{"id":14515,"date":"2015-01-01T13:42:19","date_gmt":"2015-01-01T13:42:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/marinecorpstimes\/uncategorized\/2015\/01\/01\/marines-train-in-anti-armor-tactics-alongside-moldovan-troops\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T20:12:08","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T20:12:08","slug":"marines-train-in-anti-armor-tactics-alongside-moldovan-troops","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/marinecorpstimes\/news\/your-marine-corps\/2015\/01\/01\/marines-train-in-anti-armor-tactics-alongside-moldovan-troops\/","title":{"rendered":"Marines train in anti-armor tactics alongside Moldovan troops"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As Moldova&#8217;s pro-European political parties celebrated an electoral victory against Russian-backed rivals, Marines headed into the small, former Soviet republic to talk anti-armor best practices with local troops.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A mix of about 15 assaultmen and anti-tank missilemen with the Romania-based Black Sea Rotational Force arrived in Balti, Moldova for the weeklong joint training exercise following what many experts see as a success for the West in what some call a resurgence of Cold War-era tension <span class=\"rte rte-comment\">the ongoing cold war <\/span>with Moscow. Despite alleged Russian meddling, a trio of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2014\/12\/02\/world\/europe\/moldova-parliament-elections.html?_r=0\" title=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2014\/12\/02\/world\/europe\/moldova-parliament-elections.html?_r=0\">pro-European parties secured enough votes<\/a> in the Nov. 30 election to retain control of the nation&#8217;s parliament. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Arriving about a week after polls closed, the detachment of Marines led a mix of conscripts and career soldiers with varying specialties \u2014 most were artillerymen \u2014 in discussions about doctrine, tactics, techniques and procedures. The event, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dvidshub.net\/video\/382693\/anti-armor-workshop-moldova#.VKLRNF4DrA\" title=\"http:\/\/www.dvidshub.net\/video\/382693\/anti-armor-workshop-moldova#.VKLRNF4DrA\">which included a live-fire exercise<\/a>, saw the troops use the FGM-148 Javelin, AT4 Anti-Tank Weapon and shoulder-launched multipurpose assault weapons, as well as Moldova&#8217;s rocket propelled grenade system and 70mm recoilless rifle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Officials said the timing of the combined exercise was unrelated to Moldova&#8217;s elections in the Corps&#8217; account of the training session. First Lt. 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After Moldova formed following the collapse of the Soviet Union, a sliver of land known as Transnistria \u2014 home to many ethnic Ukrainians and Russians \u2014 broke away from the newly independent nation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The split led to fighting, a conflict that prompted Russian intervention in the 1990s. Russian soldiers remain stationed in Moldova&#8217;s breakaway region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It&#8217;s tempting to place the exercise in the larger context of rising tensions with Russia, spurred by unrest in Ukraine and the annexation of Crimea. The European Leadership Network, a think tank, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.europeanleadershipnetwork.org\/dangerous-brinkmanship-close-military-encounters-between-russia-and-the-west-in-2014_2101.html\" title=\"http:\/\/www.europeanleadershipnetwork.org\/dangerous-brinkmanship-close-military-encounters-between-russia-and-the-west-in-2014_2101.html\">released a report late last year<\/a> documenting 45 incidents where Russian military assets sparked confrontations with NATO allies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.navytimes.com\/story\/military\/2014\/12\/02\/russians-bully-europe-putin-navy-nato-breedlove-hudson\/70121746\/\" title=\"http:\/\/www.navytimes.com\/story\/military\/2014\/12\/02\/russians-bully-europe-putin-navy-nato-breedlove-hudson\/70121746\/\">Those incidents include a Russian SU-24 Fencer buzzing the destroyer Donald Cook<\/a> in the Black Sea in April and hounding surveillance aircraft in the Baltic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But Dakota Wood, a retired Marine officer and senior research fellow with The Heritage Foundation, a Washington think tank, cautioned about reading too much into the exercise. 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