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    Fort Harrison Montana Soldiers Conduct Non-lethal Weapons Training

    BILLINGS, MT, UNITED STATES

    01.10.2021

    Story by Sgt. 1st Class Thomas Pembroke 

    Montana National Guard Public Affairs Office

    SOLDIERS FROM DET 2, 484TH MILITARY POLICE COMPANY, BECAME QUALIFIED TO USE NON-LETHAL WEAPONS THIS WEEKEND, AT THE BILLINGS ARMED FORCES RESERVE CENTER. SERGEANT FIRST CLASS WILLIAM ROUTZAHN SAYS THE TRAINING INVOLVES EXPOSING THE SOLDIERS TO TASERS AND OC SPRAY.

    FOR SOME SOLDIERS, THIS ISN’T THEIR FIRST TIME THROUGH THIS TYPE OF TRAINING. AS A TROOPER FOR THE MONTANA HIGHWAY PATROL, SGT BARB ARMSTRONG IS ABLE TO USE HER CIVILIAN LAW ENFORCEMENT KNOWLEDGE TO HELP TRAIN OTHER SOLDIERS.

    SGT ARMSTRONG SAYS SHE JOINED THE NATIONAL GUARD TO FULFILL A LIFELONG DESIRE TO SERVE AND TO BE A PART OF SOMETHING BIGGER THAN HERSELF.

    REPORTING FROM BILLINGS MONTANA, I’M ARMY SERGEANT FIRST CLASS TOM PEMBROKE.

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    Date Taken: 01.10.2021
    Date Posted: 02.07.2021 13:19
    Story ID: 388557
    Location: BILLINGS, MT, US

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