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The Joint Non-Lethal Weapons Directorate, from Marine Corps Base Quantico, Va., demonstrates the maritime security application of the Active Denial System at Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Va., Sept. 12, 2013. The ADS deters targets with an aggressive energy wavelength at short range and distances exceeding 1,000 meters. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Justin M. Boling) - The Joint Non-Lethal Weapons Directorate, from Marine Corps Base Quantico, Va., demonstrates the maritime security application of the Active Denial System at Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Va., Sept. 12, 2013. The ADS deters targets with an aggressive energy wavelength at short range and distances exceeding 1,000 meters. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Justin M. Boling)

U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Tory Martin (left), a rifleman with 3rd Platoon, India Company, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, and 20-year-old native of Twentynine Palms, Calif., shines a Glare Military Operations in Urban Terrain (MOUT) laser in the eyes of a rock-slinging role-player (right) during non-lethal weapons training in a simulated urban village on Marine Corps Training Area Bellows, Hawaii, Aug. 15, 2012. The training was part of a two-week test readiness review fielded by the Quantico, Va.-based Joint Non-Lethal Weapons Directorate and the Marine Corps Forces, Pacific Experimentation Center. The DoD Non-Lethal Weapons Program, headed by Commandant of the Marine Corps Gen. James Amos, trains operating forces on escalation of force options to minimize casualties and collateral damage, said Kelley Hughes, a directorate spokesperson. - U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Tory Martin (left), a rifleman with 3rd Platoon, India Company, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, and 20-year-old native of Twentynine Palms, Calif., shines a Glare Military Operations in Urban Terrain (MOUT) laser in the eyes of a rock-slinging role-player (right) during non-lethal weapons training in a simulated urban village on Marine Corps Training Area Bellows, Hawaii, Aug. 15, 2012. The training was part of a two-week test readiness review fielded by the Quantico, Va.-based Joint Non-Lethal Weapons Directorate and the Marine Corps Forces, Pacific Experimentation Center. The DoD Non-Lethal Weapons Program, headed by Commandant of the Marine Corps Gen. James Amos, trains operating forces on escalation of force options to minimize casualties and collateral damage, said Kelley Hughes, a directorate spokesperson.