Photo by 1st Lt. Aleksandra Sawyer | U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Europe and Africa | 09.21.2016
Bulgarian soldiers participating in Exercise Platinum Lynx listen as women training as a U.S. Marine Corps Female Engagement Team attached to the Black Sea Rotational Force 16.2 provide a demonstration of law enforcement techniques at Babadag Training Area, Sept. 21, 2016. Platinum Lynx 16.5 allows Marines from units across the globe, including the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit, 2nd......
Photo by Lance Cpl. Timothy Lutz | U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Europe and Africa | 09.19.2016
U.S. Marines with Black Sea Rotational Force 16.2 bond with Romanian, Moldavian, Bulgarian, and Slovakian soldiers during Exercise Platinum Lynx at Babadag Training Area, Romania, Sept. 19, 2016. Black Sea Rotational Force is an annual multilateral security cooperation activity between the U.S. Marine Corps and partner nations in the Black Sea, Balkan and Caucasus regions designed to enhance......
Photo by Staff Sgt. Opal Vaughn | 173rd Airborne Brigade | 08.21.2015
Paratroopers from the Bulgarian 68th Special Forces Brigade rehearse squad formations at Aviano Airbase, Italy, Aug. 21, 2015, in preparation for a combined jump with the U.S. Army’s 173rd Airborne Brigade for Exercise Swift Response 15. Swift Response is a large-scale combined, joint exercise involving 4,500 troops from 12 NATO nations, with airborne operations spread across three......
Photo by Spc. Ricky Bowden | Regional Media Center AFN Europe | 01.14.2015
United States Marines and Bulgarian Soldiers gather together Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2015, on Range 3 at The Novo Selo Training Area in Bulgaria. The U.S. Marines and Bulgarian Soldiers were receiving a brief on Oleoresin Capsicum Spray or OC Spray. (US Army photo by SPC Ricky Bowden)...
Photo by Sgt. Gemma Iglesias | VIPER COMBAT CAMERA USAREUR | 01.19.2013
Bulgarian soldiers, 1st Company 38 Mechanized Battalion, 2nd Mechanized Brigade, replicating Afghanistan National Army (ANA), pull security during a military advisory team (MAT) training exercise at the Joint Multinational Readiness Center in Hohenfels, Germany, Jan. 19, 2013. MATs and police advisory teams are designed to replicate the Afghanistan operational environment while preparing teams......
Photo by Sgt. Gemma Iglesias | VIPER COMBAT CAMERA USAREUR | 01.19.2013
Bulgarian soldiers, 1st Company 38 Mechanized Battalion, 2nd Mechanized Brigade, replicating Afghanistan National Army (ANA), pull security during a military advisory team (MAT) training exercise at the Joint Multinational Readiness Center in Hohenfels, Germany, Jan. 19, 2013. MATs and police advisory teams are designed to replicate the Afghanistan operational environment while preparing teams......
Photo by Sgt. Gemma Iglesias | VIPER COMBAT CAMERA USAREUR | 01.19.2013
Bulgarian soldiers, 1st Company 38 Mechanized Battalion, 2nd Mechanized Brigade, replicating Afghanistan National Army (ANA), react to contact during a military advisory team (MAT) training exercise at the Joint Multinational Readiness Center in Hohenfels, Germany, Jan. 19, 2013. MATs and police advisory teams are designed to replicate the Afghanistan operational environment while preparing......
Photo by Sgt. Gemma Iglesias | VIPER COMBAT CAMERA USAREUR | 01.19.2013
A Bulgarian soldier, 1st Company 38 Mechanized Battalion, 2nd Mechanized Brigade, replicating Afghanistan National Army (ANA), pulls security during a military advisory team (MAT) training exercise at the Joint Multinational Readiness Center in Hohenfels, Germany, Jan. 19, 2013. MATs and police advisory teams are designed to replicate the Afghanistan operational environment while preparing......
