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African Lion

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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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MTX 4-23: Marines with 2/23 celebrate the end of MTX with a warrior's night at Mountain Warfare Training Center
U.S. Marines with, 2nd Battalion, 23rd Marine Regiment, 2d Battalion, 24th Marine Regiment, Combat Logistics Battalion 453, celebrate their Warrior’s Night during the Final Exercise of Mountain Training Exercise 4-23 at Marine Corps Mountain Warfare Training Center, Bridgeport, California, June 23, 2023. The Warrior’s Night concluded the 72-hour mountaineering event that simulated operational conditions in a mountainous environment. The training included gorge crossing, military rope installations, rock climbing, rappelling, evacuation techniques, and small unit tactics. MCMWTC continues to serve as the preeminent military mountaineering and cold weather training command. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Samwel Tabancay)

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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...