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Marines from across Marine Forces Reserve join NATO Allies and partners following a Strategic Mobility Exercise to support Saber Strike 17. Exercise Saber Strike 17 is an annual combined-joint exercise conducted at various locations throughout the Baltic region and Poland. The combined training prepares NATO Allies and partners to effectively respond to regional crises and to meet their own security needs by strengthening their borders and countering threats.

Marines from across Marine Forces Reserve conduct life-fire and movement to contact drills during exercise Saber Strike 17, Adazi Training Grounds, Latvia. Exercise Saber Strike 17 is an annual combined-joint exercise conducted at various locations throughout the Baltic region and Poland. The combined training prepares NATO Allies and partners to effectively respond to regional crises and to meet their own security needs by strengthening their borders and countering threats.

Marines from across Marine Forces Reserve conduct an amphibious assault in Ventspils, Latvia during exercises Baltic Operations and Saber Strike 17. Exercise Saber Strike 17 is an annual combined-joint exercise conducted at various locations throughout the Baltic region and Poland. The combined training prepares NATO Allies and partners to effectively respond to regional crises and to meet their own security needs by strengthening their borders and countering threats.

BSRF 17 Marines participate in Exercise Saber Strike 17 aboard Adazi Military Base, Latvia, June 3-14, 2017. Saber Strike is a multinational training evolution to increase interoperability and strengthen relationships with allies and partner nations through combined arms training.

Marines with the Black Sea Rotational Force 17.1 and Marine Forces Reserve join other NATO allied nations and partner nations for the opening ceremony at Military Base Adazi, Latvia, for Exercise Saber Strike 17, June 4, 2017. Exercise Saber Strike 17 is an annual combined-joint exercise conducted at various locations throughout the Baltic region and Poland. The combined training prepares NATO Allies and partners to effectively respond to regional crises and to meet their own security needs by strengthening their borders and countering threats. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Devan Alonzo Barnett/Released)

Saber Strike 17 is the seventh iteration of a long-standing U.S Army Europe-led cooperative training exercise designed to enhance interoperability among allies and regional partners in the Baltic region and Poland from May 23-June 24, 2017.

Saber Strike 17 kicks off this year by conducting instream offloads with tactical equipment, vehicles and storage units from Maritime Prepositioning Ships in the Baltic Sea to Ventspils, Latvia, May 23-24, 2017. Exercise Saber Strike 17 is an annual combined-joint exercise conducted at various locations throughout the Baltic region and Poland. The combined training prepares allies and partners to respond more to regional crises and meet their own security needs by improving the security of borders and countering threats.

U.S. Marines with Black Sea Rotational Force 17.1 and NATO Allies came together for Exercise Summer Shield aboard Adazi Military Base, Latvia, April 17-27, 2017. Exercise Summer Shield was a multi-national training event that allowed NATO Allies to work together by employing various tactics, techniques and procedures to ensure mission accomplishment. Thirteen nations took part in the nearly two-week exercise that included Chemical Biological Radiological and Nuclear training, joint mount ranges, joint fire observation exercises and accumulated in a final two-day combined arms live-fire exercise. The exercise improved military-to-military interaction, allowing the Marine Corps to be a force in readiness wherever needed. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Sgt. Patricia A. Morris)