Army Beefs Up Non-Lethal Capabilities

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Army Beefs Up Non-Lethal Capabilities
November 26, 2008
Army News Service|by SSgt. Michael J. Carden

FORT DRUM, N.Y. - Soldiers are trained to use non-lethal force as much as possible. But until recently, not every Soldier had "the right mix" of tools and capabilities to meet those goals, an officer said during exercises here last week.

"The more capabilities we give the Soldiers to operate in the non-lethal realm, the less likely they're going to have to resort to lethal force," said Army Maj. Thomas Aarsen, a close combat systems project officer for the Defense Department's Program Executive Office Ammunition.

"(The Army) has been asking Soldiers to do this for a long time, but now they have the tools to do so," Aarsen said during a Non-Lethal Capabilities Set fielding and training for two 10th Mountain Division brigade combat teams.

The Army has been improving its non-lethal capabilities since 2000 in response to U.S. actions in Kosovo. The Army needed something to use before resorting to lethal force, Aarsen said. There were variations of non-lethal packages before. But until now, there hasn't been a system available to Soldiers with the amount of tools the latest set provides, Aarsen said.

"Non-lethal capabilities has definitely been an evolving process," he said. "Technology and equipment continues to keep getting better, and we continue to keep learning more and becoming more innovative. I think now we have about the right mix of what the brigades will need. Though there may be times when they need more or less, it's a good solution at this point."


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1. I can think of another method.... get one of those things that

spreads a bale of hay over several acres... get the marijuana from all the pot busts.... and spray it on "your enemy". Then you can all go out for pizza. Do remember to light the stuff.