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    A Painful Lesson [Image 9 of 13]

    A Painful Lesson

    CAMP HANSEN, OKINAWA, JAPAN

    01.24.2014

    Photo by Lance Cpl. Andrew Kuppers  

    31st Marine Expeditionary Unit       

    Corporal Joshua L. Donald, a training non-commissioned officer with Golf Battery, Battalion Landing Team 2nd Battalion, 5th Marines, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, and a native of Orlando, Fla., strikes at multiple opponents of a “fight through” course after being exposed to oleoresin capsicum (a more potent form of pepper spray) during the culminating event of the unit’s public disorder and non-lethal weapons employment training here, Jan. 24. Experiencing OC spray ensures Marines understand the effects and, if cross-contaminated during use, they are able to fight through the pain and perform their job. One of the secondary missions of Golf Battery is to serve as a non-lethal contingency force for the 31st MEU, useful in embassy security reinforcement, humanitarian operations and many other contingencies. The 31st MEU is the Marine Corps’ force in readiness for the Asia-Pacific region and the only continuously forward-deployed MEU.

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    Date Taken: 01.24.2014
    Date Posted: 01.27.2014 10:44
    Photo ID: 1156442
    VIRIN: 140124-M-NT768-576
    Resolution: 5760x3840
    Size: 3.77 MB
    Location: CAMP HANSEN, OKINAWA, JP
    Hometown: ORLANDO, FL, US

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