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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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MARFORRES honors 27th Commandant of the Marine Corps

Col. Chris Steinhilber (left), 4th Marine Division chief of staff, and Sgt. Maj. Michael A. Miller (right), 4th MARDIV sergeant major, salute Gen. Robert H. Barrow’s gravestone, the 27th Commandant of the Marine Corps, during the playing of “Taps” at the annual wreath laying ceremony for Barrow at Grace Church of West Feliciana, in Saint Francisville, La., Nov. 10, 2017. Barrow served as Commandant from 1979 to 1983. When Barrow passed away on Oct. 30, 2008, Marines from across the Marine Corps came to his funeral to honor him. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Niles Lee/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...