Colonel T.S. Woodson, Commander of II Marine Expeditionary Force, Forward, debarks the plane at the Tallin, Estonia Airport on his way to the base camp at Paldiski, Estonia for Baltic Challenge '97. 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 U.S.A., will participate in the second "in the spirit of PfP" land exercises conducted in the Baltic region. Co-Commanders for the exercise being held in Paldiski, Estonia are Colonel Oscar Mark, Estonian Defense Forces and Colonel D.L. Andrews, U.S. Marine Corps ...

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[Complete] Scene Caption: Colonel T.S. Woodson, Commander of II Marine Expeditionary Force, Forward, debarks the plane at the Tallin, Estonia Airport on his way to the base camp at Paldiski, Estonia for Baltic Challenge `97. 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 U.S.A., will participate in the second "in the spirit of PfP" land exercises conducted in the Baltic region. Co-Commanders for the exercise being held in Paldiski, Estonia are Colonel Oscar Mark, Estonian Defense Forces and Colonel D.L. Andrews, U.S. Marine Corps Reserve. While Baltic Challenge `97 will conduct training along peacekeeping/humanitarian assistance mission standards, significant U.S. Navy and Marine Corps capabilities never exercised in Europe will be performed as well, to include the use of equipment from the Marine Corps Norway Air-Landed Marine Expeditionary Brigade (NALMEB), and equipment being off-loaded from the Marine Corps Maritime Prepositioning Ships (MPS).

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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