Lt. Col. Nelson S. Cardella, commanding officer, Black

Lt. Col. Nelson S. Cardella, commanding officer, Black Sea Rotational Force 11, addresses the class of Bulgarian non-commissioned officer instructors and U.S. Marine non-commissioned officers on the completion of the non-commissioned officer development course. A dedicated team of eight Marines from the rank of corporal to first sergeant made the non-commissioned officer development detachment that conducted courses to advise and build the leadership ability and responsibility of partner nations’ Non-commissioned Officer Corps. The Marines have been traveling around the Black Sea, Balkan and Caucasus regions of Eastern Europe since April providing the non-commissioned officer development course to participating countries who have requested it. They have conducted non-commissioned officer development training with Romania, Serbia, Azerbaijan and Bulgaria with future stops in Georgia, Ukraine, Bosnia and Macedonia.