 Marines from the Fleet Anti-Terrorism and Security Team Europe and Africa, or FAST, stationed in Naval Station Rota, visited the U.S. Embassy in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzgovina for a week of training. The FAST team was actually invited by the regional security office in order to improve our security capabilities at the embassy and also to work with the host country law enforcement agencies in improvement their security response in the case of the crisis. The majority of the week the Marines were at a range in a shoot house with three local security forces. Aside from getting more time to hone their shooting skills and tactical skills, the Marines had a valuable experience working with the local forces. Together as a team when we were working with SIPA worked very, very well. There was a language barrier but we all understand hand and arm signals so everyone moved and flowed their CQB tactics, mimicked ours so everybody flowed into every room very well. There was always cross coverage and everybody was always doing their job. On the last day of training the Marines responded to a simulated attack on the embassy. This not only allowed them to conduct an exercise at an actual U.S. embassy but further prepared them for a real life attack. Hopefully this built some camaraderie with different country, different embassy. It'll be good down the road for future platoons so they can go and train with other nations so if we have to go in we have a good relationship with that host nation and we can do our job. From Naval Station in Rota, I'm Corporal Tony Nardiello.