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Lance Corporal Saldis Salcedo, mortarman, Weapons Company, 3rd Battalion, 8th Marines, assigned to Black Sea Rotational Force 14 throws a training grenade, during a combined maneuver live fire exercise at Babadag Training Area, Romania, 26 March, 2014. Romanian service members and Marines from BSRF-14 integrated fire teams during the live fire exercise. Black Sea Rotational Force 14 is a task force of Marines and sailors with the mission to sustain positive relationships with partner nations uphold regional stability and increase military operational capabilities while also proving the ability for rapid crisis response in the Black Sea, Balkan and Caucasus regions of Eastern Europe. (Official Marine Corps photo by Staff Sgt. Tanner M. Iskra, BSRF Combat Camera/Released)

Lance Corporal Saldis Salcedo, mortarman, Weapons Company, 3rd Battalion, 8th Marines, assigned to Black Sea Rotational Force 14 throws a training grenade, during a combined maneuver live fire exercise at Babadag Training Area, Romania, 26 March, 2014. Romanian service members and Marines from BSRF-14 integrated fire teams during the live fire exercise. Black Sea Rotational Force 14 is a task force of Marines and sailors with the mission to sustain positive relationships with partner nations uphold regional stability and increase military operational capabilities while also proving the ability for rapid crisis response in the Black Sea, Balkan and Caucasus regions of Eastern Europe. (Official Marine Corps photo by Staff Sgt. Tanner M. Iskra, BSRF Combat Camera/Released)

Photo by Staff Sgt Tanner M. Iskra

Sergeant John Sommer, mortarman, Weapons Company, 3rd Battalion, 8th Marines, assigned to Black Sea Rotational Force 14 shows the features of his watch to a Romanian service member assigned to the Romanian 307th Naval Infantry, during a combined maneuver live fire exercise at Babadag Training Area, Romania, 26 March, 2014. Romanian service members and Marines from BSRF-14 integrated fire teams during the live fire exercise. Black Sea Rotational Force 14 is a task force of Marines and sailors with the mission to sustain positive relationships with partner nations uphold regional stability and increase military operational capabilities while also proving the ability for rapid crisis response in the Black Sea, Balkan and Caucasus regions of Eastern Europe. (Official Marine Corps photo by Staff Sgt. Tanner M. Iskra, BSRF Combat Camera/Released)

Sergeant John Sommer, mortarman, Weapons Company, 3rd Battalion, 8th Marines, assigned to Black Sea Rotational Force 14 shows the features of his watch to a Romanian service member assigned to the Romanian 307th Naval Infantry, during a combined maneuver live fire exercise at Babadag Training Area, Romania, 26 March, 2014. Romanian service members and Marines from BSRF-14 integrated fire teams during the live fire exercise. Black Sea Rotational Force 14 is a task force of Marines and sailors with the mission to sustain positive relationships with partner nations uphold regional stability and increase military operational capabilities while also proving the ability for rapid crisis response in the Black Sea, Balkan and Caucasus regions of Eastern Europe. (Official Marine Corps photo by Staff Sgt. Tanner M. Iskra, BSRF Combat Camera/Released)

Photo by Staff SgtTanner M. Iskra

Captain Claudia Visan, company commander, Romanian 307th Naval Infantry, points out an area of interest to Sergeant Jason Tarleton, mortarman, weapons company, 3rd Battalion, 8th Marines, assigned to Black Sea Rotational Force 14 during a combined maneuver live fire exercise at Babadag Training Area, Romania, 26 March, 2014. Black Sea Rotational Force 14 is a task force of Marines and sailors with the mission to sustain positive relationships with partner nations uphold regional stability and increase military operational capabilities while also proving the ability for rapid crisis response in the Black Sea, Balkan and Caucasus regions of Eastern Europe. (Official Marine Corps photo by Staff Sgt. Tanner M. Iskra, BSRF Combat Camera/Released)

Captain Claudia Visan, company commander, Romanian 307th Naval Infantry, points out an area of interest to Sergeant Jason Tarleton, mortarman, weapons company, 3rd Battalion, 8th Marines, assigned to Black Sea Rotational Force 14 during a combined maneuver live fire exercise at Babadag Training Area, Romania, 26 March, 2014. Black Sea Rotational Force 14 is a task force of Marines and sailors with the mission to sustain positive relationships with partner nations uphold regional stability and increase military operational capabilities while also proving the ability for rapid crisis response in the Black Sea, Balkan and Caucasus regions of Eastern Europe. (Official Marine Corps photo by Staff Sgt. Tanner M. Iskra, BSRF Combat Camera/Released)

Photo by Staff SgtTanner M. Iskra

Marines assigned to Black Sea Rotational Force 14 and service members assigned to the Romanian 307th Naval Infantry, navigate a course of fire during a combined maneuver live fire exercise at Babadag Training Area, Romania, 26 March, 2014. Romanian service members and Marines from BSRF-14 integrated fire teams during the live fire exercise. Black Sea Rotational Force 14 is a task force of Marines and sailors with the mission to sustain positive relationships with partner nations uphold regional stability and increase military operational capabilities while also proving the ability for rapid crisis response in the Black Sea, Balkan and Caucasus regions of Eastern Europe. (Official Marine Corps photo by Staff Sgt. Tanner M. Iskra, BSRF Combat Camera/Released)

Marines assigned to Black Sea Rotational Force 14 and service members assigned to the Romanian 307th Naval Infantry, navigate a course of fire during a combined maneuver live fire exercise at Babadag Training Area, Romania, 26 March, 2014. Romanian service members and Marines from BSRF-14 integrated fire teams during the live fire exercise. Black Sea Rotational Force 14 is a task force of Marines and sailors with the mission to sustain positive relationships with partner nations uphold regional stability and increase military operational capabilities while also proving the ability for rapid crisis response in the Black Sea, Balkan and Caucasus regions of Eastern Europe. (Official Marine Corps photo by Staff Sgt. Tanner M. Iskra, BSRF Combat Camera/Released)

Photo by Staff Sgt Tanner M. Iskra

Sergeant Major Nistor Marian, with the Romanian 307th Naval Infantry Battalion, looks downrange with Corporal Matthew Haines, mortarman, weapons company, 3rd Battalion, 8th Marines, assigned to Black Sea Rotational Force 14 during a combined maneuver live fire exercise at Babadag Training Area, Romania, 26 March, 2014. Black Sea Rotational Force 14 is a task force of Marines and sailors with the mission to sustain positive relationships with partner nations uphold regional stability and increase military operational capabilities while also proving the ability for rapid crisis response in the Black Sea, Balkan and Caucasus regions of Eastern Europe. (Official Marine Corps photo by Staff Sgt. Tanner M. Iskra, BSRF Combat Camera/Released)

Sergeant Major Nistor Marian, with the Romanian 307th Naval Infantry Battalion, looks downrange with Corporal Matthew Haines, mortarman, weapons company, 3rd Battalion, 8th Marines, assigned to Black Sea Rotational Force 14 during a combined maneuver live fire exercise at Babadag Training Area, Romania, 26 March, 2014. Black Sea Rotational Force 14 is a task force of Marines and sailors with the mission to sustain positive relationships with partner nations uphold regional stability and increase military operational capabilities while also proving the ability for rapid crisis response in the Black Sea, Balkan and Caucasus regions of Eastern Europe. (Official Marine Corps photo by Staff Sgt. Tanner M. Iskra, BSRF Combat Camera/Released)

Photo by Staff Sgt Tanner M. Iskra

United States Marine Corps Lt. Gen. Richard Tryon, commander of U.S. Marine Corps Forces Command and U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Europe, speaks to Georgian soldiers at the Georgian National Defense Academy March 19, 2014. Tryon visited Georgia to attend the departure ceremony of Georgian Special Mountain Battalion and 23rd Bn., who are deploying to Afghanistan as part of the International Security Assistance Force, and he also toured the NDA during his visit. (Official Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Scott W. Whiting, BSRF PAO/ Released)

United States Marine Corps Lt. Gen. Richard Tryon, commander of U.S. Marine Corps Forces Command and U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Europe, speaks to Georgian soldiers at the Georgian National Defense Academy March 19, 2014. Tryon visited Georgia to attend the departure ceremony of Georgian Special Mountain Battalion and 23rd Bn., who are deploying to Afghanistan as part of the International Security Assistance Force, and he also toured the NDA during his visit. (Official Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Scott W. Whiting, BSRF PAO/ Released)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Scott W. Whiting

United States Marine Corps Lt. Gen. Richard Tryon, commander of U.S. Marine Corps Forces Command and U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Europe, tours the Georgian National Defense Academy facilities with Zurab Agladze, the rector of the NDA March 19, 2014. Tryon visited Georgia to attend the departure ceremony of Georgian Special Mountain Battalion and 23rd Bn., who are deploying to Afghanistan as part of the International Security Assistance Force, and he also toured the NDA during his visit. (Official Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Scott W. Whiting, BSRF PAO/ Released)

United States Marine Corps Lt. Gen. Richard Tryon, commander of U.S. Marine Corps Forces Command and U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Europe, tours the Georgian National Defense Academy facilities with Zurab Agladze, the rector of the NDA March 19, 2014. Tryon visited Georgia to attend the departure ceremony of Georgian Special Mountain Battalion and 23rd Bn., who are deploying to Afghanistan as part of the International Security Assistance Force, and he also toured the NDA during his visit. (Official Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Scott W. Whiting, BSRF PAO/ Released)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Scott W. Whiting

United States Marine Corps Lt. Gen. Richard Tryon, commander of U.S. Marine Corps Forces Command and U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Europe, commends Georgian wounded warriors for their service to their country during his visit to the Georgian National Defense Academy March 19, 2014. Tryon visited Georgia to attend the departure ceremony of Georgian Special Mountain Battalion and 23rd Bn., who are deploying to Afghanistan as part of the International Security Assistance Force, and he also toured the NDA during his visit. (Official Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Scott W. Whiting, BSRF PAO/ Released)

United States Marine Corps Lt. Gen. Richard Tryon, commander of U.S. Marine Corps Forces Command and U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Europe, commends Georgian wounded warriors for their service to their country during his visit to the Georgian National Defense Academy March 19, 2014. Tryon visited Georgia to attend the departure ceremony of Georgian Special Mountain Battalion and 23rd Bn., who are deploying to Afghanistan as part of the International Security Assistance Force, and he also toured the NDA during his visit. (Official Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Scott W. Whiting, BSRF PAO/ Released)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Scott W. Whiting

United States Marine Corps Lt. Gen. Richard Tryon, commander of U.S. Marine Corps Forces Command and U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Europe, tours the Georgian National Defense Academy facilities with Zurab Agladze, the rector of the NDA March 19, 2014. Tryon visited Georgia to attend the departure ceremony of Georgian Special Mountain Battalion and 23rd Bn., who are deploying to Afghanistan as part of the International Security Assistance Force, and he also toured the NDA during his visit. (Official Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Scott W. Whiting, BSRF PAO/ Released)

United States Marine Corps Lt. Gen. Richard Tryon, commander of U.S. Marine Corps Forces Command and U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Europe, tours the Georgian National Defense Academy facilities with Zurab Agladze, the rector of the NDA March 19, 2014. Tryon visited Georgia to attend the departure ceremony of Georgian Special Mountain Battalion and 23rd Bn., who are deploying to Afghanistan as part of the International Security Assistance Force, and he also toured the NDA during his visit. (Official Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Scott W. Whiting, BSRF PAO/ Released)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Scott W. Whiting

United States Marine Corps Lt. Gen. Richard Tryon, commander of U.S. Marine Corps Forces Command and U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Europe, tours the Georgian National Defense Academy facilities with Zurab Agladze, the rector of the NDA March 19, 2014. Tryon visited Georgia to attend the departure ceremony of Georgian Special Mountain Battalion and 23rd Bn., who are deploying to Afghanistan as part of the International Security Assistance Force, and he also toured the NDA during his visit. (Official Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Scott W. Whiting, BSRF PAO/ Released)

United States Marine Corps Lt. Gen. Richard Tryon, commander of U.S. Marine Corps Forces Command and U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Europe, tours the Georgian National Defense Academy facilities with Zurab Agladze, the rector of the NDA March 19, 2014. Tryon visited Georgia to attend the departure ceremony of Georgian Special Mountain Battalion and 23rd Bn., who are deploying to Afghanistan as part of the International Security Assistance Force, and he also toured the NDA during his visit. (Official Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Scott W. Whiting, BSRF PAO/ Released)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Scott W. Whiting

United States Marine Corps Lt. Gen. Richard Tryon, commander of U.S. Marine Corps Forces Command and U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Europe, tours the Georgian National Defense Academy facilities with Zurab Agladze, the rector of the NDA March 19, 2014. Tryon visited Georgia to attend the departure ceremony of Georgian Special Mountain Battalion and 23rd Bn., who are deploying to Afghanistan as part of the International Security Assistance Force, and he also toured the NDA during his visit. (Official Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Scott W. Whiting, BSRF PAO/ Released)

United States Marine Corps Lt. Gen. Richard Tryon, commander of U.S. Marine Corps Forces Command and U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Europe, tours the Georgian National Defense Academy facilities with Zurab Agladze, the rector of the NDA March 19, 2014. Tryon visited Georgia to attend the departure ceremony of Georgian Special Mountain Battalion and 23rd Bn., who are deploying to Afghanistan as part of the International Security Assistance Force, and he also toured the NDA during his visit. (Official Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Scott W. Whiting, BSRF PAO/ Released)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Scott W. Whiting

United States Marine Corps Lt. Gen. Richard Tryon, commander of U.S. Marine Corps Forces Command and U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Europe, shakes hands with Zurab Agladze, the rector of the Georgian National Defense academy after touring the NDA facilities March 19, 2014. Tryon visited Georgia to attend the departure ceremony of Georgian Special Mountain Battalion and 23rd Bn., who are deploying to Afghanistan as part of the International Security Assistance Force, and he also toured the NDA during his visit. (Official Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Scott W. Whiting, BSRF PAO/ Released)

United States Marine Corps Lt. Gen. Richard Tryon, commander of U.S. Marine Corps Forces Command and U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Europe, shakes hands with Zurab Agladze, the rector of the Georgian National Defense academy after touring the NDA facilities March 19, 2014. Tryon visited Georgia to attend the departure ceremony of Georgian Special Mountain Battalion and 23rd Bn., who are deploying to Afghanistan as part of the International Security Assistance Force, and he also toured the NDA during his visit. (Official Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Scott W. Whiting, BSRF PAO/ Released)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Scott W. Whiting

United States Marine Corps Lt. Gen. Richard Tryon (left), commander of U.S. Marine Corps Forces Command and U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Europe, Georgian Maj. Gen. Vakhtang Kapanadze (middle), the Georgian chief of defense, and Zurab Agladze, the rector of the Georgian National Defense Academy tour the NDA facilities with March 19, 2014. Tryon visited Georgia to attend the departure ceremony of Georgian Special Mountain Battalion and 23rd Bn., who are deploying to Afghanistan as part of the International Security Assistance Force, and he also toured the NDA during his visit. (Official Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Scott W. Whiting, BSRF PAO/ Released)

United States Marine Corps Lt. Gen. Richard Tryon (left), commander of U.S. Marine Corps Forces Command and U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Europe, Georgian Maj. Gen. Vakhtang Kapanadze (middle), the Georgian chief of defense, and Zurab Agladze, the rector of the Georgian National Defense Academy tour the NDA facilities with March 19, 2014. Tryon visited Georgia to attend the departure ceremony of Georgian Special Mountain Battalion and 23rd Bn., who are deploying to Afghanistan as part of the International Security Assistance Force, and he also toured the NDA during his visit. (Official Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Scott W. Whiting, BSRF PAO/ Released)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Scott W. Whiting

A Spanish Marine shows the FN Minimi to U.S. Marines of Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response during a bilateral training exercise in Sierra Del Retin, Spain, March 18, 2014. The training was conducted to further partnerships between SP-MAGTF CR and European forces. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Alexander Hill/Released)

A Spanish Marine shows the FN Minimi to U.S. Marines of Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response during a bilateral training exercise in Sierra Del Retin, Spain, March 18, 2014. The training was conducted to further partnerships between SP-MAGTF CR and European forces. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Alexander Hill/Released)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Alexander Hill

U.S. Marines of Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response depart for a bilateral training exercise in an MV-22B Osprey on Moron Air Base, Spain, March 18, 2014. The training was conducted with Spanish Marines to further partnerships between SP-MAGTF CR and the European forces. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Alexander Hill/Released)

U.S. Marines of Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response depart for a bilateral training exercise in an MV-22B Osprey on Moron Air Base, Spain, March 18, 2014. The training was conducted with Spanish Marines to further partnerships between SP-MAGTF CR and the European forces. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Alexander Hill/Released)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Alexander Hill

United State Marine Corps Lt. Gen. Richard Tryon, commander of U.S. Marine Corps Forces Command and U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Europe, and his staff, meet with Romanian Lt. Gen. Stefan Danila, Chief of Romanian general staff, and his military officials, during a meeting in Bucharest, March 18, 2014. Tryon visited with Romanian military officials to discuss continuing the good military relationship between the United States and Romania. United States military forces are currently in Romania assigned to Mihail Kogalniceanu Air Base and the two nations work together during much of the Black Sea Rotational Force deployment. 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 rapid crisis 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)

United State Marine Corps Lt. Gen. Richard Tryon, commander of U.S. Marine Corps Forces Command and U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Europe, and his staff, meet with Romanian Lt. Gen. Stefan Danila, Chief of Romanian general staff, and his military officials, during a meeting in Bucharest, March 18, 2014. Tryon visited with Romanian military officials to discuss continuing the good military relationship between the United States and Romania. United States military forces are currently in Romania assigned to Mihail Kogalniceanu Air Base and the two nations work together during much of the Black Sea Rotational Force deployment. 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 rapid crisis 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

United State Marine Corps Lt. Gen. Richard Tryon, commander of U.S. Marine Corps Forces Command and U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Europe, speaks privately with Romanian Lt. Gen. Stefan Danila, Chief of Romanian general staff, before their official meeting March 18, 2014, in Bucharest. Tryon visited with Romanian military officials to discuss continuing the good military relationship between the United States and Romania. United States military forces are currently in Romania assigned to Mihail Kogalniceanu Air Base and the two nations work together during much of the Black Sea Rotational Force deployment. 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 rapid crisis 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)

United State Marine Corps Lt. Gen. Richard Tryon, commander of U.S. Marine Corps Forces Command and U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Europe, speaks privately with Romanian Lt. Gen. Stefan Danila, Chief of Romanian general staff, before their official meeting March 18, 2014, in Bucharest. Tryon visited with Romanian military officials to discuss continuing the good military relationship between the United States and Romania. United States military forces are currently in Romania assigned to Mihail Kogalniceanu Air Base and the two nations work together during much of the Black Sea Rotational Force deployment. 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 rapid crisis 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

Romanian Maj. Gen. Nicolae-Ionel Ciuca, chief of Romanian land forces, presents a gift to U.S. Marine Corps Lt. Gen. Richard Tryon, commander of U.S. Marine Corps Forces Command and U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Europe, after their meeting in Bucharest, March 18, 2014. Tryon visited with Romanian military officials to discuss continuing the good military relationship between the United States and Romania. United States military forces are currently in Romania assigned to Mihail Kogalniceanu Air Base and the two nations work together during much of the Black Sea Rotational Force deployment. 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 rapid crisis 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)

Romanian Maj. Gen. Nicolae-Ionel Ciuca, chief of Romanian land forces, presents a gift to U.S. Marine Corps Lt. Gen. Richard Tryon, commander of U.S. Marine Corps Forces Command and U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Europe, after their meeting in Bucharest, March 18, 2014. Tryon visited with Romanian military officials to discuss continuing the good military relationship between the United States and Romania. United States military forces are currently in Romania assigned to Mihail Kogalniceanu Air Base and the two nations work together during much of the Black Sea Rotational Force deployment. 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 rapid crisis 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

Lieutenant Gen. Richard Tryon (second from right), commander of U.S. Marine Corps Forces Command and U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Europe, and Sgt. Maj. James McCook (third from left), sergeant major of U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Europe, pose for a picture with Marines of the U.S. embassy in Bucharest March 18, 2014. Tryon visited Bucharest to meet with Romanian military officials and also made time to meet Marines at the U.S. embassy. (Official Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Scott W. Whiting, BSRF PAO/ Released)

Lieutenant Gen. Richard Tryon (second from right), commander of U.S. Marine Corps Forces Command and U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Europe, and Sgt. Maj. James McCook (third from left), sergeant major of U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Europe, pose for a picture with Marines of the U.S. embassy in Bucharest March 18, 2014. Tryon visited Bucharest to meet with Romanian military officials and also made time to meet Marines at the U.S. embassy. (Official Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Scott W. Whiting, BSRF PAO/ Released)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Scott W. Whiting

Romanian Lt. Gen. Stefan Danila, Chief of Romanian general staff, presents a gift to U.S. Marine Corps Lt. Gen. Richard Tryon, commander of U.S. Marine Corps Forces Command and U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Europe, after their meeting in Bucharest, March 18, 2014. Tryon visited with Romanian military officials to discuss continuing the good military relationship between the United States and Romania. United States military forces are currently in Romania assigned to Mihail Kogalniceanu Air Base and the two nations work together during much of the Black Sea Rotational Force deployment. 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 rapid crisis 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)

Romanian Lt. Gen. Stefan Danila, Chief of Romanian general staff, presents a gift to U.S. Marine Corps Lt. Gen. Richard Tryon, commander of U.S. Marine Corps Forces Command and U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Europe, after their meeting in Bucharest, March 18, 2014. Tryon visited with Romanian military officials to discuss continuing the good military relationship between the United States and Romania. United States military forces are currently in Romania assigned to Mihail Kogalniceanu Air Base and the two nations work together during much of the Black Sea Rotational Force deployment. 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 rapid crisis 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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