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Marines with the Combined Arms Company, Black Sea Rotational Force, Bulgarian and Romanian Forces spent the afternoon getting hands on with the vehicles and weapons each country has brought to Platinum Lion 16.2 on Novo Selo Training Area, Bulgaria, Jan. 7, 2016. Platinum Lion is designed to increase collective capabilities and demonstrates our collective ability to operate as a single force committed to protecting the sovereignty of NATO allies and other European partners. (U.S. Marine Corps Photo by Cpl. Justin T. Updegraff/ Released)

Marines with the Combined Arms Company, Black Sea Rotational Force, Bulgarian and Romanian Forces spent the afternoon getting hands on with the vehicles and weapons each country has brought to Platinum Lion 16.2 on Novo Selo Training Area, Bulgaria, Jan. 7, 2016. Platinum Lion is designed to increase collective capabilities and demonstrates our collective ability to operate as a single force committed to protecting the sovereignty of NATO allies and other European partners. (U.S. Marine Corps Photo by Cpl. Justin T. Updegraff/ Released)

Photo by Cpl. Justin Updegraff

Marines with the Combined Arms Company, Black Sea Rotational Force, Bulgarian and Romanian Forces spent the afternoon getting hands on with the vehicles and weapons each country has brought to Platinum Lion 16.2 on Novo Selo Training Area, Bulgaria, Jan. 7, 2016. Platinum Lion is designed to increase collective capabilities and demonstrates our collective ability to operate as a single force committed to protecting the sovereignty of NATO allies and other European partners. (U.S. Marine Corps Photo by Cpl. Justin T. Updegraff/ Released)

Marines with the Combined Arms Company, Black Sea Rotational Force, Bulgarian and Romanian Forces spent the afternoon getting hands on with the vehicles and weapons each country has brought to Platinum Lion 16.2 on Novo Selo Training Area, Bulgaria, Jan. 7, 2016. Platinum Lion is designed to increase collective capabilities and demonstrates our collective ability to operate as a single force committed to protecting the sovereignty of NATO allies and other European partners. (U.S. Marine Corps Photo by Cpl. Justin T. Updegraff/ Released)

Photo by Cpl. Justin Updegraff

Marines with the Combined Arms Company, Black Sea Rotational Force, Bulgarian and Romanian Forces mark the beginning to Platinum Lion 16.2 on Novo Selo Training Area, Bulgaria, Jan. 7, 2016. Exercise Platinum Lion increases readiness and demonstrates our collective ability to operate as a single force committed to protecting the sovereignty of NATO allies and other European partners. (U.S. Marine Corps Photo by Cpl. Justin T. Updegraff/ Released)

Marines with the Combined Arms Company, Black Sea Rotational Force, Bulgarian and Romanian Forces mark the beginning to Platinum Lion 16.2 on Novo Selo Training Area, Bulgaria, Jan. 7, 2016. Exercise Platinum Lion increases readiness and demonstrates our collective ability to operate as a single force committed to protecting the sovereignty of NATO allies and other European partners. (U.S. Marine Corps Photo by Cpl. Justin T. Updegraff/ Released)

Photo by Cpl. Justin Updegraff

General Robert B. Neller, Commandant of the Marine Corps, reenlists two Marines with the Black Sea Rotational Force during his visit at Mihail Kogalniceanu Air Base, Romania, Dec. 25, 2015. General Neller and Sgt. Maj. Ronald L. Green, Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps, visited the base and engaged the Marines and offer them the opportunity to ask questions. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Melanye E. Martinez/Released)

General Robert B. Neller, Commandant of the Marine Corps, reenlists two Marines with the Black Sea Rotational Force during his visit at Mihail Kogalniceanu Air Base, Romania, Dec. 25, 2015. General Neller and Sgt. Maj. Ronald L. Green, Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps, visited the base and engaged the Marines and offer them the opportunity to ask questions. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Melanye E. Martinez/Released)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Melanye Martinez

General Robert B. Neller, Commandant of the Marine Corps, speaks with Marines and Sailors with the Black Sea Rotational Force during his visit at Mihail Kogalniceanu Air Base, Romania, Dec. 25, 2015. General Neller and Sgt. Maj. Ronald L. Green, Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps, visited the base and engaged the Marines and offer them the opportunity to ask questions. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Melanye E. Martinez/Released)

General Robert B. Neller, Commandant of the Marine Corps, speaks with Marines and Sailors with the Black Sea Rotational Force during his visit at Mihail Kogalniceanu Air Base, Romania, Dec. 25, 2015. General Neller and Sgt. Maj. Ronald L. Green, Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps, visited the base and engaged the Marines and offer them the opportunity to ask questions. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Melanye E. Martinez/Released)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Melanye Martinez

Sergeant Major Ronald L. Green, Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps, speaks with Marines and Sailors with the Black Sea Rotational Force during his visit at Mihail Kogalniceanu Air Base, Romania, Dec. 25, 2015. General Robert B. Neller, Commandant of the Marine Corps and Sgt. Maj. Green, visited the base and engaged the Marines and offer them the opportunity to ask questions. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Melanye E. Martinez/Released)

Sergeant Major Ronald L. Green, Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps, speaks with Marines and Sailors with the Black Sea Rotational Force during his visit at Mihail Kogalniceanu Air Base, Romania, Dec. 25, 2015. General Robert B. Neller, Commandant of the Marine Corps and Sgt. Maj. Green, visited the base and engaged the Marines and offer them the opportunity to ask questions. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Melanye E. Martinez/Released)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Melanye Martinez

General Robert B. Neller, Commandant of the Marine Corps, speaks with Marines and Sailors with the Black Sea Rotational Force during his visit at Mihail Kogalniceanu Air Base, Romania, Dec. 25, 2015. General Neller and Sgt. Maj. Ronald L. Green, Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps visited the base and engaged the Marines and offer them the opportunity to ask questions. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Melanye E. Martinez/Released)

General Robert B. Neller, Commandant of the Marine Corps, speaks with Marines and Sailors with the Black Sea Rotational Force during his visit at Mihail Kogalniceanu Air Base, Romania, Dec. 25, 2015. General Neller and Sgt. Maj. Ronald L. Green, Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps visited the base and engaged the Marines and offer them the opportunity to ask questions. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Melanye E. Martinez/Released)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Melanye Martinez

A Eurofighter Typhoon with the Spanish Air Force receives fuel from a U.S. Marine KC-130J Hercules with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response-Africa, August 13, in Spain. A total of five Spanish pilots and their aircraft had the opportunity to practice their air-to-air refueling skills with the Marines from SPMAGTF-CR-AF. While this particular training was a first for the two countries, the U.S. and Spain work together routinely, fostering one of the closest defense partnerships around the world.

A Eurofighter Typhoon with the Spanish Air Force receives fuel from a U.S. Marine KC-130J Hercules with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response-Africa, August 13, in Spain. A total of five Spanish pilots and their aircraft had the opportunity to practice their air-to-air refueling skills with the Marines from SPMAGTF-CR-AF. While this particular training was a first for the two countries, the U.S. and Spain work together routinely, fostering one of the closest defense partnerships around the world.

Photo by Staff Sgt. Vitaliy Rusavskiy

U.S. Marines with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response-Africa coordinate an aerial refueling mission with pilots from the Spanish Air Force, Aug. 13, at Morón Air Base, Spain. Five Spanish Eurofighter Typhoons and a KC-130J Hercules from SPMAGTF-CR-AF successfully conducted a refueling of the Spanish aircraft for the first time highlighting a mutual commitment to working together as allies.

U.S. Marines with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response-Africa coordinate an aerial refueling mission with pilots from the Spanish Air Force, Aug. 13, at Morón Air Base, Spain. Five Spanish Eurofighter Typhoons and a KC-130J Hercules from SPMAGTF-CR-AF successfully conducted a refueling of the Spanish aircraft for the first time highlighting a mutual commitment to working together as allies.

Photo by Staff Sgt. Vitaliy Rusavskiy

Three Eurofighter Typhoons with the Spanish Air Force escort a U.S. Marine Corps KC-130J Hercules during an aerial refueling mission, Aug. 13, in Spain. Bilateral exercises such as this one are how Spain and the U.S. foster one of the closest defense partnerships around the world.

Three Eurofighter Typhoons with the Spanish Air Force escort a U.S. Marine Corps KC-130J Hercules during an aerial refueling mission, Aug. 13, in Spain. Bilateral exercises such as this one are how Spain and the U.S. foster one of the closest defense partnerships around the world.

Photo by Staff Sgt. Vitaliy Rusavskiy

U.S. Marines with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response-Africa fly an aerial refueling mission with pilots from the Spanish Air Force, Aug. 13, near Morón Air Base, Spain. While this particular training was a first for the two countries, the U.S. and Spain work together routinely, fostering one of the closest defense partnerships around the world.

U.S. Marines with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response-Africa fly an aerial refueling mission with pilots from the Spanish Air Force, Aug. 13, near Morón Air Base, Spain. While this particular training was a first for the two countries, the U.S. and Spain work together routinely, fostering one of the closest defense partnerships around the world.

Photo by Staff Sgt. Vitaliy Rusavskiy

A Eurofighter Typhoon with the Spanish Air Force based out of Morón Air Base, Spain, refuels from a KC-130J Hercules, a first for the Marines from Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response-Africa, Aug. 13, in Spain. The U.S. and Spain have been fostering one of the closest defense partnerships around the world for more than 60 years.

A Eurofighter Typhoon with the Spanish Air Force based out of Morón Air Base, Spain, refuels from a KC-130J Hercules, a first for the Marines from Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response-Africa, Aug. 13, in Spain. The U.S. and Spain have been fostering one of the closest defense partnerships around the world for more than 60 years.

Photo by Staff Sgt. Vitaliy Rusavskiy

U.S. Marines with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response-Africa embed with a Spanish Legion company during a week-long exercise in the mountains of Almeria, Spain, Dec. 14-18, 2015. The combined urban and mountain warfare training is another bilateral training opportunity strengthening the U.S. and Spanish military relationship.

U.S. Marines with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response-Africa embed with a Spanish Legion company during a week-long exercise in the mountains of Almeria, Spain, Dec. 14-18, 2015. The combined urban and mountain warfare training is another bilateral training opportunity strengthening the U.S. and Spanish military relationship.

Photo by Staff Sgt. Vitaliy Rusavskiy

U.S. service members recently completed the second module of Tactical Intelligence Support to Maritime Operations course for the Ghanaian Navy and Maritime Police Force, Dec. 7-18, at Ghana’s Eastern Naval Command Headquarters here. This course has already paid dividends, according to Foster Kotoku, the Ghanaian Maritime Police Force assistant superintendent. During the two-week course, students from the Ghanaian Maritime Police Force seized an undisclosed amount of illicit drugs from a smuggler on a ferry. With follow-on questioning, the police forces were led to a higher connection in the drug trade.

U.S. service members recently completed the second module of Tactical Intelligence Support to Maritime Operations course for the Ghanaian Navy and Maritime Police Force, Dec. 7-18, at Ghana’s Eastern Naval Command Headquarters here. This course has already paid dividends, according to Foster Kotoku, the Ghanaian Maritime Police Force assistant superintendent. During the two-week course, students from the Ghanaian Maritime Police Force seized an undisclosed amount of illicit drugs from a smuggler on a ferry. With follow-on questioning, the police forces were led to a higher connection in the drug trade.

Photo by Courtesy Photo

U.S. service members recently completed the second module of Tactical Intelligence Support to Maritime Operations course for the Ghanaian Navy and Maritime Police Force, Dec. 7-18, at Ghana’s Eastern Naval Command Headquarters here. This course has already paid dividends, according to Foster Kotoku, the Ghanaian Maritime Police Force assistant superintendent. During the two-week course, students from the Ghanaian Maritime Police Force seized an undisclosed amount of illicit drugs from a smuggler on a ferry. With follow-on questioning, the police forces were led to a higher connection in the drug trade. (Official U.S. Marine Corps photo by Capt. Jeremy Phillips)

U.S. service members recently completed the second module of Tactical Intelligence Support to Maritime Operations course for the Ghanaian Navy and Maritime Police Force, Dec. 7-18, at Ghana’s Eastern Naval Command Headquarters here. This course has already paid dividends, according to Foster Kotoku, the Ghanaian Maritime Police Force assistant superintendent. During the two-week course, students from the Ghanaian Maritime Police Force seized an undisclosed amount of illicit drugs from a smuggler on a ferry. With follow-on questioning, the police forces were led to a higher connection in the drug trade. (Official U.S. Marine Corps photo by Capt. Jeremy Phillips)

Photo by Courtesy Photo

U.S. service members recently completed the second module of Tactical Intelligence Support to Maritime Operations course for the Ghanaian Navy and Maritime Police Force, Dec. 7-18, at Ghana’s Eastern Naval Command Headquarters here. This course has already paid dividends, according to Foster Kotoku, the Ghanaian Maritime Police Force assistant superintendent. During the two-week course, students from the Ghanaian Maritime Police Force seized an undisclosed amount of illicit drugs from a smuggler on a ferry. With follow-on questioning, the police forces were led to a higher connection in the drug trade. (Official U.S. Marine Corps photo by Capt. Jeremy Phillips)

U.S. service members recently completed the second module of Tactical Intelligence Support to Maritime Operations course for the Ghanaian Navy and Maritime Police Force, Dec. 7-18, at Ghana’s Eastern Naval Command Headquarters here. This course has already paid dividends, according to Foster Kotoku, the Ghanaian Maritime Police Force assistant superintendent. During the two-week course, students from the Ghanaian Maritime Police Force seized an undisclosed amount of illicit drugs from a smuggler on a ferry. With follow-on questioning, the police forces were led to a higher connection in the drug trade. (Official U.S. Marine Corps photo by Capt. Jeremy Phillips)

Photo by Courtesy Photo

A tour guide shows archived photographs of the historic amphibious Allied landings of D-Day to U.S. Marine noncommissioned officers of U.S. Marine Corps Forces Europe and Africa, Normandy, France, Dec. 11-13. The Marine NCOs are the backbone of service component operations for U.S. European Command that supports numerous NATO-led operations and exercises in Europe that enables the Alliance to continue their proven, enduring partnerships.

A tour guide shows archived photographs of the historic amphibious Allied landings of D-Day to U.S. Marine noncommissioned officers of U.S. Marine Corps Forces Europe and Africa, Normandy, France, Dec. 11-13. The Marine NCOs are the backbone of service component operations for U.S. European Command that supports numerous NATO-led operations and exercises in Europe that enables the Alliance to continue their proven, enduring partnerships.

Photo by Sgt. Jacob Malmberg

U.S. Marine noncommissioned officers of U.S. Marine Corps Forces Europe and Africa visited Normandy, France, Dec. 11-13, for a battle-field study of the historic amphibious Allied landings during World War II, also known as D-Day. The Marine NCOs are the backbone of service component operations for U.S. European Command that supports numerous NATO-led operations and exercises in Europe that enables the Alliance to continue their proven, enduring partnerships.

U.S. Marine noncommissioned officers of U.S. Marine Corps Forces Europe and Africa visited Normandy, France, Dec. 11-13, for a battle-field study of the historic amphibious Allied landings during World War II, also known as D-Day. The Marine NCOs are the backbone of service component operations for U.S. European Command that supports numerous NATO-led operations and exercises in Europe that enables the Alliance to continue their proven, enduring partnerships.

Photo by Sgt. Jacob Malmberg

U.S. Marine noncommissioned officers of U.S. Marine Corps Forces Europe and Africa visited Omaha Beach, in Normandy, France, Dec. 11-13, a site of the historic amphibious Allied landings during World War II, also known as D-Day. The Marine NCOs are the backbone of service component operations for U.S. European Command that supports numerous NATO-led operations and exercises in Europe that enables the Alliance to continue their proven, enduring partnerships.

U.S. Marine noncommissioned officers of U.S. Marine Corps Forces Europe and Africa visited Omaha Beach, in Normandy, France, Dec. 11-13, a site of the historic amphibious Allied landings during World War II, also known as D-Day. The Marine NCOs are the backbone of service component operations for U.S. European Command that supports numerous NATO-led operations and exercises in Europe that enables the Alliance to continue their proven, enduring partnerships.

Photo by Sgt. Jacob Malmberg

U.S. Marine noncommissioned officers of U.S. Marine Corps Forces Europe and Africa visited Normandy, France, Dec. 11-13, for a battle-field study of the historic amphibious Allied landings during World War II, also known as D-Day. The Marine NCOs are the backbone of service component operations for U.S. European Command that supports numerous NATO-led operations and exercises in Europe that enables the Alliance to continue their proven, enduring partnerships.

U.S. Marine noncommissioned officers of U.S. Marine Corps Forces Europe and Africa visited Normandy, France, Dec. 11-13, for a battle-field study of the historic amphibious Allied landings during World War II, also known as D-Day. The Marine NCOs are the backbone of service component operations for U.S. European Command that supports numerous NATO-led operations and exercises in Europe that enables the Alliance to continue their proven, enduring partnerships.

Photo by Sgt. Jacob Malmberg

Marine Corps Forces Europe & Africa