Foreign Marines and U.S. Marines assigned to Force Reconnaissance Platoon, Maritime Raid Force, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), board a vessel during simulated Maritime Interdiction Operations (MIO) training in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility, Aug. 29, 2013. The 26th MEU is a Marine Air-Ground Task Force forward-deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility aboard the Kearsarge Amphibious Ready Group serving as a sea-based, expeditionary crisis response force capable of conducting amphibious operations across the full range of military operations. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Christopher Q. Stone, 26th MEU Combat Camera/Released)

U.S. Marines with Landing Support Company, 1st Transport Support Battalion, 1st Combat Logistics Regiment, brace against rotor wash during an assault support tactics exercise at Landing Zone Bull, Chocolate Mountain Aerial Gunnery Range, Calif., Oct. 12, 2015. This exercise was part of the Weapons and Tactics Instructor (WTI) 1-16, a seven week training event, hosted by Marine Aviation Weapons and Tactics Squadron One (MAWTS-1) cadre, which emphasizes operational integration of the six functions of Marine Corps aviation in support of a Marine Corps Air Ground Task Force. MAWTS-1 provides standardized advanced tactical training and certification of unit instructor qualifications to support Marine Aviation Training and Readiness and assists in developing and employing aviation and tactics. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Roderick L. Jacquote MAWTS-1 COMCAM/Released)

U.S. 5TH FLEET AREA OF RESPONSIBILITY (Sept. 5, 2013) Explosive Ordnance Disposal Technician 2nd Class Jordan Greenstein, assigned to Commander, Task Group (CTG) 56.1, sets a timer for a check-list during radiation detection training. CTG-56.1 conducts mine countermeasures, explosive ordnance disposal, salvage diving, counter terrorism, and force protection for the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Mike Lenart/Released)

A 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) Maritime Raid Force Marines fires a M40A5 sniper rifle while conducting a marksmanship training exercise at a range in Qatar, April 22, 2013. Eagle Resolve is an annual multilateral exercise designed to enhance regional cooperative defense efforts of the Gulf Cooperation Council nations and U.S. Central Command. The 26th MEU is deployed to the 5th Fleet area of operations aboard the Kearsarge Amphibious Ready Group. The 26th MEU operates continuously across the globe, providing the president and unified combatant commanders with a forward-deployed, sea-based quick reaction force. The MEU is a Marine Air-Ground Task Force capable of conducting amphibious operations, crisis response and limited contingency operations. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Christopher Q. Stone, 26th MEU Combat Camera/Released)

(L to R) Vendor Les Sherman of Impact Instrumentation talks to Colombian 2nd Lt's Jenny Morales Vega and Ivan Araque Diaz, and U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Juan Diez during Air Mobility Rodeo 2011 at Joint Base Lewis-McChord on July 20, 2011. Air Mobility Rodeo is the U.S. Air Force's and Air Mobility Command’s premier international combat skill and flying operations competition designed to develop and improve techniques, procedures and interoperability, while optimizing international mobility partnerships and enhancing mobility operations. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Dan St. Pierre/Released)

U.S. Marines simulate firing on a terrorist from a moving vehicle during Israeli Counter Terror Warfare training, Nov. 24, 2009, at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan. Nir Maman and Shay Amir, Israeli Counter Terror Warfare instructors, came to the air station to train selected Marines to enhance their abilities in urban warfare. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. John M. Raufmann/Released)

U.S. Navy Chief Hospital Corpsman Christopher Precht, right, a dive medical technician, speaks with Colombian sailors during a meet and greet as part of Navy Dive-Southern Partnership Station (ND-SPS) 2012 in Cartegena, Colombia, Feb. 27, 2012. Mobile Diving and Salvage Unit 2 was supporting ND-SPS 12, a multinational partnership engagement designed to increase interoperability and partner nation capacity through diving operations. (DoD photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Brandon Keck, U.S. Navy/Released)

NAVAL SUPPORT ACTIVITY BAHRAIN (July 22, 2013) Navy Diver 2nd Class Michael Fox, assigned to Commander, Task Group (CTG) 56.1, leaves the surface during a surface-supplied training dive. CTG 56.1 provides maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Gary Keen/Released)

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Kyle Weaver, 816th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron loadmaster, marshals a U.S. Army Heavy Expanded Mobility Tactical Truck on to a U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III Jan. 23, 2014 at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan. Aircrews are working around the clock to support Operation ENDURING FREEDOM retrograde operations, airlifting equipment out of Afghanistan. Equipment is airlifted to regional logistics hubs where it is then sent by sealift to its final location. Weaver a native of Wichita, Kan. is deployed from the 16th Airlift Squadron, Joint Base Charleston, S.C. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Jason Robertson/Released)

U.S. 5TH FLEET AREA OF RESPONSIBILITY (Dec. 7, 2014)

A landing craft air cushion (LCAC) with Assault Craft Unit 5, Beachmaster Unit One, leaves the beach after unloading personnel and equipment during the initial offload portion of Exercise Red Reef 15, Dec. 7, 2014. Red Reef, which has been in existence since 2007, is part of a routine theater security cooperation engagement plan between the U.S. Navy, U.S. Marine Corps and Royal Saudi Naval Forces that serves as an excellent opportunity to strengthen tactical proficiency in critical mission areas and support long-term regional security. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Jonathan R. Waldman/Released)

Azerbaijani soldiers move in on an objective during a military advisory team and police advisory team training exercise at U.S. Army Europe's Joint Multinational Readiness Center in Hohenfels, Germany, Sept. 14. The exercise is designed to replicate the operational environment in Afghanistan to prepare MATs and PATs for counterinsurgency operations and the ability to train, advise and enable the Afghan National Army and the Afghan National Police forces. (Photo by Spc. Stephen Solomon)

U.S. Army Capt. Bobbie Mayes, the women's empowerment coordinator for the Kentucky Agribusiness Development Team, and Mohammad Farid, the horticulture farm manager and project coordinator for Al-Bironi University, exchange e-mail information while working together in the Kapisa province of Afghanistan Aug. 23, 2010. Mayes and Farid are tracking the growth of beehives. (DoD photo by Spc. Kristina Gupton, U.S. Army/Released)

MUTSU BAY Japan (July 23, 2016) An Explosive Ordnance Disposal Technician, assigned to Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit 5, searches the hull of the JS Bungo in the Mutsu Bay off the coast of Japan during the 2JA 2016 Mine Countermeasure Exercise (2JA-16 MCMEX). 2JA Mine Countermeasures Exercise is an annual bilateral exercise between the U.S. Navy and Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force to strengthen interoperability and increase proficiencies in mine countermeasure operations. (U.S. Navy Combat Camera photo by MC3 Alfred A. Coffield/Released)

U.S. Army Sgt. Bethzabe Delgado, a veterinary technician, obtains a fecal sample from a sheep outside of the Linton McDonnough Memorial Veterinary Laboratory during Continuing Promise 2011 in Kingston, Jamaica, April 14, 2011. The sample will be analyzed for parasites during a subject matter exchange with Jamaican veterinarians. Continuing Promise is regularly scheduled mission to countries in Central and South America and the Caribbean, where the U.S. Navy and its partnering nations work with host nations and a variety of governmental and nongovernmental agencies to train in civil-military operations. (DoD photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Jonathen E. Davis, U.S. Navy/Released)

24.septembrī Volvo sporta centra ledus hallē Nacionālo bruņoto spēku Sauszemes spēku Mehanizētās kājnieku brigādes karavīri hokeja spēlē tikās ar Kanādas vadītās kaujas grupas karavīriem.

NATO paplašinātās klātbūtnes Latvijā kaujas grupu vada Kanāda, un to veido vairāk nekā 1000 karavīru no Albānijas, Itālijas, Kanādas, Polijas, Slovēnijas un Spānijas.

Pērn NATO samitā Varšavā NATO valstu un valdību vadītāji apstiprināja vienošanos par daudznacionālo bataljona līmeņa kaujas grupu izvietošanu Igaunijā, Latvijā, Lietuvā un Polijā. Kaujas grupu izveides un izvietošanas mērķis ir veicināt NATO īstenoto atturēšanu un stiprināt alianses aizsardzību.

Foto: virsseržants Gatis Indrēvics, Jaunsardzes un informācijas centrs

YUMA PROVING GROUNDS, Ariz. - U.S. Marines with Kilo Company, 3rd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment (3/6), 2nd Marine Division, provide security during a dry run of a platoon attack at Afghan Alley for the Talon Exercise (TalonEx) April 2, 2014. TalonEx is a series of live- fire ranges conducted by the Marines of 3/6 before the Weapons and Tactics Instructor Course hosted by Marine Aviation Weapons and Tactics Squadron One. (U.S. Marine Corps photograph by Lance Cpl. Christopher A. Mendoza, 2nd MARDIV COMCAM/ Released)

YUMA, Arizona - A U.S. Marine Corps AH-1Z Viper assigned to Marine Aviation Weapons and Tactics Squadron One prepares to depart from a forward arming and refueling point at Landing Zone Bull, Chocolate Mountain Aerial Gunnery Range, California, April 8, 2017. Weapons and Tactics Instructor Course is a seven-week training event hosted by MAWTS-1 cadre, which emphasizes operational integration of the six functions of Marine Corps aviation in support of a Marine Air Ground Task Force and provides standardized advanced tactical training, certification of unit instructor qualifications to support Marine Aviation Training and Readiness and assists in developing and employing aviation weapons and tactics.

Slovakian army Cpl. Danka Pastoroskova, role-playing as an Afghan National Army troop (left), and Hungarian 1st Lt. Charlie Cato (right) discuss a mission during a military advisory team training exercise at the Joint Multinational Readiness Center in Hohenfels, Germany, Sept. 20. The exercise is designed to replicate the Afghanistan operational environment to prepare MATs and police advisory teams for counterinsurgency operations with the ability to train, advise and enable the ANA and the Afghanistan National Police. (Photo by Spc. Tristan Bolden)

A Royal Netherlands Marine posts security during an urban training exercise on Camp Lejeune, N.C., March 22, 2016. The Royal Marines worked with U.S. Marines as part of a bilateral training exercise to learn new techniques as well as develop working relations between partner nations. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Christopher A. Mendoza, 2D MARDIV Combat Camera/Released)

A Royal Netherlands Marine posts security during an urban training exercise on Camp Lejeune, N.C., March 22, 2016. The Royal Marines worked with U.S. Marines as part of a bilateral training exercise to learn new techniques as well as develop working relations between partner nations. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Christopher A. Mendoza, 2D MARDIV Combat Camera/Released)

ARABIAN GULF (Aug. 28, 2013) Naval Air Crewman 3rd Class Tyler Abbott, assigned to the “Blackhawks” of Helicopter Mine Countermeasures Squadron (HM) 15, fires a .50 caliber machine gun during an aerial live-fire exercise. HM-15 is assigned to Commander, Task Force 52, promoting mine countermeasures in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communications Specialist 1st Class Daniel Gay/Released)

A U.S. Marine Corps AH-1Z Cobra helicopter takes off from a refueling station during Final Exercise 1 of Weapons and Tactics Instructor (WTI) course 1-15 at Sandhill, Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, Calif., Oct. 14, 2014. WTI is a seven week training event hosted by Marine Aviation and Weapon Tactics Squadron (MAWTS-1) cadre. MAWTS-1 provides standardized advanced tactical training and certification of unit instructor qualifications to support Marine Aviation Training and Readiness and assists in developing and employing aviation weapons and tactics. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Allison J. Herman, COMCAM/Released)

U.S. Marines with Headquarters and Service Company, 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division rush to board a CH-46 Sea Knight helicopter at the end of the final exercise of Weapons and Tactics Instructor Course (WTI) 2-13, aboard the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center in Twentynine Palms, Calif., April 25, 2013. WTI is intended to train Marines on the combined arms capabilities of both air and ground elements. (Official U.S. Marine Corps Photo by: Sgt. Christopher R. Rye/ Released)

U.S. 5th FLEET AREA OF RESPONSIBILITY (June 27, 2013) Engineman 2nd Class Andrew Baldwin, assigned to Commander, Task Group 56.7.4, Coastal Riverine Squadron 4, stands ready at his weapon system during a patrol aboard a Riverine Command Boat. Riverine squadrons perform

point defense, fire support and interdiction operations in support of

maritime security and infrastructure protection in the 5th Fleet area of

responsibility. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Peter Lewis/Released)

MARINE CORPS AIR STATION IWAKUNI, Japan - Cases of bottled water are staged inside a U.S. Marine Corps KC-130J Super Hercules cargo aircraft that will travel to Yokota Air Base, Japan, from here March 29, in support of Operation Tomodachi. As part of Operation Tomodachi, the U.S. military positioned humanitarian assistance capabilities in the affected region supporting emergency relief efforts. (U.S. Marine Corps Photo by Cpl. Andrea M. Olguin/Released)

An Oshkosh Mine Resistant Ambush Protected All Terrain Vehicle (M-ATV) with a mine roller attachment provides security in the Wanake Valley, Kandahar Province, Afghanistan, Sep. 3, 2011. The mine roller is used to detonate improvised explosive devices before they have a chance to harm service-members riding in the vehicle. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Kristina Truluck/Released)

A Royal Netherlands Marine climbs a ladder during an urban training exercise involving U.S. Marines and Royal Marines on Camp Lejeune, N.C., March 24, 2016. The Royal Marines worked with U.S. Marines as part of a bilateral training exercise to learn new techniques as well as develop working relations between partner nations. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Christopher A. Mendoza, 2D MARDIV Combat Camera/Released)

U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Julio Encarnacion supervises an Iraqi soldier with the 10th Iraqi Army Division as he prepares to administer an intravenous syringe to a fellow soldier during a combat lifesaver course at Camp Dhi Qar, Iraq, July 30, 2009. Encarnacion is assigned to the 21st Brigade Support Battalion, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division. (DoD photo by Pfc. Ernest E. Sivia III, U.S. Army/Released)

121210-N-YG591-032 NAVAL SUPPORT ACTIVITY, Bahrain (Dec. 10, 2012) Explosive Ordnance Disposal Technicians, assigned to Commander, Task Group (CTG) 56.1, take a group picture with Royal Bahrain Navy divers during a pool session of exercise Neon Response 13. Neon Response is a bilateral, explosive ordnance disposal and diving engagement between the U.S. and Royal Bahrain forces. CTG 56.1 promotes maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Scott Raegen/Released)

U.S. Army Sgt. Maj. Rafael Caraballo, left, assigned to the 6th Iraqi Army Division, Military Transition Team, receives verification from his Soldiers that their vehicles are ready for movement Nov. 28, 2009, at Forward Operating Base Constitution, Baghdad, Iraq. (DoD photo by Spc. Jennifer Reed, U.S. Army/Released)

SATTAHIP, CHINCHURU,Thailand (Feb. 15, 2017) Members of the U.S. Navy’s Underwater Construction Team Two reach out to recover a Royal Thai Navy diver, with the Royal Thai Navy Diving Training Center, returning from a working dive during Cobra Gold 2017. Cobra Gold is the largest multilateral exercise in the Indo-Asia-Pacific region and is an integral part of the U.S. commitment to strengthen engagement in the region. (U.S. Navy Combat Camera photo by Chief Mass Communication Specialist Christopher Dallaglio)

A displaced Pakistani family exits a U.S. Army CH-47 Chinook helicopter in Khwazakhela, Pakistan, Aug. 11, 2010. Humanitarian relief and evacuation missions are being conducted as part of the disaster relief efforts to assist Pakistanis in flood-stricken regions of the nation. (DoD photo by Staff Sgt. Horace Murray, U.S. Army/Released)

An AH-1W Super Cobra assigned to Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 266, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) prepares to conduct flight deck operations aboard the USS Kearsarge (LHD 3), at sea, Aug. 19, 2013. The 26th MEU is a Marine Air-Ground Task Force forward-deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility aboard the Kearsarge Amphibious Ready Group serving as a sea-based, expeditionary crisis response force capable of conducting amphibious operations across the full range of military operations. (U.S. Marine Corps photograph by Gunnery Sgt. Michael Kropiewnicki/26th MEU Combat Camera/Released)

U.S. Soldiers from the 642nd Engineer Support Company and Iraqi construction workers guide a piece of culvert tubing into place Aug. 2, 2009, to replace a temporary bridge near Almarah, Iraq, that connects a route to Arnhem. (DoD photo by Pfc. Ernest E. Sivia III, U.S. Army/Released)

An Azerbaijani soldier searches a house during a military advisory team and police advisory team training exercise at U.S. Army Europe's Joint Multinational Readiness Center in Hohenfels, Germany, Sept. 14. The exercise is designed to replicate the operational environment in Afghanistan to prepare MATs and PATs for counterinsurgency operations and the ability to train, advise and enable the Afghan National Army and the Afghan National Police forces. (Photo by Spc. Stephen Solomon)

Slovakian army Cpl. Danka Pastoroskova, role-playing as an Afghan National Army troop (left), and Hungarian 1st Lt. Charlie Cato (right) discuss a mission during a military advisory team training exercise at the Joint Multinational Readiness Center in Hohenfels, Germany, Sept. 20. The exercise is designed to replicate the Afghanistan operational environment to prepare MATs and police advisory teams for counterinsurgency operations with the ability to train, advise and enable the ANA and the Afghanistan National Police. (Photo by Spc. Tristan Bolden)

151020-M-CV548-054 PINHEIRO DA CRUZ, PRAIA DA RAPOSA, Portugal (Oct. 20, 2015) A landing craft air cushion (LCAC) transporting U.S. Marines and Portuguese Marines from the USS Arlington (LPD 24) moves towards Pinheiro Da Cruz during a combined amphibious assault exercised as part of Trident Juncture 15, Oct. 20, 2015. Trident Juncture is a NATO-led exercise designed to certify NATO response forces and develop interoperability among participating NATO and partner nations. Arlington, part of the Kearsarge Amphibious Ready Group, is conducting naval operations in the U.S. 6th Fleet area of operations in support of U.S. national security interests in Europe. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl Jeraco Jenkins/Released)

151020-M-CV548-151 PINHEIRO DA CRUZ, PRAIA DA RAPOSA, Portugal (Oct. 20, 2015) U.S. and Portuguese Marines provide security as equipment is offloaded from a Landing Craft Air Cushion (LCAC) on Pinheiro Da Cruz beach during a combined amphibious assault exercised as part of Trident Juncture 15, Oct. 20, 2015. Trident Juncture is a NATO-led exercise designed to certify NATO response forces and develop interoperability among participating NATO and partner nations. The Marines are part of the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit, embarked on the Kearsarge Amphibious Ready Group. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl Jeraco Jenkins/Released)

Air Assault students review the process of inspecting a high-mobility multi-wheeled vehicle (HMMWV) for slingload operations at Camp Smith, N.Y. on July 23, 2010. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Jason Bushong / Released)

U.S. Soldiers with 6th Squadron, 4th Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Brigade, 1st Infantry Division prepare to search Starkats village April 2, 2011, in Khost province, Afghanistan. (DoD photo by Pfc. Donald Watkins, U.S. Army/Released)

A German soldier with the 313th Parachute Battalion (left) discusses a mission with a Romanian soldier role-playing as a member of the Afghan National Army, during a military advisory team training exercise at U.S. Army Europe's Joint Multinational Readiness Center in Hohenfels, Germany, Sept. 20. The exercise is designed to replicate the Afghanistan operational environment to prepare MATs and police advisory teams for counterinsurgency operations with the ability to train, advise and enable the ANA and the Afghanistan National Police. (Photo by Sgt. Ashley Webster)

A displaced Pakistani family exits a U.S. Army CH-47 Chinook helicopter in Khwazakhela, Pakistan, Aug. 11, 2010. Humanitarian relief and evacuation missions are being conducted as part of the disaster relief efforts to assist Pakistanis in flood-stricken regions of the nation. (DoD photo by Staff Sgt. Horace Murray, U.S. Army/Released)

ADLIYA, Bahrain (Oct. 9, 2013) Lt. Marissa Myatt, assigned to Commander, U.S. Naval Forces Central Command, interacts with a child during a community relations event at the Regional Institute for Active Learning center in Adliya, Bahrain. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Mike Lenart/Not Released)

BANTEN BAY (Oct. 18, 2015) Navy Diver 2nd Class Leo Reardon, assigned to Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit 11, Mobile Diving Salvage (MDS) 11-7, logs dive time aboard USNS Safeguard (T-ARS 50) during dive operations held in support of search and survey operations of the sunken World War II navy vessels USS Houston (CA 30) and HMAS Perth (D29). The data collected by the dive exercise will help the U.S. embassy in Indonesia and Naval Historical Heritage Command catalog the current state of the wrecks. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Arthurgwain L. Marquez/Released)

120301-N-ZX920-418 CARTAGENA, Colombia - (March 01, 2012) Colombian diver Miguel Angel Gomez Diaz, assigned to Buceo y Salvamento, and Navy Diver 2nd Class Tyler Smith, assigned to Mobile Diving and Salvage Unit (MDSU) 2, Company 2-1, return to the surface after a successful dive, March 1. Company 2-1 is supporting Navy Dive - Southern Partnership Station 2012, a multinational partnership engagement designed to increase interoperability and partner nation capacity through diving operations. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Brandon Keck/ Released)

U.S. Marines and Sailors hold roses given to them by Thai students while visiting the Ratchasima Two High School in support of Cobra Gold 2012 in Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand, Feb. 9, 2012. Cobra Gold is a regularly scheduled joint/combined exercise designed to ensure regional peace and strengthen the ability of the Royal Thai Armed Forces to defend Thailand or respond to regional contingencies. (DoD photo by Sgt. Matthew Troyer, U.S. Marine Corps/Released)