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    A military or law enforcement training exercise is taking place outdoors, where two individuals in dark blue uniforms are practicing a defensive or arrest technique on a person in military camouflage pants and an olive green shirt. A group of uniformed observers forms a circle around the demonstration, and one person in civilian-style clothing is recording the exercise on a phone. The setting appears to be a training facility compound.

    TAKORADI, GHANA

    03.20.2014

    Photo by 1st Lt. James Stenger 

    U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Europe and Africa     

    Lance Cpl. Dewayne Gregory, a Marine with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Africa 14.1, plays to role of a violent rioter being detained by two Ghanaian sailors in Takoradi, Ghana, March 20. A team of Marines demonstrated techniques that focused on the force continuum, or how to escalate the use of force for a given scenario, non-lethal ammunition and vehicle arresting devices during a week-long non-lethal weapons tactics course in order to promote and strengthen the ability to conduct good governance and development.

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    Date Taken: 03.20.2014
    Date Posted: 04.01.2014 11:55
    Photo ID: 1212634
    VIRIN: 140320-M-EW245-166
    Resolution: 5616x3744
    Size: 3.8 MB
    Location: TAKORADI, GH
    Web Views: 79
    Downloads: 17

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