Pfc. Robert Smith of Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2nd Battalion, 28th Infantry, fires a Bulgarian rocket-propelled grenade at the Novo Selo Training Area in Bulgaria, June 16. Smith is one of approximately 300 Soldiers from Army Europe's 172nd Infantry Brigade and a handful of USAREUR civilian employees who are in Bulgaria supporting the first phase of this year's Task Force-East rotation. Once the Soldiers finish in Bulgaria, they will travel to Romania for the second half of the multinational annual theater security cooperation training rotation. (Photo by Richard Bumgardner

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Pfc. Robert Smith of Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2nd Battalion, 28th Infantry, fires a Bulgarian rocket-propelled grenade at the Novo Selo Training Area in Bulgaria, June 16. Smith is one of approximately 300 Soldiers from Army Europe's 172nd Infantry Brigade and a handful of USAREUR civilian employees who are in Bulgaria supporting the first phase of this year's Task Force-East rotation. Once the Soldiers finish in Bulgaria, they will travel to Romania for the second half of the multinational annual theater security cooperation training rotation. (Photo by Richard Bumgardner) Soldier fires rocket propelled grenade in Bulgaria by EUCOM

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