Sgt. Marcos Benitez (left), an M1 Abrams gunner with 1st Battalion, 8th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, lands a left jab while sparring with Sgt. 1st Class Joel Vallete, the battalion’s signal section chief, at a gymnasium at Mihail Kogalniceanu Air Base, Romania, March 8, 2017. Despite being deployed 6,500 miles from home station Fort Carson, Colorado, for Operation Atlantic Resolve, Benitez and Vallete have brought their training forward and have encouraged other service members stationed at the Romanian base to join in the training.

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