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Aug 20, 2012

A non-compliant role-player wipes simulated OC spray off his face after being subdued by Sgt. Daniel McCaughern (third from left), a squad leader with 1st Platoon, India Company, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, and 24-year-old native of Deer Park, N.Y., during non-lethal weapons training in a simulated urban village on Marine Corps Training Area Bellows, Hawaii, Aug. 15, 2012. The training was part of a two-week test readiness review fielded by the Quantico, Va.-based Joint Non-Lethal Weapons Directorate and the Marine Corps Forces, Pacific Experimentation Center. The DoD Non-Lethal Weapons Program, headed by Commandant of the Marine Corps Gen. James Amos, trains operating forces on escalation of force options to minimize casualties and collateral damage, said Kelley Hughes, a directorate spokesperson.

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