U.S. Senators meet with U.S., Latvian, and Estonian troops during exercise Summer Shield [Image 2 of 9]

CAMP ADAZI, LATVIA

04.15.2014

Photo by Lance Cpl. Scott Whiting 

U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Europe and Africa     

United States Senator John McCain (R-AZ) speaks with Latvian Lt. Col. Gunars Kaulins, the exercise director for Exercise Summer Shield about a live-fire exercise which involved U.S., Latvian, Estonian and Lithuanian service members at a range near Camp Adazi, Latvia, April 15, 2014. U.S. Marines with 3rd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division assigned to Black Sea Rotational Force 14.2 are participating in Summer Shield in Latvia. This is the 11th iteration of the Summer Shield exercise, a joint staff planning and live-fire maneuver event designed to enhance the NATO force’s capacity and capability to integrate combined arms and maneuver at the battalion and brigade level. It also increases partner capacity, promotes regional stability, and enhances Latvian, Lithuanian, Estonian, and U.S. interoperability as NATO allies. (Official Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Scott W. Whiting, BSRF PAO/ Released)

• Date Taken: 04.15.2014
• Date Posted: 04.16.2014 03:43
• Photo ID: 1250218
• VIRIN: 140415-M-FD819-077
• Resolution: 4416x3588
• Size: 1.91 MB
• Location: CAMP ADAZI, LV