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Marines with 3rd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment

Marines with 3rd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment

Marines with 3rd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment (Reinforced), fire 120 mm mortars on a combat outpost during Operation Gateway III Jan. 2, 2009, in the Farah province of Afghanistan. 3/8 is the ground combat el... More

Interpreter Malmoddi Nasir explains to an Afghan man

Interpreter Malmoddi Nasir explains to an Afghan man

Interpreter Malmoddi Nasir explains to an Afghan man how he will be paid for digging irrigation ditches along Route 515, Jan. 21, in Delaram District, Farah province, Islamic Republic of Afghanistan. Dozens of ... More

A Marine with India Company, 3rd Battalion, 8th Marine

A Marine with India Company, 3rd Battalion, 8th Marine

A Marine with India Company, 3rd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment shoots an M240G medium machine gun at a target on a range aboard Fort Pickett, Va., Nov. 14, 2013. The range was part of a training exercise 3rd B... More

Sergeant Jason Holl (left), a Marine with Special-Purpose

Sergeant Jason Holl (left), a Marine with Special-Purpose

Sergeant Jason Holl (left), a Marine with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Africa 14.1, and Petty Officer 1st Class James Dado (right), a corpsman with the task force, hand out candy to children at ... More

Marines with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task

Marines with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task

Marines with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Africa 14.1, load rounds into magazines for soldiers with the Burundi National Defense Force just before a live-fire range, aboard Camp Mudubugu, Burund... More

Private First Class Nalon Hutson, a rifleman with

Private First Class Nalon Hutson, a rifleman with

Private First Class Nalon Hutson, a rifleman with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Africa 14.1, instructs soldiers with the Burundi National Defense Force on land navigation skills aboard Camp Mudub... More

N.C. native leads Burundian soldiers

N.C. native leads Burundian soldiers

Private First Class Nalon Hutson, a rifleman with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Africa 14.1, instructs soldiers with the Burundi National Defense Force on land navigation skills in Burundi, Feb. ... More

Marines from Marine Forces Europe and Africa board

Marines from Marine Forces Europe and Africa board

Marines from Marine Forces Europe and Africa board a rigid-hull inflatable boat from the joint high-speed vessel USNS Spearhead, March 5, 2014. The Marines practiced boarding the RHIB with their protective vest... More

A soldier with the Burundi National Defense Force maneuvers

A soldier with the Burundi National Defense Force maneuvers

A soldier with the Burundi National Defense Force maneuvers a concertina wire obstacle during a training exercise held by Marines with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Africa 14, March 21, 2014. The... More

Lance Cpl. Tyler Jackson, a small-boat mechanic with

Lance Cpl. Tyler Jackson, a small-boat mechanic with

Lance Cpl. Tyler Jackson, a small-boat mechanic with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Africa 14.1, assists a group of Ghanaian sailors with fixing a small-boat engine in Takoradi, Ghana, March 17. J... More

A Ghanaian sailor takes notes during a class on non-lethal

A Ghanaian sailor takes notes during a class on non-lethal

A Ghanaian sailor takes notes during a class on non-lethal weapons taught by a team of U.S. Marines from Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Africa 14.1, March 19. After the classroom instruction, the ... More

Marines from the 6th Marine Regiment and their Georgian

Marines from the 6th Marine Regiment and their Georgian

Marines from the 6th Marine Regiment and their Georgian Armed Forces counterparts from the Georgian 4th Mechanized Brigade, along with personnel from U.S. Marine Corps Forces Europe and Africa, conduct a comman... More

U.S Marines of 3rd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment,

U.S Marines of 3rd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment,

U.S Marines of 3rd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division and 2nd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division held a ceremony to mark the turnover of a new iteration of Black Sea Rotational... More

A U.S. Marine with Lima Company, 3rd Battalion, 8th

A U.S. Marine with Lima Company, 3rd Battalion, 8th

A U.S. Marine with Lima Company, 3rd Battalion, 8th Marines (3/8), Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response Africa (SPMAGTF-CR-AF), participates in an alert force drill on Moron Air Base, Sp... More

A U.S. Marine with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground

A U.S. Marine with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground

A U.S. Marine with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force-Crisis Response-Africa (SPMAGTF-CR-AF), prepares an MV-22B Osprey for flight during a crisis response drill on Morón Air Base, Spain, Aug. 3, 2015... More

1st Lt. John B. Porter, a platoon commander with

1st Lt. John B. Porter, a platoon commander with

1st Lt. John B. Porter, a platoon commander with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response-Africa, prepares to board an MV-22B Osprey during a Tactical Recovery of Aircraft and Personnel miss... More

Marines with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task

Marines with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task

Marines with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response-Africa learn about the M240B machine gun during a two-week infantry training package, August 4-15, aboard Naval Station Rota, Spain. SPM... More

U.S. Marines with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground

U.S. Marines with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground

U.S. Marines with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response-Africa Detachment A and U.K. Royal Marines conduct a swim assessment with Marin Fusiliers in Limbe, Cameroon, Sept. 9, 2015. Workin... More

U.S. Marines with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground

U.S. Marines with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground

U.S. Marines with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force-Crisis Response-Africa practice landing on the deck of the British amphibious assault ship, HMS Ocean, with an MV-22B Osprey Oct. 2, 2015. The deck... More

Afghan national police hand out candy to local children

Afghan national police hand out candy to local children

Afghan national police hand out candy to local children while providing security for a road improvement project along Route 515 in Delaram District, Farah province, Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, Jan. 21. Doz... More

Captain Jim Oliveto, the company commander for India

Captain Jim Oliveto, the company commander for India

Captain Jim Oliveto, the company commander for India Company, 3rd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, leads his Marines through a range aboard Fort Pickett, Va., Nov. 14, 2013. The range was part of a training exer... More

Petty Officer 1st Class James Dado, a corpsman with

Petty Officer 1st Class James Dado, a corpsman with

Petty Officer 1st Class James Dado, a corpsman with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Africa 14.1, hands out candy to children at a local boarding school near Kampala, Uganda, during his off time, Fe... More

Marines with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task

Marines with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task

Marines with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Africa 14.1, load rounds into magazines for soldiers with the Burundi National Defense Force just before a live-fire range aboard Camp Mudubugu, Burundi... More

Private First Class Nalon Hutson, a rifleman with

Private First Class Nalon Hutson, a rifleman with

Private First Class Nalon Hutson, a rifleman with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Africa 14.1, instructs soldiers with the Burundi National Defense Force on land navigation skills aboard Camp Mudub... More

Soldiers with the Burundi National Defense Force maneuver

Soldiers with the Burundi National Defense Force maneuver

Soldiers with the Burundi National Defense Force maneuver through obstacles with concertina wire during a training exercise held by Marines with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Africa 14, March 21,... More

Second Lieutenant John Porter, team commander, and

Second Lieutenant John Porter, team commander, and

Second Lieutenant John Porter, team commander, and Lance Cpl. Jacob Haygood, infantryman, both Marines from Marine Forces Europe and Africa, ride a rigid-hull inflatable boat from the joint high-speed vessel US... More

Lance Cpl. Tyler Jackson, a small-boat mechanic with

Lance Cpl. Tyler Jackson, a small-boat mechanic with

Lance Cpl. Tyler Jackson, a small-boat mechanic with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Africa 14.1, describes the gear case of a small-boat engine to a group of Ghanaian sailors in Takoradi, Ghana, M... More

Captain Travis Posey, a team leader with Special-Purpose

Captain Travis Posey, a team leader with Special-Purpose

Captain Travis Posey, a team leader with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Africa 14.1, demonstrates the proper way to coordinate shooting non-lethal ammunition over a riot-shield barrier during a we... More

Marines from the 6th Marine Regiment and their Georgian

Marines from the 6th Marine Regiment and their Georgian

Marines from the 6th Marine Regiment and their Georgian Armed Forces counterparts from the Georgian 4th Mechanized Brigade, along with personnel from U.S. Marine Corps Forces Europe and Africa, conduct a comman... More

U.S Marines of 3rd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment,

U.S Marines of 3rd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment,

U.S Marines of 3rd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division and 2nd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division held a ceremony to mark the turnover of a new iteration of Black Sea Rotational... More

A U.S. Marine with Lima Company, 3rd Battalion, 8th

A U.S. Marine with Lima Company, 3rd Battalion, 8th

A U.S. Marine with Lima Company, 3rd Battalion, 8th Marines (3/8), Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response Africa (SPMAGTF-CR-AF), participates in an alert force drill on Moron Air Base, Sp... More

A U.S. Marine with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground

A U.S. Marine with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground

A U.S. Marine with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force-Crisis Response-Africa (SPMAGTF-CR-AF), prepares an MV-22B Osprey for flight during a crisis response drill on Morón Air Base, Spain, Aug. 3, 2015... More

Corporal Tyler Jameson, a crew chief with Special-Purpose

Corporal Tyler Jameson, a crew chief with Special-Purpose

Corporal Tyler Jameson, a crew chief with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response-Africa, looks out the back of an MV-22B Osprey while traveling from Morón Air Base to Naval Station Rota, S... More

Marines with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task

Marines with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task

Marines with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response-Africa practice combat lifesaving skills during a two-week infantry training package, August 4-15, aboard Naval Station Rota, Spain. SPM... More

U.S. Marines with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground

U.S. Marines with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground

U.S. Marines with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response-Africa Detachment A and U.K. Royal Marines teach basic marksmanship skills to Marin Fusiliers in Limbe, Cameroon, Sept. 10, 2015. W... More

U.S. Marines with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground

U.S. Marines with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground

U.S. Marines with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force-Crisis Response-Africa practice landing on the deck of the British amphibious assault ship, HMS Ocean, with an MV-22B Osprey Oct. 2, 2015. The deck... More

Afghan villagers show up to work on the project along

Afghan villagers show up to work on the project along

Afghan villagers show up to work on the project along Route 515 in Delaram District, Farah province, Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, Jan. 21. The project will ensure that local crop fields have sufficient wate... More

Marines with India Company, 3rd Battalion, 8th Marine

Marines with India Company, 3rd Battalion, 8th Marine

Marines with India Company, 3rd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment fire and maneuver through a range aboard Fort Pickett, Va., Nov. 14, 2013. The range was part of a training exercise 3rd Bn., 8th Marines conducted... More

Petty Officer 1st Class James Dado, a corpsman with

Petty Officer 1st Class James Dado, a corpsman with

Petty Officer 1st Class James Dado, a corpsman with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Africa 14.1, hands out candy to children at a local boarding school near Kampala, Uganda, during his off time, Fe... More

A Marine with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task

A Marine with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task

A Marine with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Africa 14.1, observes soldiers with the Burundian Army shoot a live-fire range aboard Camp Mudubugu, Burundi, Feb. 17, 2014. Special-Purpose MAGTF Afri... More

Private First Class Nalon Hutson, a rifleman with

Private First Class Nalon Hutson, a rifleman with

Private First Class Nalon Hutson, a rifleman with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Africa 14.1, instructs soldiers with the Burundi National Defense Force on land navigation skills aboard Camp Mudub... More

Lance Corporals Jacob Haygood and Bolivar Barcenas,

Lance Corporals Jacob Haygood and Bolivar Barcenas,

Lance Corporals Jacob Haygood and Bolivar Barcenas, both infantrymen from Marine Forces Europe and Africa, ride a rigid-hull inflatable boat from the joint high-speed vessel USNS Spearhead, March 5, 2014. The M... More

A soldier with the Burundi National Defense Force maneuvers

A soldier with the Burundi National Defense Force maneuvers

A soldier with the Burundi National Defense Force maneuvers through a smoke obstacle during a training exercise held by Marines with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Africa 14, March 21, 2014. The M... More

Lance Cpl. Tyler Jackson, a small-boat mechanic with

Lance Cpl. Tyler Jackson, a small-boat mechanic with

Lance Cpl. Tyler Jackson, a small-boat mechanic with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Africa 14.1, uses his digital technical manual to aid in troubleshooting a problem with a small-boat engine in T... More

Captain Travis Posey, a team leader with Special-Purpose

Captain Travis Posey, a team leader with Special-Purpose

Captain Travis Posey, a team leader with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Africa 14.1, demonstrates the proper way to detain a rioter during a week-long non-lethal weapons tactics course in Takoradi... More

U.S Marines of 3rd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment,

U.S Marines of 3rd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment,

U.S Marines of 3rd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division and 2nd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division held a ceremony to mark the turnover of a new iteration of Black Sea Rotational... More

A U.S. Marine with Lima Company, 3rd Battalion, 8th

A U.S. Marine with Lima Company, 3rd Battalion, 8th

A U.S. Marine with Lima Company, 3rd Battalion, 8th Marines (3/8), Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response Africa (SPMAGTF-CR-AF), participates in an alert force drill on Moron Air Base, Sp... More

Marines with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task

Marines with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task

Marines with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response-Africa cross a field to establish a security perimeter during a tactical recovery of aircraft and personnel exercise aboard Naval Statio... More

A U.S. Marine with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground

A U.S. Marine with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground

A U.S. Marine with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force-Crisis Response-Africa (SPMAGTF-CR-AF), prepares an MV-22B Osprey for flight during a crisis response drill on Morón Air Base, Spain, Aug. 3, 2015... More

Marines with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task

Marines with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task

Marines with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response-Africa learn about the AT4 light anti-tank rocket during a two-week infantry training package, August 4-15, aboard Naval Station Rota, S... More

U.S. Marines with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground

U.S. Marines with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground

U.S. Marines with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response-Africa Detachment A and U.K. Royal Marines teach basic marksmanship skills to Marin Fusiliers in Limbe, Cameroon, Sept. 10, 2015. W... More

U.S. Marines with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground

U.S. Marines with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground

U.S. Marines with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force-Crisis Response-Africa practice landing on the deck of the British amphibious assault ship, HMS Ocean, with an MV-22B Osprey Oct. 2, 2015. The dec... More

Afghan villagers dig irrigation ditches along Route

Afghan villagers dig irrigation ditches along Route

Afghan villagers dig irrigation ditches along Route 515 Jan. 21, 2009 in Delaram District, Farah province, Islamic Republic of Afghanistan. Dozens of local Afghans showed up to work on the project, while the Af... More

A Marine with India Company, 3rd Battalion, 8th Marine

A Marine with India Company, 3rd Battalion, 8th Marine

A Marine with India Company, 3rd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment relays information through a radio while on a range aboard Fort Pickett, Va., Nov. 14, 2013. The range was part of a training exercise 3rd Bn., 8t... More

Staff Sgt. James Chintala, a Marine with Special-Purpose

Staff Sgt. James Chintala, a Marine with Special-Purpose

Staff Sgt. James Chintala, a Marine with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Africa 14.1 and native of Hanover, N.H., is hugged by a local woman thanking him for volunteering and handing out clothes an... More

A Marine with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task

A Marine with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task

A Marine with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Africa 14.1, helps a soldier with the Burundi National Defense Force make an adjustment on his rifle during a live-fire range aboard Camp Mudubugu, Bur... More

Private First Class Nalon Hutson, a rifleman with

Private First Class Nalon Hutson, a rifleman with

Private First Class Nalon Hutson, a rifleman with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Africa 14.1, instructs soldiers with the Burundi National Defense Force on land navigation skills aboard Camp Mudub... More

Petty Officer 2nd Class Trevor Williams, a corpsman

Petty Officer 2nd Class Trevor Williams, a corpsman

Petty Officer 2nd Class Trevor Williams, a corpsman from Marine Forces Europe and Africa, rides a rigid-hull inflatable boat from the joint high-speed vessel USNS Spearhead, March 5, 2014. The Marines practiced... More

A Marine with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task

A Marine with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task

A Marine with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Africa 14, observes soldiers with the Burundi National Defense Force enter and clear a room during a training exercise held by the Marines with the tas... More

Lance Cpl. Tyler Jackson, a small-boat mechanic with

Lance Cpl. Tyler Jackson, a small-boat mechanic with

Lance Cpl. Tyler Jackson, a small-boat mechanic with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Africa 14.1, describes the gear case of a small-boat engine to a group of Ghanaian sailors in Takoradi, Ghana, M... More

Captain Travis Posey, a team leader with Special-Purpose

Captain Travis Posey, a team leader with Special-Purpose

Captain Travis Posey, a team leader with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Africa 14.1, demonstrates the proper way to detain a rioter during a week-long non-lethal weapons tactics course in Takoradi... More

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Cody J. Purciello, squad leader

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Cody J. Purciello, squad leader

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Cody J. Purciello, squad leader with Lima, Company, 3rd Battalion, 8th Marines (3/8), Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response Africa (SPMAGTF-CR-AF), participates in ... More

Marines with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task

Marines with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task

Marines with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response-Africa extract a simulated downed pilot during a tactical recovery of aircraft and personnel exercise aboard Naval Station Rota, Spain, ... More

U.S. Marines with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground

U.S. Marines with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground

U.S. Marines with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response-Africa (SPMAGTF-CR-AF), conduct a crisis response drill on Morón Air Base, Spain, Aug. 3, 2015. The crisis response force’s mission... More

Marines with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task

Marines with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task

Marines with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response-Africa refine their basic rifleman skills during a two-week training package, August 4-15, aboard Naval Station Rota, Spain. SPMAGTF-CR-... More

U.S. Marines with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground

U.S. Marines with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground

U.S. Marines with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response-Africa Detachment A and U.K. Royal Marines conduct a live-fire range with Marin Fusiliers in Limbe, Cameroon, Sept. 11, 2015. Worki... More

U.S. Marines with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground

U.S. Marines with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground

U.S. Marines with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force-Crisis Response-Africa practice landing on the deck of the British amphibious assault ship, HMS Ocean, with an MV-22B Osprey Oct. 2, 2015. The deck... More

Marines with 3rd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment

Marines with 3rd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment

Marines with 3rd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment (Reinforced), fire 120 mm mortars on a combat outpost during Operation Gateway III Jan. 2, 2009, in the Farah province of Afghanistan. 3/8 is the ground combat el... More

A Marine with India Company, 3rd Battalion, 8th Marine

A Marine with India Company, 3rd Battalion, 8th Marine

A Marine with India Company, 3rd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, fires a Shoulder Launched Multi-purpose Assault Weapon (SMAW) at a target on a range aboard Fort Pickett, Va., Nov. 14, 2013. The range was part ... More

Staff Sgt. James Chintala, a Marine with Special-Purpose

Staff Sgt. James Chintala, a Marine with Special-Purpose

Staff Sgt. James Chintala, a Marine with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Africa 14.1 and native of Hanover, N.H., holds hands with a toddler while volunteering and handing out clothes and candy at ... More

A Marine with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task

A Marine with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task

A Marine with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Africa 14.1, alongside an interpreter, observes soldiers with the Burundi National Defense Force shoot a live-fire range aboard Camp Mudubugu, Burundi,... More

Marines from Marine Forces Europe and Africa ride a

Marines from Marine Forces Europe and Africa ride a

Marines from Marine Forces Europe and Africa ride a rigid-hull inflatable boat from the joint high-speed vessel USNS Spearhead, March 5, 2014. The Marines practiced boarding the RHIB with their protective vests... More

Lance Cpl. Tyler Jackson, a small-boat mechanic with

Lance Cpl. Tyler Jackson, a small-boat mechanic with

Lance Cpl. Tyler Jackson, a small-boat mechanic with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Africa 14.1, describes the gear case of a small-boat engine to a group of Ghanaian sailors in Takoradi, Ghana, M... More

Three Marines with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground

Three Marines with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground

Three Marines with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Africa 14.1 demonstrate how to properly escort a detainee to a group of sailors from the Ghanaian Navy during a non-lethal weapons tactics class i... More

Soldiers with the Burundi National Defense Force salute

Soldiers with the Burundi National Defense Force salute

Soldiers with the Burundi National Defense Force salute during a graduation ceremony, April 11, 2014, at the end of a course held by Marines with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Africa 14. The Mari... More

U.S. Marines with 3rd Battalion, 8th Marines (3/8),

U.S. Marines with 3rd Battalion, 8th Marines (3/8),

U.S. Marines with 3rd Battalion, 8th Marines (3/8), Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response Africa (SPMAGTF-CR-AF), conduct an alert force drill on Moron Air Base, Spain, July 27, 2015. The... More

U.S. Marines with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground

U.S. Marines with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground

U.S. Marines with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response-Africa (SPMAGTF-CR-AF), board an MV-22B Osprey, during a crisis response drill on Morón Air Base, Spain, Aug. 3, 2015. The crisis r... More

Marines with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task

Marines with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task

Marines with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response-Africa evacuate a simulated injured Marine during a two-week infantry training package, August 4-15, aboard Naval Station Rota, Spain. S... More

U.S. Marines with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground

U.S. Marines with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground

U.S. Marines with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response-Africa Detachment A teach fire and maneuver techniques to Cameroonian Marines in Limbe, Cameroon, Sept. 14, 2015. Marines, sailors,... More

U.S. Marines with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground

U.S. Marines with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground

U.S. Marines with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force-Crisis Response-Africa practice landing on the deck of the British amphibious assault ship, HMS Ocean, with an MV-22B Osprey Oct. 2, 2015. The dec... More

Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter speaks to U.S. service

Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter speaks to U.S. service

Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter speaks to U.S. service members during a town hall aboard Morón Air Base, Oct. 6. The purpose of Carter’s visit was to learn more about Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task F... More

Marines with India Company, 3rd Battalion, 8th Marine

Marines with India Company, 3rd Battalion, 8th Marine

Marines with India Company, 3rd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment fire and maneuver through a range aboard Fort Pickett, Va., Nov. 14, 2013. The range was part of a training exercise 3rd Bn., 8th Marines conducted... More

Gunnery Sgt. David Walcott, a team chief with

Gunnery Sgt. David Walcott, a team chief with

Gunnery Sgt. David Walcott, a team chief with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Africa 14.1 and native of Lyons, N.Y., plays with the children at a local boarding school near Kampala, Uganda, during ... More

A Marine with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task

A Marine with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task

A Marine with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Africa 14.1 makes an adjustment on a rifle for a soldier with the Burundi National Defense Force during a live-fire range aboard Camp Mudubugu, Burundi... More

Marines from Marine Forces Europe and Africa ride a

Marines from Marine Forces Europe and Africa ride a

Marines from Marine Forces Europe and Africa ride a rigid-hull inflatable boat from the joint high-speed vessel USNS Spearhead onto a dock in Monrovia, Liberia, during a training exercise March 7, 2014. The Mar... More

Lance Cpl. Dewayne Gregory, a Marine with Special-Purpose

Lance Cpl. Dewayne Gregory, a Marine with Special-Purpose

Lance Cpl. Dewayne Gregory, a Marine with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Africa 14.1, teaches a Ghanaian sailor the proper technique for using flexi-cuffs on a detainee during a week-long non-leth... More

A mechanic with the Ghanaian Navy (left), receives

A mechanic with the Ghanaian Navy (left), receives

A mechanic with the Ghanaian Navy (left), receives his certificate from 2nd Lt. Connor O’Sullivan, an assistant team leader with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force 14.1, after completing a two-week lo... More

A soldier with the Burundi National Defense Force receives

A soldier with the Burundi National Defense Force receives

A soldier with the Burundi National Defense Force receives a certificate during a graduation ceremony, April 11, 2014, at the end of a course held by Marines with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Af... More

A U.S. Marine with Lima Company, 3rd Battalion, 8th

A U.S. Marine with Lima Company, 3rd Battalion, 8th

A U.S. Marine with Lima Company, 3rd Battalion, 8th Marines (3/8), Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response Africa (SPMAGTF-CR-AF), participates in an alert force drill on Moron Air Base, Sp... More

U.S. Marines with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground

U.S. Marines with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground

U.S. Marines with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response-Africa (SPMAGTF-CR-AF), conduct a crisis response drill on Morón Air Base, Spain, Aug. 3, 2015. The crisis response force’s mission... More

Marines with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task

Marines with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task

Marines with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response-Africa practice combat lifesaving skills during a two-week infantry training package, August 4-15, aboard Naval Station Rota, Spain. SPM... More

U.S. Marines with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground

U.S. Marines with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground

U.S. Marines with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response-Africa Detachment A familiarize Cameroonian Marines with improvised explosive devices in Limbe, Cameroon, Sept. 15, 2015. Marines, ... More

U.S. Marines with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground

U.S. Marines with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground

U.S. Marines with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force-Crisis Response-Africa practice landing on the deck of the British amphibious assault ship, HMS Ocean, with an MV-22B Osprey Oct. 2, 2015. The dec... More

Marines with India Company, 3rd Battalion, 8th Marine

Marines with India Company, 3rd Battalion, 8th Marine

Marines with India Company, 3rd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment prepare to begin a range aboard Fort Pickett, Va., Nov. 14, 2013. The range was part of a training exercise 3rd Bn., 8th Marines conducted in prepa... More

Sergeant Jason Holl, a Marine with Special-Purpose

Sergeant Jason Holl, a Marine with Special-Purpose

Sergeant Jason Holl, a Marine with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Africa 14.1, holds hands with a child while volunteering and handing out clothes and candy at a local boarding school near Kampala... More

Marines with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task

Marines with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task

Marines with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Africa 14.1 observe soldiers with the Burundi National Defense Force shoot a live-fire range aboard Camp Mudubugu, Burundi, Feb. 17, 2014. Special-Purpo... More

Lance Corporal Jacob Haygood, an infantryman from Marine

Lance Corporal Jacob Haygood, an infantryman from Marine

Lance Corporal Jacob Haygood, an infantryman from Marine Forces Europe and Africa, provides an over watch for Marines conducting vehicle inspections at the American Embassy in Monrovia, Liberia, during a traini... More

Lance Cpls. Sheridan Halfacre (left) and Dewayne Greogry

Lance Cpls. Sheridan Halfacre (left) and Dewayne Greogry

Lance Cpls. Sheridan Halfacre (left) and Dewayne Greogry (bent over, right) both Marines with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Africa 14.1, play the role of a violent rioter being detained by two G... More

Leading Seaman Stephen Abosompem Haysel (left), a mechanic

Leading Seaman Stephen Abosompem Haysel (left), a mechanic

Leading Seaman Stephen Abosompem Haysel (left), a mechanic with the Ghanaian Navy, receives his certificate from 2nd Lt. Connor O’Sullivan, an assistant team leader with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task F... More

Corporal Joshua Lowery, a Marine with Special-Purpose

Corporal Joshua Lowery, a Marine with Special-Purpose

Corporal Joshua Lowery, a Marine with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Africa 14, shakes hands with the American Ambassador for Burundi Dawn Liberi after a graduation ceremony for the Burundi Nation... More

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