21 May, 2010 15:23
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Press release
Linked below are three photo essays covering the U.S. Marines and
Romanian
Marines and soldiers first week of training together at
Romania's
Babadag Training Area. The troops are conducting peacekeeping
operations
training, an integral part of their mission during Black Sea
Rotational
Force.
In the first link, Romanian Marines and soldiers are
taking part in a
specially blended course of U.S. Marine Corps
Martial Arts, with the
focus on peacekeeping operations and nonlethal
techniques:
http://www.marines.mil/unit/marforeur/Pages/US,Romanianskickintopartners
hipwithMarineCorpsMartialArts.aspx
Secondly,
U.S. Marines and Romanian Marines and soldiers honed their
weapons
skills. The troops at Babadag are scheduled to conduct a combat
markshmanship
course today:
http://www.marines.mil/unit/marforeur/Pages/highfirmgrip.aspx
Finally,
the U.S. and Romanian military forces conducted night vision
goggle
training. For many of the troops, it was their first time using
night
vision gear, so
they had to learn to adjust to changes in depth of
field and
perception the goggles create.
http://www.marines.mil/unit/marforeur/Pages/USRONightvision.aspx
For
the most up to date information on U.S. Marines and Sailors deployed
to
Romania for Black
Sea Rotational Force, and the nations we're
training in partnershp
with, please check out our official Facebook page
at:
http://www.facebook.com/BSRFMarines
Or
our official Web site at:
http://www.marines.mil/unit/marforeur/Pages/BSRF.aspx
About
100 U.S. Marines are currently deployed to Eastern Europe for
Black
Sea Rotational Force, a Security Cooperation Marine Air-Ground
Task
Force with the
mission to promote regional stability, build
partner-nations'
military capacity and build enduring partnerships with
nations in the
Black Sea, Balkan and Caucasus regions.
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