Guards in full riot gear behind the fence of Five Hills Training Area watched intently as their brethren, also in full riot gear and full body shields, formed a wall between the front gate and the menacing crowd that was starting to get more daring.

One man from the crowd darted forward. Others followed him. The crowd crashed into the shields separating them from the control force in formation behind the shield bearers.

As the crowd started charging, the guards began to bang the shields with their batons. The formation wielded their batons and readied their simulated non-lethal, crowd-dispersing grenades and canisters of Oleoresin Capsicum spray.

A few members of the crowd broke through the line, only to be detained by those waiting behind the line. They were rapidly searched and then placed against a wall where they were guarded, until the next scenario.

Moments after the clash, the crowd was pushed back and the scenario was called to an end.

A wall of shields line one end of the parade deck, on the other an crowd acting angry jeers the men and women behind the wall.

On command the wall starts to move forward; putting on a show of force, hoping the crowd will disperse without incident.

More than a dozen Marines and sailors, attached to Special Operations Training Group, III Marine Expeditionary Force Headquarters Group, III MEF, arrived in Mongolia for the Non-Lethal Weapons Executive Seminar 2010, June 22.

NOLES is the premier non-lethal weapons demonstration in the Pacific theater that promotes the exchange of tactics and knowledge between countries in the Pacific, said Capt. David Fenbert, assistant branch head, Expeditionary Warfare Branch, SOTG. Indonesia, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Australia as well as Mongolia have hosted previous NOLES.

The less than three-week seminar began June 24 with the Marines demonstrating to approximately 120 members of the Mongolian Armed Forces and Mongolian Internal Forces about newer non-lethal weapons and tactics, including classes on non-lethal weapons munitions, the X26E taser, detainee handling and Mechanical Advantage Control Holds/Pressure Point Control Tactics with handcuff proficiency.