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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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Commander of Marine Forces Reserve awards Navy Commendation Medal to Sgt. Joshua Riley

Lt. Gen. David G. Bellon, right, Commander of Marine Forces Reserve and Marine Forces South, and Sgt. Joshua Riley, Collateral Duty Career Planner with Headquarters Company, Combat Logistics Battalion 25, 4th Marine Logistic Group, from Hillsborough, New Jersey, pose for a portrait after being awarded the Navy Commendation Medal for his sustained acts of meritorious service, Marine Corps Support Facility New Orleans, Louisiana on March 4, 2022. Riley was recognized as the Collateral Duty Career Planner of the Year for Marine Forces Reserve fiscal year 2021 for his achievements as the acting battalion career planner for CLB-25. Riley ensured that his unit met the retention mission while giving every Marine throughout his command the same level of service as they would from a regular Career Planner. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Kolby Leger)

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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...