"Servare Vitas"

The United States Federal Bureau of Investigation maintains a specially trained and well equipped unit that is called the Hostage Rescue Team (HRT). Should a situation arise when domestic or foreign terrorists take hostages in the United States, HRT can be deployed to any location within four hours of notification and take care of business.
Although HRT's primary mission is hostage rescue and barricaded subjects, it also has conducted tactical law enforcement operations including, among others: high-risk arrest and warrant service; manhunt and rural operations; mobile assaults; heliborne and maritime operations.