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Exercise AFRICAN LION 18 is a Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff-sponsored, U.S. Africa Command-scheduled, U.S. Marine Corps Forces Europe and Africa-led, joint and combined exercise conducted in the Kingdom of Morocco, with a “spoke” in Tunisia. The U.S. will deploy approximately 900 U.S. service members to join nearly 400 members of the Royal Moroccan Armed Forces, approximately 250 Tunisian armed forces, and members of the Federal Republic of Germany, Canada, France, Italy, Spain, Great Britain and Greek armed forces.

 

 

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Marine Corps Band New Orleans sweeps through Canada, northern U.S. during annual Spring Tour
Chief Warrant Officer 3 Bryan Sherlock conducts the Marine Corps Band New Orleans during an evening concert at Foothills Alliance Church in Calgary, Alberta, May 2, 2015. The band conducted their spring tour through Canada and the northern United States April 29 – May 11, 2015. The tour included combined concerts with the HMCS Tecumseh Royal Canadian Navy Reserve Band, as well as the University of Montana wind ensemble. The band performed concerts in Calgary, Alberta, Canada; Missoula and Billings, Mont.; Rapid City, S.D., and Cheyenne, Wyo., giving the Marines a chance to tell the Marine Corps’ story through music across North America.

 

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Hometown Heroes of African Lion 2018: Sgt. David Butler
Sgt. David J. Butler is a Tavares, Florida, native and Reserve Marine with 4th Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company, Force Headquarters Group, Marine Forces Reserve, participating in exercise African...

Hometown Heroes of African Lion 2018: Cpl. Dalen Reed
Cpl. Dalen P. Reed is a Lawrence, Kansas, native and Reserve Marine with Detachment 1 Supply Company, Combat Logistics Battalion-453, participating in Exercise African Lion 2018 in Morocco, April...