![]() Though we contain bones, we’re more than 60 percent water, with only a thin layer of skin protecting many soft organs like the stomach, kidneys, and liver. The danger with G-forces lies in two areas, the first of which is the fact that our body is flexible and soft. We as humans are much better at tolerating horizontal G-forces, or those that are perpendicular to the spine, than we are the head-to-toe, vertical kind. ![]() Depending on how you’re sitting, lying, or standing when you experience G-forces, they can occur front-to-back, side-to-side, or top-to-bottom - or vice-versa. ![]() These forces are capable of getting much more intense fighter pilots and astronauts, for example, often subject themselves to rapid accelerations to high speeds. Any time you speed up or slow down, they’re there (think being thrown forward against your seatbelt in a rapidly halting car, or when you experience intermittent moments of weightlessness on a theme park ride or on a flight). G-forces, short for gravitational forces, act on us a lot more than you’d probably think. But how exactly can acceleration harm us, and how fast can we go before our need-for-speed mentalities get us killed? Things Just Got Heavy Though they’re capable of providing fun, G-forces are also a formidable foe to the human body, capable of taking us out within a few seconds if we underestimate them. G-forces are a measurement of the type of acceleration that causes weight, like the kind you feel when you’re pressed into your seat during a roller coaster loop. But coaster designers can’t simply throw human bodies into high speeds with abandon - they must also carefully calculate the G-forces at work in order to make sure the coaster is safe. “It’s a heartwarming experience to show them what I know and to see their eyes light up when we show them something they’ve never seen before,” said Hettinger, recently promoted to lance corporal aboard USNS Sacagawea (T-AKE 2).If you’re a roller coaster enthusiast, chances are you’ve been called a “thrill-seeker” or an “adrenaline-junkie.” But what is it about roller coasters that gives the rider a high-impact, thrilling experience? Many cite the high speeds and inversions as the reason they ride the massive metal machines, but in reality, it’s probably the acceleration into these components of the ride that truly creates the experience. On his first deployment, to one of the youngest countries in the world, Hettinger felt his part in the mission was moving. “It feels great knowing that I’m going to pass on knowledge and capabilities to them that could possibly save their lives in the future,” said Thompson, from Wyoming, Michigan. ![]() The non-lethal training syllabus provides students with the opportunity to not only learn the techniques, but experience the results of them to give the students a better understanding of how the techniques work and how they can be utilized. Hettinger, a military policeman with the task force, originally assigned to Bravo Company, 3rd LEB, III MEF. “It’s basically gaining compliance through pain,” said Lance Cpl. “These are techniques used to gain control of someone who is not going to be as combative.”Īt first, the language barrier was intimidating, but the Timorese were eager to learn and retain the training. “The mechanical advantage control holds and pressure-point techniques are good if you’re detaining someone who has been (OC) sprayed or is impaired,” said Hettinger, from Strawberry Point, Iowa. The military policemen with the task force conducted their first iteration of non-lethal weapons training with the participating nation involving the X26 Taser, mechanical advantage control holds and other less-than deadly techniques with Timorese soldiers in Metinaro, Timor Leste, June 7-9, 2016, as part of Exercise Crocodilo 16. Thompson, a military policeman and chief non-lethal weapons instructor with Task Force Koa Moana, originally assigned to Charlie Company, 3rd LEB, III MEF. “Our main mission is to provide these host nations with the knowledge and capability sets for Taser, oleoresin capsicum (pepper) spray, riot control and less-than-lethal force,” said Cpl. Task Force Koa Moana, sailing from Okinawa, Japan in late May, is comprised of Marines and sailors from various units from I and III MEF to increase interoperability and relations by sharing infantry, engineering, law enforcement and combat lifesaving skills in the Asia-Pacific region. ![]() Marines from 3rd Law Enforcement Battalion, III Marine Expeditionary Force have been assigned to Task Force Koa Moana to bring non-lethal skill sets to give allied nations more capabilities than deadly force. Marine Corps’ reputation as professional warriors come from the ability to understand and execute the ethically correct levels of force continuum, the fine lines and details that decide the amount of force required to handle any conflict with techniques ranging from verbal to lethal. ![]()
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