The MCRT is often assigned to high-profile cases such as the death of the US president’s military aide, a bomb situation on a US Navy warship, the death of a celebrity on a reality show set on a US Marine Corps base, terrorist threats involving US Naval and Marine Corps weapons, personnel and/or installations, as well as kidnappings of Navy and Marine Corps personnel or their dependents and relatives.
NCIS is short for the Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS), a fictional team of special agents conducting criminal investigations involving the US Navy and Marine Corps.
The show was originally referred to as the Navy NCIS during its first season but the ‘Navy’ was later removed from the title. By the time the show got into its sixth season, a two-part episode resulted in the birth of a spin-off series called “NCIS: Los Angeles.”
Five years later, in Season 11, another two-part episode led to the birth of the second spin-off series titled “NCIS: New Orleans.”
Because of the high-profile nature of the cases the NCIS team is handling, they also bring in the FBI to focus on solving the case.
When the Secretary of the Navy learned about the kidnapping of her daughter during an episode of Season 13 of “NCIS,” he said that it is because of his position which is why his daughter was abducted. He also hinted that the kidnapping could be politically motivated.
The kidnappers eventually demanded ransom in exchange for the freedom of the daughter of the Secretary of the Navy.