III MEF VIDEOS

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)

Marines with Battalion Landing Team, 1st Battalion, 5th Marines, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit conduct an embassy reinforcement and noncombatant evacuation exercise at Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan, Feb. 5, 2020. Marines reinforced a simulated embassy, providing riot control and assisting with Department of State and noncombatant evacuation. The 31st MEU, the Marine Corps’ only continuously forward deployed MEU, provides a flexible and lethal force ready to perform a wide range of military operations as the premier crisis response force in the Indo-Pacific region. (Official U.S. Marine Corps video by Cpl. Isaac Cantrell)

U.S. Marines 1st Lt. Wyatt McAlpine, a platoon commander, and Sgt. Alexander Aberle, a platoon sergeant, both with Company A, 3rd Law Enforcement Battalion, III Marine Expeditionary Force Information Group, explain the significant capability that Company A can provide through training to combine crowd control techniques with non-lethal weapons during non-lethal weapons training at Landing Zone Wren, Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan, Jan. 15, 2019. During the three-day training event, military policemen further crowd-control training with additional equipment and combine those techniques with non-lethal weapons including batons, Mossberg 500 shotguns, M32 Multiple Grenade Launchers, M203 grenade launchers, and Sting Ball Grenades. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Cpl. Alexis B. Betances)

Marines with 3d Law Enforcement Battalion conducted a Marine Corps Combat Readiness Evaluation at Central Training Area, Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan, April 20, 2017. The evaluation ensures Marines with 3d LE Bn are ready and able to deploy at a moments notice and fulfill the needs of III Marine Expeditionary Force. The Marines are with 3d LE Bn, III MEF Headquarters Group. (Marine Corps video by Lance Cpl. Deseree Kamm) Font ID: Capt. Andrew P. Ehrenfeld, from Edison, New Jersey, is a training officer with 3d LE Bn, III MHG, III MEF.

U.S. Marines instruct Royal Cambodian Sailors on non-lethal weapons and tactics at Ream Naval Base, Sihanoukville, Cambodia, Nov. 1, 2016. This training took place as part of Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT) 16. CARAT 2016 is a nine-country, bilateral exercise series between the United States and Bangladesh, Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, the Philippines, Thailand, and Timor-Leste. This phase of CARAT focuses on partnerships between the forces of the US and Cambodia, and Brunei. As the premier naval engagement in South and Southeast Asia, CARAT provides a regional venue to address shared maritime security priorities, enhance interoperability among participation forces, and develop key relationships that will serve partner nations for many years to come. SME: Cpl. Levi Hubbard, Non-Lethal Weapons Instructor, 3rd Law Enforcement Battalion, Hinckley, Ohio 1st Lt. August Valentine, Platoon Commander, Kilo Company, 3rd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, St. Louis, Missouri

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.