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OC Spray is a non-lethal weapon, designed to target the eyes and used to control riots. Marine Sgt. Russell Midori brings a first-hand account of what was apparently a very painful training day at Platinum Lion 15 in Bulgaria.

U.S. Marines with Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment attached to 3rd Marine Division under the Unit Deployment Program, familiarized themselves with the oleoresin capsicum (OC) spray and the X26 taser system of the non-lethal weapons training on Camp Schwab, Okinawa, Japan, March 5, 2020. This training increases the Marines’ confidence and awareness when encountering a riot control environment and conducting proper escalation of force. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Cpl. Logan Foster)

U.S. Marines with Black Sea Rotational Force (BSRF) 18.1 acquired new tactical skills during non-lethal weapons training aboard Mihail Kogalniceanu Air Base, Romania on April 6th, 2018. Sgt. Antoni Wherry and his fellow non-lethal weapons instructors taught the Marines how to employ tasers, utilize crowd control formations, and conduct themselves under the stress of being sprayed with oleoresin capsicum (OC). The Marines practiced using shields, batons, inert OC spray and formations to diffuse various situations. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Cpl. Alexander Sturdivant)

Marines and Sailors experience the jolt of 50-thousand volts course through their bodies during nonlethal weapons training aboard the USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6), underway in the Pacific Ocean, Sept. 14, 2017. Nonlethal weapons instructors with Combat Logistics Battalion-31’s Military Police Platoon trained Marines and Sailors from across the 31st MEU to use Tasers and other nonlethal weapons during security operations. A critical component of nonlethal weapons training is “exposure,” when trainees feel and experience the effects of nonlethal weapons, including Tasers. CLB-31 provides logistical support to all elements of the 31st MEU. The 31st MEU partners with the Navy's Amphibious Squadron 11 to form the Bonhomme Richard Expeditionary Strike Group, providing a cohesive blue-green team capable of accomplishing a variety of missions across the Indo-Asia-Pacific region. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Cpl. Breanna Weisenberger/Released)

More than 30 Marines with Task Force Southwest’s security element conducted nonlethal weapons training at Camp Lejeune, N.C., Feb. 21-24, 2017. Approximately 300 Marines are assigned to Task Force Southwest, whose mission will be to train, advise and assist the Afghan National Army 215th Corps and 505th Zone National Police. The unit is scheduled to deploy to Helmand Province, Afghanistan in the Spring. (Video includes interview by Sgt. David Chalmers)

Oleoresin Capsicum spray certification is part of a nonlethal weapons training PMO and SAF Marines must go through. The training includes baton fundamentals, defensive tactics and mechanical-advantage control holds.

Staff Sgt. Paul Delekto talks about oleoresin capsicum, commonly known as pepper spray or OC, and its effects on Marines assigned to the security augment force on Marine Corps Air Station Futenma, March 6, 2015. The Marines trained through an endurance course while ecposed to the spray in order to better understand the non-lethal weapon's effects on them and potential suspects it may be used on. Delekto is the staff noncommissioned officer in charge of the Mobile Training Team, Provost Marshal's Office, Marine Corps Installations Pacific- Marine Corps Base Camp Butler, Japan and a Stone Mountain, Ga., Native.

Instructors with Special Operations Training Group teach Non-Lethal Weapons tactics to Marines with 1st Battalion, 10th Marines.