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Black Sea Rotational Force Marines with 81mm Mortar Platoon fire high explosive and illumination rounds downrange Jan 15 at Novo Selo Training Area, Bulgaria. The Marines, with Weapons Co., 2nd Battalion, 2nd Marines, embarked on a week-long training exercise including night-fire and a company sized attack.

Black Sea Rotational Force Marines with 81mm Mortar Platoon fire high explosive and illumination rounds downrange Jan 15 at Novo Selo Training Area, Bulgaria. The Marines, with Weapons Co., 2nd Battalion, 2nd Marines, embarked on a week-long training exercise including night-fire and a company sized attack.

Photo by Lance Cpl. Ryan Young

Black Sea Rotational Force Marines with 81mm Mortar Platoon fire high explosive and illumination rounds downrange Jan. 6 at Novo Selo Training Area, Bulgaria. The Marines, with Weapons Co., 2nd Battalion, 2nd Marines, embarked on a week-long training exercise including night-fire and a company sized attack.

Black Sea Rotational Force Marines with 81mm Mortar Platoon fire high explosive and illumination rounds downrange Jan. 6 at Novo Selo Training Area, Bulgaria. The Marines, with Weapons Co., 2nd Battalion, 2nd Marines, embarked on a week-long training exercise including night-fire and a company sized attack.

Photo by Lance Cpl. Ryan Young

A UH-1Y Venom waits to perform a simulated close air support Hell Fire missile mission at Bombing Target Range 11, Piney Island, N.C., Dec. 18, 2014. Marines with Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 167, HMLA-467 and Marine Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Squadron 2 assisted 2nd Marine Special Operations Battalion during an integrated training mission. The Venom belongs HMLA-167 at Marine Corps Air Station New River, N.C.

A UH-1Y Venom waits to perform a simulated close air support Hell Fire missile mission at Bombing Target Range 11, Piney Island, N.C., Dec. 18, 2014. Marines with Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 167, HMLA-467 and Marine Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Squadron 2 assisted 2nd Marine Special Operations Battalion during an integrated training mission. The Venom belongs HMLA-167 at Marine Corps Air Station New River, N.C.

Photo by Cpl. J. R. Heins

Heavy equipment operators with Combat Logistics Battalion 2, Combat Logistics Regiment 2, 2nd Marine Logistics Group, work with the Marines and sailors of the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit as they load ammunition onto a Navy landing craft air cushion on the shore of Onslow Beach aboard Camp Lejeune, N.C., Dec. 16, 2014. Marines also transported ammunition through a helicopter support team from landing zone bluebird to the USS Iwo Jima.

Heavy equipment operators with Combat Logistics Battalion 2, Combat Logistics Regiment 2, 2nd Marine Logistics Group, work with the Marines and sailors of the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit as they load ammunition onto a Navy landing craft air cushion on the shore of Onslow Beach aboard Camp Lejeune, N.C., Dec. 16, 2014. Marines also transported ammunition through a helicopter support team from landing zone bluebird to the USS Iwo Jima.

Photo by Cpl. James Smith

Marines with Combat Logistics Battalion 2, Combat Logistics Regiment 2, 2nd Marine Logistics Group, work with the Marines and sailors of the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit as they guide a Navy landing craft air cushion onto Onslow Beach aboard Camp Lejeune, N.C., Dec. 16, 2014. Marines loaded vehicles, personnel and ammunition aboard the LCACs to be transported to the USS Fort McHenry.

Marines with Combat Logistics Battalion 2, Combat Logistics Regiment 2, 2nd Marine Logistics Group, work with the Marines and sailors of the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit as they guide a Navy landing craft air cushion onto Onslow Beach aboard Camp Lejeune, N.C., Dec. 16, 2014. Marines loaded vehicles, personnel and ammunition aboard the LCACs to be transported to the USS Fort McHenry.

Photo by Cpl. James Smith

Marines with Combat Logistics Battalion 2, Combat Logistics Regiment 2, 2nd Marine Logistics Group, work with the Marines and sailors of the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit as they load vehicles, equipment and personnel aboard the USS New York at the port in Morehead City, N.C., Dec. 13, 2014.

Marines with Combat Logistics Battalion 2, Combat Logistics Regiment 2, 2nd Marine Logistics Group, work with the Marines and sailors of the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit as they load vehicles, equipment and personnel aboard the USS New York at the port in Morehead City, N.C., Dec. 13, 2014.

Photo by Lance Cpl. Justin Updegraff

Marines with Combat Logistics Battalion 2, Combat Logistics Regiment 2, 2nd Marine Logistics Group, work with the Marines and sailors of the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit as they load vehicles, equipment and personnel aboard the USS New York at the port in Morehead City, N.C., Dec. 13, 2014. Heavy equipment operators and embarkation specialists spent several days prior to the ship's arrival staging and organizing the gear.

Marines with Combat Logistics Battalion 2, Combat Logistics Regiment 2, 2nd Marine Logistics Group, work with the Marines and sailors of the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit as they load vehicles, equipment and personnel aboard the USS New York at the port in Morehead City, N.C., Dec. 13, 2014. Heavy equipment operators and embarkation specialists spent several days prior to the ship's arrival staging and organizing the gear.

Photo by Cpl. James Smith

Minister of Defense Valerin Troenco shakes hands with Lt. Col. Joel Schmidt, the commanding officer of Black Sea Rotational Force 14, during the closing ceremony of the Anti-Armor Workshop between U.S. Marines and Moldovan soldiers in Balti, Moldova, Dec. 12. The Marines and Moldovans built a mutual understanding of firing procedures and characteristics on advanced anti-armor weapons systems, including: Moldova’s Rocket Propelled Grenade system and 70mm Recoiless Rifle (SPG), and America’s FGM-148 Javelin man-portable anti-tank missile, AT-4 Anti-Tank Weapon, and the Shoulder-launched Multipupose Assault Weapon, Dec. 8-12.

Minister of Defense Valerin Troenco shakes hands with Lt. Col. Joel Schmidt, the commanding officer of Black Sea Rotational Force 14, during the closing ceremony of the Anti-Armor Workshop between U.S. Marines and Moldovan soldiers in Balti, Moldova, Dec. 12. The Marines and Moldovans built a mutual understanding of firing procedures and characteristics on advanced anti-armor weapons systems, including: Moldova’s Rocket Propelled Grenade system and 70mm Recoiless Rifle (SPG), and America’s FGM-148 Javelin man-portable anti-tank missile, AT-4 Anti-Tank Weapon, and the Shoulder-launched Multipupose Assault Weapon, Dec. 8-12.

Photo by Master Sgt. Chad McMeen

U.S. Marines and Moldovan soldiers integrated to conduct an Anti-Armor Workshop in Balti, Moldova, Dec. 8-12. The Marines and Moldovan soldiers built a mutual understanding of firing procedures and characteristics on advanced anti-armor weapons systems, including: Moldova’s Rocket Propelled Grenade system and 70mm Recoiless Rifle (SPG), and America’s FGM-148 Javelin man-portable anti-tank missile, AT-4 Anti-Tank Weapon, and the Shoulder-launched Multipupose Assault Weapon.

U.S. Marines and Moldovan soldiers integrated to conduct an Anti-Armor Workshop in Balti, Moldova, Dec. 8-12. The Marines and Moldovan soldiers built a mutual understanding of firing procedures and characteristics on advanced anti-armor weapons systems, including: Moldova’s Rocket Propelled Grenade system and 70mm Recoiless Rifle (SPG), and America’s FGM-148 Javelin man-portable anti-tank missile, AT-4 Anti-Tank Weapon, and the Shoulder-launched Multipupose Assault Weapon.

Photo by Master Sgt. Chad McMeen

An FGM-148 Javelin man-portable anti-tank missile is fired during the coordinated simulated assault at theAnti-Armor Workshop in Balti, Moldova, Dec. 12.The anti-armor attack integrated U.S. Marines with Moldovan soldiers with various weapons and within minutes the armored targets scattered throughout a vast impact area were blown to pieces by skilled shots from the participants.

An FGM-148 Javelin man-portable anti-tank missile is fired during the coordinated simulated assault at theAnti-Armor Workshop in Balti, Moldova, Dec. 12.The anti-armor attack integrated U.S. Marines with Moldovan soldiers with various weapons and within minutes the armored targets scattered throughout a vast impact area were blown to pieces by skilled shots from the participants.

Photo by Master Sgt. Chad McMeen

An FGM-148 Javelin man-portable anti-tank missile is fired during the coordinated simulated assault at theAnti-Armor Workshop in Balti, Moldova, Dec. 12.The anti-armor attack integrated U.S. Marines with Moldovan soldiers with various weapons and within minutes the armored targets scattered throughout a vast impact area were blown to pieces by skilled shots from the participants.

An FGM-148 Javelin man-portable anti-tank missile is fired during the coordinated simulated assault at theAnti-Armor Workshop in Balti, Moldova, Dec. 12.The anti-armor attack integrated U.S. Marines with Moldovan soldiers with various weapons and within minutes the armored targets scattered throughout a vast impact area were blown to pieces by skilled shots from the participants.

Photo by Master Sgt. Chad McMeen

A Moldovan medic stands watch as the final simulated assault is conducted during an Anti-Armor Workshop in Balti, Moldova, Dec. 12. The Marines and Moldovans built a mutual understanding of firing procedures and characteristics on advanced anti-armor weapons systems, including: Moldova’s Rocket Propelled Grenade system and 70mm Recoiless Rifle (SPG), and America’s FGM-148 Javelin man-portable anti-tank missile, AT-4 Anti-Tank Weapon, and the Shoulder-launched Multipupose Assault Weapon, Dec. 8-12.

A Moldovan medic stands watch as the final simulated assault is conducted during an Anti-Armor Workshop in Balti, Moldova, Dec. 12. The Marines and Moldovans built a mutual understanding of firing procedures and characteristics on advanced anti-armor weapons systems, including: Moldova’s Rocket Propelled Grenade system and 70mm Recoiless Rifle (SPG), and America’s FGM-148 Javelin man-portable anti-tank missile, AT-4 Anti-Tank Weapon, and the Shoulder-launched Multipupose Assault Weapon, Dec. 8-12.

Photo by Master Sgt. Chad McMeen

Marines with Golf Company, Battalion Landing Team 2nd Battalion, 1st Marines, 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), off-load from a CH-53E Super Stallion with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 163 (Reinforced), 11th MEU, aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Makin Island (LHD 8), Dec. 12. The Makin Island Amphibious Ready Group (ARG) and the embarked 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit are deployed in support of maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility.

Marines with Golf Company, Battalion Landing Team 2nd Battalion, 1st Marines, 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), off-load from a CH-53E Super Stallion with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 163 (Reinforced), 11th MEU, aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Makin Island (LHD 8), Dec. 12. The Makin Island Amphibious Ready Group (ARG) and the embarked 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit are deployed in support of maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility.

Photo by Cpl. Demetrius Morgan

Marines training in the Marine Combat Instructor of Water Survival course drill rescues with their classmates at the Marine Corps Base Hawaii pool, Dec. 12, 2014. A total of 18 Marines were tested this week.

Marines training in the Marine Combat Instructor of Water Survival course drill rescues with their classmates at the Marine Corps Base Hawaii pool, Dec. 12, 2014. A total of 18 Marines were tested this week.

Photo by Christine Cabalo

U.S. Marines and Moldovan soldiers integrated to conduct an Anti-Armor Workshop in Balti, Moldova, Dec. 8-12. The Marines and Moldovan soldiers built a mutual understanding of firing procedures and characteristics on advanced anti-armor weapons systems, including: Moldova’s Rocket Propelled Grenade system and 70mm Recoiless Rifle (SPG), and America’s FGM-148 Javelin man-portable anti-tank missile, AT-4 Anti-Tank Weapon, and the Shoulder-launched Multipupose Assault Weapon.

U.S. Marines and Moldovan soldiers integrated to conduct an Anti-Armor Workshop in Balti, Moldova, Dec. 8-12. The Marines and Moldovan soldiers built a mutual understanding of firing procedures and characteristics on advanced anti-armor weapons systems, including: Moldova’s Rocket Propelled Grenade system and 70mm Recoiless Rifle (SPG), and America’s FGM-148 Javelin man-portable anti-tank missile, AT-4 Anti-Tank Weapon, and the Shoulder-launched Multipupose Assault Weapon.

Photo by Master Sgt. Chad McMeen

U.S. Marines and Moldovan soldiers integrated to conduct an Anti-Armor Workshop in Balti, Moldova, Dec. 8-12. The Marines and Moldovan soldiers built a mutual understanding of firing procedures and characteristics on advanced anti-armor weapons systems, including: Moldova’s Rocket Propelled Grenade system and 70mm Recoiless Rifle (SPG), and America’s FGM-148 Javelin man-portable anti-tank missile, AT-4 Anti-Tank Weapon, and the Shoulder-launched Multipupose Assault Weapon.

U.S. Marines and Moldovan soldiers integrated to conduct an Anti-Armor Workshop in Balti, Moldova, Dec. 8-12. The Marines and Moldovan soldiers built a mutual understanding of firing procedures and characteristics on advanced anti-armor weapons systems, including: Moldova’s Rocket Propelled Grenade system and 70mm Recoiless Rifle (SPG), and America’s FGM-148 Javelin man-portable anti-tank missile, AT-4 Anti-Tank Weapon, and the Shoulder-launched Multipupose Assault Weapon.

Photo by Master Sgt. Chad McMeen

Shoulder-launched Multipurpose Assault Weapons are secured before an Anti-Armor live-fire weapons range in Balti, Moldova, Dec. 12. SMAW's look simple but once loaded and aiming at a target behind the trained hands of a Moldovan or U.S. Marine, they become an armored vehicles worst nightmare. The Marines and Moldovans built a mutual understanding of firing procedures and characteristics on advanced anti-armor weapons systems, including: Moldova’s Rocket Propelled Grenade system and 70mm Recoiless Rifle (SPG), and America’s FGM-148 Javelin man-portable anti-tank missile, AT-4 Anti-Tank Weapon, and the Shoulder-launched Multipupose Assault Weapon, Dec. 8-12.

Shoulder-launched Multipurpose Assault Weapons are secured before an Anti-Armor live-fire weapons range in Balti, Moldova, Dec. 12. SMAW's look simple but once loaded and aiming at a target behind the trained hands of a Moldovan or U.S. Marine, they become an armored vehicles worst nightmare. The Marines and Moldovans built a mutual understanding of firing procedures and characteristics on advanced anti-armor weapons systems, including: Moldova’s Rocket Propelled Grenade system and 70mm Recoiless Rifle (SPG), and America’s FGM-148 Javelin man-portable anti-tank missile, AT-4 Anti-Tank Weapon, and the Shoulder-launched Multipupose Assault Weapon, Dec. 8-12.

Photo by Master Sgt. Chad McMeen

U.S. Marines and Moldovan soldiers integrated to conduct an Anti-Armor Workshop in Balti, Moldova, Dec. 8-12. The Marines and Moldovan soldiers built a mutual understanding of firing procedures and characteristics on advanced anti-armor weapons systems, including: Moldova’s Rocket Propelled Grenade system and 70mm Recoiless Rifle (SPG), and America’s FGM-148 Javelin man-portable anti-tank missile, AT-4 Anti-Tank Weapon, and the Shoulder-launched Multipupose Assault Weapon.

U.S. Marines and Moldovan soldiers integrated to conduct an Anti-Armor Workshop in Balti, Moldova, Dec. 8-12. The Marines and Moldovan soldiers built a mutual understanding of firing procedures and characteristics on advanced anti-armor weapons systems, including: Moldova’s Rocket Propelled Grenade system and 70mm Recoiless Rifle (SPG), and America’s FGM-148 Javelin man-portable anti-tank missile, AT-4 Anti-Tank Weapon, and the Shoulder-launched Multipupose Assault Weapon.

Photo by Master Sgt. Chad McMeen

U.S. Marines and Moldovan soldiers integrated to conduct an Anti-Armor Workshop in Balti, Moldova, Dec. 8-12. The Marines and Moldovan soldiers built a mutual understanding of firing procedures and characteristics on advanced anti-armor weapons systems, including: Moldova’s Rocket Propelled Grenade system and 70mm Recoiless Rifle (SPG), and America’s FGM-148 Javelin man-portable anti-tank missile, AT-4 Anti-Tank Weapon, and the Shoulder-launched Multipupose Assault Weapon.

U.S. Marines and Moldovan soldiers integrated to conduct an Anti-Armor Workshop in Balti, Moldova, Dec. 8-12. The Marines and Moldovan soldiers built a mutual understanding of firing procedures and characteristics on advanced anti-armor weapons systems, including: Moldova’s Rocket Propelled Grenade system and 70mm Recoiless Rifle (SPG), and America’s FGM-148 Javelin man-portable anti-tank missile, AT-4 Anti-Tank Weapon, and the Shoulder-launched Multipupose Assault Weapon.

Photo by Master Sgt. Chad McMeen

Chief Warrant Officer 2 Michael Reiser, infantry weapons officer from the Black Sea Rotational Force, conducts a safety brief to the crowd of Marines and Moldovans who participated in the workshop prior to a live-fire anti-armor weapons range in Balti, Moldova. The Marines and Moldovans built a mutual understanding of firing procedures and characteristics on advanced anti-armor weapons systems, including: Moldova’s Rocket Propelled Grenade system and 70mm Recoiless Rifle (SPG), and America’s FGM-148 Javelin man-portable anti-tank missile, AT-4 Anti-Tank Weapon, and the Shoulder-launched Multipupose Assault Weapon, Dec. 8-12.

Chief Warrant Officer 2 Michael Reiser, infantry weapons officer from the Black Sea Rotational Force, conducts a safety brief to the crowd of Marines and Moldovans who participated in the workshop prior to a live-fire anti-armor weapons range in Balti, Moldova. The Marines and Moldovans built a mutual understanding of firing procedures and characteristics on advanced anti-armor weapons systems, including: Moldova’s Rocket Propelled Grenade system and 70mm Recoiless Rifle (SPG), and America’s FGM-148 Javelin man-portable anti-tank missile, AT-4 Anti-Tank Weapon, and the Shoulder-launched Multipupose Assault Weapon, Dec. 8-12.

Photo by Master Sgt. Chad McMeen