PEACEKEEPING TRAINING FOCUSES LESS ON COMBAT, MORE ON CONTROL, COMPLIANCE
December 22, 2008
December 22, 2008
BUTLERVILLE, Ind., Dec. 22 -- Army Families Online issued the following news release:
Soldiers who deploy to Iraq and Afghanistan must be trained to engage in combat using the latest in lethal-weapons technology. But for soldiers preparing to deploy on a peacekeeping mission, nonlethal weapons instruction is an important part of their deployment training.
Rather than full-metal-jacketed ammunition and other deadly weaponry, soldiers in nonlethal weapons training lea . . .
Soldiers who deploy to Iraq and Afghanistan must be trained to engage in combat using the latest in lethal-weapons technology. But for soldiers preparing to deploy on a peacekeeping mission, nonlethal weapons instruction is an important part of their deployment training.
Rather than full-metal-jacketed ammunition and other deadly weaponry, soldiers in nonlethal weapons training lea . . .