Lt. Col. Eric Brown, a Maryland National Guard Soldier with the 29th Infantry Division, lines up alongside Norwegian and Latvian soldiers during the opening ceremony of the Latvian portion of Saber Strike 16 June 11, 2016, at Adazi Military Base, Latvia. Saber Strike is a long-standing, U.S. Army Europe-led cooperative training exercise designed to improve joint operational capability in a range of missions, as well as prepare the 13 participating nations to support multinational contingency operations. Saber Strike 16 took place May 26- June 21, 2016, in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. (Photo by Master Sgt. A.J. Coyne, 29th Infantry Division)