150901-N-FQ994-290 ODESA, Ukraine (Sept. 1, 2015) USS Donald Cook (DDG 75) and Ukrainian navy ship UKRS Hetman Sahaydachniy (U130) moored in Odesa, Ukraine for Sea Breeze 2015. Sea Breeze is an air, land and maritime exercise designed to improve maritime safety, security and stability in the Black Sea. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Robert S. Price/Released)

ODESSA, Ukraine - U.S. Navy Vice Adm. Frank Pandolfe, commander, U.S. 6th Fleet, right, and Ukrainian navy Vice Adm. Yuriy Ilyin, acting Ukrainian chief of naval operations, left, field questions from Ukrainian media during the opening press conference for Exercise Sea Breeze 2012 (SB12) at the Odessa Officers Club, July 9. SB12, an annual multinational exercise in the Black Sea, is a combined air, land and maritime exercise designed to improve maritime safety, security and stability in the Black Sea by enhancing the capabilities of Partnership for Peace and Black Sea regional maritime security forces.

MARSA, Malta (Nov. 17, 2010) - Leading Assistance and Rescue Officer Mark Zammit teaches a member of the Bulgarian Navy and Georgian Coast Guard how to wear personal protective equipment during hazardous material response training at the Civil Protection's Marine Unit Premises as part of Eurasia Partnership Capstone 2010 (EPC10). EPC is an annual maritime conference focused on working together in non-formal environments, such as seminars and workshops, aimed at increasing maritime safety and security. This year there are 103 participants from Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Georgia, Greece, Israel, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Romania, Ukraine and the United States.

MARSA, Malta (Nov. 17, 2010) - Leading Assistance and Rescue Officer Mark Zammit teaches a member of the Bulgarian Navy and Georgian Coast Guard how to wear personal protective equipment during hazardous material response training at the Civil Protection's Marine Unit Premises as part of Eurasia Partnership Capstone 2010 (EPC10). EPC is an annual maritime conference focused on working together in non-formal environments, such as seminars and workshops, aimed at increasing maritime safety and security. This year there are 103 participants from Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Georgia, Greece, Israel, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Romania, Ukraine and the United States.