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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

4th Marine Division color guard march-on the colors during the annual wreath laying ceremony for Gen. Robert H. Barrow, the 27th Commandant of the Marine Corps, at Grace Church of West Feliciana, in Saint Francisville, La., Nov. 10, 2017. Barrow served as Commandant from 1979 to 1983. And since his death in 2008, Marines with MARFORRES lay a wreath on his grave every year to honor him and his service to the Marine Corps. (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...