Gendarmerie Plutonier-major Laura Epuras, 35, poses for a portrait, Wednesday, March 7, 2012, at a Romanian Gendarmerie base, near Bucharest, Romania. Plutonier-major Epuras, a member of the Mounted Gendarmerie, holds a tulip that she received from Brigadier General Eugen Meran, commander of Bucharest Gendarmerie. General Meran had gathered women serving under his command for a ceremony anticipating March 8, International Women's Day.