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Soldiers Train with Non-Lethal Weapons
George Adams, right, a non-lethal weapons specialist, gives 10th Mountain Division soldiers instructions on munitions for non-lethal shotguns and grenade launchers during training on Fort Drum, N.Y., Nov. 19, 2008.U.S. Army soldiers, assigned to the 10th Mountain Division, learn uses and techniques of a spike-strip net during non-lethal capabilities training on Fort Drum, N.Y., Nov. 20, 2008. U.S. Army soldiers, assigned to the 10th Mountain Division, learn to assemble a portable vehicle-arresting barrier during non-lethal capabilities training on Fort Drum, N.Y., Nov. 20, 2008. The portable barrier employs a net, which can stop a 5-ton truck traveling 40 mph.U.S. Army Sgt. Willie Cotton, a mechanic assigned to the 10th Mountain Division's Company B, 710th Brigade Support Battalion, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, expends a shotgun shell during non-lethal weapons training on Fort Drum, N.Y., Nov. 19, 2008.U.S. Army soldiers from the 10th Mountain Division train with non-lethal weapons, such as these shotgun rounds filled with rubber pellets on Fort Drum, N.Y, Nov. 19, 2008. U.S. Army Sgt. Willie Cotton, a mechanic assigned to the 10th Mountain Division's Company B, 710th Brigade Support Battalion, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, loads his shotgun with a non-lethal shell filled with rubber pellets during training on Fort Drum, N.Y., Nov. 19, 2008.U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Christopher Lewis, a military policeman assigned to 23rd MP Company, unrolls a spike strip during non-lethal capabilities training on Fort Drum, N.Y., Nov. 20, 2008. Tom Martins, non-lethal munitions specialist, teaches 10th Mountain Division soldiers uses and techniques of a spike-strip net during non-lethal capabilities training on Fort Drum, N.Y., Nov. 20, 2008. Jeff Teats, right, a non-lethal weapons instructor, observes U.S. Army Spc. Yevgeniy Popov, a chemical warfare specialist assigned to the 10th Mountain Division's Headquarters Company, 3rd Special Troops Battalion, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, fire a Taser during non-lethal weapons training on Fort Drum, N.Y., Nov. 19, 2008.U.S. Army soldiers, assigned to the 10th Mountain Division, feel the effects of a Taser during non-lethal weapons training on Fort Drum, N.Y., Nov. 19, 2008.U.S. Army soldiers from the 10th Mountain Division feel the effects of a Taser 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.George Adams, a non-lethal weapons specialist, trains 10th Mountain Division soldiers on audio translation and transmitting devices during non-lethal capabilities training on Fort Drum, N.Y., Nov. 20, 2008. U.S. Army Sgt. Bryan Temple, an infantryman assigned to the 10th Mountain Division's Company B, 1st Battalion, 32nd Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, practices using the voice response translator during non-lethal capabilities training on Fort Drum, N.Y., Nov. 20, 2008. The VRT translates more than 350 phrases in 18 languages including Arabic, Farsi, Pashtun and Urdu.
George Adams, right, a non-lethal weapons specialist, gives 10th Mountain Division soldiers instructions on munitions for non-lethal shotguns and grenade launchers during training on Fort Drum, N.Y., Nov. 19, 2008.
DoD photo by U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Michael J. Carden