ICE Expands Firearms, Use‑of‑Force Training at Fort Benning & FLETC as Hiring Surge Scales Enforcement

ICE’s OTTP has repeatedly used large Georgia training campuses (Fort Benning, FLETC/Glynco) to expand firearms, use-of-force and instructor development training tied to agency hiring surges. Combined reporting from 2017 and August 2025 indicates a recurring geographic concentration of training capacity in Georgia that enables rapid scaling of enforcement capability (estimated surge capacity ~10,000 recruits). The pattern is medium-severity but newsworthy for tracking operational readiness and potential enforcement escalation.