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We deliver specialized training in Force Protection, Expeditionary Warfare, Code of Conduct (SERE), Law Enforcement, and Small Craft Operations.

Sailors attending the Naval Corrections Specialist course at Center for Security Forces Detachment Chesapeake practice riot control formations and techniques. (U.S. Navy photo by Darryl Orrell)

CHESAPEAKE, Va. 20 Aug 2024

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The Center for Security Forces (CENSECFOR) is a dynamic team of highly skilled men and women who develop specialized curriculum to deliver individual skills training in five major categories: Force Protection, Expeditionary Warfare, Code of Conduct (SERE), Law Enforcement, and Small Craft Operations.

The center oversees training delivery for the U.S. Navy’s Master-at-Arms (MA) enlisted rating. Sailors serving in MA rate are security specialists who perform a broad spectrum of security operations from antiterrorism/force protection, physical security to directing investigations, and handling military working dogs.

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CSF NEWS

31 October 2024

CENSECFOR CO Observes ECS Training

Center for Security Forces Commanding Officer Captain Joseph Bromley completed a weeklong visit to Detachment Gulfport, where U.S. Navy Sailors receive Expeditionary Combat Skills (ECS) training. The visit is part of a larger plan to visit each training activity within the CENSECFOR domain...

30 October 2024

Detachment Pearl Harbor Hosts Haunted Ship Experience

PEARL HARBOR—The Center for Security Forces Detachment Pearl Harbor sponsored a family-friendly Halloween haunted ship experience as an outreach event for the local community. The event was held in the historical Hanger 54 on Ford Island, Oct. 30...

29 October 2024

CENSECFOR Pilots BSCO Phase II

The Center for Security Forces recently piloted phase two of its Basic Small Craft Operator course at Learning Site Little Creek in Virginia Beach, Virginia. The course is designed to give Sailors the basic skills needed to complete their craft-specific qualifications...

11 October 2024

CENSECFOR Commemorates the U.S. Navy’s 249th Birthday

The U.S. Navy will celebrate its 249th birthday on October 13, 2024. Its history traces back to the late summer of 1775, when delegates from Rhode Island petitioned the Second Continental Congress, which agreed on October 13 to establish a fleet capable of protecting the seaports and waterways to...

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Kris Kringle Visits Children's Christmas Party

A young girl engages Santa Claus in conversation before giving him a special letter she had prepared for him while attending a children's Christmas party. Santa made a special appearance at the social event held at Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek-Fort Story and sponsored by the Center for Security Forces' Moral Enhancement Committee. (U.S. Navy photo by Jacqueline Hamilton.)

Official U.S. Navy photo by Chief Master-at-Arms Justin Caballa

High-Risk Traffic Stops

Master-at-Arms 1st Class Patrick Hill provides hands-on training to students attending the U.S. Navy's Master-at-Arms "A" School at Naval Technical Training Center Lackland. The class is in week five of the seven-week course training on felony or high-risk traffic stops. (U.S. Navy photo by Chief Master-at-Arms Justin Caballa.)

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Official U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Holly L. Herline.

CENSECFOR CO Observes ECS Training

Center for Security Forces (CENSECFOR) Commanding Officer Capt. Joseph Bromley (left center) observes casualty combat first aid techniques as CENSECFOR Detachment Gulfport Officer in Charge Cmdr. Dylan Ross (right) details the training. The ECS course provides eligible naval personnel with the fundamental individual skills necessary to perform high-risk combat operations safely and professionally.

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NCB-VBSS Training

Students undergo an intense practical exercise as part of their training while attending the U.S. Navy's Non-Compliant Boarding Visit, Board, Search, and Seizure course at Center for Security Forces Detachment Chesapeake. U.S. Navy photo by Master-at-Arms 1st Class Arianna Begonia.