Category Archives: Latvia

Lithuanian President Visits Mount Whitney

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BALTIC SEA (Sept. 21, 2010) The President of Lithuania Dalia Grybauskaite receives official honors from rainbow sideboys as she arrives aboard the amphibious command ship USS Mount Whitney (LCC/JCC 20). Mount Whitney is operating in the Baltic region in support of exercise Jackal Stone (JS10) 2010, a 10-day special operations exercise featuring participation from Croatia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, Ukraine, and the United States. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Sylvia Nealy/Released)

Lithuanian Helicopter Lands Aboard Amphibious Assault Ship Whitney

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BALTIC SEA (Sept. 17, 2010) A Lithuanian MI-8 (Hip) military utility helicopter lands aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Mount Whitney (LCC/JCC 20) during deck landing qualification training as part of exercise Jackal Stone 2010 (JS10). JS10 is a 10-day special operations exercise intended to promote cooperation and interoperability between participating forces from Croatia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, Ukraine, and the United States. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Sylvia Nealy/Released)

M1A1 Main Battle Tank Being Placed On A Railway Car

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VENTSPILS, Latvia.

Civilian railway engineers hoist an M1A1 Main Battle Tank to be placed on a railway car during the rail-way movement portion of the maritime preposition force (MPF) offload portion of exercise BALTIC OPERATIONS 2010.

The MPF offload portion is one of largest portions of exercise BALTOPS, a multinational maritime exercise designed to increase interoperability between the 12 participating nations and increase maritime safety and security.

Photo by Sgt. Rocco DeFilippis.

Seabees Deploying To Latvia

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ROTA, Spain (March 18, 2010) A Seabee assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 7 prepares materials for shipment to support a detachment of NMCB-7 Seabees deploying to Latvia. NMCB-7 and its detachments are deployed to the U.S. 6th Fleet area of responsibility to provide construction and engineering support. (U.S. Navy photo by Chief Mass Communication Specialist Yan Kennon/Released)

Construction And Engineering Support

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Seabees assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 7 prepare materials for shipment to support a detachment of NMCB-7 Seabees deploying to Latvia.

NMCB-7 and its detachments are deployed to the U.S. 6th Fleet area of responsibility to provide construction and engineering support.

Photo by Chief Petty Officer Yan M. Kennon.

Partnership Patrol

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U.S. Army Maj. Jim Hickman and Latvian Army Maj. Juris Abolins, patrol alongside members of the Afghan National Army through the village of Nishagam, Konar province, Afghanistan, March 18, 2009. Hickman is assigned to the Observer, Mentor, Liaison Team in Regional Command - East. U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Matthew C. Moeller

U.S. Army Maj. Jim Hickman and Latvian Army Maj. Juris Abolins, patrol alongside members of the Afghan National Army through the village of Nishagam, Konar province, Afghanistan, March 18, 2009. Hickman is assigned to the Observer, Mentor, Liaison Team in Regional Command - East. U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Matthew C. Moeller

March On

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An Afghan national army soldier marches with Latvian army Maj. Juris Abolins, leading Latvian officer in the Observer, Mentor, Liaison Team, and members of the U.S. Army and Afghan national police, after returning from Observation Post Bari Alai near the town of Nishagam in Konar province, Afghanistan, March 18, 2009. U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Matthew Moeller

An Afghan national army soldier marches with Latvian army Maj. Juris Abolins, leading Latvian officer in the Observer, Mentor, Liaison Team, and members of the U.S. Army and Afghan national police, after returning from Observation Post Bari Alai near the town of Nishagam in Konar province, Afghanistan, March 18, 2009. U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Matthew Moeller