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Archive for the 'Romania' Category

USA / ROMANIA – US Marines Black Sea Rotational Force: Non-Lethal training in full swing [in Romania] (2013-06-27)

Posted on June 27 2013 by admin

[[SUMMARY / COMMENTS : Summary / Comments: US Marines stationed in Romania undergo non-lethal; – inclusing use of the taser – training in case a crisis develops in the Balkan region. Marines and sailors were stunned with a Taser and O.C., or pepper, sprayed as part of the training.]] Defense Video and Information Systems (DVIDS), […]

ROMANIA – Partners in pain: US Marines, Romanian troops train with nonlethal weapons (2010-05-28)

Posted on May 28 2010 by admin

5/28/2010 By Cpl. R. Logan Kyle , Black Sea Rotational Force … Marines and Sailors from Headquarters and Service Company, 1st Tank Battalion, and Romanian Marines and soldiers experienced the effects of two nonlethal weapons systems during an exercise at Babadag Training Area, Romania, May 25. BABADAG TRAINING AREA, Romania — “The purpose of this […]