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U.S. Marines with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response conduct landing zone security at Tifnit Military Instillation, Morocco, April 3, 2014 during exercise African Lion 14. SP-MAGTF Crisis Response is a self-deployable, highly mobile response force allocated to U.S. Africa Command to respond to missions in permissive and uncertain environments to protect U.S. citizens, interests and other designated persons. SP-MAGTF Crisis Response participated in the exercise to train their rapid response capability. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Alexander Hill/Released)

U.S. Marines with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response conduct landing zone security at Tifnit Military Instillation, Morocco, April 3, 2014 during exercise African Lion 14. SP-MAGTF Crisis Response is a self-deployable, highly mobile response force allocated to U.S. Africa Command to respond to missions in permissive and uncertain environments to protect U.S. citizens, interests and other designated persons. SP-MAGTF Crisis Response participated in the exercise to train their rapid response capability. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Alexander Hill/Released)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Alexander Hill

U.S. Marines with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response board an MV-22B tiltrotor Osprey travelling to Tifnit Military Instillation, Morocco, April 3, 2014 as a part of exercise African Lion 14. SP-MAGTF Crisis Response is a self-deployable, highly mobile response force allocated to U.S. Africa Command to respond to missions in permissive and uncertain environments to protect U.S. citizens, interests and other designated persons. SP-MAGTF Crisis Response participated in the exercise to train their rapid response capability. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Alexander Hill/Released)

U.S. Marines with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response board an MV-22B tiltrotor Osprey travelling to Tifnit Military Instillation, Morocco, April 3, 2014 as a part of exercise African Lion 14. SP-MAGTF Crisis Response is a self-deployable, highly mobile response force allocated to U.S. Africa Command to respond to missions in permissive and uncertain environments to protect U.S. citizens, interests and other designated persons. SP-MAGTF Crisis Response participated in the exercise to train their rapid response capability. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Alexander Hill/Released)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Alexander Hill

U.S. Marines with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response board an MV-22B tiltrotor Osprey travelling to Tifnit Military Instillation, Morocco, April 3, 2014 as a part of exercise African Lion 14. SP-MAGTF Crisis Response is a self-deployable, highly mobile response force allocated to U.S. Africa Command to respond to missions in permissive and uncertain environments to protect U.S. citizens, interests and other designated persons. SP-MAGTF Crisis Response participated in the exercise to train their rapid response capability. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Alexander Hill/Released)

U.S. Marines with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response board an MV-22B tiltrotor Osprey travelling to Tifnit Military Instillation, Morocco, April 3, 2014 as a part of exercise African Lion 14. SP-MAGTF Crisis Response is a self-deployable, highly mobile response force allocated to U.S. Africa Command to respond to missions in permissive and uncertain environments to protect U.S. citizens, interests and other designated persons. SP-MAGTF Crisis Response participated in the exercise to train their rapid response capability. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Alexander Hill/Released)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Alexander Hill

Military police officers from the U.S. Marines, Army and Air Force, along with Royal Moroccan soldiers specializing in riot-control, found common ground as enforcers of the law during African Lion 14, an annually-scheduled, multilateral training engagement that is hosted by the Kingdom of Morocco. One of the largest of its kind on the continent, the engagement shows the commitment of the participating nations to military friendships, strategic partnerships and regional and global security.

Military police officers from the U.S. Marines, Army and Air Force, along with Royal Moroccan soldiers specializing in riot-control, found common ground as enforcers of the law during African Lion 14, an annually-scheduled, multilateral training engagement that is hosted by the Kingdom of Morocco. One of the largest of its kind on the continent, the engagement shows the commitment of the participating nations to military friendships, strategic partnerships and regional and global security.

Photo by Sgt. Tatum Vayavananda

An international shield formation of Moroccan riot-control soldiers and U.S. Marine, Air Force and Army military police officers during Exercise African Lion 14, Tifnit, Morocco. Military police officers from the U.S. Marines, Army and Air Force, along with Royal Moroccan soldiers specializing in riot-control, found common ground as enforcers of the law during African Lion 14, an annually-scheduled, multilateral training engagement that is hosted by the Kingdom of Morocco. One of the largest of its kind on the continent, the engagement shows the commitment of the participating nations to military friendships, strategic partnerships and regional and global security.

An international shield formation of Moroccan riot-control soldiers and U.S. Marine, Air Force and Army military police officers during Exercise African Lion 14, Tifnit, Morocco. Military police officers from the U.S. Marines, Army and Air Force, along with Royal Moroccan soldiers specializing in riot-control, found common ground as enforcers of the law during African Lion 14, an annually-scheduled, multilateral training engagement that is hosted by the Kingdom of Morocco. One of the largest of its kind on the continent, the engagement shows the commitment of the participating nations to military friendships, strategic partnerships and regional and global security.

Photo by Sgt. Tatum Vayavananda

A force of Moroccan riot-control soldiers and U.S. Marine, Army and Air Force military police officers rush to control a simulated situation of civil disorder during Exercise African Lion 14, Tifnit, Morocco. Military police officers from the U.S. Marines, Army and Air Force, along with Royal Moroccan soldiers specializing in riot-control, found common ground as enforcers of the law during African Lion 14, an annually-scheduled, multilateral training engagement that is hosted by the Kingdom of Morocco. One of the largest of its kind on the continent, the engagement shows the commitment of the participating nations to military friendships, strategic partnerships and regional and global security.

A force of Moroccan riot-control soldiers and U.S. Marine, Army and Air Force military police officers rush to control a simulated situation of civil disorder during Exercise African Lion 14, Tifnit, Morocco. Military police officers from the U.S. Marines, Army and Air Force, along with Royal Moroccan soldiers specializing in riot-control, found common ground as enforcers of the law during African Lion 14, an annually-scheduled, multilateral training engagement that is hosted by the Kingdom of Morocco. One of the largest of its kind on the continent, the engagement shows the commitment of the participating nations to military friendships, strategic partnerships and regional and global security.

Photo by Sgt. Tatum Vayavananda

Indie, a military working dog with 2nd Law Enforcement Battalion, jumps out of the shield line formed by Moroccan riot-control soldiers and U.S. Marine, Army and Air Force military police officers to bite Sgt. Matthew S. Settle, a military working dog trainer, 2nd LEB, while demonstrating escalation-of-force operations during Exercise African Lion 14. Military police officers from the U.S. Marines, Army and Air Force, along with Royal Moroccan soldiers specializing in riot-control, found common ground as enforcers of the law during African Lion 14, an annually-scheduled, multilateral training engagement that is hosted by the Kingdom of Morocco. One of the largest of its kind on the continent, the engagement shows the commitment of the participating nations to military friendships, strategic partnerships and regional and global security.

Indie, a military working dog with 2nd Law Enforcement Battalion, jumps out of the shield line formed by Moroccan riot-control soldiers and U.S. Marine, Army and Air Force military police officers to bite Sgt. Matthew S. Settle, a military working dog trainer, 2nd LEB, while demonstrating escalation-of-force operations during Exercise African Lion 14. Military police officers from the U.S. Marines, Army and Air Force, along with Royal Moroccan soldiers specializing in riot-control, found common ground as enforcers of the law during African Lion 14, an annually-scheduled, multilateral training engagement that is hosted by the Kingdom of Morocco. One of the largest of its kind on the continent, the engagement shows the commitment of the participating nations to military friendships, strategic partnerships and regional and global security.

Photo by Sgt. Tatum Vayavananda

A Moroccan soldier and Lance Cpl. Michael A. Laureano, a Brentwood, N.Y. native and military policeman with 2nd Law Enforcement Battalion, share and show military grades and ranks from their respective countries as they draw them out in the sand during Exercise African Lion 14. Military police officers from the U.S. Marines, Army and Air Force, along with Royal Moroccan soldiers specializing in riot-control, found common ground as enforcers of the law during African Lion 14, an annually-scheduled, multilateral training engagement that is hosted by the Kingdom of Morocco. One of the largest of its kind on the continent, the engagement shows the commitment of the participating nations to military friendships, strategic partnerships and regional and global security.

A Moroccan soldier and Lance Cpl. Michael A. Laureano, a Brentwood, N.Y. native and military policeman with 2nd Law Enforcement Battalion, share and show military grades and ranks from their respective countries as they draw them out in the sand during Exercise African Lion 14. Military police officers from the U.S. Marines, Army and Air Force, along with Royal Moroccan soldiers specializing in riot-control, found common ground as enforcers of the law during African Lion 14, an annually-scheduled, multilateral training engagement that is hosted by the Kingdom of Morocco. One of the largest of its kind on the continent, the engagement shows the commitment of the participating nations to military friendships, strategic partnerships and regional and global security.

Photo by Sgt. Tatum Vayavananda

Lance Cpl. Travis Paskiewicz, chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear defense specialist, 3rd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division assigned to Black Sea Rotational Force 14, runs through a mechanical advantage-control holds course after being exposed to oleoresin capsicum spray on Mihail Kogalniceanu Air Base, Romania, April 3, 2014. Marines and soldiers were directly exposed to the OC spray, then instructed to complete a course with stations which required them to execute different take down techniques on a simulated enemy combatant. Black Sea Rotational Force 14 is a contingent of Marines to maintain positive relations with partner nations, regional stability and increase interoperability while providing the capability for contingency response, as directed by U.S. European Command, in the Black Sea, Balkan and Caucasus regions of Eastern Europe. (Official Marine Corps photo by Staff Sgt. Tanner M. Iskra, 2nd Marine Division, Black Sea Rotational Force/ Released)

Lance Cpl. Travis Paskiewicz, chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear defense specialist, 3rd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division assigned to Black Sea Rotational Force 14, runs through a mechanical advantage-control holds course after being exposed to oleoresin capsicum spray on Mihail Kogalniceanu Air Base, Romania, April 3, 2014. Marines and soldiers were directly exposed to the OC spray, then instructed to complete a course with stations which required them to execute different take down techniques on a simulated enemy combatant. Black Sea Rotational Force 14 is a contingent of Marines to maintain positive relations with partner nations, regional stability and increase interoperability while providing the capability for contingency response, as directed by U.S. European Command, in the Black Sea, Balkan and Caucasus regions of Eastern Europe. (Official Marine Corps photo by Staff Sgt. Tanner M. Iskra, 2nd Marine Division, Black Sea Rotational Force/ Released)

Photo by Staff Sgt. Tanner M. Iskra

Lance Cpl. Travis Paskiewicz, chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear defense specialist, 3rd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division assigned to Black Sea Rotational Force 14, executes a mechanical advantage-control holds course after being exposed to oleoresin capsicum spray on Mihail Kogalniceanu Air Base, Romania, April 3, 2014. Marines and soldiers were directly exposed to the OC spray, then instructed to complete a course with stations which required them to execute different take down techniques on a simulated enemy combatant. Black Sea Rotational Force 14 is a contingent of Marines to maintain positive relations with partner nations, regional stability and increase interoperability while providing the capability for contingency response, as directed by U.S. European Command, in the Black Sea, Balkan and Caucasus regions of Eastern Europe. (Official Marine Corps photo by Staff Sgt. Tanner M. Iskra, 2nd Marine Division, Black Sea Rotational Force/ Released)

Lance Cpl. Travis Paskiewicz, chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear defense specialist, 3rd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division assigned to Black Sea Rotational Force 14, executes a mechanical advantage-control holds course after being exposed to oleoresin capsicum spray on Mihail Kogalniceanu Air Base, Romania, April 3, 2014. Marines and soldiers were directly exposed to the OC spray, then instructed to complete a course with stations which required them to execute different take down techniques on a simulated enemy combatant. Black Sea Rotational Force 14 is a contingent of Marines to maintain positive relations with partner nations, regional stability and increase interoperability while providing the capability for contingency response, as directed by U.S. European Command, in the Black Sea, Balkan and Caucasus regions of Eastern Europe. (Official Marine Corps photo by Staff Sgt. Tanner M. Iskra, 2nd Marine Division, Black Sea Rotational Force/ Released)

Photo by Staff Sgt. Tanner M. Iskra

Lance Cpl. Christian Martinez, intelligence specialist, 3rd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division assigned to Black Sea Rotational Force 14, reacts to the effect of being exposed to oleoresin capsicum spray after running through a mechanical advantage-control holds course on Mihail Kogalniceanu Air Base, Romania, April 3, 2014. Marines and soldiers were directly exposed to the OC spray, then instructed to complete a course with stations which required them to execute different take down techniques on a simulated enemy combatant. Black Sea Rotational Force 14 is a contingent of Marines to maintain positive relations with partner nations, regional stability and increase interoperability while providing the capability for contingency response, as directed by U.S. European Command, in the Black Sea, Balkan and Caucasus regions of Eastern Europe. (Official Marine Corps photo by Staff Sgt. Tanner M. Iskra, 2nd Marine Division, Black Sea Rotational Force/ Released)

Lance Cpl. Christian Martinez, intelligence specialist, 3rd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division assigned to Black Sea Rotational Force 14, reacts to the effect of being exposed to oleoresin capsicum spray after running through a mechanical advantage-control holds course on Mihail Kogalniceanu Air Base, Romania, April 3, 2014. Marines and soldiers were directly exposed to the OC spray, then instructed to complete a course with stations which required them to execute different take down techniques on a simulated enemy combatant. Black Sea Rotational Force 14 is a contingent of Marines to maintain positive relations with partner nations, regional stability and increase interoperability while providing the capability for contingency response, as directed by U.S. European Command, in the Black Sea, Balkan and Caucasus regions of Eastern Europe. (Official Marine Corps photo by Staff Sgt. Tanner M. Iskra, 2nd Marine Division, Black Sea Rotational Force/ Released)

Photo by Staff Sgt. Tanner M. Iskra

Lance Cpl. Travis Paskiewicz, chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear defense specialist, assigned to Black Sea Rotational Force, is exposed to oleoresin capsicum spray Mihail Kogalniceanu Air Base, Romania, April 3, 2014. Marines and soldiers were directly exposed to the OC spray, then instructed to complete a course with stations which required them to execute different take down techniques on a simulated enemy combatant. Black Sea Rotational Force 14 is a contingent of Marines to maintain positive relations with partner nations, regional stability and increase interoperability while providing the capability for contingency response, as directed by U.S. European Command, in the Black Sea, Balkan and Caucasus regions of Eastern Europe. (Official Marine Corps photo by Staff Sgt. Tanner M. Iskra, 2nd Marine Division, Black Sea Rotational Force/ Released).

Lance Cpl. Travis Paskiewicz, chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear defense specialist, assigned to Black Sea Rotational Force, is exposed to oleoresin capsicum spray Mihail Kogalniceanu Air Base, Romania, April 3, 2014. Marines and soldiers were directly exposed to the OC spray, then instructed to complete a course with stations which required them to execute different take down techniques on a simulated enemy combatant. Black Sea Rotational Force 14 is a contingent of Marines to maintain positive relations with partner nations, regional stability and increase interoperability while providing the capability for contingency response, as directed by U.S. European Command, in the Black Sea, Balkan and Caucasus regions of Eastern Europe. (Official Marine Corps photo by Staff Sgt. Tanner M. Iskra, 2nd Marine Division, Black Sea Rotational Force/ Released).

Photo by Staff Sgt. Tanner M. Iskra

PV2 Victoria Resch, military policewoman, 202nd MP Company, assigned to Black Sea Area Support Team, runs through a mechanical advantage-control holds course after being exposed to oleoresin capsicum spray on Mihail Kogalniceanu Air Base, Romania, April 3, 2014. Marines and soldiers were directly exposed to the OC spray, then instructed to complete a course with stations which required them to execute different take down techniques on a simulated enemy combatant. The Black Sea Area Support team’s mission is to provide base operations support to US Forces in the BSAST Theater of Operations (including Romania and Bulgaria). This includes, but is not limited to, providing life support, logistics support, base camp operations to US forces in the Area of Responsibility (AOR), reception, staging, and onward movement of US forces, fiscal management and budgetary activities, and coordination of force protection of US military and government civilians in the AOR. Black Sea Rotational Force 14 is a contingent of Marines to maintain positive relations with partner nations, regional stability and increase interoperability while providing the capability for rapid contingency response, as directed by U.S. European Command, in the Black Sea, Balkan and Caucasus regions of Eastern Europe. (Official Marine Corps photo by Staff Sgt. Tanner M. Iskra, 2nd Marine Division, Black Sea Rotational Force/ Released).

PV2 Victoria Resch, military policewoman, 202nd MP Company, assigned to Black Sea Area Support Team, runs through a mechanical advantage-control holds course after being exposed to oleoresin capsicum spray on Mihail Kogalniceanu Air Base, Romania, April 3, 2014. Marines and soldiers were directly exposed to the OC spray, then instructed to complete a course with stations which required them to execute different take down techniques on a simulated enemy combatant. The Black Sea Area Support team’s mission is to provide base operations support to US Forces in the BSAST Theater of Operations (including Romania and Bulgaria). This includes, but is not limited to, providing life support, logistics support, base camp operations to US forces in the Area of Responsibility (AOR), reception, staging, and onward movement of US forces, fiscal management and budgetary activities, and coordination of force protection of US military and government civilians in the AOR. Black Sea Rotational Force 14 is a contingent of Marines to maintain positive relations with partner nations, regional stability and increase interoperability while providing the capability for rapid contingency response, as directed by U.S. European Command, in the Black Sea, Balkan and Caucasus regions of Eastern Europe. (Official Marine Corps photo by Staff Sgt. Tanner M. Iskra, 2nd Marine Division, Black Sea Rotational Force/ Released).

Photo by Staff Sgt. Tanner M. Iskra

PV2 Victoria Resch, military policewoman, 202nd MP Company, assigned to Black Sea Area Support Team, reacts to the effect of being exposed to oleoresin capsicum spray after running through a mechanical advantage-control holds course on Mihail Kogalniceanu Air Base, Romania, April 3, 2014. Marines and soldiers were directly exposed to the OC spray, then instructed to complete a course with stations which required them to execute different take down techniques on a simulated enemy combatant. Black Sea Area Support Team’s mission is to provide base operations support to US Forces in the BSAST Theater of Operations (including Romania and Bulgaria). This includes, but is not limited to, providing life support, logistics support, base camp operations to US forces in the Area of Responsibility (AOR), reception, staging, and onward movement of US forces, fiscal management and budgetary activities, and coordination of force protection of US military and government civilians in the AOR. Black Sea Rotational Force 14 is a contingent of Marines to maintain positive relations with partner nations, regional stability and increase interoperability while providing the capability for contingency response, as directed by U.S. European Command, in the Black Sea, Balkan and Caucasus regions of Eastern Europe. (Official Marine Corps photo by Staff Sgt. Tanner M. Iskra, 2nd Marine Division, Black Sea Rotational Force/ Released).

PV2 Victoria Resch, military policewoman, 202nd MP Company, assigned to Black Sea Area Support Team, reacts to the effect of being exposed to oleoresin capsicum spray after running through a mechanical advantage-control holds course on Mihail Kogalniceanu Air Base, Romania, April 3, 2014. Marines and soldiers were directly exposed to the OC spray, then instructed to complete a course with stations which required them to execute different take down techniques on a simulated enemy combatant. Black Sea Area Support Team’s mission is to provide base operations support to US Forces in the BSAST Theater of Operations (including Romania and Bulgaria). This includes, but is not limited to, providing life support, logistics support, base camp operations to US forces in the Area of Responsibility (AOR), reception, staging, and onward movement of US forces, fiscal management and budgetary activities, and coordination of force protection of US military and government civilians in the AOR. Black Sea Rotational Force 14 is a contingent of Marines to maintain positive relations with partner nations, regional stability and increase interoperability while providing the capability for contingency response, as directed by U.S. European Command, in the Black Sea, Balkan and Caucasus regions of Eastern Europe. (Official Marine Corps photo by Staff Sgt. Tanner M. Iskra, 2nd Marine Division, Black Sea Rotational Force/ Released).

Photo by Staff Sgt. Tanner M. Iskra

Corporal Jonathan Orozco, messman, Logistics Combat Element, assigned to Black Sea Rotational Force, reacts to the effect of being exposed to oleoresin capsicum spray after running through a mechanical advantage-control holds course on Mihail Kogalniceanu Air Base, Romania, April 3, 2014. Marines and soldiers were directly exposed to the OC spray, then instructed to complete a course with different stations which required them to execute different take down techniques on a simulated enemy combatant. Black Sea Rotational Force 14 is a contingent of Marines to maintain positive relations with partner nations, regional stability and increase interoperability while providing the capability for contingency response, as directed by U.S. European Command, in the Black Sea, Balkan and Caucasus regions of Eastern Europe. (Official Marine Corps photo by Staff Sgt. Tanner M. Iskra, 2nd Marine Division, Black Sea Rotational Force/ Released).

Corporal Jonathan Orozco, messman, Logistics Combat Element, assigned to Black Sea Rotational Force, reacts to the effect of being exposed to oleoresin capsicum spray after running through a mechanical advantage-control holds course on Mihail Kogalniceanu Air Base, Romania, April 3, 2014. Marines and soldiers were directly exposed to the OC spray, then instructed to complete a course with different stations which required them to execute different take down techniques on a simulated enemy combatant. Black Sea Rotational Force 14 is a contingent of Marines to maintain positive relations with partner nations, regional stability and increase interoperability while providing the capability for contingency response, as directed by U.S. European Command, in the Black Sea, Balkan and Caucasus regions of Eastern Europe. (Official Marine Corps photo by Staff Sgt. Tanner M. Iskra, 2nd Marine Division, Black Sea Rotational Force/ Released).

Photo by Staff Sgt. Tanner M. Iskra

Corporal Peter Holguin, radio operator, 3rd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division assigned to Black Sea Rotational Force 14, is exposed to oleoresin capsicum spray on Mihail Kogalniceanu Air Base, Romania, April 3, 2014. Marines and soldiers were directly exposed to the OC spray, then instructed to complete a course with stations which required them to execute different take down techniques on a simulated enemy combatant. Black Sea Rotational Force 14 is a contingent of Marines to maintain positive relations with partner nations, regional stability and increase interoperability while providing the capability for contingency response, as directed by U.S. European Command, in the Black Sea, Balkan and Caucasus regions of Eastern Europe. (Official Marine Corps photo by Staff Sgt. Tanner M. Iskra, 2nd Marine Division, Black Sea Rotational Force/ Released)

Corporal Peter Holguin, radio operator, 3rd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division assigned to Black Sea Rotational Force 14, is exposed to oleoresin capsicum spray on Mihail Kogalniceanu Air Base, Romania, April 3, 2014. Marines and soldiers were directly exposed to the OC spray, then instructed to complete a course with stations which required them to execute different take down techniques on a simulated enemy combatant. Black Sea Rotational Force 14 is a contingent of Marines to maintain positive relations with partner nations, regional stability and increase interoperability while providing the capability for contingency response, as directed by U.S. European Command, in the Black Sea, Balkan and Caucasus regions of Eastern Europe. (Official Marine Corps photo by Staff Sgt. Tanner M. Iskra, 2nd Marine Division, Black Sea Rotational Force/ Released)

Photo by Staff Sgt. Tanner M. Iskra

Corporal Peter Holguin, radio operator, 3rd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division assigned to Black Sea Rotational Force 14, runs through a mechanical advantage-control holds course after being exposed to oleoresin capsicum spray on Mihail Kogalniceanu Air Base, Romania, April 3, 2014. Marines and soldiers were directly exposed to the OC spray, then instructed to complete a course with stations which required them to execute different take down techniques on a simulated enemy combatant. Black Sea Rotational Force 14 is a contingent of Marines to maintain positive relations with partner nations, regional stability and increase interoperability while providing the capability for contingency response, as directed by U.S. European Command, in the Black Sea, Balkan and Caucasus regions of Eastern Europe. (Official Marine Corps photo by Staff Sgt. Tanner M. Iskra, 2nd Marine Division, Black Sea Rotational Force/ Released)

Corporal Peter Holguin, radio operator, 3rd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division assigned to Black Sea Rotational Force 14, runs through a mechanical advantage-control holds course after being exposed to oleoresin capsicum spray on Mihail Kogalniceanu Air Base, Romania, April 3, 2014. Marines and soldiers were directly exposed to the OC spray, then instructed to complete a course with stations which required them to execute different take down techniques on a simulated enemy combatant. Black Sea Rotational Force 14 is a contingent of Marines to maintain positive relations with partner nations, regional stability and increase interoperability while providing the capability for contingency response, as directed by U.S. European Command, in the Black Sea, Balkan and Caucasus regions of Eastern Europe. (Official Marine Corps photo by Staff Sgt. Tanner M. Iskra, 2nd Marine Division, Black Sea Rotational Force/ Released)

Photo by Staff Sgt. Tanner M. Iskra

Brigadier Gen. James Lukeman, commanding general of 2nd Marine Division, eats lunch with Lance Cpl. Cody Turner, a mortarman, along with other Marines of 3rd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division assigned to Black Sea Rotational Force 14 during his visit to Mihail Kogalniceanu Air Base, Romania, April 3, 2014. Black Sea Rotational Force 14 is a contingent of Marines and sailors tasked with maintaining positive relations with partner nations, regional stability and increasing interoperability while providing the capability for contingency response, as directed by U.S. European Command, in the Black Sea, Balkan and Caucasus regions of Eastern Europe. (Official Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Scott W. Whiting, BSRF PAO/ Released)

Brigadier Gen. James Lukeman, commanding general of 2nd Marine Division, eats lunch with Lance Cpl. Cody Turner, a mortarman, along with other Marines of 3rd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division assigned to Black Sea Rotational Force 14 during his visit to Mihail Kogalniceanu Air Base, Romania, April 3, 2014. Black Sea Rotational Force 14 is a contingent of Marines and sailors tasked with maintaining positive relations with partner nations, regional stability and increasing interoperability while providing the capability for contingency response, as directed by U.S. European Command, in the Black Sea, Balkan and Caucasus regions of Eastern Europe. (Official Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Scott W. Whiting, BSRF PAO/ Released)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Scott W. Whiting

Brigadier Gen. James Lukeman, commanding general of 2nd Marine Division, speaks to Marines with 3rd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division assigned to Black Sea Rotational Force 14 during his visit to Mihail Kogalniceanu Air Base, Romania, April 3, 2014. Black Sea Rotational Force 14 is a contingent of Marines and sailors tasked with maintaining positive relations with partner nations, regional stability and increasing interoperability while providing the capability for contingency response, as directed by U.S. European Command, in the Black Sea, Balkan and Caucasus regions of Eastern Europe. (Official Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Scott W. Whiting, BSRF PAO/ Released)

Brigadier Gen. James Lukeman, commanding general of 2nd Marine Division, speaks to Marines with 3rd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division assigned to Black Sea Rotational Force 14 during his visit to Mihail Kogalniceanu Air Base, Romania, April 3, 2014. Black Sea Rotational Force 14 is a contingent of Marines and sailors tasked with maintaining positive relations with partner nations, regional stability and increasing interoperability while providing the capability for contingency response, as directed by U.S. European Command, in the Black Sea, Balkan and Caucasus regions of Eastern Europe. (Official Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Scott W. Whiting, BSRF PAO/ Released)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Scott W. Whiting

Brigadier Gen. James Lukeman, commanding general of 2nd Marine Division, speaks to Marines with 3rd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division assigned to Black Sea Rotational Force 14 during his visit to Mihail Kogalniceanu Air Base, Romania, April 3, 2014. Black Sea Rotational Force 14 is a contingent of Marines and sailors tasked with maintaining positive relations with partner nations, regional stability and increasing interoperability while providing the capability for contingency response, as directed by U.S. European Command, in the Black Sea, Balkan and Caucasus regions of Eastern Europe. (Official Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Scott W. Whiting, BSRF PAO/ Released)

Brigadier Gen. James Lukeman, commanding general of 2nd Marine Division, speaks to Marines with 3rd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division assigned to Black Sea Rotational Force 14 during his visit to Mihail Kogalniceanu Air Base, Romania, April 3, 2014. Black Sea Rotational Force 14 is a contingent of Marines and sailors tasked with maintaining positive relations with partner nations, regional stability and increasing interoperability while providing the capability for contingency response, as directed by U.S. European Command, in the Black Sea, Balkan and Caucasus regions of Eastern Europe. (Official Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Scott W. Whiting, BSRF PAO/ Released)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Scott W. Whiting

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