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U.S. Army Pfc. Justin Griffin, center, a combat engineer assigned to the 10th Mountain Division's Company A, 3rd Special Troops Battalion, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, learns what a Taser gun feels like during non-lethal weapons training on Fort Drum, N.Y., Nov. 19, 2008.

U.S. Army Pfc. Justin Griffin, center, a combat engineer assigned to the 10th Mountain Division's Company A, 3rd Special Troops Battalion, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, learns what a Taser gun feels like during non-lethal weapons training on Fort Drum, N.Y., Nov. 19, 2008.

U.S. Army Pfc. Justin Griffin, center, a combat engineer assigned to the 10th Mountain Division's Company A, 3rd Special Troops Battalion, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, learns what a Taser gun feels like during non-lethal weapons training on Fort Drum, N.Y., Nov. 19, 2008.

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