US Army (USA) Colonel (COL) Robert J. Pratt, Commander, of Exercise BALTIC OPERATIONS 2004 (BALTOPS 04) Land Forces, is interview by a member of the local media on board the US Navy (USN) Ticonderoga Class Guided Missile Cruiser (Aegis) USS SAN JACINTO (CG 56), while deployed at Gdynia, Poland. BALTOPS 2004 is an individual combined maritime and land exercise in the Baltic Sea, conducted "in the spirit of" Partnership For Peace (PFP). The operation runs from 07-19 June 2004 and includes NATO and non-NATO participants. The mission of BALTOPS 2004 is to promote mutual understanding, confidence, cooperation, and interoperability among forces and personnel of participating nations and...

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[Complete] Scene Caption: US Army (USA) Colonel (COL) Robert J. Pratt, Commander, of Exercise BALTIC OPERATIONS 2004 (BALTOPS 04) Land Forces, is interview by a member of the local media on board the US Navy (USN) Ticonderoga Class Guided Missile Cruiser (Aegis) USS SAN JACINTO (CG 56), while deployed at Gdynia, Poland. BALTOPS 2004 is an individual combined maritime and land exercise in the Baltic Sea, conducted "in the spirit of" Partnership For Peace (PFP). The operation runs from 07-19 June 2004 and includes NATO and non-NATO participants. The mission of BALTOPS 2004 is to promote mutual understanding, confidence, cooperation, and interoperability among forces and personnel of participating nations and support national unit/staff training objectives through a series of robust training exercises.

Subject Operation/Series: BALTOPS 04

Base: Gdynia Navy Base

Country: Poland (POL)

Scene Camera Operator: PH2 George Sisting, USN

Release Status: Released to Public
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