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Brigadier Gen. James Lukeman, commanding general of 2nd Marine Division, speaks to Marines with 3rd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division assigned to Black Sea Rotational Force 14 during his visit to Mihail Kogalniceanu Air Base, Romania, April 3, 2014. Black Sea Rotational Force 14 is a contingent of Marines and sailors tasked with maintaining positive relations with partner nations, regional stability and increasing interoperability while providing the capability for contingency response, as directed by U.S. European Command, in the Black Sea, Balkan and Caucasus regions of Eastern Europe. (Official Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Scott W. Whiting, BSRF PAO/ Released)

Brigadier Gen. James Lukeman, commanding general of 2nd Marine Division, speaks to Marines with 3rd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division assigned to Black Sea Rotational Force 14 during his visit to Mihail Kogalniceanu Air Base, Romania, April 3, 2014. Black Sea Rotational Force 14 is a contingent of Marines and sailors tasked with maintaining positive relations with partner nations, regional stability and increasing interoperability while providing the capability for contingency response, as directed by U.S. European Command, in the Black Sea, Balkan and Caucasus regions of Eastern Europe. (Official Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Scott W. Whiting, BSRF PAO/ Released)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Scott W. Whiting

Brigadier Gen. James Lukeman, commanding general of 2nd Marine Division, eats lunch with Lance Cpl. Cody Turner, a mortarman, along with other Marines of 3rd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division assigned to Black Sea Rotational Force 14 during his visit to Mihail Kogalniceanu Air Base, Romania, April 3, 2014. Black Sea Rotational Force 14 is a contingent of Marines and sailors tasked with maintaining positive relations with partner nations, regional stability and increasing interoperability while providing the capability for contingency response, as directed by U.S. European Command, in the Black Sea, Balkan and Caucasus regions of Eastern Europe. (Official Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Scott W. Whiting, BSRF PAO/ Released)

Brigadier Gen. James Lukeman, commanding general of 2nd Marine Division, eats lunch with Lance Cpl. Cody Turner, a mortarman, along with other Marines of 3rd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division assigned to Black Sea Rotational Force 14 during his visit to Mihail Kogalniceanu Air Base, Romania, April 3, 2014. Black Sea Rotational Force 14 is a contingent of Marines and sailors tasked with maintaining positive relations with partner nations, regional stability and increasing interoperability while providing the capability for contingency response, as directed by U.S. European Command, in the Black Sea, Balkan and Caucasus regions of Eastern Europe. (Official Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Scott W. Whiting, BSRF PAO/ Released)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Scott W. Whiting

Nigerian soldiers practice riot control techniques taught to them by Marines with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Africa 14.1 during a training exercise, March 19. The group of four Marines trained approximately 20 Nigerian soldiers on basic non-lethal weapons techniques in support of U.S. Africa Command and Marine Corps Forces Europe and Africa’s theater security cooperation requirements.

Nigerian soldiers practice riot control techniques taught to them by Marines with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Africa 14.1 during a training exercise, March 19. The group of four Marines trained approximately 20 Nigerian soldiers on basic non-lethal weapons techniques in support of U.S. Africa Command and Marine Corps Forces Europe and Africa’s theater security cooperation requirements.

Photo by Courtesy Photo

Marines with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Africa 14.1 and Nigerian soldiers, pose for a photo in Abuja, Nigeria, March 19. The group of four Marines trained approximately 20 Nigerian soldiers on basic non-lethal weapons techniques in support of U.S. Africa Command and Marine Corps Forces Europe and Africa’s theater security cooperation requirements.

Marines with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Africa 14.1 and Nigerian soldiers, pose for a photo in Abuja, Nigeria, March 19. The group of four Marines trained approximately 20 Nigerian soldiers on basic non-lethal weapons techniques in support of U.S. Africa Command and Marine Corps Forces Europe and Africa’s theater security cooperation requirements.

Photo by Courtesy Photo

Nigerian soldiers practice take down techniques taught to them by Marines with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Africa 14.1 during a training exercise, March 19. The group of four Marines trained approximately 20 Nigerian soldiers on basic non-lethal weapons techniques in support of U.S. Africa Command and Marine Corps Forces Europe and Africa’s theater security cooperation requirements.

Nigerian soldiers practice take down techniques taught to them by Marines with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Africa 14.1 during a training exercise, March 19. The group of four Marines trained approximately 20 Nigerian soldiers on basic non-lethal weapons techniques in support of U.S. Africa Command and Marine Corps Forces Europe and Africa’s theater security cooperation requirements.

Photo by Courtesy Photo

Nigerian soldiers practice take down techniques taught to them by Marines with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Africa 14.1 during a training exercise, March 19. The group of four Marines trained approximately 20 Nigerian soldiers on basic non-lethal weapons techniques in support of U.S. Africa Command and Marine Corps Forces Europe and Africa’s theater security cooperation requirements.

Nigerian soldiers practice take down techniques taught to them by Marines with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Africa 14.1 during a training exercise, March 19. The group of four Marines trained approximately 20 Nigerian soldiers on basic non-lethal weapons techniques in support of U.S. Africa Command and Marine Corps Forces Europe and Africa’s theater security cooperation requirements.

Photo by Courtesy Photo

A group of Ghanaian sailors pose for a group photograph with two U.S. Marines from with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Africa 14.1, March 21. The team of Marines demonstrated tactics that focused on the force continuum, or how to escalate the use of force for a given scenario, non-lethal ammunition and vehicle arresting devices during a week-long course in order to promote and strengthen the ability to conduct good governance and development.

A group of Ghanaian sailors pose for a group photograph with two U.S. Marines from with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Africa 14.1, March 21. The team of Marines demonstrated tactics that focused on the force continuum, or how to escalate the use of force for a given scenario, non-lethal ammunition and vehicle arresting devices during a week-long course in order to promote and strengthen the ability to conduct good governance and development.

Photo by 1st Lt. James Stenger

A group of Ghanaian sailors pose for a group photograph with two U.S. Marines from with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Africa 14.1, March 21. The team of Marines demonstrated tactics that focused on the force continuum, or how to escalate the use of force for a given scenario, non-lethal ammunition and vehicle arresting devices during a week-long course in order to promote and strengthen the ability to conduct good governance and development.

A group of Ghanaian sailors pose for a group photograph with two U.S. Marines from with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Africa 14.1, March 21. The team of Marines demonstrated tactics that focused on the force continuum, or how to escalate the use of force for a given scenario, non-lethal ammunition and vehicle arresting devices during a week-long course in order to promote and strengthen the ability to conduct good governance and development.

Photo by 1st Lt. James Stenger

Lance Cpl. Sheridan Halfacre (center), a Marine with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Africa 14.1, plays to role of a violent rioter being detained by two Ghanaian sailors in Takoradi, Ghana, March 20. A team of Marines demonstrated tactics that focused on the force continuum, or how to escalate the use of force for a given scenario, non-lethal ammunition and vehicle arresting devices during a week-long non-lethal weapons tactics course in order to promote and strengthen the ability to conduct good governance and development.

Lance Cpl. Sheridan Halfacre (center), a Marine with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Africa 14.1, plays to role of a violent rioter being detained by two Ghanaian sailors in Takoradi, Ghana, March 20. A team of Marines demonstrated tactics that focused on the force continuum, or how to escalate the use of force for a given scenario, non-lethal ammunition and vehicle arresting devices during a week-long non-lethal weapons tactics course in order to promote and strengthen the ability to conduct good governance and development.

Photo by 1st Lt. James Stenger

Lance Cpl. Sheridan Halfacre, a Marine with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Africa 14.1, reinforces a riot-shield barrier with a group of Ghanaian sailors during a week-long non-lethal weapons tactics course in Takoradi, Ghana, March 20. A team of Marines demonstrated techniques that focused on the force continuum, or how to escalate the use of force for a given scenario, non-lethal ammunition and vehicle arresting devices in order to promote and strengthen the ability to conduct good governance and development.

Lance Cpl. Sheridan Halfacre, a Marine with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Africa 14.1, reinforces a riot-shield barrier with a group of Ghanaian sailors during a week-long non-lethal weapons tactics course in Takoradi, Ghana, March 20. A team of Marines demonstrated techniques that focused on the force continuum, or how to escalate the use of force for a given scenario, non-lethal ammunition and vehicle arresting devices in order to promote and strengthen the ability to conduct good governance and development.

Photo by 1st Lt. James Stenger

Lance Cpl. Sheridan Halfacre, a Marine with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Africa 14.1, attempts to break through a riot-shield barrier held by a group of Ghanaian sailors during a week-long non-lethal weapons tactics course in Takoradi, Ghana, March 20. A team of Marines demonstrated tactics that focused on the force continuum, or how to escalate the use of force for a given scenario, non-lethal ammunition and vehicle arresting devices in order to promote and strengthen the ability to conduct good governance and development.

Lance Cpl. Sheridan Halfacre, a Marine with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Africa 14.1, attempts to break through a riot-shield barrier held by a group of Ghanaian sailors during a week-long non-lethal weapons tactics course in Takoradi, Ghana, March 20. A team of Marines demonstrated tactics that focused on the force continuum, or how to escalate the use of force for a given scenario, non-lethal ammunition and vehicle arresting devices in order to promote and strengthen the ability to conduct good governance and development.

Photo by 1st Lt. James Stenger

Lance Cpl. Dewayne Gregory (center), a Marine with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Africa 14.1, reinforces a riot-shield barrier with a group of Ghanaian sailors during a week-long non-lethal weapons tactics course in Takoradi, Ghana, March 20. A team of Marines demonstrated tactics that focused on the force continuum, or how to escalate the use of force for a given scenario, non-lethal ammunition and vehicle arresting devices in order to promote and strengthen the ability to conduct good governance and development.

Lance Cpl. Dewayne Gregory (center), a Marine with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Africa 14.1, reinforces a riot-shield barrier with a group of Ghanaian sailors during a week-long non-lethal weapons tactics course in Takoradi, Ghana, March 20. A team of Marines demonstrated tactics that focused on the force continuum, or how to escalate the use of force for a given scenario, non-lethal ammunition and vehicle arresting devices in order to promote and strengthen the ability to conduct good governance and development.

Photo by 1st Lt. James Stenger

Lance Cpl. Dewayne Gregory, a Marine with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Africa 14.1, plays to role of a violent rioter being detained by two Ghanaian sailors in Takoradi, Ghana, March 20. A team of Marines demonstrated techniques that focused on the force continuum, or how to escalate the use of force for a given scenario, non-lethal ammunition and vehicle arresting devices during a week-long non-lethal weapons tactics course in order to promote and strengthen the ability to conduct good governance and development.

Lance Cpl. Dewayne Gregory, a Marine with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Africa 14.1, plays to role of a violent rioter being detained by two Ghanaian sailors in Takoradi, Ghana, March 20. A team of Marines demonstrated techniques that focused on the force continuum, or how to escalate the use of force for a given scenario, non-lethal ammunition and vehicle arresting devices during a week-long non-lethal weapons tactics course in order to promote and strengthen the ability to conduct good governance and development.

Photo by 1st Lt. James Stenger

Lance Cpl. Sheridan Halfacre, a Marine with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Africa 14.1, attempts to break through a riot-shield barrier held by a group of Ghanaian sailors during a week-long non-lethal weapons tactics course in Takoradi, Ghana, March 20. A team of Marines demonstrated tactics that focused on the force continuum, or how to escalate the use of force for a given scenario, non-lethal ammunition and vehicle arresting devices in order to promote and strengthen the ability to conduct good governance and development.

Lance Cpl. Sheridan Halfacre, a Marine with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Africa 14.1, attempts to break through a riot-shield barrier held by a group of Ghanaian sailors during a week-long non-lethal weapons tactics course in Takoradi, Ghana, March 20. A team of Marines demonstrated tactics that focused on the force continuum, or how to escalate the use of force for a given scenario, non-lethal ammunition and vehicle arresting devices in order to promote and strengthen the ability to conduct good governance and development.

Photo by 1st Lt. James Stenger

Lance Cpl. Dewayne Gregory, a Marine with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Africa 14.1, plays to role of a violent rioter being detained by two Ghanaian sailors in Takoradi, Ghana, March 20. A team of Marines demonstrated tactics that focused on the force continuum, or how to escalate the use of force for a given scenario, non-lethal ammunition and vehicle arresting devices during a week-long non-lethal weapons tactics course in order to promote and strengthen the ability to conduct good governance and development.

Lance Cpl. Dewayne Gregory, a Marine with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Africa 14.1, plays to role of a violent rioter being detained by two Ghanaian sailors in Takoradi, Ghana, March 20. A team of Marines demonstrated tactics that focused on the force continuum, or how to escalate the use of force for a given scenario, non-lethal ammunition and vehicle arresting devices during a week-long non-lethal weapons tactics course in order to promote and strengthen the ability to conduct good governance and development.

Photo by 1st Lt. James Stenger

Lance Cpl. Dewayne Gregory, a Marine with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Africa 14.1, plays to role of a violent rioter being detained by two Ghanaian sailors in Takoradi, Ghana, March 20. A team of Marines demonstrated techniques that focused on the force continuum, or how to escalate the use of force for a given scenario, non-lethal ammunition and vehicle arresting devices during a week-long non-lethal weapons tactics course in order to promote and strengthen the ability to conduct good governance and development.

Lance Cpl. Dewayne Gregory, a Marine with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Africa 14.1, plays to role of a violent rioter being detained by two Ghanaian sailors in Takoradi, Ghana, March 20. A team of Marines demonstrated techniques that focused on the force continuum, or how to escalate the use of force for a given scenario, non-lethal ammunition and vehicle arresting devices during a week-long non-lethal weapons tactics course in order to promote and strengthen the ability to conduct good governance and development.

Photo by 1st Lt. James Stenger

Lance Cpls. Sheridan Halfacre (left) and Dewayne Greogry (bent over, right) both Marines with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Africa 14.1, play the role of a violent rioter being detained by two Ghanaian sailors in Takoradi, Ghana, March 20. A team of Marines demonstrated tactics that focused on the force continuum, or how to escalate the use of force for a given scenario, non-lethal ammunition and vehicle arresting devices during a week-long non-lethal weapons tactics course in order to promote and strengthen the ability to conduct good governance and development.

Lance Cpls. Sheridan Halfacre (left) and Dewayne Greogry (bent over, right) both Marines with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Africa 14.1, play the role of a violent rioter being detained by two Ghanaian sailors in Takoradi, Ghana, March 20. A team of Marines demonstrated tactics that focused on the force continuum, or how to escalate the use of force for a given scenario, non-lethal ammunition and vehicle arresting devices during a week-long non-lethal weapons tactics course in order to promote and strengthen the ability to conduct good governance and development.

Photo by 1st Lt. James Stenger

Lance Cpl. Dewayne Gregory, a Marine with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Africa 14.1, plays to role of a violent rioter being detained by two Ghanaian sailors in Takoradi, Ghana, March 20. A team of Marines demonstrated techniques that focused on the force continuum, or how to escalate the use of force for a given scenario, non-lethal ammunition and vehicle arresting devices during a week-long non-lethal weapons tactics course in order to promote and strengthen the ability to conduct good governance and development.

Lance Cpl. Dewayne Gregory, a Marine with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Africa 14.1, plays to role of a violent rioter being detained by two Ghanaian sailors in Takoradi, Ghana, March 20. A team of Marines demonstrated techniques that focused on the force continuum, or how to escalate the use of force for a given scenario, non-lethal ammunition and vehicle arresting devices during a week-long non-lethal weapons tactics course in order to promote and strengthen the ability to conduct good governance and development.

Photo by 1st Lt. James Stenger

Lance Cpl. Dewayne Gregory, a Marine with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Africa 14.1, plays to role of a violent rioter being detained by two Ghanaian sailors in Takoradi, Ghana, March 20. A team of Marines demonstrated tactics that focused on the force continuum, or how to escalate the use of force for a given scenario, non-lethal ammunition and vehicle arresting devices during a week-long non-lethal weapons tactics course in order to promote and strengthen the ability to conduct good governance and development.

Lance Cpl. Dewayne Gregory, a Marine with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Africa 14.1, plays to role of a violent rioter being detained by two Ghanaian sailors in Takoradi, Ghana, March 20. A team of Marines demonstrated tactics that focused on the force continuum, or how to escalate the use of force for a given scenario, non-lethal ammunition and vehicle arresting devices during a week-long non-lethal weapons tactics course in order to promote and strengthen the ability to conduct good governance and development.

Photo by 1st Lt. James Stenger

Lance Cpl. Dewayne Gregory, a Marine with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Africa 14.1, plays to role of a violent rioter being detained by two Ghanaian sailors in Takoradi, Ghana, March 20. A team of Marines demonstrated techniques that focused on the force continuum, or how to escalate the use of force for a given scenario, non-lethal ammunition and vehicle arresting devices during a week-long non-lethal weapons tactics course in order to promote and strengthen the ability to conduct good governance and development.

Lance Cpl. Dewayne Gregory, a Marine with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Africa 14.1, plays to role of a violent rioter being detained by two Ghanaian sailors in Takoradi, Ghana, March 20. A team of Marines demonstrated techniques that focused on the force continuum, or how to escalate the use of force for a given scenario, non-lethal ammunition and vehicle arresting devices during a week-long non-lethal weapons tactics course in order to promote and strengthen the ability to conduct good governance and development.

Photo by 1st Lt. James Stenger

Marine Corps Forces Europe & Africa