Saber Strike 2012 [Image 3 of 12]

ADAZI, LATVIA

06.13.2012

Photo by Sgt. Raymond Lott 

Marine Forces Reserve (MARFORRES)

Lance Cpl. Chad E. DeWitt looks for threats as Lance Cpl. Mason D. Romine mans a .50 caliber machine gun turret during urban patrolling at Saber Strike 2012. The two, and other Marines assigned to 3rd Battalion, 25th Marine Regiment, were involved in a three part training that consisted of react-to-contact drills, Latvian key leader engagements and vehicle checkpoints. 3/25 is a Pennsylvania-based Reserve unit. The role player was played by a Latvian army soldier. Saber Strike 2012 is a multinational, tactical field training and command post exercise that involves more than 2,000 personnel from the U.S. Army's 2nd Cavalry Regiment, Pennsylvania National Guard, 21st Theater Sustainment Command, the 4th U.S. Marine Division, the 127th Wing of the Michigan Air National Guard, Estonian, Latvian, and Lithuanian armed forces, with contingents from Canada, Finland, France and the U.K. The exercise, led by U.S. Army Europe, is designed to enhance joint and combined interoperability between the U.S. forces and partner nations, and will help prepare participants to operate successfully in a joint, multinational, interagency, integrated environment.

• Date Taken: 06.13.2012
• Date Posted: 06.22.2012 10:21
• Photo ID: 609660
• VIRIN: 120613-M-MS727-003
• Resolution: 3744x5616
• Size: 976.14 KB
• Location: ADAZI, LV