Sergeant Jason Tarleton, a mortarman with Black Sea

Sergeant Jason Tarleton, a mortarman with Black Sea Rotational Force 14 from 3rd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, directs his squad in a movement to contract during Exercise Platinum Lynx with Romanian soldiers of the 17th Mountain Troop Bn. in the Carpathian Mountains, Romania May 12, 2014. Exercise Platinum Lynx 14-5 is a bilateral exercise between the United States Marines and sailors, and Romanian Land Forces, designed to build familiarity and interoperability between the United States and their Romanian allies through squad and platoon level infantry training. (Official Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Scott W. Whiting, BSRF PAO/ Released)