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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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Cross training at its finest: LCE Marines enhance their skills with Mobile Training Team
U.S. Marine Sgt. Jorge P. Calle, left, an infantry tactics instructor with the Mobile Training Team, Command Element, Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force - Southern Command, performs a search and rescue technique on Sgt. Francis A. Nova, an infantry tactics instructor with the MTT, during a water survival course at Soto Cano Air Base, Honduras, June 13, 2017. The course consisted of basic water survival skills as well as search and rescue techniques. (U.S. Marine Corps Photo by Lance Cpl. Serine Farahi)

 

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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...