Introduction To Non-Lethal Weapons (JKO course# J3OP-US1236)

Question 1
Service members participating in Operation Restore Hope experienced a great deal of mob violence during operations whereas during Operation United Shield experienced much less. A major difference in the results of Joint Operations Restore Hope and United Shield is that ________________________.
Your answer (correct): NLWs were used as a planning factor in the execution of Operation United Shield.

Question 2
Non-lethal weapons were employed by Marines during Operation United Shield because General Zinni understood that:
Your answer (correct): There was a high potential for civilian casualties in Somalia and if not mitigated would cause more anti-U.S. sentiment.

Question 3
Acoustic Hailing devices are used to project intelligible voices over long distances. Some devices allow the operator/user to select audible tones that cause auditory impairment to the targeted individual(s). What kind of non-lethal effect can this be considered?
Correct answer: Suppression

Question 4
Non-lethal weapons, devices, and munitions are designed to have effects that:
Your answer (correct): Are reversible

Question 5
This task requires a vehicle, vessel, or fixed-wing aircraft on the ground to come to 0 miles per hour or to become dead in the water.

Correct answer: Stop vehicles, vessels, and fixed-wing aircraft on the ground

Question 6
This counter-materiel task requires you to make the target inoperable, or deny use or deny access to the target.
Your answer (correct): Disable vehicles, vessels, and aircraft on the ground

Question 7
According to DoD’s policy, 3000.03E, NLW doctrine and concepts of operation will be developed to reinforce deterrence and enhance the commander’s options to do all the following “Except”?
Your answer (correct): Permanently disable equipment, facilities and personnel

Question 8
How do NLW assist in gaining the trust and confidence of the local populace?
Your answer (correct): They convey the message that US forces desire to avoid harming innocent civilians and want to reduce collateral damage when possible.

Question 9
What assists commanders in determining how and when they should use NLWs in military operations?
Your answer (correct): Rules of Engagement (ROE)

Question 10
What are the categories of NL counter-personnel weapons?
Your answer (correct): Optical devices, human electro-muscular incapacitation devices, combined effects, kinetics, Riot control agents, acoustics

Question 11
There is an obligation for the operational commander to use NLW prior to lethal force.
Your answer (correct): False

Question 12
What caliber are the rubber balls in the 40MM rubber ball munition for the Marines?
Your answer (correct): .60

Question 13
A three-man team is needed to emplace or reset this non-lethal device. It is capable of stopping wheeled vehicles up to 7, 500 lbs.
Your answer (correct): Portable Vehicle Arresting Barrier (PVAB)

Question 14
This developmental counter-materiel device uses RF energy to affect the electrical systems/components of a vehicle causing it to come to a stop without endangering the occupants of the targeted vehicle.
Your answer (correct): Pre-Emplaced Electric Vehicle Stopper (PEVS)

Question 15
What non-lethal device stops a vehicle when the barbed spikes on the leading edge of the net become entangled in the front wheels and axles of a vehicle?
Correct answer: Vehicle Lightweight Arresting Device (VLAD)

Non-lethal blunt impact weapons are designed to have effects that:
Are reversible

Users of NLW must always be capable of transitioning quickly from non-lethal to lethal capabilities should circumstances warrant it?
True

To sustain domestic and international support, the U.S. must make it clear that a reasonable amount of force is being used during military operations. How do NLW promote this belief?
NLW reduce the risk of perceived excessive force

Social media can influence the commander’s application of force choices along the force continuum. How can NLW assist with this dilemma?
NLW allow commanders to apply force in difficult situations and not appear inhumane in the court of public opinion.

Which of the responses below is “NOT” a possible effect of a Human Electro-Muscular Incapacitation (HEMI) device such as a Taser?
Heating sensation on the skin

What are the some benefits of NLW to the commander?
NLW allow commanders to separate combatants from civilians, preempt conflict, and minimize collateral damage.

This non-lethal counter personnel device can disable an individual rendering them incapable of voluntary physical activity for up to 5 seconds.
Human Electro-Muscular Incapacitation

With the enhanced capability of NLW comes a more complex decision making obligation for the operational commander. What must the commander analyze when deciding to use NLW?
The impact that the unintended consequences may have on the larger objectives.

This counter-material task requires you to make the target inoperable, or deny use or deny access to the target.
Disable vehicles, vessels, and aircraft on the ground.

U.S. forces involved in a humanitarian operation were distributing food and additional supplies to a third-world country when an agitator in the crowd became impatient and rowdy. U.S. forces used a NLW to identify and disable the agitator. Therefore, NLW allowed U.S. forces to:
tailor their response to the threat more precisely.