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Caption:
A U.S. Air Force C-5 arrives at Tallin, Estonia Airport, delivering 44
U.S. Marine Corps PAX and 29 pallets of equipment and supplies to be
used during Baltic Challenge '97. Baltic Challenge '97 is a
multinational exercise conducted in the spirit of NATO's Partnership
for Peace (PfP) iniative. More than 2600 military personnel from
Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, Sweden, and the
U.S.A., will participate in the second "in the spirit of PfP" land
exercises conducted in the Baltic region. Co-Commanders for the
exercise being held in Paldiski, Estonia are Colonel Oscar Mark,
Estonian Defense Forces and Colonel D.L. Andrews, U.S. Marine Corps
Reserve. While Baltic Challenge '97 will conduct training along
peacekeeping/humanitarian assistance mission standards, significant
U.S. Navy and Marine Corps capabilities never exercised in Europe will
be performed as well, to include the use of equipment from the Marine
Corps Norway Air-Landed Marine Expeditionary Brigade (NALMEB), and
equipment being off-loaded from the Marine Corps Maritime
Prepositioning Ships (MPS).
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