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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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Marine Corps brings replica Vietnam Memorial Wall to New Orleans

Staff Sgt. Thomas F. Stewart, Vietnam War commemoration liaison staff noncommissioned officer with the Office of U.S. Marine Corps Communication, greets members of various military and first-responder veteran motorcycle clubs at the Goldring/Woldenberg Great Lawn in City Park, New Orleans, Aug. 24, 2016. The motorcycle clubs escorted an 80-percent replica of the Vietnam Memorial in Washington to the park. The Marine Corps brought the wall to New Orleans as part of a commemorative plan to honor and remember the 50th anniversary of the Vietnam War. The wall arrived in conjunction with Marine Forces Reserve’s Centennial celebration, which began with events in New Orleans this week. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Ian Leones/Released)
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Tags: MarForRes, usmc, Vietnam Memorial, Veterans, first-responders, CENTENNIAL, Marine Corps, Marine Forces Reserve
Photo by: Sgt. Ian Leones |  VIRIN: 160824-M-KN381-008.JPG
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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...