In the summer of 2015 , the USMC Military Occupational Specialty Manual stated that any Marine who successfully completed the UFMCS Red Team 6 - or 9-week course would be authorized the additional military occupational specialty ( AMOS ) of 0506 . In December 2015 , the Marines codified the Red Team concept into doctrine by incorporating Red Team Training and Readiness requirements developed by the initial Red Team members at MCU , MSTP , and the SIG . The five requirements currently reside in NAVMC 3500.108 A : Marine Air Ground Task Force Planner Training and Readiness Manual . The mission of Marine Corps Red Teams is to " provide the Commander an independent capability that offers critical reviews and alternative perspectives that challenge prevailing notions , rigorously test current Tactics , Techniques and Procedures , and counter group think in order to enhance organizational effectiveness . " The FAA has been implementing red teams since Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie , Scotland . Red teams conduct tests at about 100 US airports annually . Tests were on hiatus after September 11 , 2001 and resumed in 2003 under the Transportation Security Administration , who assumed the FAA 's aviation security role after 9/11
Pan Am Flight 103
Pan Am Flight 103
Red team