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Mongolian armed forces service members and general police demonstrate riot control techniques during the opening ceremony of the seminar portion of Nonlethal Weapons Executive Seminar in Five Hills Training Area, Mongolia, Aug. 26, 2013. NOLES is a regularly scheduled field training exercise and leadership seminar sponsored annually by U.S. Marine Corps Forces Pacific, and it is designed to promote awareness and effective use of nonlethal weapons as a tool to maintain order in low-intensity or civil unrest situations. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. John M. Ewald

Mongolian armed forces service members and general police demonstrate riot control techniques during the opening ceremony of the seminar portion of Nonlethal Weapons Executive Seminar in Five Hills Training Area, Mongolia, Aug. 26, 2013. NOLES is a regularly scheduled field training exercise and leadership seminar sponsored annually by U.S. Marine Corps Forces Pacific, and it is designed to promote awareness and effective use of nonlethal weapons as a tool to maintain order in low-intensity or civil unrest situations. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. John M. Ewald

Mongolian armed forces service members and general police demonstrate riot control techniques during the opening ceremony of the seminar portion of Nonlethal Weapons Executive Seminar in Five Hills Training Area, Mongolia, Aug. 26, 2013. NOLES is a regularly scheduled field training exercise and leadership seminar sponsored annually by U.S. Marine Corps Forces Pacific, and it is designed to promote awareness and effective use of nonlethal weapons as a tool to maintain order in low-intensity or civil unrest situations. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. John M. Ewald

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