Marines


African Lion

about

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.

 

 

VIDEOS

Sorry, we couldn't find anything about . Please try again.


PHOTO GALLERY
MARFORRES Marines Participate in Close Air Support Exercise
Sgt. Melvin Ortega (left) and Cpl. Thomas Brown (right), Joint Fire Observers (JFO) with Marine Forces Reserve, conduct a simulation fire mission during Tactical Air Control Party (TACP) training as a part of a Close Air Support Exercise (CASEX) at Camp Shelby, Mississippi, Feb. 26, 2021. JFOs help integrate both air-to-surface fire and surface-to-surface fire by providing six to ten-digit grid coordinates to Joint Terminal Attack Controllers.

Download Image: Full Size (2.64 MB)
Photo by: Lance Cpl. Ashley Corbo |  VIRIN: 210302-M-NG596-1004.JPG

 

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...