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SOTG takes part in non-lethal weapons seminar in Mongolia

US Marine Corps News

7/8/2010
By Cpl. Rebekka S. Heite, Marine Corps Bases Japan

FIVE HILLS TRAINING AREA, Mongolia -- More than a dozen Marines and sailors, attached to Special Operations Training Group, III Marine Expeditionary Force Headquarters Group, III MEF, arrived in Mongolia for the Non-Lethal Weapons Executive Seminar 2010, June 22.

NOLES is the premier non-lethal weapons demonstration in the Pacific theater that promotes the exchange of tactics and knowledge between countries in the Pacific, said Capt. David Fenbert, assistant branch head, Expeditionary Warfare Branch, SOTG. Indonesia, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Australia as well as Mongolia have hosted previous NOLES.

The less than three-week seminar began June 24 with the Marines demonstrating to approximately 120 members of the Mongolian Armed Forces and Mongolian Internal Forces about newer non-lethal weapons and tactics, including classes on non-lethal weapons munitions, the X26E taser, detainee handling and Mechanical Advantage Control Holds/Pressure Point Control Tactics with handcuff proficiency.

Each seminar had one element in common with the others as one instructor explained it.

"Keyword: control," said Sgt. Tabitha Golden, with SOTG participating in NOLES-10 and 2nd squad leader, 3rd platoon, Military Police Company, Combat Logistics Regiment 37, Combat Logistics Battalion 4, 2nd Marine Logistics Group, III MEF, to the Mongolians during the demonstration she gave on detainee handling.

The second day of NOLES-10 was devoted to an Oleoresin Capsicum class, where after being sprayed with OC the students demonstrated several non-lethal control tactics they had learned the day before.

Seminars included Crowd Dynamics/Control, Riot Control and Embassy Security later on during the event. They will also be introduced to several weapons systems.

To maximize the effectiveness of the seminar, four Mongolian platoons will attend some sessions as a whole, but there are a few sessions where they will be split into two groups, said Fenbert. Each platoon has one translator to help facilitators get their message across, he said.

Most weapons and tactics will be demonstrated first in classroom followed by practical application, but some can and will conveyed only through practical application, said Golden.

The culmination of the seminar the Mongolian and U.S. Forces are undertaking is scheduled to be a demonstrated for key personnel from multiple Pacific region countries on day 14.