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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

U.S. Marines and British Royal Marines with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Africa 14 conduct small-craft capsize exercises with a zodiac combat reconnaissance rubber craft aboard Naval Air Station Sigonella, Italy, Aug. 20, 2014. 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 conduct small-craft capsize exercises with a zodiac combat reconnaissance rubber craft aboard Naval Air Station Sigonella, Italy, Aug. 20, 2014. 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

U.S. Marines and British Royal Marines with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Africa 14 demonstrate proper procedures in a zodiac combat reconnaissance rubber craft while commands are given during a small-craft capsize exercise aboard Naval Air Station Sigonella, Italy, Aug. 20, 2014. Service members watched the proceedings and then performed the tasks. They will be performing and sharing the same techniques for an upcoming Theater Security Cooperation engagement, when they work alongside partner nations in Africa. (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 demonstrate proper procedures in a zodiac combat reconnaissance rubber craft while commands are given during a small-craft capsize exercise aboard Naval Air Station Sigonella, Italy, Aug. 20, 2014. Service members watched the proceedings and then performed the tasks. They will be performing and sharing the same techniques for an upcoming Theater Security Cooperation engagement, when they work alongside partner nations in Africa. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Shawn Valosin)

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

U.S Marines of 3rd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division and 2nd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division held a ceremony to mark the turnover of a new iteration of Black Sea Rotational Force on Mihail Kogalniceanu Air Base, Romania, Aug. 21, 2014. 2/2 will be taking 3/8’s place for the winter rotation of BSRF. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Ryan Young/released)

U.S Marines of 3rd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division and 2nd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division held a ceremony to mark the turnover of a new iteration of Black Sea Rotational Force on Mihail Kogalniceanu Air Base, Romania, Aug. 21, 2014. 2/2 will be taking 3/8’s place for the winter rotation of BSRF. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Ryan Young/released)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Ryan Young

U.S Marines of 3rd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division and 2nd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division held a ceremony to mark the turnover of a new iteration of Black Sea Rotational Force on Mihail Kogalniceanu Air Base, Romania, Aug. 21, 2014. 2/2 will be taking 3/8’s place for the winter rotation of BSRF. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Ryan Young/released)

U.S Marines of 3rd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division and 2nd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division held a ceremony to mark the turnover of a new iteration of Black Sea Rotational Force on Mihail Kogalniceanu Air Base, Romania, Aug. 21, 2014. 2/2 will be taking 3/8’s place for the winter rotation of BSRF. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Ryan Young/released)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Ryan Young

U.S. Marines of 3rd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment (3/8), 2nd Marine Division (Mar Div), and 2nd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment (2/2), 2nd Mar Div, hold a ceremony to mark the closing of Black Sea Rotational Force (BSRF), 14.2 and the opening of BSRF 14.2A on Mihail Kogalniceanu Air Base, Aug. 21, 2014. 2/2 will replaced 3/8 for the winter rotation of BSRF. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Alexandria Blanche, 2nd MAR DIV, Combat Camera/Released)

U.S. Marines of 3rd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment (3/8), 2nd Marine Division (Mar Div), and 2nd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment (2/2), 2nd Mar Div, hold a ceremony to mark the closing of Black Sea Rotational Force (BSRF), 14.2 and the opening of BSRF 14.2A on Mihail Kogalniceanu Air Base, Aug. 21, 2014. 2/2 will replaced 3/8 for the winter rotation of BSRF. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Alexandria Blanche, 2nd MAR DIV, Combat Camera/Released)

Photo by Cpl. Alexandria Blanche

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