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Article: Control and compliance.(VIEWS NEWS AND REVIEWS)
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- Guns Magazine
- Article date:
- May 1, 2009
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Current battlefields in Iraq and Afghanistan conjure up images of Soldiers engaged in combat using the latest in lethal weapons technology. But what about US Forces deployed to countries where peacekeeping is the focus? In such instances, the US Army mandates non lethal weapons instruction as part of deployment training.
Rather than full-metal jacketed ammunition and other deadly weaponry, non lethal weapons training teaches Soldiers how to use equipment akin to civilian law enforcement. Pepper spray, rubber bullets, tear gas grenades, stun guns and batons are at the heart of the instruction.
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