Sergeant Benjamin Craig, anti-armor missile-man, Weapons

Sergeant Benjamin Craig, anti-armor missile-man, Weapons Company, 3rd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, assigned to Black Sea Rotational Force 14, discusses a fire- support plan with 1stLt. Thomas Perna, infantry officer, Weapons Company, 3rd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, assigned to BSRF-14 during a simulated joint attack with a Latvian Land Forces infantry company during Summer Shield, April 13, 2014, Camp Adazi, Latvia. The Marines involved were the simulated fire- support team element and worked with the Latvian Land Forces in order to synchronize an integrated attack that would use fire- support elements from three different countries. This is the 11th iteration of the Summer Shield exercise, a joint, staff planning and combined-arms live fire maneuver event designed to enhance the Latvian Land Force’s capacity and capability to integrate fires and maneuver at the battalion and brigade level as well as increase partner capacity, promote regional stability and continue to develop Latvian, Lithuanian, Estonian and U.S. interoperability. (Official Marine Corps photo by Staff Sgt. Tanner M. Iskra, 2nd Marine Division Combat Camera, BSRF-14/Released)