Marines prepare Mongolians for Iraqi peacekeeping duties (Khaan Quest ’04, May 20th)

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[Ragtime Cowgirl]

 

Marines prepare Mongolians for Iraqi peacekeeping duties
Submitted by: MCB Camp Butler
Story Identification #: 2004691011
Story by Pfc. T. J. Kaemmerer



FIVE HILLS, Mongolia -- A small cadre of Marine military policemen participating in Khaan Quest ’04 here May 20 taught Mongolian service members of the 150th Peacekeeping Battalion how to use nonlethal submission techniques during a bilateral interoperability exercise between 58 Okinawa-based U.S. Marines and the Mongolian Armed Forces.

Exercise Khaan Quest is in its second year and focuses on developing U.S. Marine-Mongolian Armed Forces leadership skills and peacekeeping interoperability, as well as fostering goodwill to establish a foundation for the future.

Service members with the 3rd platoon of the Mongolian Armed Forces are currently preparing to deploy to Iraq where they may encounter civil unrest and many other dangerous situations. The training helps them develop controlling tactics without using deadly force, according to Staff Sgt. Robert Otero, platoon sergeant of the U.S. Marine MP detachment.

“The purpose of the training is to show the Mongolians how to make noncompliant subjects compliant,” Otero said. “These skills can be implemented during peacekeeping missions, civil disturbances and riot control.

According to Otero, the nonlethal training focuses on empty-handed techniques, such as pressure point and joint manipulation. These techniques fall under the continuum of force, which begins with verbal commands and progresses with increasing force as the threat increases, stopping short of deadly force.

Nonlethal training teaches the correct way to add pressure to body parts and strike sensitive pressure points, resulting in several reactions, such as stunning a subject and temporarily disabling motor skills.

When specific clusters of nerves are touched, torqued or struck they cause pain-prompting compliance from the aggressor, according to Pfc. Bradley J. Montoya, a field military policeman with the MP detachment.

"Pressure points are extremely effective for neutralizing noncompliant people,” Montoya said.
The Mongolians were interested in the training and very eager to learn, according to Otero. They learned and executed the techniques quickly and now have the knowledge and ability to use these techniques in a real situation.

In addition to further developing their nonlethal training, the exercise provided a chance for the two cultures to intermingle and broaden cultural awareness.

“Every time I was up to teach, it made me understand how important this training is. Just knowing the Mongolians are going to Iraq with the training I’ve given them is an overwhelming feeling,” said Lance Cpl. Jeremy Douglas Graham, a field military policeman. “The Mongolians are open to everything. They are very motivated.”

According to Pfc. Heather E. Huss, also a field military policeman, the training offered junior enlisted Marines a lasting memory of their visit to Mongolia, and was a great experience for the Marines to teach in front of large groups.

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Photos included with story:

	FIVE HILLS, Mongolia -- Staff Sgt. Robert Otero, nonlethal weapons instructor chief, uses field military policeman Pfc. Jacob Koenan as an example to show the brachial plexus pressure point technique to soldiers from the Mongolian Armed Forces as part of nonlethal techniques training May 20 during Exercise Khaan Quest ‘04. Fifty-eight Okinawa-based Marines are participating in the exercise with the Mongolian Armed Forces. The Marines are preparing some of these forces for an upcoming deployment to Iraq. Photo by: Pfc. T. J. Kaemmerer
	FIVE HILLS, Mongolia -- Lance Cpl. Jeremy D. Graham, a field military policeman deployed to Mongolia for Exercise Khaan Quest ‘04, demonstrates a pressure point technique on Sgt. Davaa Dorj, an infantryman with the 186th Military Unit, Mongolian Army, May 20. This nonlethal technique allows him to take control of a noncompliant subject. Fifty-eight Okinawa-based Marines are participating in the exercise with the Mongolian Armed Forces. The Marines are preparing some of these forces for an upcoming deployment to Iraq. Photo by: Pfc. T. J. Kaemmerer

[Yo-Yo]

Marines prepare Mongolians for Iraqi peacekeeping duties

I love their Barbeque!

[dts32041]

The Mongols are coming the Mongols are coming.

Talk about bad historical feelings.

Now this is irony.

[Ragtime Cowgirl]

"Pressure points are extremely effective for neutralizing noncompliant people...” 

 

In addition to further developing their nonlethal training, the exercise provided a chance for the two cultures to intermingle and broaden cultural awareness.

“Just knowing the Mongolians are going to Iraq with the training I’ve given them is an overwhelming feeling,” said Lance Cpl. Jeremy Douglas Graham, a field military policeman. “The Mongolians are open to everything. They are very motivated.”

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150th Peacekeeping Battalion

...Mongolian Armed Forces

 

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    Bad news for the bad guys!

 

[duk]

It's like trying to teach a pit bull how gently mouth a retrieved duck!

[Argus]

The last time the Mongols were in Baghdad, they razed the city to the ground and filled several towers with the skulls of their enemies.

Let's send them to Fallujah.

[4mer Liberal]

Another of the many things you won't hear about in the partisan press. I love the matter-of-fact way the Marines speak about their jobs...true pros. God Bless them.

Gee...the last time the Mongols were in Iraq, they pretty much wrecked Islam as a cultural entity...that's why these folks are in the backward state they are in today. maybe a chance to help Iraq rebuild it. One can hope.

[dts32041]

That would be a good use of the Mongol's, to bad the Huns aren't as fierce as they use to be.

[LibWhacker]

Haluku's back and you're gonna be in trouble
(Hey la, hey la, Haluku's back)
When you see him comin' you better cut out on the double
(Hey la, hey la, Haluku's back)
So look out now 'cause he's comin' after you
(Hey la, hey la, Haluku's back)

He's been gone for such a long time
(Hey la, hey la, Haluku's back)
Now he's back and things will be fine
(Hey la, hey la, Haluku's back)
You're gonna be sorry you were ever born
(Hey la, hey la, Haluku's back)

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

The MONGOLS already have historical experience in Bagdad. I wonder if the Iraqis remember their history. The Mongols don't put pantys on heads.

[windchime]

Bump!

[Poohbah]

"Americans reintroduce Mongols to Iraq."

And the people will respond: "Oh s**t, we've REALLY pi$$ed off the Americans this time."

[SandRat]

ooooo!

The Mongolians don't play nice (historically).

Bad news, real bad news for the terrorists.

[Alamo-Girl]

Bump!

[Busywhiskers]

How appropriate. I think the Mongols were the last guys to conquer Bagdad.

[Republicanandproudofit]

Yeah ! It would be great if we can get the Mongols to take out the jihadists. Oh, the irony. Prior to the Mongols' last sacking of Bagdad, the crusaders were fighting nearby against the Saracens. Later the Mongols accepted Islam. Now, the secular/atheist (just communists a few years ago) Mongols are back with the US Crusaders. Hope they abandon this peace keeping nonsense and take out the jihadists instead full time