Valiant Mark is an annual exercise conducted by U.S. Marines and the Singapore Armed Forces in order to maintain a high level of interoperability, enhanced military to military relations and to enrich mutual combat capabilities through combined training.
U.S. Marines with Company C, 1st Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, and soldiers with the Singapore Armed Forces exchanged techniques and tactics during platoon-level training at Range 410A aboard the Combat Center, Oct. 4-5, 2016, as part of Exercise Valiant Mark 2016.
Three Marines stood side by side in anticipation of what was about to hit only one of them. Before he could even decide, the middle man, 1st Lt. David Deal, rushed to the side to escape the wave of heat released by the Active Denial System that overtook him. This non-lethal weapon uses millimeter wave technology to give the effect of an almost intolerable heating sensation that completely diminishes once removed and causes no damage to the body.
