By U.S. Naval Forces Europe-Africa/U.S. 6th Fleet Public
Affairs
BADABAG, Romania (NNS) -- Commander, U.S. Naval Forces
Europe Detachment Maritime Ashore Support Team (CNE DET MAST), a 10-man
expeditionary communications unit, is providing critical communications support
to the Black Sea Rotational Forces (BSRF-14) in Badabag, Romania, May 7.
The support comes as part of Exercise Platinum Eagle 2014, a
multilateral exercise involving several NATO allies and partners including
Romania, Bulgaria, Armenia and Macedonia.
BSRF-14 is a contingent of Marines and Sailors in the Black
Sea, Balkans, and Caucasus regions currently maintaining proven partnerships,
building military capacity, promoting regional stability, and providing the
capability for rapid crisis response, as directed by U.S. European Command, and
U.S. Marine Corps Forces (USMC) Europe and Africa.
During the exercise, Marines and Sailors will conduct basic
infantry training, advanced marksmanship, company-level command and control
training, and both static and squad/platoon live fires with their regional
partners over the next several weeks.
According to Lt. Cmdr. Daniel Elsass, CNE DET MAST Officer
in Charge (OIC), the team's "footprint" consists of all
communications services to include classified and unclassified networks, secure
voice, secure terminal equipment (STE), LINK 16, Air Defense System Integrator
(ADSI) and video teleconference.
"All of this technology is housed within a large CNE
DET MAST tent city that consists of five tents sustained with our diesel
generators. We also provide the environmental controls, and all hotel services
for this team consisting of CNE DET MAST personnel only," said Elsass.
These services provide administrative work areas for U.S.,
NATO, and coalition forces to operate. Over the course of the exercise, the
spaces have been used for all-nation staff officer training; USMC planning and
training for current and upcoming exercise evolutions; and daily video
teleconferences and communications between BSRF Forward Operating Base Stingray
and Mihail Kogalniceanu (MK) Airbase USMC command staff.
The CNE DET MAST is scheduled to return to Sigonella, Italy,
in mid-May.
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