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A platoon of Marines with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response-Africa practice riot control alongside French Gendarmes at the National Gendarmerie Tactical Training Center in Saint-Astier, France, Oct. 9. This marks the third rotation of SPMAGTF-CR-AF Marines exchanging skills with the French Gendarmes. (U.S. Marine Corps Motion Imagery by Staff Sgt. Vitaliy Rusavskiy) (Music by Kevin MacLeod, Creative Commons)

U.S. Marines and sailors with Battalion Landing Team 2/6, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), conduct a non-lethal weapons training course aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, N.C., Sept. 1 to Sept. 4, 2015. Marines and Sailors were tested on non-lethal weapons handling and procedures in preparation for their deployment to the 5th and 6th Fleet areas of responsibility later this year. (U.S. Marine Corps motion media by Cpl. Joshua W. Brown/Released)

Mongolian Armed Forces, U.S. and international service members participate in a riot control training event in Tavantolgoi, Mongolia, June 23, 2015. Khaan Quest is a regularly scheduled multinational exercise hosted annually by Mongolian Armed Forces and co-sponsored by U.S. Army, Pacific, and U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Pacific. KQ15 is the latest in a continuing series of exercises designed to promote regional peace and security. This year marks the 13th iteration of this event. (Marine Corps video by Lance Cpl. René Lucerbonilla/ Released)

U.S. Marines with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response-Africa trained alongside the Gendarmerie, at the National Gendarmerie Training Center in Saint Astier, France, June 18-22, 2015. The Gendarmerie is a branch of the French Armed Forces tasked with maintaining public safety. Stationed aboard Morón Air Base, Spain, the SPMAGTF-CR-AF serves as a rotational crisis-response force for U.S. Africa Command. Throughout the training, subsequent scenarios continued to build on the last in intensity and violence. Each mission became more complicated as the two forces worked together to respond to escalating urban turmoil. (U.S. Marine Corps video by 1st Lt. Danielle Dixon/Released) Interviews: U.S. Marine 1st Lt. Scott Vicino, Chicago, Illinois, platoon commander with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response-Africa French Gendarmerie Maj. Andre Rakoto, Gendarmerie Headquarters, Paris

U.S. Marines with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response-Africa trained alongside the Gendarmerie, at the National Gendarmerie Training Center in Saint Astier, France, June 18-22, 2015. The Gendarmerie is a branch of the French Armed Forces tasked with maintaining public safety. Stationed aboard Morón Air Base, Spain, the SPMAGTF-CR-AF serves as a rotational crisis-response force for U.S. Africa Command. Throughout the training, subsequent scenarios continued to build on the last in intensity and violence. Each mission became more complicated as the two forces worked together to respond to escalating urban turmoil. (U.S. Marine Corps video by 1st Lt. Danielle Dixon/Released) Interviews: U.S. Marine 1st Lt. Scott Vicino, Chicago, Illinois, platoon commander with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response-Africa French Gendarmerie Maj. Andre Rakoto, Gendarmerie Headquarters, Paris

Marines with Bravo Fleet Anti-terrorism Security Team Company, Marine Corps Security Force Regiment, conducted a Mission Readiness Exercise at Marine Corps Base Quantico, Va., May 4 – 8. The MRX consisted of riot control, recapturing embassies and defending embassies.

Marines with the Bravo Fleet Anti-terrorism Security Team Company on Naval Weapons Station Yorktown, Yorktown, Virginia conducted an operational readiness exercise, which evaluates the team’s ability to perform riot control. The ORE determines of the marines are ready to take their final step in pre-deployment training. After completing and meeting the requirements of the ORE evaluation the Marines will go to Quantico, Virginia for their final phase of pre-deployment training. Video produced by Cpl. Schrick.

Marines with Black Sea Rotational force conduct a non-lethal systems package aboard Mihail Kogalniceanu Airbase, March, 18-20. The three-day long course consisted of a Oleoresin Capsicum course along with Taser exposure and riot control tactics.

Non-lethal Weapons Instructors train 3/12 India Battery Mar. 16 to Mar. 18 during a week long training evolution consisting of oleoresin capsicum pepper spray, tazer and riot control applications. Includes sound bites from 1st Lt. Richard Gehricke, Non-Lethal Weapons Instructor. Also available in high definition.

Marines with 3rd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, conduct a crisis response exercise without the use of lethal force aboard Camp Pendleton, Calif., Jan. 7, 2014. The training focused on the cultural and language barrier between the role players and Marines of 3/7 in order to give them the most realistic environment possible, preparing them for upcoming deployments. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Lance Cpl. Angel Serna/Released)