U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Tory Martin, a rifleman with 3rd Platoon, India Company, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, and 20-year-old native of Twentynine Palms, Calif., reaches into his drop pouch for a non-lethal Stingball grenade while participating in a crowd-control scenario in a simulated urban village on Marine Corps Training Area Bellows, Hawaii, Aug. 15, 2012. The training was part of a two-week test readiness review fielded by the Quantico, Va.-based Joint Non-Lethal Weapons Directorate and the Marine Corps Forces, Pacific Experimentation Center. The DoD Non-Lethal Weapons Program, headed by Commandant of the Marine Corps Gen. James Amos, trains operating forces on escalation of force options to minimize casualties and collateral damage, said Kelley Hughes, a directorate spokesperson.
Date Taken: | 08.15.2012 |
Date Posted: | 08.17.2012 15:49 |
Photo ID: | 647111 |
VIRIN: | 120815-M-MM918-003 |
Resolution: | 2100x1471 |
Size: | 3.08 MB |
Location: | MARINE CORPS TRAINING AREA BELLOWS, HI, US |
Hometown: | TWENTYNINE PALMS, CA, US |
Web Views: | 59 |
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