Marines of the riot control team for Golf Battery, Battalion Landing Team 2nd Battalion, 5th Marines, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, break through their own lines to detain role players during the culminating event of the unit’s public disorder and non-lethal weapons employment training on January 24, 2014. One of the secondary missions of Golf Battery is to serve as a non-lethal contingency force for the 31st MEU, useful in embassy security reinforcement, humanitarian operations and many other contingencies. The 31st MEU is the Marine Corps’ force in readiness for the Asia-Pacific region and the only continuously forward-deployed MEU. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Andrew Kuppers) |