African Lion

This page archives news and photos from Exercise African Lion in 2018. It highlights deployments and training, showcasing MARFORRES operational readiness and global engagement with partner nations.

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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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New Orleans Chef’s Salute to Our Armed Forces

Sgt. Brytani Musick, public affairs noncommissioned officer-in-charge for Marine Forces Reserve, slices the cake at the New Orleans Chef’s Salute to Our Armed Forces hosted by the Navy League at the Bourbon Orleans Hotel, June 11, 2015, where she was recognized as Marine of the Year. For five years, chefs around New Orleans have shown support for America’s military by serving their specialty entrees to veterans free of charge, and by recognizing the enlisted service members of the year for each respective branch of the U.S. armed forces.

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Tags: MarForRes, Navy League, usmc, New Orleans Chef’s Salute to Our Armed Forces, NEW ORLEANS, Cpl. Gabrielle Quire

Photo by: Cpl. Gabrielle Quire | VIRIN: 150611-M-HX324-002.JPG

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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...