Marine Corps tanks and artillery are moving and shooting in Eastern Europe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Black Sea Rotational Force, including its Bulgaria-based\u00a0Combined Arms Company, kicked off a week-long training exercise \u2013\u00a0\u2014 <\/span>Platinum Lynx 16-2 \u2013\u00a0\u2014 <\/span>with Romanian and Moldovan forces on Dec. 7, following rail movement of their heavy equipment from Zimnitsa, Bulgaria, to the Smardan Training Area in Romania.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It\u2019s the second major training <\/span>multinational training exercise for the unit, which arrived at their base at Novo Selo, Bulgaria, in August to bolster security cooperation and interoperability with America\u2019s partners in the region. They and<\/span> completed their first roll with Bulgarian forces in November.<\/p>\n\n\n\n “This is the first time the Combined Arms Company has moved the tanks, artillery and light-armored vehicles to another country for a multinational live-fire exercise, demonstrating our ability to quickly move our equipment across borders, should we ever need to do so in a crisis,” said 1st Lt. Monica Witt, public affairs officer for the Black Sea Rotational Force.<\/p>\n\n\n\n