1^st Tank Battalion

BABADAG TRAINING AREA, Romania - Marines are known to be competitive by nature. Whether it’s pull-ups or rifle scores, competition helps keep Marines among the world’s most elite fighting organizations. But here at Babadag Training Area, Romania, the Marines aren’t the only ones who possess that competitive spirit.

BABADAG TRAINING AREA, Romania — Macedonian soldiers kicked off two weeks of training alongside U.S. Marines at Romania’s Babadag Training Area May 31.

This is the second of four peacekeeping operations courses for partner nations scheduled to be supported by the Marines

BABADAG TRAINING AREA, Romania – Romanian Marines and soldiers topped off two weeks of peacekeeping operations training with U.S. Marines and sailors at Romania’s Babadag Training Area with a final exercise, May 27, and a ceremony marking their accomplishment, May 28.

Lt. Col. Tom Gordon, the commanding officer of Black Sea Rotational Force, said he was proud of all the hard work put in by his Marines and the Romanian troops.

5/10/2010 By Staff Sgt. Christopher Flurry, Black Sea Rotational Force

Black Sea Rotational Force marks first of its kind deployment in region

Marines and Sailors put boots on the ground in Romania, May 8, and stepped into history as the first Security Cooperation Marine Air Ground Task Force in the Black Sea region.

5/10/2010 By Cpl. R. Logan Kyle, Black Sea Rotational Force

MIHAIL KOGALNICEANU AIRFIELD, Romania — “Everyone knows our motto, ‘No better friend, no worst enemy,’” said Cpl. Tim Miller, an administrative assistant with Headquarters and Service Company, 1st Tank Battalion. “But Marines aren’t just on the front lines in Afghanistan; we’re all over the world, strengthening partnerships with the nations that support us there.”

Marine wives do not always have the chance to experience firsthand what their husbands actually do in the Corps, but the wives of Marines with 1st Tank Battalion strapped on some boots and headed to the field during a “Jane Wayne Day” at Combat Center Range 500 Tuesday.

First Tank Battalion, along with other units from 1st Marine Division, completed Steel Knight, a Marine Corps Air Ground Task Force level exercise, at the Combat Center Nov. 26.

The combined arms exercise was the biggest yet, said Lt. Col. Tom Gordon, the commanding officer of 1st Tanks and native of Boston.

Combining the power and armor of the M1A1 Abrams Main Battle Tank and support from follow-on forces to breach an obstacle and push forward is essential in war fighting.