Commando Staff Sgt. Cheikh S. Camara, instructor, Senegalese

Commando Staff Sgt. Cheikh S. Camara, instructor, Senegalese Marines, gives a class on jungle warefare to a crowd of Senegalese commandos and U.S. Marines here. The class covered a wide range of topics from cover and concealment, to movement under fire. Approximately 45 U.S. Marines and sailors, along with about 100 Senegalese commandos and Nigerian navy Special Boat Service troops are participating in Africa Partnership Station 2011, a U.S. Africa Command maritime security assistance program that is designed to strengthen participating nations’ maritime security capacity through multilateral collaboration and cross-border cooperation. Marine Corps Forces, Africa is supporting APS 11 with a security assistance force based out of Camp Lejeune, N.C.