [[Office of National Drug Control Policy]], which was charged with establishing policies, priorities, and objectives for the nation's drug control program; the office established five long-term goals, including the support of law enforcement officials and counterdrug training.<ref>{{cite web|title=DOD COUNTERDRUG ACTIVITIES|url=http://www.globalsecurity.org/security/library/report/gao/ns98231.pdf|website=GlobalSecurity.org|publisher=United States General Accounting Office|accessdate=28 April 2015}}</ref> In 1989, the National Guard began conducting interdiction and anti-drug activities in the fight against illicit drugs.<ref>{{cite web|title=NATIONAL GUARD DOMESTIC COUNTERDRUG SUPPORT TO UNITED STATES LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES|url=http://apps.dtic.mil/dtic/tr/fulltext/u2/a424197.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304064428/http://www.dtic.mil/dtic/tr/fulltext/u2/a424197.pdf|url-status=live|archive-date=March 4, 2016|website=Defense Technical Information Center|publisher=Colonel Stephen M. Bloomer, United States Army|accessdate=28 April 2015}}</ref>

The [[United States Department of Defense|Department of Defense]] established the MCTFT in 1993, and since this time the MCTFT has trainined more than one million registered students through live and distance learning courses.<ref>{{cite web|title=Multijurisdictional Counter-Drug Task Force|url=http://www.unodc.org/ngo/showSingleDetailed.do?req_org_uid=17466|website=United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime|accessdate=28 April 2015}}</ref>

During an earmark declaration to Congress in 2009, Representative C. W. Young testified that the MCTFT "is the most comprehensive counter-drug training program today."<ref>{{cite journal|title=Earmark Declaration|journal=Congressional Record|date=July 29, 2009|volume=155|issue=116|pages=2071|url=http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/CREC-2009-07-29/html/CREC-2009-07-29-pt1-PgE2068-3.htm|accessdate=17 April 2015}}</ref>

==Leadership==
Adjutant General - [[Michael A. Calhoun|MG Michael A. Calhoun]]
<br />Joint Director of Military Support - COL William J. Beiswenger, Jr
<br />MCTFT Commandant - CPT John Clark
<br />MCTFT SEA - CSM Juan Sanchez

==Authority to Operate==
''"Under such regulations as the Secretary of Defense may prescribe, the Chief of the National Guard Bureau may establish and operate, or provide financial assistance to the States to establish and operate, not more than 5 schools (to be known generally as 'National Guard counterdrug schools')."''<ref>{{cite book|title=United States Code - Title 32 - Section 112|date=2011|publisher=Government Printing Office|pages=13|url=http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/USCODE-2011-title32/pdf/USCODE-2011-title32-chap1-sec112.pdf|accessdate=17 April 2015}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.floridacounterdrug.org/ The Florida Counterdrug Program Website]
*{{Official website|mctft.org/}}

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