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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Redefining Marksmanship: Reserve Marines conduct new Annual Rifle Qualification

Marines with Combat Marksmanship Coaches Reserve (CMCR) engage targets on the move while conducting the new Annual Rifle Qualification (ARQ) at Marine Corps Base Quantico, Virginia, Sept. 21, 2021. The CMCR students are the first to qualify as Combat Marksmanship Coaches under the new ARQ that will soon be implemented across the Marine Corps. Marine Forces Reserve Marines will begin to qualify under the new ARQ in Fiscal Year 22 as the Marine Corps continues to adapt training to increase lethality throughout the Marine Corps, regardless of their Military Occupational Specialty. (U.S. Marine Corps photos by Lance Cpl. Samwel Tabancay)

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Tags: MarForRes, usmc, reserves, coaches, Marine Forces Reserve, ARQ, CMCR

Photo by: Lance Cpl. Samwel Tabancay | VIRIN: 210921-M-LD973-867.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...