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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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Suheil Sitto (center), a civilian interpreter and Iraq-native, enables Capt. Joseph Graves, a platoon commander with Company G, 2nd Battalion, 25th Marine Regiment to communicate with an Iraqi Police officer (role player) to work together to quell civil unrest in a notional Iraqi town constructed at Marine Corps Air-Ground Combat Center in Twentynine Palms, Calif. Role players and interpreters are used to add a sense of realism to the pre-deployment training for the Marines. The July 21, 2008 training event marked the end of a week-long, battalion-level training evolution for the battalion, which is headed to Iraq this fall.

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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...