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Navy Capt. Christopher J. Dennis (left), the commanding officer of Naval Air Station Sigonella, shakes hands with Marco Sinatra (right), the mayor of Vizzini, during an award ceremony for the restoration of the Cunziria, a historic district of Vizzini, Sept. 7, 2014. The “Marines Meet Verga” project was a clear example of how several different groups of volunteers of varying cultures can come together and unite for a common goal which in turn restored a significant piece of history for Vizzini.

Navy Capt. Christopher J. Dennis (left), the commanding officer of Naval Air Station Sigonella, shakes hands with Marco Sinatra (right), the mayor of Vizzini, during an award ceremony for the restoration of the Cunziria, a historic district of Vizzini, Sept. 7, 2014. The “Marines Meet Verga” project was a clear example of how several different groups of volunteers of varying cultures can come together and unite for a common goal which in turn restored a significant piece of history for Vizzini.

Photo by Cpl. Shawn Valosin

Lt. Col. William C. Stophel, the commanding officer of Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Africa 14 poses for a photo with Marco Sinatra, the mayor of Vizzini, in Cunziria, Vizzini, Sept. 7, 2014. At the award ceremony, Mayor Sinatra said “In the world of conflict that we see today, culture is the cradle of civilization…It’s a way to have everybody joining together and [bond] together. This has been a common element, which has brought both Americans and Italians together towards peace, and preserving the historic heritage, which is what we are doing today.”

Lt. Col. William C. Stophel, the commanding officer of Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Africa 14 poses for a photo with Marco Sinatra, the mayor of Vizzini, in Cunziria, Vizzini, Sept. 7, 2014. At the award ceremony, Mayor Sinatra said “In the world of conflict that we see today, culture is the cradle of civilization…It’s a way to have everybody joining together and [bond] together. This has been a common element, which has brought both Americans and Italians together towards peace, and preserving the historic heritage, which is what we are doing today.”

Photo by Cpl. Shawn Valosin

Marines and Sailors with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Africa 14 pose for a photo with Marco Sinatra, the mayor of Vizzini and Eriberto Muscoso, brother of the event coordinator and director of the “Marines Meet Verga” project, in Cunziria, Vizzini, Sept. 7, 2014. The service members of SP-MAGTF Africa 14 were awarded plaques for the volunteer work they put in to help restore the beauty of Cunziria. After the awards ceremony the Marines and Sailors were privy to a local rendition of Cavalleria Rusticana, or Rustic Chivalry, a drama by famous playwright Giovanni Verga which tells the tale of a soldier who left for war only to return to find his beloved is to be betrothed to another man.

Marines and Sailors with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Africa 14 pose for a photo with Marco Sinatra, the mayor of Vizzini and Eriberto Muscoso, brother of the event coordinator and director of the “Marines Meet Verga” project, in Cunziria, Vizzini, Sept. 7, 2014. The service members of SP-MAGTF Africa 14 were awarded plaques for the volunteer work they put in to help restore the beauty of Cunziria. After the awards ceremony the Marines and Sailors were privy to a local rendition of Cavalleria Rusticana, or Rustic Chivalry, a drama by famous playwright Giovanni Verga which tells the tale of a soldier who left for war only to return to find his beloved is to be betrothed to another man.

Photo by Cpl. Shawn Valosin

Marines from Golf Co., 2nd Battalion, 2nd Marines make an anti-riot formation to defend against an attacker on Black Sea Rotational Force 14 Sept. 9 during a non-lethal weapons course on Mihail Kogalniceanu Air Base, Romania. Non-lethal skills and tactics can be taught to partner nations in Eastern Europe to build partner capacity. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Alexandria Blanche, 2d MAR DIV, Combat Camera/Released)

Marines from Golf Co., 2nd Battalion, 2nd Marines make an anti-riot formation to defend against an attacker on Black Sea Rotational Force 14 Sept. 9 during a non-lethal weapons course on Mihail Kogalniceanu Air Base, Romania. Non-lethal skills and tactics can be taught to partner nations in Eastern Europe to build partner capacity. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Alexandria Blanche, 2d MAR DIV, Combat Camera/Released)

Photo by Cpl. Alexandria Blanche

Marines from Golf Co., 2nd Battalion, 2nd Marines make an anti-riot formation on Black Sea Rotational Force 14 Sept. 9 during a non-lethal weapons course on Mihail Kogalniceanu Air Base, Romania. Skills with non-lethal weapons increase our capabilities against civil disturbances; promoting strength in the Eastern European region (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Alexandria Blanche, 2d MAR DIV, Combat Camera/Released)

Marines from Golf Co., 2nd Battalion, 2nd Marines make an anti-riot formation on Black Sea Rotational Force 14 Sept. 9 during a non-lethal weapons course on Mihail Kogalniceanu Air Base, Romania. Skills with non-lethal weapons increase our capabilities against civil disturbances; promoting strength in the Eastern European region (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Alexandria Blanche, 2d MAR DIV, Combat Camera/Released)

Photo by Cpl. Alexandria Blanche

Marines from Golf Co., 2nd Battalion, 2nd Marines make an anti-riot formation on Black Sea Rotational Force 14 Sept. 9 during a non-lethal weapons course on Mihail Kogalniceanu Air Base, Romania. Sustainment in these skills will improve military-to-military engagements with Eastern European partner nations during the current iteration’s rotation. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Alexandria Blanche, 2d MAR DIV, Combat Camera/Released)

Marines from Golf Co., 2nd Battalion, 2nd Marines make an anti-riot formation on Black Sea Rotational Force 14 Sept. 9 during a non-lethal weapons course on Mihail Kogalniceanu Air Base, Romania. Sustainment in these skills will improve military-to-military engagements with Eastern European partner nations during the current iteration’s rotation. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Alexandria Blanche, 2d MAR DIV, Combat Camera/Released)

Photo by Cpl. Alexandria Blanche

A Marine with Black Sea Rotational Force 14 fires on a target using 12-gauge ammunition Sept. 8, during a non-lethal weapons range near Mihail Kogalniceanu Air Base, Romania. The Mossberg 590A1 is used in non-lethal weapons training with Eastern European partner nations in the Black Sea, Balkan and Caucasus region. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Ryan Young/released)

A Marine with Black Sea Rotational Force 14 fires on a target using 12-gauge ammunition Sept. 8, during a non-lethal weapons range near Mihail Kogalniceanu Air Base, Romania. The Mossberg 590A1 is used in non-lethal weapons training with Eastern European partner nations in the Black Sea, Balkan and Caucasus region. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Ryan Young/released)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Ryan Young

A Marine with Black Sea Rotational Force 14 from sights in on a target using the M32 Multiple Grenade Launcher Sept. 8, during a non-lethal weapons range near Mihail Kogalniceanu Air Base, Romania. The current iteration of BSRF-14 will conduct non-lethal weapons training with Eastern European security partners during their six-month rotation. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Ryan Young/released)

A Marine with Black Sea Rotational Force 14 from sights in on a target using the M32 Multiple Grenade Launcher Sept. 8, during a non-lethal weapons range near Mihail Kogalniceanu Air Base, Romania. The current iteration of BSRF-14 will conduct non-lethal weapons training with Eastern European security partners during their six-month rotation. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Ryan Young/released)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Ryan Young

Marines with Golf Co., 2nd Battalion, 2nd Marines attend a non-lehtal munitions firing range during Black Sea Rotational Force 14 Sept. 8 on range near Mihail Kogalniceanu Air Base, Romania. Practice with non-lethal munitions and weapons systems builds U.S. military capacity. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Ryan Young/released)

Marines with Golf Co., 2nd Battalion, 2nd Marines attend a non-lehtal munitions firing range during Black Sea Rotational Force 14 Sept. 8 on range near Mihail Kogalniceanu Air Base, Romania. Practice with non-lethal munitions and weapons systems builds U.S. military capacity. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Ryan Young/released)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Ryan Young

A Marine from Golf Co., 2nd Battalion, 2nd Marines receives a painful blast of Oleoresin Capsicum spray during Black Sea Rotational Force 14 Sept. 3 at a non-lethal weapons course on Mihail Kogalniceanu Air Base, Romania. Experience gained during the non-lethal weapons course helps Marines share knowledge with partner nations in the Black Sea region. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Ryan Young/released)

A Marine from Golf Co., 2nd Battalion, 2nd Marines receives a painful blast of Oleoresin Capsicum spray during Black Sea Rotational Force 14 Sept. 3 at a non-lethal weapons course on Mihail Kogalniceanu Air Base, Romania. Experience gained during the non-lethal weapons course helps Marines share knowledge with partner nations in the Black Sea region. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Ryan Young/released)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Ryan Young

Slovenian Armed Forces Cpl. Andres Hares, fault and performance monitor with the combined staff 6, responsible for information assurance, network monitoring and system analysis, assesses a mission group’s response to a cyber-attack during exercise Combined Endeavor 14 in Grafenwhor, Germany, Sept. 9. Combined Endeavor is the world's largest command, control, communication and computer (C4) systems exercise. More than 1,200 communications professionals from 31 NATO and Partnership of Peace countries along with European security partners are participating.

Slovenian Armed Forces Cpl. Andres Hares, fault and performance monitor with the combined staff 6, responsible for information assurance, network monitoring and system analysis, assesses a mission group’s response to a cyber-attack during exercise Combined Endeavor 14 in Grafenwhor, Germany, Sept. 9. Combined Endeavor is the world's largest command, control, communication and computer (C4) systems exercise. More than 1,200 communications professionals from 31 NATO and Partnership of Peace countries along with European security partners are participating.

Photo by Sgt. Derrick Irions

U.S. Air Force Maj. Joshua Garrison and U.S. Marine Sgt. Joseph Gange, cyber analysts with the combined staff 6, responsible for information assurance, network monitoring and system analysis, navigate an area-of-operation map to locate the Land Command Component and Air Command Component during exercise Combined Endeavor 14 in Grafenwhor, Germany, Sept. 9. Combined Endeavor is the world's largest command, control, communication and computer (C4) systems exercise. More than 1,200 communications professionals from 31 NATO and Partnership of Peace countries along with European security partners are participating.

U.S. Air Force Maj. Joshua Garrison and U.S. Marine Sgt. Joseph Gange, cyber analysts with the combined staff 6, responsible for information assurance, network monitoring and system analysis, navigate an area-of-operation map to locate the Land Command Component and Air Command Component during exercise Combined Endeavor 14 in Grafenwhor, Germany, Sept. 9. Combined Endeavor is the world's largest command, control, communication and computer (C4) systems exercise. More than 1,200 communications professionals from 31 NATO and Partnership of Peace countries along with European security partners are participating.

Photo by Sgt. Derrick Irions

Ukraine Army First Lieutenant Vitalii Dudnyk monitors the Ukrainian mission group’s cyber-network to detect and alleviate virtual attacks during exercise Combined Endeavor 14 in Grafenwhor, Germany, Sept. 9. Combined Endeavor is the world's largest command, control, communication and computer (C4) systems exercise. More than 1,200 communications professionals from 31 NATO and Partnership of Peace countries along with European security partners are participating.

Ukraine Army First Lieutenant Vitalii Dudnyk monitors the Ukrainian mission group’s cyber-network to detect and alleviate virtual attacks during exercise Combined Endeavor 14 in Grafenwhor, Germany, Sept. 9. Combined Endeavor is the world's largest command, control, communication and computer (C4) systems exercise. More than 1,200 communications professionals from 31 NATO and Partnership of Peace countries along with European security partners are participating.

Photo by Sgt. Derrick Irions

More than 1,200 communications professionals from 31 NATO and Partnership of Peace countries along with European security partners are participating in exercise Combined Endeavor 14 in Grafenwohr, Germany, Sept. 9. Combined Endeavor is the world's largest multinational command, control, communication and computer (C4) systems exercise; focused on defined mission networks and collective cyber-defense.

More than 1,200 communications professionals from 31 NATO and Partnership of Peace countries along with European security partners are participating in exercise Combined Endeavor 14 in Grafenwohr, Germany, Sept. 9. Combined Endeavor is the world's largest multinational command, control, communication and computer (C4) systems exercise; focused on defined mission networks and collective cyber-defense.

Photo by Sgt. Derrick Irions

Lance Corporal Antonio C. Galloway (center), an aircraft communications, navigation, electrical and weapon systems technician with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron [VMM 264], poses for a photo with General James F. Amos (right center), 35th Commandant of the Marine Corps and Sgt. Maj. Micheal P. Barrett, Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps (center left) and other service members with VMM 264 aboard Naval Air Station Sigonella, Sicily, Sept. 3, 2014. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Shawn Valosin)

Lance Corporal Antonio C. Galloway (center), an aircraft communications, navigation, electrical and weapon systems technician with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron [VMM 264], poses for a photo with General James F. Amos (right center), 35th Commandant of the Marine Corps and Sgt. Maj. Micheal P. Barrett, Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps (center left) and other service members with VMM 264 aboard Naval Air Station Sigonella, Sicily, Sept. 3, 2014. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Shawn Valosin)

Photo by Cpl. Shawn Valosin

Lance Corporal Antonio C. Galloway (center), an aircraft communications, navigation, electrical and weapon systems technician with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron [VMM 264], is meritoriously promoted to the rank of corporal by General James F. Amos (right), 35th Commandant of the Marine Corps and Sgt. Maj. Micheal P. Barrett (left), Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps, during a visit to Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force 14 aboard Naval Air Station Sigonella, Sicily, Sept. 3, 2014. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Shawn Valosin)

Lance Corporal Antonio C. Galloway (center), an aircraft communications, navigation, electrical and weapon systems technician with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron [VMM 264], is meritoriously promoted to the rank of corporal by General James F. Amos (right), 35th Commandant of the Marine Corps and Sgt. Maj. Micheal P. Barrett (left), Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps, during a visit to Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force 14 aboard Naval Air Station Sigonella, Sicily, Sept. 3, 2014. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Shawn Valosin)

Photo by Cpl. Shawn Valosin

General James F. Amos, 35th Commandant of the Marine Corps (left sitting), speaks to service members with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force 14 during a visit aboard Naval Air Station Sigonella, Sicily, Sept. 3, 2014. During the visit, Amos and Sgt. Maj. Micheal P. Barrett walked through individual work sections at SP-MAGTF Africa to meet [and get to know] the service members. After the walkthrough they meritoriously promoted Lance Cpl. Antonio C. Galloway, an aircraft communications, navigation, electrical and weapon systems technician with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron [VMM 264], to the rank of corporal. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Shawn Valosin)

General James F. Amos, 35th Commandant of the Marine Corps (left sitting), speaks to service members with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force 14 during a visit aboard Naval Air Station Sigonella, Sicily, Sept. 3, 2014. During the visit, Amos and Sgt. Maj. Micheal P. Barrett walked through individual work sections at SP-MAGTF Africa to meet [and get to know] the service members. After the walkthrough they meritoriously promoted Lance Cpl. Antonio C. Galloway, an aircraft communications, navigation, electrical and weapon systems technician with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron [VMM 264], to the rank of corporal. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Shawn Valosin)

Photo by Cpl. Shawn Valosin

Command photo of Lt. Gen. Robert B. Neller

Command photo of Lt. Gen. Robert B. Neller

Photo by Staff Sgt. Scott McAdam

Marines, Sailors and U.S. Coastguardsmen with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Africa 14 stand together during a visit from Lt. Gen. Robert Neller, the Commander of U.S. Marine Forces Europe aboard Naval Air Station Sigonella, Italy, Aug. 9, 2014. Marines with SP-MAGTF Afroca 14 have teamed with the U.S. Coast Guard for upcoming Theater Security Cooperation engagements in Africa.

Marines, Sailors and U.S. Coastguardsmen with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Africa 14 stand together during a visit from Lt. Gen. Robert Neller, the Commander of U.S. Marine Forces Europe aboard Naval Air Station Sigonella, Italy, Aug. 9, 2014. Marines with SP-MAGTF Afroca 14 have teamed with the U.S. Coast Guard for upcoming Theater Security Cooperation engagements in Africa.

Photo by Cpl. Shawn Valosin

U.S. Marines and British Royal Marines with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Africa 14 work together to flip a zodiac combat reconnaissance rubber craft during a small-craft capsize exercise aboard Naval Air Station Sigonella, Italy, Aug. 20, 2014. The exercise taught service members how to flip their boat back over safely in the event of a rollover. The drills were used to prepare the service members for upcoming Theater Security Cooperation engagements in Africa where they will be working alongside partner nations and sharing the same techniques. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Shawn Valosin)

U.S. Marines and British Royal Marines with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Africa 14 work together to flip a zodiac combat reconnaissance rubber craft during a small-craft capsize exercise aboard Naval Air Station Sigonella, Italy, Aug. 20, 2014. The exercise taught service members how to flip their boat back over safely in the event of a rollover. The drills were used to prepare the service members for upcoming Theater Security Cooperation engagements in Africa where they will be working alongside partner nations and sharing the same techniques. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Shawn Valosin)

Photo by Cpl. Shawn Valosin

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