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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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Lt. Col. D.R. Stepaniuk, commanding officer, Royal Hamilton Light Infantry from Hamilton, Ontario, speaks to Marines with Company I, 3rd Battalion, 25th Marine Regiment, based out of Buffalo, N.Y. and RHLI Canadian Soldiers during a mass formation prior to the start of a small-scale, 48-hour, bilateral exercise between the two militaries April 20-22. The purpose of the training was to exchange infantry strategies and tactics as well as further enhance relationships and interoperability between the two military components. (U.S. Marine Corps Photo by Cpl. Lucas Vega)

 

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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...