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Bulgarian soldiers practice riot shield techniques taught to them by Marines from the Military Police Detachment, Black Sea Rotational Force 12, in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, April 16. The training was part of a three-day non-lethal weapons display which included kinetic as well as static displays of weapons, equipment and tactics. ::r::::n:: - Bulgarian soldiers practice riot shield techniques taught to them by Marines from the Military Police Detachment, Black Sea Rotational Force 12, in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, April 16. The training was part of a three-day non-lethal weapons display which included kinetic as well as static displays of weapons, equipment and tactics. ::r::::n::

In the small farming town of Mandra, approximately 108km north of Constanta, kindergartners watch Gunnery Sgt. Giannina Pinedo, civil affairs chief, Black Sea Rotational Force 11, while Roxanna Taranu, linguists, BSRF-11, interprets how to properly prepare a Meal Ready-to-Eat before they get a chance to taste it. Marine reserve civil affairs specialists and combat engineers of Black Sea Rotational Force 11 travelled north to villages in the Topolog region to reach out and directly impact remote communities and local schools by building a school fence in Calfa village and passing out small donations to schools in Mandra, Cerbu, Luminata, and Margurele. - In the small farming town of Mandra, approximately 108km north of Constanta, kindergartners watch Gunnery Sgt. Giannina Pinedo, civil affairs chief, Black Sea Rotational Force 11, while Roxanna Taranu, linguists, BSRF-11, interprets how to properly prepare a Meal Ready-to-Eat before they get a chance to taste it. Marine reserve civil affairs specialists and combat engineers of Black Sea Rotational Force 11 travelled north to villages in the Topolog region to reach out and directly impact remote communities and local schools by building a school fence in Calfa village and passing out small donations to schools in Mandra, Cerbu, Luminata, and Margurele.