Latvia's Minister of Defense, Raimond Vejonis, talks to a Soldier in the 1st Battalion, 64th Armor Regiment “Desert Rogues,” 1st Armor Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, and finds out how the Close Combat Tactical Trainer simulation facility works, here April 22. The 3rd ID has partnered with many of our Baltic Allies, conducting operations in the Eastern Bloc in order to counter increased Russian aggression in The Ukraine in an operation dubbed Operation Atlantic Resolve. Currently, 2nd Battalion, 7th Infantry Regiment “Cottonbalers,” 1st ABCT is operating in Latvia. (U.S. Army Photo by Staff Sgt. Richard Wrigley 3rd ID, Public Affairs)