Marcella Dragan, Author at Tactica Magazine

The Romanian Peony

November 10, 2022November 10, 2022 Marcella Dragan 0 Comments Lest We Forget, Paeonia Peregrina Romanica, The Romanian Peony, Veterans Day

Over the last few years, since moving to the UK, every November, I see the Poppy Appeal; I buy one

From the Archive Interview Tactica Magazine

SAS BRAVO THREE ZERO

February 23, 2022February 23, 2022 Marcella Dragan 0 Comments Damien Lewis, Des Powell, SAS BRAVO THREE ZERO

When I first met SAS veteran Des Powell and author Damien Lewis at National Army Museum, I was not looking for a story, I was just enjoying the first public event I managed to get after the lockdown, the launch of their new book SAS BRAVO THREE ZERO.

Exercises Military NATO Tactica Magazine

Saber Guardian 2019

July 17, 2019October 5, 2021 Marcella Dragan 1 Comment NATO, saber guardian, USAREUR

Saber Guardian 19 is a combination of exercises (marches, combat activities that include firing sessions with anti-air artillery, forcing the

From the Archive Law Enforcement

Don’t run from snipers, you’ll just die tired

August 24, 2017October 4, 2021 Marcella Dragan 0 Comments Dragunov, Otto Simonyi, police, Präzisions-Schützen-Gewehr, PSG, PSL, SIAS, SIIAS, sniper, SSG 3000

In Romania, we first heard about the snipers from the American movies. Then we start seeing them at different occasions,

Reading fire with Vatra Dornei’s firefighters

Firefighters From the Archive

Reading the fire with Vatra Dornei’s firefighters

May 26, 2017October 4, 2021 Marcella Dragan 0 Comments fire department, Firefighters, Vatra Dornei

I have, like any person, a normal fear of fire, so the idea of entering a closed room where a

From the Archive Law Enforcement

Special Action Service of Constanta County Police Inspectorate (SAS Constanta)

May 24, 2017October 4, 2021 Marcella Dragan 0 Comments Constanta, Police Inspectorate, SAS, Special Action Service

They train hard, they fight tough, and they love it. This is the feeling you get at the end of

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Black Sea Rotational Force 2014 Platinum Lynx

February 8, 2017October 4, 2021 Marcella Dragan 0 Comments 17th Mountain Troops Battalion Dragos Voda, 2014, Black Sea Rotational Force, Platinum Lynx, U.S. Marine Corps

For two weeks, the multinational exercise “Black Sea Rotational Force 2014-2”, “Platinum Lynx 14-5” module was held in Vatra Dornei

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61st Mountain Troops Brigade General Virgil Badulescu

March 21, 2015April 3, 2022 Marcella Dragan 0 Comments 61st Mountain Troops Brigade, General Virgil Badulescu, NATO, ski patrol

At the end of January, the scouts from the 61st Mountain Troops Brigade “General Virgil Bădulescu” and the units subordinated to the large unit conducted the winter mountain training in a district in the area of the Calimani mountains in the Eastern Carpathians.

Exercises From the Archive NATO

Eurasian Partnership Dive 14

August 24, 2014February 24, 2022 Marcella Dragan 0 Comments combat divers, EOD, Eurasian Partnership Dive, military divers, NATO

Eurasian Partnership Dive 14, a multinational exercise held at Constanta, gathered together over 80 divers from Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Georgia, Romania, the US and Ukraine to execute real diving missions in the maritime districts of Constanta.