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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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2/23 Leaves for UDP

U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Ezequiel Delatorre, a network chief with Headquarters and Service Company, 2nd Battalion, 23rd Marines, 4th Marine Division, Marine Forces Reserve, and a native of Oxnard, California, counts Marines as they board a bus on Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, California, March 11, 2025. The Marines are headed to Kadena Air Base, Okinawa, Japan, as part of Unit Deployment Program 25.1. The activation marks the beginning of an intensive training period for 2nd Battalion, 23rd Marines as they provide a total force solution in support of the UDP, aligning Marine Forces Reserve's commitment with Marine Corps strategic objectives. This is the first time since 2020 that an entire Reserve infantry battalion has been activated to support the Unit Deployment Program. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Scott Jenkins)

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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...