Romanian Maj. Gen. Nicolae-Ionel Ciuca, chief of Romanian

Romanian Maj. Gen. Nicolae-Ionel Ciuca, chief of Romanian land forces, presents a gift to U.S. Marine Corps Lt. Gen. Richard Tryon, commander of U.S. Marine Corps Forces Command and U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Europe, after their meeting in Bucharest, March 18, 2014. Tryon visited with Romanian military officials to discuss continuing the good military relationship between the United States and Romania. United States military forces are currently in Romania assigned to Mihail Kogalniceanu Air Base and the two nations work together during much of the Black Sea Rotational Force deployment. Black Sea Rotational Force 14 is a contingent of Marines and sailors tasked with maintaining positive relations with partner nations, regional stability and increasing interoperability while providing the capability for rapid crisis response, as directed by U.S. European Command, in the Black Sea, Balkan and Caucasus regions of Eastern Europe. (Official Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Scott W. Whiting, BSRF PAO/ Released)