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Aug 25, 2016

Lance Cpl. Robert Bates, a rifleman with 1st Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, and a Broken Bow, Ok., native, is pepper sprayed during a defensive and offensive tactics course near the Provost Marshal’s Office aboard Marine Corps Base Hawaii, Aug. 18, 2016. Marines from various units are undergoing a two-week training course to support the PMO as part of the Gate Augmentation Force. One of the training requirements necessary for completing the program, service members must conduct defensive and offensive tactics in response to a simulated attack after having been pepper sprayed. Instructors exposed the service members to the spray in order to reinforce the importance of remaining calm, should they be contaminated by it in the future.

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