U.S. Marine Corps Lt. Col. Trevor Hall, second from right, the battalion commander of the 3rd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment and Black Sea Rotational Force 14-2, points at a target while speaking with, from left, U.S. Sens. John McCain of Arizona and John Barrasso of Wyoming and Latvian Land Forces Lt. Col. Gunars Kaulins, the director of exercise Summer Shield, at a range near Camp Adazi, Latvia, April 15, 2014. Summer Shield was a joint staff planning live-fire maneuver event designed to enhance the NATO force's capacity and capability to integrate combined arms and maneuver at the battalion and brigade level. Black Sea Rotational Force is an annual multilateral security cooperation activity between the U.S. Marine Corps and partner nations in the Black Sea, Balkan and Caucasus regions designed to enhance participants collective professional military capacity, promote regional stability and build enduring relationships with partner nations.