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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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PHOTO GALLERY

Dewitt Stern Group Inc. hosts toy drive in support of Toys for Tots

Sgt. Major Patrick L. Kimble (left), Marine Forces Reserve and Marine Forces North Sergeant Major, Steve Pincus (center-left), Dewitt Stern Group Inc. Senior Manager Partner, Lt. Gen. Rex C. McMillian (center), commander of MARFORRES and MARFORNORTH, Jolyon F. Stern (center-right), President of Dewitt Stern Group Inc. and Marines with 6th Communication Battalion, Force Headquarters Group, pose for a photo during the Dewitt Stern Group Toys for Tots drive and holiday party at the Vanderbilt Suites in New York, Dec. 8, 2017. This is the first year the Dewitt Stern Group hosted a toys drive in support of Marine Forces Reserve Toys for Tots program. The mission of the program is to collect new, unwrapped toys during Oct., Nov. and Dec. each year, and distribute those toys as Christmas gifts to less-fortunate children. This is the 70th anniversary season of Toys for Tots. Since its inception in 1947, the nationwide Marine Corps Reserve sponsored program has collected and distributed more than 570 million toys. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Ian Ferro/published)

 

ARTICLES

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...