USACE members participate in Multi-National Marksmanship

Transatlantic Afghanistan District
Published March 15, 2019
CPT Nick Caesar and Staff Sergeant (P) Andrew Pretty , USACE Marmal Project Delivery Platform build camaraderie with both the Maryland National Guard, 398th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion, and the Belgian Contingent of NATO in TAAC-N, Camp Marmal, Balkh Province, Afghanistan.

CPT Nick Caesar and Staff Sergeant (P) Andrew Pretty , USACE Marmal Project Delivery Platform build camaraderie with both the Maryland National Guard, 398th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion, and the Belgian Contingent of NATO in TAAC-N, Camp Marmal, Balkh Province, Afghanistan.

CPT Nick Caesar executes a reflexive firing lane with the SCAR-L Long Barrel Rifle system after a period of training given by the Belgian Coalition partners.

CPT Nick Caesar executes a reflexive firing lane with the SCAR-L Long Barrel Rifle system after a period of training given by the Belgian Coalition partners.

Staff Sergeant (P) Andrew Pretty trains on the SCAR-L Long Barrel Rifle system prior to entering the reflexive firing lane.

Staff Sergeant (P) Andrew Pretty trains on the SCAR-L Long Barrel Rifle system prior to entering the reflexive firing lane.

Staff Sergeant (P) Andrew Pretty gives pre-marksmanship instruction on the M249 SAW to 3 Belgian Coalition Soldiers.

Staff Sergeant (P) Andrew Pretty gives pre-marksmanship instruction on the M249 SAW to 3 Belgian Coalition Soldiers.

CPT Nick Caesar trains on the FN P90 compact weapon.

CPT Nick Caesar trains on the FN P90 compact weapon.

Staff Sergeant (P) Andrew Pretty trains on the FN P90 compact weapon.

Staff Sergeant (P) Andrew Pretty trains on the FN P90 compact weapon.

Staff Sergeant (P) Andrew Pretty explains the bold mechanism of the M4 rifle to a Belgian Role 2 Nurse during the event.

Staff Sergeant (P) Andrew Pretty explains the bold mechanism of the M4 rifle to a Belgian Role 2 Nurse during the event.

The USACE Marmal Project Delivery Platform participated in a multi-national marksmanship training event at Train Advise Assist Command-North (TAAC-N) at Camp Marmal, Afghanistan March 13.

Staff Sergeant (P) Andrew Pretty executed an in-depth pre-marksmanship training on the M4, M9 and M249 U. S. weapon systems to a large group of TAAC-N coalition partners.

Coalition soldiers from the Belgian and German support groups were able to familiarize and successfully fire all weapon systems.

In great team building fashion, the U. S. soldiers also had the opportunity to train on and fire the Belgian 5.7 pistol and SCAR-L Long barrel rifle.

“It was a great event and continued to display the committed partnership and camaraderie of NATO in TAAC-N,” said Marmal Detachment Commander, CPT Nick Caesar.


The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Transatlantic Division serves as USACE’s tip of the spear in one of the most dynamic construction environments in the world, STRENGTHENING PARTNERSHIPS, BUILDING CAPACITY, and ENHANCING SECURITY for our nation, allies, and partners. 

We SAFELY deliver agile, responsive, and innovative, design, construction, engineering and contingency solutions in support of U.S. Central Command, U.S. Special Operations Command and other global partners to advance national security interests.

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