A 60 ton truck crane from the SS SGT. Matej Kocak is lifted by crane onto a lighter. 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 Marine Corps Norway Air-Landed Marine Expeditionary ...

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[Complete] Scene Caption: A 60 ton truck crane from the SS Sgt. Matej Kocak is lifted by crane onto a lighter. 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 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: LCPL. E. J. Young

Release Status: Released to Public
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