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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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US Marines conduct OP6 Stinger live-fire exercise during ARCTIC EDGE 2026

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Jose Matias, a low altitude air defense gunner assigned to the 3rd Low Altitude Air Defense Battalion, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, shoots a FIM-92E Stinger Missile weapon at a simulated hostile counter-Unmanned Aircraft System (c-UAS) drone with Sgt. Matthew Blake, a low altitude air defense gunner assigned to the 3rd LAAD, as his assistant gunner for an OP6 Stinger live-fire exercise during ARCTIC EDGE 2026 (AE26) near Fort Greely, Alaska, March 7, 2026. AE26 is a North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) and U.S. Northern Command-led homeland defense exercise designed to improve readiness, demonstrate capabilities, and enhance Joint and Allied Force interoperability in the Arctic. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Aaron TorresLemus)
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Tags: USNorthCom, HOMELANDDEFENSE, AlwaysVigilant, AE26, ARCTICEDGE26, arct, MFRAE26
Photo by: Sgt. Aaron TorresLemus |  VIRIN: 260307-M-UQ888-1044.JPG
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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...