All countersnipers go through nine weeks of intense training . Countersniper teams to be out in force across Washington for Inauguration Day . The Secret Service is also deploying a mobile command center that will provide round-the-clock protection of the White House and other government buildings on Jan. 20. The Secret Service formed the elite unit in 1971 . Homeland security chief says agency is prepared .
Countersniper teams to be out in force across Washington for Inauguration Day . The Secret Service is also deploying a mobile command center that will provide round-the-clock protection of the White House and other government buildings on Jan. 20. The Secret Service formed the elite unit in 1971 . Homeland security chief says agency is prepared .