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Jun 9, 2016

Pvt. Oldegar Gusmao (Left) fires an X26-E Taser under the instruction of Cpl. Preston G. Thompson (Right) during a non-lethal weapons course, June 7, 2016, at Metinaro, Timor Leste, as part of Exercise Crocodilo 16. The course gives Marines an opportunity to instruct Timorese soldiers on less-than-lethal methods for handling any disputes in the future. Crocodilo is a multi-national, bilateral exercise designed to increase interoperability and relations by sharing infantry, engineering, combat lifesaving and law enforcement skills. Gusmao an infantryman with Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, Timor Leste Defense Force, stationed in Baucau, Timor Leste. Thompson, from Wyoming, Michigan, is a military policeman and chief instructor for the non-lethal weapons course with Task Force Koa Moana, originally assigned to Charlie Company, 3rd Law Enforcement Battalion, III Marine Expeditionary Force.

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