– The main body of U.S. Marines forming the Black Sea Rotational Force arrive aboard Romania’s Mihail Kogalniceanu Airfield, May 8. The Marines will form a Security Cooperation Marine Air Ground Task Force to train with partner nations in the Balkan, Black Sea and Caucasus regions. The Security Cooperation MAGTF is the first unit of its kind to deploy to the region. - – The main body of U.S. Marines forming the Black Sea Rotational Force arrive aboard Romania’s Mihail Kogalniceanu Airfield, May 8. The Marines will form a Security Cooperation Marine Air Ground Task Force to train with partner nations in the Balkan, Black Sea and Caucasus regions. The Security Cooperation MAGTF is the first unit of its kind to deploy to the region.
Personnel and family members with U.S. Marine Forces Europe and U.S. Marine Forces Africa pause during a guided discussion on a ridgeline overlooking the Soca Valley in Slovinia during a recent period of military education. During the two-day event, the group visited a local museum, and completed a walk along German Lt. Erwin Rommel’s famed attack route. The walk included a guided discussion along the 10-kilometer route, as well as a visit to an outdoor museum, where original Italian trenches and bunkers still exist. - Personnel and family members with U.S. Marine Forces Europe and U.S. Marine Forces Africa pause during a guided discussion on a ridgeline overlooking the Soca Valley in Slovinia during a recent period of military education. During the two-day event, the group visited a local museum, and completed a walk along German Lt. Erwin Rommel’s famed attack route. The walk included a guided discussion along the 10-kilometer route, as well as a visit to an outdoor museum, where original Italian trenches and bunkers still exist.
A U.S. Marine assigned to Fleet Anti-terrorism Security Team (FAST), Company Europe at Naval Station Rota, Spain wait with members of a Moroccan Maritime Interdiction Operations team to board a Spanish navy Augusta Bell 212 Helicopter before conducting Helicopter Rope Suspension Technique training in preparation for Exercise Phoenix Express 2010, April 27. The goals of the exercise are to increase participating countries knowledge base and experience level with FAST unit core capabilities and highlight common safety and security concerns in the maritime environment such as illegal immigration, criminal activity, narcotics trafficking, and weapons trafficking. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Paul Cage/Released) - A U.S. Marine assigned to Fleet Anti-terrorism Security Team (FAST), Company Europe at Naval Station Rota, Spain wait with members of a Moroccan Maritime Interdiction Operations team to board a Spanish navy Augusta Bell 212 Helicopter before conducting Helicopter Rope Suspension Technique training in preparation for Exercise Phoenix Express 2010, April 27. The goals of the exercise are to increase participating countries knowledge base and experience level with FAST unit core capabilities and highlight common safety and security concerns in the maritime environment such as illegal immigration, criminal activity, narcotics trafficking, and weapons trafficking. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Paul Cage/Released)
Lt. Gen. Richard F. Natonski, commander of Marine Corps Forces Command, delivers a speech during a ceremony marking the historic deployment of the Republic of Georgia's 31st Light Infantry Battalion to support Marine Expeditionary Brigade Afghanistan. The 31st Battalion has been training with Marines from Marine Forces Europe and Marine Corps Training and Advisory Group for the past six months as the first of four Georgian battalions participating in the Georgia Deployment Program. The deployment marks the first time a foreign military force will deploy as part of a Marine Regimental Combat Team. - Lt. Gen. Richard F. Natonski, commander of Marine Corps Forces Command, delivers a speech during a ceremony marking the historic deployment of the Republic of Georgia's 31st Light Infantry Battalion to support Marine Expeditionary Brigade Afghanistan. The 31st Battalion has been training with Marines from Marine Forces Europe and Marine Corps Training and Advisory Group for the past six months as the first of four Georgian battalions participating in the Georgia Deployment Program. The deployment marks the first time a foreign military force will deploy as part of a Marine Regimental Combat Team.
Marines with 2nd Battalion, 25th Regiment open fire upon a mock enemy force during a training raid March 3, 2010. After nearly a month above the Arctic Circle, Marines with the battalion are on their way home from Norway after completing Exercise Cold Response 2010. - Marines with 2nd Battalion, 25th Regiment open fire upon a mock enemy force during a training raid March 3, 2010. After nearly a month above the Arctic Circle, Marines with the battalion are on their way home from Norway after completing Exercise Cold Response 2010.
Lt. Colonel Anthony E. Lanza Battalion Commander for 2nd battalion 25th Marines, 4th Marine Division volunteers during a Combat Lifesaver Refresher Course February 24, 2010 aboard the Dutch Hr Ms Johan De Witt where he is administered fluids intravenously by one of his Marines while others observe during exercise Cold Response 2010 (CR10). CR10 is a Norwegian sponsored, scheduled, and conducted multinational invitational exercise with the Norwegian armed forces focused on cold weather maritime/amphibious operations, interoperability of expeditionary forces, special and ground operations. Participants include forces from Great Britain, the Netherlands, Sweden, Finland, Germany, Austria and other NATO partners. This exercise, previously known as Battle Griffin, will occur entirely north of the Arctic Circle and will emphasize individual and unit cold weather capabilities. - Lt. Colonel Anthony E. Lanza Battalion Commander for 2nd battalion 25th Marines, 4th Marine Division volunteers during a Combat Lifesaver Refresher Course February 24, 2010 aboard the Dutch Hr Ms Johan De Witt where he is administered fluids intravenously by one of his Marines while others observe during exercise Cold Response 2010 (CR10). CR10 is a Norwegian sponsored, scheduled, and conducted multinational invitational exercise with the Norwegian armed forces focused on cold weather maritime/amphibious operations, interoperability of expeditionary forces, special and ground operations. Participants include forces from Great Britain, the Netherlands, Sweden, Finland, Germany, Austria and other NATO partners. This exercise, previously known as Battle Griffin, will occur entirely north of the Arctic Circle and will emphasize individual and unit cold weather capabilities.
U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Durrell Rodriguez, a cook with Headquarters and Services Company, 2nd Battalion, 25th Marine Regiment, dishes out rice and curry sauce to a group of British Royal Marines. - U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Durrell Rodriguez, a cook with Headquarters and Services Company, 2nd Battalion, 25th Marine Regiment, dishes out rice and curry sauce to a group of British Royal Marines.
HMS OCEAN - United Kingdom Royal Army Capt. Tony J. Purvis performs a Marine Corps Martial Arts Program (MCMAP) technique, the basic wristlock takedown, on United Kingdom Royal Marines Lance Cpl. Kyle Forbes during MCMAP training aboard the HMS Ocean during exercise Cold Response 2010. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. John Lamb, MARFORRES COMCAM) (Released) - HMS OCEAN - United Kingdom Royal Army Capt. Tony J. Purvis performs a Marine Corps Martial Arts Program (MCMAP) technique, the basic wristlock takedown, on United Kingdom Royal Marines Lance Cpl. Kyle Forbes during MCMAP training aboard the HMS Ocean during exercise Cold Response 2010. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. John Lamb, MARFORRES COMCAM) (Released)
Staff Sgt. David G. Kaiser (right), radio chief, and Cpl. Luis A. Mercado (left), 27, a field radio operator, both with Company E, 4th Reconnaissance Battalion, establish communications from their forward reconnaissance operations center on the Norwegian coast to the HMS Ocean during a training evolution Feb. 20. The Marines are in Norway participating in Cold Response 2010, a multinational military exercise focused on cold weather amphibious operations, interoperability of expeditionary forces, and special and conventional ground operations. - Staff Sgt. David G. Kaiser (right), radio chief, and Cpl. Luis A. Mercado (left), 27, a field radio operator, both with Company E, 4th Reconnaissance Battalion, establish communications from their forward reconnaissance operations center on the Norwegian coast to the HMS Ocean during a training evolution Feb. 20. The Marines are in Norway participating in Cold Response 2010, a multinational military exercise focused on cold weather amphibious operations, interoperability of expeditionary forces, and special and conventional ground operations.