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African Lion

This page archives news and photos from Exercise African Lion in 2017. It highlights deployments and training, showcasing MARFORRES operational readiness and global engagement.

 

 

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Navy League Recognizes Sailor, Marine and Coast Guardsman of the Year

Lt. Gen. Rex C. McMillian (right), commander of Marine Forces Reserve and Marine Forces North, congratulates Cpl. Shereka K. Slater (left), an administrative specialist with Marine Forces Reserve Installation Personnel Administration Center, who received the Navy League of the United States Greater New Orleans Council’s Marine of the Year Award for Marine Forces Reserve at “A Taste’n Toast to Our Armed Services” event at the Bourbon Orleans Hotel, New Orleans, July 30, 2016. The award was presented to Slater for her outstanding service to MARFORRES. The Navy League is comprised of 40,000 civilians in more than 240 councils around the world working to support sea service members and their families. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Ian Leones/Released)

Articles

Marines Manage Tactical Water Purification System during African Lion 2017
U.S. Marines with Maintenance Company, Combat Logistics Battalion 451, 4th Marine Division, Marine Forces Reserve, installed a Tactical Water Purification System during exercise African Lion 17 at Cap...

U.S. forces participate in multi-nation partner exercise African Lion 17
Approximately 2,800 U.S. service members and members from the Royal Moroccan Armed Forces, Tunisian Armed Forces and Spanish La Infantería de Marina participated in the multi-national exercise African...