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[Complete] Scene Caption: Cpl. O'Donaghue, Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 25th Marines, US Marine Corps Reserve, cammies up a face of a young Estonian boy during a picnic. The picnic, hosted for over 4000 local citizens by the American Embassy and the Coca-Cola Company, was setup and prepared by US Marines. Baltic Challenge '97 is a multinational exercise conducted in the spirit of NATO's Partnership for Peace (PfP) initiative. More than 2600 military personnel from Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, Sweden, and the USA will participate in the second PfP land exercise conducted in the Baltic region. While this exercise will conduct training along peacekeeping/humanitarian assistance mission standards, significant US Navy and Marine Corps capabilities never exercised in Europe will be performed including the use of equipment from the US Marine Corps Norway Air-Landed Marine Expeditionary Brigade (NALMEB) Prepositioning Program.
Subject Operation/Series: Baltic Challenge '97
Base: Paldiski
Country: Estonia (EST)
Scene Camera Operator: SSGT. M. T. Huff
Release Status: Released to Public
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