November 2017 - U.S. Marines with
Black Sea Rotational Force 17.2 and British Royal British
Marines conduct inflatable raid craft training in Aksaz,
Turkey. U.S. Marines and Royal British Marines participated
in Exercise Blue Raptor, a training event involving United
States, British, Turkish and Greek military to improve
interoperability and strengthen NATO partnerships.
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
participants' collective professional military capacity,
promote regional stability and build enduring relationships
with partner nations. The almost 350 Marine Corps and U.S.
Navy personnel of BSRF will be operating as a
Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force.
U.S. Marine Corps video by Cpl. David
Luckey Video edited by USA Patriotism!
