Above, featuring TFB’s Picture Of The Day, we see a Polish PTS-M carrying Romanian Marines – all arms forward! – onto the beach during an amphibious assault exercise at Baltic Operations (BALTOPS) 2019 exercise.

During the Distinguished Visitors Day in Palanga, Lithuania, several NATO countries demonstrated their amphibious capabilities and cooperated in a unified amphibious assault.

Below: U.S. Marine Cpl. Timothy Moffitt, a rifleman with the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit, runs through the ocean. The photo certainly brings back memories from World War 2, although the area was different.

Below: A Merlin helicopter hovers as British Royal Marines prepare to fast-rope onto the Baltic beach.

Below: British Royal Commandos with X-Ray Company 45 Royal Commandos sprint onto the beach during an amphibious assault exercise for Baltic Operations (BALTOPS) 2019 exercise Distinguished Visitors Day in Palanga, Lithuania, June 15, 2019. The rifle is an SA80.

Below: A Spanish AAV7A1 amphibious assault vehicle assaults through the beachhead during a simulated amphibious assault at the Baltic Operations (BALTOPS) 2019.

Below: U.S. Marine Cpl. David Jones, a mortar Marine with the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit, carries a 60 mm mortar tube while wading through the ocean in preparation for the Baltic Operations.

Below: Romanian Marines, with 307 Romanian Marines, storm the beach.

BALTOPS is an annual joint, multinational maritime-focused exercise. It is designed to improve training for participants, enhance flexibility and interoperability, and demonstrate resolve among allied and partner forces in defending the Baltic Sea region.

All photos U.S. Marines, by Lance Cpl. Antonio Garcia.