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Marines


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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Suheil Sitto (center), a civilian interpreter and Iraq-native, enables Capt. Joseph Graves, a platoon commander with Company G, 2nd Battalion, 25th Marine Regiment to communicate with an Iraqi Police officer (role player) to work together to quell civil unrest in a notional Iraqi town constructed at Marine Corps Air-Ground Combat Center in Twentynine Palms, Calif. Role players and interpreters are used to add a sense of realism to the pre-deployment training for the Marines. The July 21, 2008 training event marked the end of a week-long, battalion-level training evolution for the battalion, which is headed to Iraq this fall.

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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...