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Black Sea Marines Conduct Combat Marksmanship Trilingually June 20, 2011 — Standing behind a line of multinational forces, Lance Cpl. Steven A. Hart looks left and right to his range safety officers to ensure everything is safe for the next string of fire. His commands are echoed, in Bulgarian and Serbian, as he finally shouts “Targets!” to open up a frenzy of fire from M16A4 service rifles and AK-47 assault rifles MORE

Black Sea Marines, U.S. Air Force Bring “Thunder Over the Black Sea” June 10, 2011 — Crowds of Romanian locals, tourists and groups of U.S. military personnel gathered here on June 8 to watch the “Thunder Over the Black Sea” air show that was put on by the Romanian Ministry of Tourism. Marines from Black Sea Rotational Force 11, who participated with a planned demonstration of Romanian Special Forces paratroopers jumping from MORE

Georgian Bn begins mission rehearsal exercise, preps for Afghanistan deployment August 17, 2010 — The Republic of Georgia’s 32nd Light Infantry Battalion (LIB) recently arrived from Georgia and began a month long training evolution here at the Joint Multinational Readiness Center (JMRC) that will culminate in a Mission Rehearsal Exercise (MRE), which will serve as a final mission evaluation before their upcoming deployment to Afghanistan in MORE

Marines, Estonians take beach during amphibious interoperability demonstration June 16, 2010 — Local residents and visitors crowded the shore to get a glimpse of the sight reflections gleaming from the tops of the amphibious assault vehicles making their way toward the coast. As the AAVs took up defensive positions after reaching the shore, U.S. Marines weren’t the only infantrymen to emerge from the dropped ramp and advance upon their MORE

MPF offload demonstrates Navy-Marine Corps Team, Latvian interoperability June 15, 2010 — A simulated earthquake brings a humanitarian crisis to the Baltic Sea region and the Marines and Sailors from Charlie Company, 4th Landing Support Battalion and Naval Beach Group 2 arrive at the port to help. Working in close coordination with members of the Armed Forces of Latvia, local civilian and port authorities, and Latvian contractors, the MORE

93 years in the waiting: 5th and 6th Marines return to Belleau Wood June 2, 2010 — In the summer of 1918 two regiments of Marines arrived in the Picardy region of north-central France as part of the American Expeditionary Force. With combat experience limited to ship-born detachments and small land engagements, the Marines of the 5th and 6th Marine Regiments would soon find themselves making history in the wheat fields and MORE