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While working in a newly-built motor transport facility,

While working in a newly-built motor transport facility,

While working in a newly-built motor transport facility, Lance Cpl. William Hernandez, a motor transport operator, Black Sea Rotational Force 11, and native of Orlando, Fl., performs a Limited Technical Inspect... More

Major General William D. Beydler greets Romanian Col.

Major General William D. Beydler greets Romanian Col.

Major General William D. Beydler greets Romanian Col. Adrian Visili during his visit to Mihail Kogalniceanu Air Base, Romania, Nov. 21. The international and joint contingent of military servicemembers support ... More

U.S. Marines with Black Sea Rotational Force 18.1 perform

U.S. Marines with Black Sea Rotational Force 18.1 perform

U.S. Marines with Black Sea Rotational Force 18.1 perform ground-fighting techniques during a company-level physical training event aboard Mihail Kogalniceanu Air Base, Romania, April 20, 2018. Practicing groun... More

Marines of Black Sea Rotational Force 14 take part

Marines of Black Sea Rotational Force 14 take part

Marines of Black Sea Rotational Force 14 take part in a parade in celebration of Great Union day in Bucharest, Romania, Dec. 1, 2014. The Marine’s participation was a show of friendship and partnership in comme... More

U.S. Marines show their commitment to the safety and

U.S. Marines show their commitment to the safety and

U.S. Marines show their commitment to the safety and security of the Baltic states. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Luke Hoogendam/Released)

A U.S. Marine with Black Sea Rotational Force 17.1

A U.S. Marine with Black Sea Rotational Force 17.1

A U.S. Marine with Black Sea Rotational Force 17.1 listens to a patrol brief with a Moldovan soldier during a patrolling field exercise aboard Novo Selo Training Area, Bulgaria, Aug. 6, 2017. The event was part... More

Instructors of the Swedish Basic Winter Warfare Course

Instructors of the Swedish Basic Winter Warfare Course

Instructors of the Swedish Basic Winter Warfare Course move between training areas in a belted vehicle in Arvidsjaur, Sweden, Jan. 23, 2018. Marines from the Black Sea Rotational Force and the 26th Marine Exped... More

The sailors of Forward Resuscitative Surgical System

The sailors of Forward Resuscitative Surgical System

The sailors of Forward Resuscitative Surgical System and Shock Trauma Platoon, Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Black Sea Rotational Force prepare a simulated casualty, suffering from a gunshot woun... More

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Travis St. Clair (left)

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Travis St. Clair (left)

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Travis St. Clair (left) and Cpl. William Schouten with Black Sea Rotational Force 13 prepare to fire during a live fire exercise during Exercise Summer Shield 10 aboard Camp Adazi, ... More

Lieutenant Col. Joel F. Schmidt, commanding officer

Lieutenant Col. Joel F. Schmidt, commanding officer

Lieutenant Col. Joel F. Schmidt, commanding officer of Black Sea Rotational Force 14 and 2nd Battalion, 2nd Marines, 2nd Marine Division speaks with a local reporter during a parade for Great Union Day at Bucha... More

NATO builds strength through adversity, allowing us

NATO builds strength through adversity, allowing us

NATO builds strength through adversity, allowing us to respond more effectively should regional crises happens. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Luke Hoogendam/Released)

Attendees of the Non-Commissioned Officer Development

Attendees of the Non-Commissioned Officer Development

Attendees of the Non-Commissioned Officer Development Seminar pose for a group photo during the three-day seminar in Bucharest, Romania, April 3. The seminar included senior officials from Ukraine, Bulgaria, Az... More

U.S. Marines with Black Sea Rotational Force form a

U.S. Marines with Black Sea Rotational Force form a

U.S. Marines with Black Sea Rotational Force form a wedge for riot control during a non-lethal weapons training class aboard Mihail Kognalniceanu Air Base, Romania, March 10, 2016. Military forces use riot cont... More

U.S. Marines with Black Sea Rotational Force play a

U.S. Marines with Black Sea Rotational Force play a

U.S. Marines with Black Sea Rotational Force play a game of corn hole during a battalion function aboard Mihail Kognalniceanu Air Base, Romania, April 2, 2016. Military unit functions are held to build camarade... More

U.S. Marine Corps Lt. Col. Justin J. Ansel, commander

U.S. Marine Corps Lt. Col. Justin J. Ansel, commander

U.S. Marine Corps Lt. Col. Justin J. Ansel, commander of Black Sea Rotational Force, speaks to the Marines and sailors during Lance Corporal Seminar, class 03-16 graduation ceremony aboard Mihail Kogalniceanu A... More

Romanian soldiers from the 911th Infantry Battalion

Romanian soldiers from the 911th Infantry Battalion

Romanian soldiers from the 911th Infantry Battalion fire downrange during the live-fire exercise of Platinum Lynx 16-4 aboard Babadag Training Area, April 21, 2016. During Platinum Lynx 16-4, Allies from the Un... More

U.S. Marines with 1st Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment

U.S. Marines with 1st Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment

U.S. Marines with 1st Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment (1/8) and 2nd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment (2/8) stand in formation with Romanian soldiers during the Black Sea Rotational Force transfer of authority cere... More

U.S. Marines with Black Sea Rotational Force 16.2 fire

U.S. Marines with Black Sea Rotational Force 16.2 fire

U.S. Marines with Black Sea Rotational Force 16.2 fire M-40 A-6 sniper rifles alongside Romanian and Ukrainian snipers on an unknown distance range during Exercise Platinum Lynx 16.5 in Babadag Training Area, R... More

A barrage of artillery fire impacts a hillside to soften

A barrage of artillery fire impacts a hillside to soften

A barrage of artillery fire impacts a hillside to soften targets during a live-fire range at Cincu-14 September 25. The exercise was designed to promote interoperability between both countries with military-to-... More

Corporal Patrick Phelan, mortarman, Weapons Company,

Corporal Patrick Phelan, mortarman, Weapons Company,

Corporal Patrick Phelan, mortarman, Weapons Company, 3rd Battalion, 8th Marines, assigned to Black Sea Rotational Force 14 maneuvers downrange with counterparts from the Romanian 307th Naval Infantry Battalion ... More

A Romanian T-55 Tank sends a blast downrange as it

A Romanian T-55 Tank sends a blast downrange as it

A Romanian T-55 Tank sends a blast downrange as it takes part in a live-fire exercise during Platinum Lynx 16-4 aboard Babadag Training Area, Romania, April 21, 2016. The purpose behind Platinum Lynx is to impr... More

A soldier with the Republic of Georgia Army's 23rd

A soldier with the Republic of Georgia Army's 23rd

A soldier with the Republic of Georgia Army's 23rd Infantry Battalion Charlie Company waits for his turn during a known distance live fire range as a part of the exercise Agile Spirit 13 at Vaziani Airbase, Ma... More

Lance Cpl. Alexis Pope, military police with Black

Lance Cpl. Alexis Pope, military police with Black

Lance Cpl. Alexis Pope, military police with Black Sea Rotational Force, practices ground fighting techniques during Marine Corps Martial Arts sustainment aboard Mihail Kogalniceanu Air Base, Romania, March 23,... More

U.S. Marines train with the Norwegian army Cold Weather

U.S. Marines train with the Norwegian army Cold Weather

U.S. Marines train with the Norwegian army Cold Weather and Mountain Training Instructors in Blåtind, Norway, 27 Oct. to 4 Nov., 2016, to improve their ability to operate in mountainous and extreme cold weather... More

U.S Marine Corps Sergeant Major Nicholas Deabreu, Battalion

U.S Marine Corps Sergeant Major Nicholas Deabreu, Battalion

U.S Marine Corps Sergeant Major Nicholas Deabreu, Battalion Sergeant Maj or (left), First Sergeant Darrin Leonhart, company first sergeant for Weapons Company (second from left) and First Sergeant David Marbut,... More

Lithuanian forces are teamed with U.S. Marines from

Lithuanian forces are teamed with U.S. Marines from

Lithuanian forces are teamed with U.S. Marines from the Black Sea Rotational Force during Exercise Saber Strike at the Pabrade Training Area, Lithuania, June 9, 2015. Fifteen nations and more than 7,000 service... More

Lance Cpl. Salvador Sanchez, a machine gunner with

Lance Cpl. Salvador Sanchez, a machine gunner with

Lance Cpl. Salvador Sanchez, a machine gunner with Black Sea Rotational Force 12 takes part in a mock ambush on Romanian soldiers during a training event in Iasi, Romania May 9. The ten-day event included train... More

Foreign partners conduct vehicle and personnel searches

Foreign partners conduct vehicle and personnel searches

Foreign partners conduct vehicle and personnel searches during Platinum Wolf 15 at South Base, Serbia, Nov. 19, 2014. Platinum Wolf is a peacekeeping operations training exercise focused on non-lethal systems a... More

Service members from countries around the world conduct

Service members from countries around the world conduct

Service members from countries around the world conduct fly-overs during a military parade celebrating the National Day of Romania at Bucharest, Romania, Dec. 1, 2015. Great Union Day commemorates the assembly ... More

U.S. Marines practice cold weather driver training

U.S. Marines practice cold weather driver training

U.S. Marines practice cold weather driver training in M1A1 Abrams Main Battle Tanks in Setermoen, Norway, 7 to 9 Nov., 2016, to improve their ability to operate in mountainous and extreme cold weather environme... More

Sgt. Juan Urbina, a rifleman with Ground Combat Element,

Sgt. Juan Urbina, a rifleman with Ground Combat Element,

Sgt. Juan Urbina, a rifleman with Ground Combat Element, Black Sea Rotational Force, hands out Easter candy to local children during a family health initiative in Corbu, Romania, April 7. Marines and sailors of... More

Georgian Performers entertain U.S. Marines and sailors

Georgian Performers entertain U.S. Marines and sailors

Georgian Performers entertain U.S. Marines and sailors with Black Sea Rotational Force 13 and soldiers with the Republic of Georgia Army's 23rd Infantry Battalion during a culture day performance during the clo... More

U.S. Marine Capt. Russell Davis, Air Officer with Black

U.S. Marine Capt. Russell Davis, Air Officer with Black

U.S. Marine Capt. Russell Davis, Air Officer with Black Sea Rotational Force, left, writes coordinates for the joint terminal attack controller training aboard Mihail Kogalniceanu Air Base, Romania, April 1, 20... More

Maj. Gen. Leonids Kalnins(center), chief of defense

Maj. Gen. Leonids Kalnins(center), chief of defense

Maj. Gen. Leonids Kalnins(center), chief of defense for the Republic of Latvia, takes his post for the opening ceremony of Exercise Saber Strike 17 aboard Adazi Military Base, Latvia, June 3, 2017. Saber Strike... More

Participants of the Swedish Basic Winter Warfare Course

Participants of the Swedish Basic Winter Warfare Course

Participants of the Swedish Basic Winter Warfare Course perform a long-distance march on skis in Arvidsjaur, Sweden, Jan. 22, 2018. Marines from the Black Sea Rotational Force and the 26th Marine Expeditionary ... More

U.S. Marines with Black Sea Rotational Force 13 and

U.S. Marines with Black Sea Rotational Force 13 and

U.S. Marines with Black Sea Rotational Force 13 and soldiers with the Republic of Georgia Army's 23rd Infantry Battalion Charlie Company wait their turns to fire weapons organic to an infantry squad during a li... More

Children invited to Black Sea Rotational Force 13’s

Children invited to Black Sea Rotational Force 13’s

Children invited to Black Sea Rotational Force 13’s Independence Day celebration receive their barbecue lunch. BSRF-13 celebrated the United States’ 237th birthday with an Independence Day celebration. Over 350... More

U.S. Marine MV-22B Ospreys from Special-Purpose Marine

U.S. Marine MV-22B Ospreys from Special-Purpose Marine

U.S. Marine MV-22B Ospreys from Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response-Africa departed Mihail Kogălniceanu Air Base, Romania, with a platoon of Marines from the Black Sea Rotational Force ... More

U.S. Marines with Black Sea Rotational Force participate

U.S. Marines with Black Sea Rotational Force participate

U.S. Marines with Black Sea Rotational Force participate in a riot control exercise during a non-lethal weapons training class aboard Mihail Kognalniceanu Air Base, Romania, March 10, 2016. Military forces use ... More

Corporal Adenis Realhernandez, a landing support specialist

Corporal Adenis Realhernandez, a landing support specialist

Corporal Adenis Realhernandez, a landing support specialist with Logistic Combat Element, Black Sea Rotational Force 12, instructs a Romanian soldier on the proper employment of a M203 grenade launcher when usi... More

Black Sea Rotational Force Marines listen attentively

Black Sea Rotational Force Marines listen attentively

Black Sea Rotational Force Marines listen attentively to a BSRF Corpsman teaching a combat lifesaver class Jan. 13 during Platinum Lion 15 at Novo Selo Training Area, Bulgaria. Combat lifesaver is one of many c... More

Romanian Brigadier General Florin Grecu, commanding

Romanian Brigadier General Florin Grecu, commanding

Romanian Brigadier General Florin Grecu, commanding general for the Romanian Land Force's 81st, delivers a speech welcoming U.S. Marines and sailors with Black Sea Rotational Force 13 to Dej, Romania, for a two... More

Black Sea Rotational Force Marines and sailors competed

Black Sea Rotational Force Marines and sailors competed

Black Sea Rotational Force Marines and sailors competed against Latvians on the Challenge Course at Adazi Military Base, March 23, 2015. The Latvian soldiers had the clear home-team advantage but the Marines pu... More

A U.S. Marine with the Combined Arms Company unloads

A U.S. Marine with the Combined Arms Company unloads

A U.S. Marine with the Combined Arms Company unloads heavy equipment at Bethesda Rail Station, Romania, Dec. 6, 2015. The Marines brought the equipment from Novo Selo Training Area, Bulgaria, to participate in ... More

U.S. Marine Corps Maj. Gen. Brian D. Beaudreault, commanding

U.S. Marine Corps Maj. Gen. Brian D. Beaudreault, commanding

U.S. Marine Corps Maj. Gen. Brian D. Beaudreault, commanding general, 2nd Marine Division emphasizes the Black Sea Rotational Force mission to U.S. Marines and sailors aboard Mihail Kogalniceanu Air Base, Roman... More

Sgt. Matthew A. Houle, combat engineer detachment chief,

Sgt. Matthew A. Houle, combat engineer detachment chief,

Sgt. Matthew A. Houle, combat engineer detachment chief, Black Sea Rotational Force 11, cuts lengths of steel that will hold up a much-needed fence for a local kindergarten of Calfa Village. Marine reserve civi... More

Cpl. Justin Woods, a reconnaissance Marine, Ground

Cpl. Justin Woods, a reconnaissance Marine, Ground

Cpl. Justin Woods, a reconnaissance Marine, Ground Combat Element, Black Sea Rotational Force 12 practices room-clearing drills with soldiers from the Israeli Defense Force during Exercise Noble Shirley in Tel ... More

Black Sea Rotational Force Marines and sailors competed

Black Sea Rotational Force Marines and sailors competed

Black Sea Rotational Force Marines and sailors competed against Latvians on the Challenge Course at Adazi Military Base, March 23, 2015. The Latvian soldiers had the clear home-team advantage but the Marines pu... More

U.S. Marines with the Combined Arms Company, Black

U.S. Marines with the Combined Arms Company, Black

U.S. Marines with the Combined Arms Company, Black Sea Rotational Force, Bulgarian and Romanian Forces conduct a joint exercise utilizing Bulgarian and U.S. main battle tanks, indirect fire, mechanized infantry... More

Locally-sourced Bulgarian contractors help load a M1A1

Locally-sourced Bulgarian contractors help load a M1A1

Locally-sourced Bulgarian contractors help load a M1A1 Abrams tank with Combined Arms Company, Black Sea Rotational Force, on to a rail for movement from Bulgaria to Romania, April 11, 2016. Marines teamed up w... More

U.S. Marine Cpl. Brandon Ross, a radio operator with

U.S. Marine Cpl. Brandon Ross, a radio operator with

U.S. Marine Cpl. Brandon Ross, a radio operator with Black Sea Rotational Force, has no problem getting dirty to make a difference during a beautification project at Constanta City Park, Romania May 8, 2015. He... More

U.S. Marines with Black Sea Rotational Force 13 conduct

U.S. Marines with Black Sea Rotational Force 13 conduct

U.S. Marines with Black Sea Rotational Force 13 conduct direct fire exercise drills during Exercise Summer Shield 10 aboard Camp Adazi, April 22, 2013. Summer Shield 10 focuses on integration of fires and maneu... More

U.S. Marine M1A1 Abrams tanks with Combined Arms Company

U.S. Marine M1A1 Abrams tanks with Combined Arms Company

U.S. Marine M1A1 Abrams tanks with Combined Arms Company and Bulgarian BMP-1s conduct mechanized integration training during Platinum Lion 16-1 at Novo Selo Training Area, Bulgaria, Oct. 28, 2015. The CAC, part... More

U.S. Marines with Black Sea Rotational Force 18.1 conduct

U.S. Marines with Black Sea Rotational Force 18.1 conduct

U.S. Marines with Black Sea Rotational Force 18.1 conduct a squad live-fire range aboard Babadag Training Area, Romania, June 6, 2018. BSRF Marines conduct live-fire ranges to increase readiness to respond to a... More

A Lithuanian soldier from Iron Wolfe Company stretches

A Lithuanian soldier from Iron Wolfe Company stretches

A Lithuanian soldier from Iron Wolfe Company stretches to prepare for a mock battle as Marines and sailors from Black Sea Rotational Force 12 look on during a demonstration designed to familiarize participants ... More

U.S. Marines board a bus on the tarmac headed to garrison

U.S. Marines board a bus on the tarmac headed to garrison

U.S. Marines board a bus on the tarmac headed to garrison at Vaernes Garnison, Norway, Jan. 16, 2017. The Marines with Black Sea Rotational Force 17.1 arrived at Vaernes Garnison early in the morning as part of... More

Rounding up the top of the hill, Marines in the Ground

Rounding up the top of the hill, Marines in the Ground

Rounding up the top of the hill, Marines in the Ground Combat Element, composed of reservists from Anti-Terrorism Battalion, Amarillo, Texas, and Birmingham, Ala., attached to Black Sea Rotation Force-11, hump ... More

Lithuanian soldiers and U.S. Marines from the Black

Lithuanian soldiers and U.S. Marines from the Black

Lithuanian soldiers and U.S. Marines from the Black Sea Rotational Force engaged opposition forces in a partnered attack during Exercise Saber Strike at the Pabrade Training Area, Lithuania, June 15, 2015. Fift... More

U.S. Marines from Combined Arms Company, Black Sea

U.S. Marines from Combined Arms Company, Black Sea

U.S. Marines from Combined Arms Company, Black Sea Rotational Force prepare to load M1A1 Abrams tanks with the help of a local Bulgarian contracted company for movement from Bulgaria to Romania, April 11, 2016.... More

A U.S. Marine with Black Sea Rotational Force 17.1

A U.S. Marine with Black Sea Rotational Force 17.1

A U.S. Marine with Black Sea Rotational Force 17.1 tests a riot control formation’s shield line during a nonlethal-weapons training class at U.S. Embassy Bucharest, Romania, May 11, 2017. The event was part of ... More

Reconnaissance Marines of the Ground Combat Element,

Reconnaissance Marines of the Ground Combat Element,

Reconnaissance Marines of the Ground Combat Element, Black Sea Rotational Force 12 display their signature "Recon Paddle" in place of a traditional guidon, while in formation during the opening ceremony of BALT... More

Colonel Ronald Barr, Black Sea Area Support Team Director,

Colonel Ronald Barr, Black Sea Area Support Team Director,

Colonel Ronald Barr, Black Sea Area Support Team Director, speaks during the opening ceremony for Platinum Lion 15 Jan. 12 at Novo Selo Training Area, Bulgaria. Platinum Lion is a large scale exercise consistin... More

Lt. Col. Paul C. Teachey awards Romanian Capt. Laurentiu

Lt. Col. Paul C. Teachey awards Romanian Capt. Laurentiu

Lt. Col. Paul C. Teachey awards Romanian Capt. Laurentiu C. Anghel with the Navy-Marine Corps Achievement Medal during the transfer of authority ceremony on Mihail Kogalniceanu Air Base, Romania, Jan. 26, 2017.... More

U.S. Marines with Black Sea Rotational Force 17.1 set

U.S. Marines with Black Sea Rotational Force 17.1 set

U.S. Marines with Black Sea Rotational Force 17.1 set up the fire direction center during Exercise Saber Strike 17 aboard Camp Adazi Military Base, Latvia, June 7, 2017. The Marines fired during combined-arms l... More

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Jacob Olson, a radio operator

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Jacob Olson, a radio operator

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Jacob Olson, a radio operator with Black Sea Rotational Force 13, discusses handheld radio capabilities and limitations alongside soldiers with Azerbaijan’s Operational Capabilities... More

U.S. Marines with Black Sea Rotational Force 17.1 exchange

U.S. Marines with Black Sea Rotational Force 17.1 exchange

U.S. Marines with Black Sea Rotational Force 17.1 exchange patrolling tactics with Moldovan soldiers during a patrolling field exercise aboard Novo Selo Training Area, Bulgaria, Aug. 6, 2017. The event was part... More

Marines from Black Sea Rotational Force 14 take part

Marines from Black Sea Rotational Force 14 take part

Marines from Black Sea Rotational Force 14 take part in a wreath-laying ceremony during the Great Union Day at Constanta, Romania, Dec. 1, 2014. Great Union Day is a commemoration of the unification Romania. (P... More

U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Gordon Kwei, anti-tank missile

U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Gordon Kwei, anti-tank missile

U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Gordon Kwei, anti-tank missile man with Weapons Company, Black Sea Rotational Force, fires the tube-launched, optically tracked, wire-guided anti-tank missile (TOW), while Staff Sgt. Wayn... More

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Alexis Pope, military

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Alexis Pope, military

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Alexis Pope, military police with Black Sea Rotational Force, instructs U.S. and Romanian forces on the proper set up of a line formation for riot control during a non-lethal weapon... More

U.S. Marines with Black Sea Rotational Force offload

U.S. Marines with Black Sea Rotational Force offload

U.S. Marines with Black Sea Rotational Force offload an ammunition supply from a C-130 aboard Mihail Kogalniceanu Air Base, Romania, April 3, 2016. The resupply allows Marines to be prepared for their upcoming ... More

A wreath honoring all fallen servicemembers in WWII

A wreath honoring all fallen servicemembers in WWII

A wreath honoring all fallen servicemembers in WWII lies against a national monument after being escorted by Marines of Black Sea Rotational Force 12, during a ceremony celebrating Victory Day, Romanian Indepen... More

Black Sea Rotational Force Marines and sailors competed

Black Sea Rotational Force Marines and sailors competed

Black Sea Rotational Force Marines and sailors competed against Latvians on the Challenge Course at Adazi Military Base, March 23, 2015. The Latvian soldiers had the clear home-team advantage but the Marines pu... More

Lithuanian forces are teamed with U.S. Marines from

Lithuanian forces are teamed with U.S. Marines from

Lithuanian forces are teamed with U.S. Marines from the Black Sea Rotational Force during Exercise Saber Strike at the Pabrade Training Area, Lithuania, June 9, 2015. The exercise brings NATO allies and other p... More

U.S. Marine tanks, artillery, light-armored vehicles,

U.S. Marine tanks, artillery, light-armored vehicles,

U.S. Marine tanks, artillery, light-armored vehicles, and heavy equipment with the Combined Arms Company, Black Sea Rotational Force arrive at Bethesda Rail Station, Romania, Dec. 6, 2015. The Marines brought t... More

A Romanian soldier provides security for a mock casualty

A Romanian soldier provides security for a mock casualty

A Romanian soldier provides security for a mock casualty while during training in Iasi, Romania May 8. The ten-day event included training led by Marine non-commissioned officers. The Black Sea Rotational Force... More

Reconnaissance Marines with Black Sea Rotational Force

Reconnaissance Marines with Black Sea Rotational Force

Reconnaissance Marines with Black Sea Rotational Force 12 practice room-clearing drills with soldiers from the Israeli Defense Force during Exercise Noble Shirley in Tel Aviv, Israel July 10. Noble Shirley is a... More

Sgt. Maj. Ronald L. Green, Sergeant Major of the Marine

Sgt. Maj. Ronald L. Green, Sergeant Major of the Marine

Sgt. Maj. Ronald L. Green, Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps, speaks to the U.S. Marines of the Black Sea Rotational Force at Mihal Kogalniceanu Air Base, Romania, Dec. 25, 2016. The Commandant of the Marine C... More

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Christopher Hipp, a mortarman

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Christopher Hipp, a mortarman

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Christopher Hipp, a mortarman with Black Sea Rotational Force 14, from 3rd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, addresses Georgian soldiers concerning tactical movements during exercise Agile ... More

U.S.  and Romanian explosive ordnance disposal personnel

U.S. and Romanian explosive ordnance disposal personnel

U.S. and Romanian explosive ordnance disposal personnel prepare to destroy unexploded ordnances during Exercise Platinum Eagle at Babadag Training Area, Romania, Feb. 15. Black Sea Rotational Force’s particip... More

U.S. Marines with Black Sea Rotational Force 16.2 show

U.S. Marines with Black Sea Rotational Force 16.2 show

U.S. Marines with Black Sea Rotational Force 16.2 show off riot control gear to embassy officials and their children during a static display conducted prior to emergency response training exercises on U.S. Emba... More

In the small farming town of Mandra, approximately

In the small farming town of Mandra, approximately

In the small farming town of Mandra, approximately 108 kilometers north of Constanta, kindergartners watch Gunnery Sgt. Giannina Pinedo, civil affairs chief, Black Sea Rotational Force 11, while Roxanna Taranu,... More

Staff Sgt. John D. Chenoweth, a tactical systems operator

Staff Sgt. John D. Chenoweth, a tactical systems operator

Staff Sgt. John D. Chenoweth, a tactical systems operator with Black Sea Rotational Force 12 watches his 11 year old son, John Chenoweth Jr., graduate the 5th grade June 18. Chenoweth was able to watch the cere... More

Communication across different nations allows them

Communication across different nations allows them

Communication across different nations allows them to fight as one. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Luke Hoogendam/Released)

U.S. Marines with Black Sea Rotational Force 17.1 prepare

U.S. Marines with Black Sea Rotational Force 17.1 prepare

U.S. Marines with Black Sea Rotational Force 17.1 prepare to depart in a tactical convoy through Ventspils, Latvia, May 31, 2017. The convoy was in preparation for Exercise Saber Strike 17, a multinational exer... More

Lance Cpl. Alec Fisher, a mortarman with Ground Combat

Lance Cpl. Alec Fisher, a mortarman with Ground Combat

Lance Cpl. Alec Fisher, a mortarman with Ground Combat Element, Black Sea Rotational Force, helps turn a jump rope for local children attending a family health initiative in Corbu, Romania, April 7. Marines and... More

A Romanian child pretends to drive a Black Sea Rotational

A Romanian child pretends to drive a Black Sea Rotational

A Romanian child pretends to drive a Black Sea Rotational Force 12 humvee at Tabacarie Park in Constanta, Romania June 2. The Marines and sailors of BSRF 12 participated in a weekend of volunteering in celebrat... More

A Bulgarian soldier and U.S. Marine listen to a discussion

A Bulgarian soldier and U.S. Marine listen to a discussion

A Bulgarian soldier and U.S. Marine listen to a discussion about medium machine gun employment during Exercise Platinum Lion, July 8 at Novo Selo Training Area, Bulgaria. Platinum Lion is a two-week exercise to... More

Dimitar Zdravkov Georgiev, Chairperson of State Agency

Dimitar Zdravkov Georgiev, Chairperson of State Agency

Dimitar Zdravkov Georgiev, Chairperson of State Agency for National Security, Bulgaria, visits the Combined Arms Company to speak with Marines and see the vehicles and equipment at Novo Selo Training Area, Bulg... More

Marines and sailors with Black Sea Rotational Force

Marines and sailors with Black Sea Rotational Force

Marines and sailors with Black Sea Rotational Force 12 escort a wreath honoring all fallen servicemembers in WWII during a ceremony celebrating Victory Day, Romanian Independence Day and Europe Day in Iasi, Rom... More

U.S. Marine Corps Lt. Col. Justin J. Ansel, commander

U.S. Marine Corps Lt. Col. Justin J. Ansel, commander

U.S. Marine Corps Lt. Col. Justin J. Ansel, commander of Black Sea Rotational Force, speaks to the Marines and sailors during Lance Corporal Seminar, class 03-16 graduation ceremony aboard Mihail Kogalniceanu A... More

U.S. Marines with Black Sea Rotational Force 17.1 receive

U.S. Marines with Black Sea Rotational Force 17.1 receive

U.S. Marines with Black Sea Rotational Force 17.1 receive a brief from Serbian soldiers aboard Novo Selo Training Area, Bulgaria, Aug. 6, 2017. The event was part of Exercise Platinum Lion 17.2, a multinational... More

A Romanian helicopter delights a crowd of spectators

A Romanian helicopter delights a crowd of spectators

A Romanian helicopter delights a crowd of spectators during the 114th annual Navy Day celebration at the Port of Constanţa, Romania, Aug. 15, 2016. U.S. Sailors and Marines supporting the Black Sea Rotational F... More

M1 Abrams main battle tanks practice a downed tank

M1 Abrams main battle tanks practice a downed tank

M1 Abrams main battle tanks practice a downed tank drill, which requires an M88 recovery vehicle to be called out to their location during the Combined Arms Company field exercise at Novo Selo Training Area, Bu... More

Marines with the Combined Arms Company, Bulgarian and

Marines with the Combined Arms Company, Bulgarian and

Marines with the Combined Arms Company, Bulgarian and Romanian Forces spent the evening looking at and getting hands on with the vehicles and weapons each country has brought to Novo Selo Training Area, Bulgari... More

A U.S. Marine with Black Sea Rotational Force 17.1

A U.S. Marine with Black Sea Rotational Force 17.1

A U.S. Marine with Black Sea Rotational Force 17.1 prepares an 60-millimeter mortar round during a live fire range during exercise Sea Breeze 2017 in Shirokyi Lan, Ukraine, July 11, 2017. Sea Breeze is a U.S. a... More

A U.S. Marine with Black Sea Rotational Force 16.2

A U.S. Marine with Black Sea Rotational Force 16.2

A U.S. Marine with Black Sea Rotational Force 16.2 adjusts the deflection of the M224A1 for his gun team’s M252 81M mortar system on a platoon attack range during Platinum Lynx 16.5 at Babadag Training Area, Ro... More

Georgian soldiers provide security as other soldiers

Georgian soldiers provide security as other soldiers

Georgian soldiers provide security as other soldiers maneuver through a danger area while conducting tactical movements during exercise Agile Spirit 14 at Vaziani Training Area, Georgia, June 13, 2014. This fou... More

Participant of the Swedish Basic Winter Warfare Course

Participant of the Swedish Basic Winter Warfare Course

Participant of the Swedish Basic Winter Warfare Course plays as a notional casualty wounded during a ski patrol during the course's culminating event in Arvidsjaur, Sweden, Jan. 23, 2018. Marines from the Black... More

Lithuanian soldiers and U.S. Marines from the Black

Lithuanian soldiers and U.S. Marines from the Black

Lithuanian soldiers and U.S. Marines from the Black Sea Rotational Force engaged opposition forces in a partnered attack during Exercise Saber Strike at the Pabrade Training Area, Lithuania, June 15, 2015. Fift... More

U.S. Marines with Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 2nd

U.S. Marines with Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 2nd

U.S. Marines with Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, conduct practice setting up and taking down 15-man and four-man tents as a part of cold weather training, in Porsangmoen... More

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