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Lance Cpl. Coty Ginter with Security Cooperation Team-

Lance Cpl. Coty Ginter with Security Cooperation Team-

Lance Cpl. Coty Ginter with Security Cooperation Team- 4, Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response-Africa, Detachment A, conducts a class on Marine Corps field craft with Compagnie Fusilier ... More

A Compagnie Fusilier de Marin Commando takes a knee

A Compagnie Fusilier de Marin Commando takes a knee

A Compagnie Fusilier de Marin Commando takes a knee when his team members signal a possible enemy sighting during a field craft practical application exercise conducted by Marines with Security Cooperation Team... More

U.S. Marines with the Black Sea Rotational Force prepare

U.S. Marines with the Black Sea Rotational Force prepare

U.S. Marines with the Black Sea Rotational Force prepare to embark on a field training exercise at Novo Selo Training Area, Bulgaria, Sept. 15, 2015. The Marines with BSRF underwent several days in the field as... More

U.S. Marine Corps Capt. Brian Perkins with the Black

U.S. Marine Corps Capt. Brian Perkins with the Black

U.S. Marine Corps Capt. Brian Perkins with the Black Sea Rotational Force and a Romanian Army soldier with 191st Infantry Battalion converse during Platinum Lynx 15-5 in Dud-Taut Training Area, Romania, Sept. 1... More

Senegalese Security Forces practice patrolling with

Senegalese Security Forces practice patrolling with

Senegalese Security Forces practice patrolling with U.S. Marines during a four-day exercise in Dakar, Senegal, Sept. 16. U.S. Marines with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response-Africa, ba... More

U.S. Marines with Combined Arms Company prepare to

U.S. Marines with Combined Arms Company prepare to

U.S. Marines with Combined Arms Company prepare to battle sight zero their weapons during a field training exercise at Novo Selo Training Area, Bulgaria, Sept. 17, 2015. The Marines underwent several days in th... More

A U.S. Marine with Combined Arms Company performs radio

A U.S. Marine with Combined Arms Company performs radio

A U.S. Marine with Combined Arms Company performs radio checks in an M1A1 Abrams tank at Novo Selo Training Area, Bulgaria, Sept. 21, 2015. The Marines underwent several days in the field to prepare for multina... 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 teach Senegalese military personnel and vehicle searches aboard Bel-Air military base, Sept. 21-22 in Dakar, Senegal. While ... More

U.S. Marines with Combined Arms Company prepare to

U.S. Marines with Combined Arms Company prepare to

U.S. Marines with Combined Arms Company prepare to fire an M777-A2 howitzer during a direct fire exercise at Novo Selo Training Area, Bulgaria, Sept. 22, 2015. The Marines underwent several days in the field to... More

U.S. Marines and sailors accompanied Benin’s National

U.S. Marines and sailors accompanied Benin’s National

U.S. Marines and sailors accompanied Benin’s National Surveillance Police (NSP) to Jesu Jro, Benin, Sept. 24, to conduct a combined border surveillance training exercise. After spending a month learning U.S. Ma... More

U.S. Marines assist United Kingdom Royal Marine Commandos

U.S. Marines assist United Kingdom Royal Marine Commandos

U.S. Marines assist United Kingdom Royal Marine Commandos in teaching visit, board, search and seizure (VBSS) to Angola's Fuzileiros Operaçües Especiais Marines, Oct. 6, aboard the UK Royal Navy’s HMS Lancaster... More

The USNS Sergeant William R. Button sits on the port

The USNS Sergeant William R. Button sits on the port

The USNS Sergeant William R. Button sits on the port of Naval Air Base Rota, Spain, to offload equipment capable of enabling crisis response to support Exercise Trident Juncture 15, the largest NATO exercise si... More

U.S. Marine Corps MV-22B Ospreys assigned to Special-Purpose

U.S. Marine Corps MV-22B Ospreys assigned to Special-Purpose

U.S. Marine Corps MV-22B Ospreys assigned to Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force – Crisis Response – Africa, conduct flight operations aboard amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge (LHD 3), in the Medit... More

A U.S. Marine stands watch for the U.S. Naval Ship

A U.S. Marine stands watch for the U.S. Naval Ship

A U.S. Marine stands watch for the U.S. Naval Ship SGT. William R. Button during a Maritime Prepositioning Force (MPF) as they prepare for NATO led Exercise Trident Juncture 2015. More than 30 nations and 36,0... More

U.S. Marines unload vehicles and equipment from the

U.S. Marines unload vehicles and equipment from the

U.S. Marines unload vehicles and equipment from the U.S. Naval Ship SGT. William R. Button during a Maritime Prepositioning Force (MPF) offload as they prepare for NATO led Exercise Trident Juncture 2015. More ... More

U.S. Marine Forces Europe and Africa Sgt. Maj. William

U.S. Marine Forces Europe and Africa Sgt. Maj. William

U.S. Marine Forces Europe and Africa Sgt. Maj. William R. Frye gathers with fellow Marines for a group photo on the pier in Rota, Spain. The light armored vehicles were offloaded from the USNS William R. Button... More

US Marine master sergeant flies a Quadcopter in Rota, Spain

US Marine master sergeant flies a Quadcopter in Rota, Spain

U.S. Marine Forces Europe and Africa deputy director of communication Master Sgt. Chad E. McMeen uses a commercial-grade Quadcopter to capture aerial video footage of the USNS William R. Button on the pier in R... More

U.S. Marines with 4th Light Armored Reconnaissance

U.S. Marines with 4th Light Armored Reconnaissance

U.S. Marines with 4th Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion perform combat checks on vehicles offloaded from the Maritime Prepositioning Ship, the USNS Button, prior to conducting a convoy nearly 300 miles to ... More

U.S. Marine Corps Maj. Gen Niel L. Nelson speaks with

U.S. Marine Corps Maj. Gen Niel L. Nelson speaks with

U.S. Marine Corps Maj. Gen Niel L. Nelson speaks with fellow service members of various nations outside the U.S. Naval Ship Sgt. William R. Button as they prepare for NATO led Exercise Trident Juncture 2015. Th... More

U.S. Marine Corps Capt. Kenneth Johnson, left, and

U.S. Marine Corps Capt. Kenneth Johnson, left, and

U.S. Marine Corps Capt. Kenneth Johnson, left, and Capt. Matthew Thompson, with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force-Crisis Response-Africa prepare to land an MV-22B Osprey on the Royal Netherlands Navy... More

U.S. Marines assigned to Task Force Ironhorse gather

U.S. Marines assigned to Task Force Ironhorse gather

U.S. Marines assigned to Task Force Ironhorse gather for a group photo outside the U.S. Naval Ship Sgt. William R. Button as they prepare for NATO led Exercise Trident Juncture 2015. The exercise is NATO’s larg... More

U.S. Marines assigned to Task Force Ironhorse depart

U.S. Marines assigned to Task Force Ironhorse depart

U.S. Marines assigned to Task Force Ironhorse depart from the pier on Naval Station Rota, Spain during the preparation phase of Trident Juncture 2015. The event is NATO’s largest exercise since 2002 and will in... More

U.S. Marines with 4th Light Armored Reconnaissance

U.S. Marines with 4th Light Armored Reconnaissance

U.S. Marines with 4th Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion participate in a 300 mile convoy from Rota, Spain to Almeria, Spain, as part of NATO led Exercise Trident Juncture 2015. The route included eight che... More

U.S. Marines with Fleet Antiterrorism Security Team

U.S. Marines with Fleet Antiterrorism Security Team

U.S. Marines with Fleet Antiterrorism Security Team (FAST) conduct a live fire range on the vast ranges of Alvarez de Sotomayor near Almaria, Spain, during Exercise Trident Juncture 2015. Trident Juncture inclu... More

U.S. Marines with Fleet Antiterrorism Security Team

U.S. Marines with Fleet Antiterrorism Security Team

U.S. Marines with Fleet Antiterrorism Security Team (FAST) conduct live fire training on the vast ranges of Alvarez de Sotomayor near Almaria, Spain during Exercise Trident Juncture 2015. Trident Juncture inclu... More

U.S. Marines assigned to Fleet Anti-terrorism Security

U.S. Marines assigned to Fleet Anti-terrorism Security

U.S. Marines assigned to Fleet Anti-terrorism Security Team (FAST) participate in a weapons training exercise in the mountains on the Spanish Base Alvarez de Sotomayor, Almeria, Spain on Oct. 27. This training ... More

U.S. Marine Staff Sgt. Evan Crowgey, an explosive ordnance

U.S. Marine Staff Sgt. Evan Crowgey, an explosive ordnance

U.S. Marine Staff Sgt. Evan Crowgey, an explosive ordnance disposal technician with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response-Africa, conducted an improvised explosive device awareness class ... More

U.S. Marine Sgt. Sam Adkins, an explosive ordinance

U.S. Marine Sgt. Sam Adkins, an explosive ordinance

U.S. Marine Sgt. Sam Adkins, an explosive ordinance disposal technician with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response-Africa, identifies a pressure plate during an improvised explosive devic... More

Ships, aircraft and an enormous display of firepower

Ships, aircraft and an enormous display of firepower

Ships, aircraft and an enormous display of firepower and technology were all a part of the Distinguished Visitor demonstration of Maritime capabilities on Nov. 5 in Troia, Portugal. Working with Marine Corps fr... More

A U.S. Marine Corps MV-22 Osprey aicraft, launched

A U.S. Marine Corps MV-22 Osprey aicraft, launched

A U.S. Marine Corps MV-22 Osprey aicraft, launched from the Spanish ship Juan Carlos I, picks up Portugese Fuzileiros (Marines) at a Fuzileiros training base outside of Lisbon, Portugal, Nov. 3, 2015. This mul... More

U.S. Marine First Lt. Christopher Leisring, the logistics

U.S. Marine First Lt. Christopher Leisring, the logistics

U.S. Marine First Lt. Christopher Leisring, the logistics security cooperation team leader, with Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response-Africa, goes up against a Uganda People’s Defense Fo... More

President of the Republic of Portugal Aníbal Cavaco

President of the Republic of Portugal Aníbal Cavaco

President of the Republic of Portugal Aníbal Cavaco Silva tours the pier during the Distinguished Visitors (DV) Day in Troia, Portugal as part of the NATO-led Exercise Trident Juncture 2015. The culmination of ... More

U.S. Marines with the Combined Arms Company operate

U.S. Marines with the Combined Arms Company operate

U.S. Marines with the Combined Arms Company operate an M1A1 Abrams Tank during Platinum Lion 16-1 at Novo Selo, Bulgaria, Nov. 6, 2015. Platinum Lion, the first multinational live-fire engagement in which the C... More

U. S. Marine Cpl. Aaron Johnson, a heavy equipment

U. S. Marine Cpl. Aaron Johnson, a heavy equipment

U. S. Marine Cpl. Aaron Johnson, a heavy equipment mechanic with the Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response-Africa, stands at attention during his reenlistment ceremony at Camp Singo, Ugan... More

U.S. Marine Cpl. Lydia Judge, a crew master with

U.S. Marine Cpl. Lydia Judge, a crew master with

U.S. Marine Cpl. Lydia Judge, a crew master with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response-Africa, performs a final inspection of gear aboard a KC-130J Hercules, Nov. 9, in Zaragoza, Spain. T... More

U.S. Marine Staff Sgt. Evan Crowgey, an explosive ordinance

U.S. Marine Staff Sgt. Evan Crowgey, an explosive ordinance

U.S. Marine Staff Sgt. Evan Crowgey, an explosive ordinance disposal technician with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response-Africa, reviews types of demolitions with Uganda People’s Defens... 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 tour the flight deck of the Royal Navy’s amphibious assault ship, HMS Ocean, Nov. 12, 2015. The Allied Maritime Basing Initi... More

US and UK plan for Blue Raptor

US and UK plan for Blue Raptor

U.S. Marines with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force-Crisis Response-Africa meet with the U.K. Royal Marines and Navy aboard the Royal Navy’s amphibious assault ship, HMS Ocean, Nov. 13, 2015.The Alli... 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 conduct deck landing qualifications in an MV-22B Osprey aboard the Royal Navy’s amphibious assault ship, HMS Ocean, Nov. 13,... 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 conduct Marine Corps Martial Arts Program training on the Royal Navy’s HMS Ocean during exercise Blue Raptor, Nov. 14, 2015.... 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 and U.K. Royal Marines conduct weapons familiarization training during exercise Blue Raptor, Nov. 14, 2015. The Allied Marit... 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 and the U.K. Royal Marines and Navy conduct assault station and fly away drills during Blue Raptor aboard the Royal Navy’s a... More

U.S. Marine Sgt. Alfred Darsey, a combat engineer with

U.S. Marine Sgt. Alfred Darsey, a combat engineer with

U.S. Marine Sgt. Alfred Darsey, a combat engineer with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response-Africa, helps a Uganda People’s Defense Force soldier ensure the outline of the structure is 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 perform maintenance on an MV-22B Osprey aboard the U.K. Royal Navy’s HMS Ocean, Nov. 18, 2015. The Allied Maritime Basing In... 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 inspect gear before conducting a combined operation part of exercise Blue Raptor, Nov. 20, 2015. The Allied Maritime Basing ... More

U.S. Marine Sgt. Sam Adkins, an explosive ordnance

U.S. Marine Sgt. Sam Adkins, an explosive ordnance

U.S. Marine Sgt. Sam Adkins, an explosive ordnance disposal technician with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response-Africa, explains how to place a detonating cord to Uganda People’s Defens... More

U.S. Marine Sgt. Sam Adkins, an explosive ordnance

U.S. Marine Sgt. Sam Adkins, an explosive ordnance

U.S. Marine Sgt. Sam Adkins, an explosive ordnance disposal technician with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response-Africa and Uganda People’s Defense Force soldiers emplace explosives thro... More

U.S. Marine Cpl. Brandon Ditmire, a combat engineer

U.S. Marine Cpl. Brandon Ditmire, a combat engineer

U.S. Marine Cpl. Brandon Ditmire, a combat engineer with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response-Africa, talks to Uganda People’s Defense Force soldiers about building obstacles during 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 load up an MV-22B Osprey during a tactical recovery of aircraft and personnel exercise, Dec. 7, aboard Los Llanos Air Base, ... More

U.S. Marine Cpl. Brandon Ditmire, a combat engineer

U.S. Marine Cpl. Brandon Ditmire, a combat engineer

U.S. Marine Cpl. Brandon Ditmire, a combat engineer with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response-Africa, works with Uganda People’s Defense Force soldiers during a civil engineering exercis... More

Petty Officer 2nd Class Robert Otte (left), corpsman

Petty Officer 2nd Class Robert Otte (left), corpsman

Petty Officer 2nd Class Robert Otte (left), corpsman and chief instructor with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response-Africa, evaluates Uganda People’s Defense Force medics as they carry a... More

U.S. Marines conduct artillery live-fire rehearsals

U.S. Marines conduct artillery live-fire rehearsals

U.S. Marines conduct artillery live-fire rehearsals during Platinum Lynx 16-2 at Smardan Training Area, Romania, Dec. 8, 2015. Exercise Platinum Lynx 16-2 is a NATO-led multinational exercise designed to streng... More

U.S., Romanian, and Moldovan military members participate

U.S., Romanian, and Moldovan military members participate

U.S., Romanian, and Moldovan military members participate in a tank shoot rehearsal during Platinum Lynx 16-2 at Smardan Training Area, Romania, Dec. 9, 2015. Exercise Platinum Lynx 16-2 is a NATO-led multinati... More

U.S. Marines engage with Romanian and Moldovan military

U.S. Marines engage with Romanian and Moldovan military

U.S. Marines engage with Romanian and Moldovan military members during Platinum Lynx 16-2 at Smardan Training Area, Romania, Dec. 10, 2015. Exercise Platinum Lynx 16-2 is a NATO-led multinational exercise desig... More

A U.S. Marine and a Spanish Legionnaire clear a compound

A U.S. Marine and a Spanish Legionnaire clear a compound

A U.S. Marine and a Spanish Legionnaire clear a compound during a military operations in urban terrain exercise, near Almeria, Spain, Dec. 15. The MOUT exercise is part of week-long bi-lateral exercise, embeddi... More

U.S. Marines with the Ground Combat Element, Special-Purpose

U.S. Marines with the Ground Combat Element, Special-Purpose

U.S. Marines with the Ground Combat Element, Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response-Africa, prepare to board an MV-22B Osprey during an alert drill aboard Morón Air Base, Spain, Jan. 23, 2... More

A U.S. Marine Corps explosive ordnance disposal technician

A U.S. Marine Corps explosive ordnance disposal technician

A U.S. Marine Corps explosive ordnance disposal technician with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response-Africa sets up a mock improvised explosive device aboard Naval Station Rota, Spain, F... More

U.S. Marines and the Portuguese Fuzileros disembark

U.S. Marines and the Portuguese Fuzileros disembark

U.S. Marines and the Portuguese Fuzileros disembark from MV-22B Ospreys during an airfield seizure exercise as part of Operation Real Thaw in Seia, Portugal, Feb. 22, 2016. Marines with Special-Purpose Marine A... More

U.S. Marines with Alpha Company, Black Sea Rotational

U.S. Marines with Alpha Company, Black Sea Rotational

U.S. Marines with Alpha Company, Black Sea Rotational Force, stretch before the Spartan Elite competition aboard Mihail Kogalniceanu Air Base, Romania, April 1, 2016. The Spartan Elite competition assesses the ... More

U.S. Marine Capt. Russell Davis, Air Officer with Black

U.S. Marine Capt. Russell Davis, Air Officer with Black

U.S. Marine Capt. Russell Davis, Air Officer with Black Sea Rotational Force, left, writes coordinates for the joint terminal attack controller training aboard Mihail Kogalniceanu Air Base, Romania, April 1, 20... More

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Colin Merrigan, a squad leader

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Colin Merrigan, a squad leader

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Colin Merrigan, a squad leader with Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force-Crisis Response-Africa, fires an M4 carbine during a live-fire exercise to confirm his battle sight zero i... 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 render aid to a simulated casualty during a joint training exercise with U.S. Army Special Forces personnel in Germany, Apr.... More

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Virgil Maday, a rifleman

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Virgil Maday, a rifleman

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Virgil Maday, a rifleman with Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force-Crisis Response-Africa, fires an M4 carbine during a lateral movement exercise at a combat marksmanship ra... More

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Michael Battaglia, a team

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Michael Battaglia, a team

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Michael Battaglia, a team leader with Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force-Crisis Response-Africa, leads his team down a two-story building during a joint training exercise ... More

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. John Brancifort, a rifleman

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. John Brancifort, a rifleman

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. John Brancifort, a rifleman with Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force-Crisis Response-Africa, fires an M4 carbine in the lateral movement portion of a stress shooting exercise hel... More

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Matiyes Kinker and Cpl. Blake

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Matiyes Kinker and Cpl. Blake

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Matiyes Kinker and Cpl. Blake Campbell, squad leaders with Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force-Crisis Response-Africa, grapple during the Viking Games aboard Morón Air Base, Spai... 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 complete a live-fire close-quarter battle range while training with their Spanish Legionnaire counterparts from 8th Company, 8t... More

Leaders with Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task

Leaders with Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task

Leaders with Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force-Crisis Response-Africa and the French National Gendarmerie meet as representatives for the simulated U.S. and French Embassies during a riot-control exe... More

Sgt Raleigh Pendergrass , a water support technician

Sgt Raleigh Pendergrass , a water support technician

Sgt Raleigh Pendergrass , a water support technician with Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response-Africa, talks a soldier from the Uganda People’s Defense Force through a counter-improvised... More

U.S. Marines with Marine Aerial Refueler Transport

U.S. Marines with Marine Aerial Refueler Transport

U.S. Marines with Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron 252, Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force-Crisis Response-Africa, load cargo onto a KC-130J Hercules at Royal Air Force Lakenheath, England, J... More

Cpl. Brandon Gaddis, and Cpl. Marcoantonio Gonzalez,

Cpl. Brandon Gaddis, and Cpl. Marcoantonio Gonzalez,

Cpl. Brandon Gaddis, and Cpl. Marcoantonio Gonzalez, the Corporals Course class First Sergeant and Gunnery Sergeant, stand in front of their formation as the class sings the Marines’ hymn before physical traini... More

Staff Sgt. Jonathon St. Ann, a team chief with Special

Staff Sgt. Jonathon St. Ann, a team chief with Special

Staff Sgt. Jonathon St. Ann, a team chief with Special Purpose Marine-Air Ground Task Force Crisis Response-Africa, teaches a class about weapons handling to soldiers from the Compagnie Fusilier de Marin Comman... 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 receive a weapons safety brief from Portuguese soldiers on the Heckler & Koch G3 rifle during a familiarization range at Bri... 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 board an MV-22 Osprey to kick off Exercise Orion 16 at military training area Tancos, Portugal, June 22, 2016. Exercise Orio... 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, prepare to conduct practical application with Cameroonian soldiers with Forces Fusiliers Marins et Palmeurs de Combat on fire te... More

Lance Cpl. Dustin Kitts, a rifleman with Special Purpose

Lance Cpl. Dustin Kitts, a rifleman with Special Purpose

Lance Cpl. Dustin Kitts, a rifleman with Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response-Africa, instructs Cameroonian soldiers with Forces Fusiliers Marins et Palmeurs de Combat about fire team fo... More

U.S. Marine Corps 1st Lt. Kevin Ryan, a platoon commander

U.S. Marine Corps 1st Lt. Kevin Ryan, a platoon commander

U.S. Marine Corps 1st Lt. Kevin Ryan, a platoon commander with Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force-Crisis Response-Africa, posts security after disembarking an MV-22 Osprey at Campo Militar de Santa Ma... More

Landing support specialists with Combat Logistics Battalion

Landing support specialists with Combat Logistics Battalion

Landing support specialists with Combat Logistics Battalion 2, Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force-Crisis Response-Africa, await the arrival of an MV-22B Osprey during a helicopter support team exercis... More

Sgt. Thomas O’Hare, a machine gunner with Special Purpose

Sgt. Thomas O’Hare, a machine gunner with Special Purpose

Sgt. Thomas O’Hare, a machine gunner with Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response-Africa, conducts a fitness test for the German Armed Forces Badge for Military Proficiency at Naval Air Sta... More

Eleven Marines with Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground

Eleven Marines with Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground

Eleven Marines with Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response-Africa, complete their culminating event for their Marine Corps Martial Arts Instructors course by hiking up Mt. Etna, an active ... More

Cpl. Brandon Gaddis, a ground radio repair technician

Cpl. Brandon Gaddis, a ground radio repair technician

Cpl. Brandon Gaddis, a ground radio repair technician with Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response-Africa, stands in front of his work area at Naval Air Station Sigonella, Italy, July 27, 2... 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 hold a physical training event with Celebrity Chef Robert Irvine at Naval Air Station Sigonella, Italy, July 28, 2016. Marines c... More

U.S. Navy Hospital Mate 3rd Class Justo Ramirez a corpsman

U.S. Navy Hospital Mate 3rd Class Justo Ramirez a corpsman

U.S. Navy Hospital Mate 3rd Class Justo Ramirez a corpsman with Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response-Africa, teaches a combat lifesaver course at Naval Air Station Sigonella, Italy, Augu... More

U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Joseph Mendoza a non-lethal

U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Joseph Mendoza a non-lethal

U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Joseph Mendoza a non-lethal weapons instructor with Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response-Africa, instructs Marines on Mechanical Arm-Control Hold techniques ... More

Cpl. Alexander Peebles, a team leader with Special

Cpl. Alexander Peebles, a team leader with Special

Cpl. Alexander Peebles, a team leader with Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response-Africa, looks out a window while a Mauritanian Fusiler Marin practices house-clearing techniques near Ross... More

Cpl. Frank Cassella, a motor transport operator with

Cpl. Frank Cassella, a motor transport operator with

Cpl. Frank Cassella, a motor transport operator with Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response-Africa, shows the Gendarmerie Nationale Senegalaise a High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle... More

A U.S. Marine with Fox Company, 2nd Battalion, 8th

A U.S. Marine with Fox Company, 2nd Battalion, 8th

A U.S. Marine with Fox Company, 2nd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force-Crisis Response-Africa, patrols during a training exercise at Morón Air Base, Spain, Aug. 24, 201... More

Cpl. Angie Villamil Novoa, a warehouse clerk with Special

Cpl. Angie Villamil Novoa, a warehouse clerk with Special

Cpl. Angie Villamil Novoa, a warehouse clerk with Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response-Africa, teaches a class to the Ghanaian Navy on basic supply techniques at Western Naval Base, Seko... More

A Georgian medical team evaluates a U.S. Marine simulating

A Georgian medical team evaluates a U.S. Marine simulating

A Georgian medical team evaluates a U.S. Marine simulating a casualty during Exercise Agile Spirit 16. Sept. 1, 2016. Agile Spirit is a two-week combined forces counterinsurgency and peacekeeping operations tr... More

U.S. Marines with the Combined Arms Company conduct

U.S. Marines with the Combined Arms Company conduct

U.S. Marines with the Combined Arms Company conduct a promotion ceremony overlooking the base camp for Agile Spirit 16, Sept. 1, 2016. Agile Spirit is a two-week combined forces counterinsurgency and peacekeepi... More

Georgian and Romanian forces synchronize anti-armor

Georgian and Romanian forces synchronize anti-armor

Georgian and Romanian forces synchronize anti-armor capabilities using the SPG-9, a lightweight anti-armor weapon, Sept. 2, 2016. Agile Spirit is a two-week combined forces counterinsurgency and peacekeeping op... More

Agile Spirit 16, US Marine Corps Photo

Agile Spirit 16, US Marine Corps Photo

U.S. Marines fire artillery rounds from their respective positions during Agile Spirit 16, Sept. 5, 2016. Agile Spirit is a two-week combined forces counterinsurgency and peacekeeping operations training exerci... 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, pose for a group photo outside the town hall in Vizzini, Sicily, Sept. 7, 2016. Marines volunteered to clean up a local histori... More

Instructor Zero, a chief instructor for Spartan 360

Instructor Zero, a chief instructor for Spartan 360

Instructor Zero, a chief instructor for Spartan 360 Tactical Defense speaks to Marines with Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response-Africa at a range near Naval Air Station Sigonella, Italy... More

Sgt. Lawrence Hutchens, a geospatial chief and Lance

Sgt. Lawrence Hutchens, a geospatial chief and Lance

Sgt. Lawrence Hutchens, a geospatial chief and Lance Cpl. Conor Fredericks, an intelligence analyst with Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response-Africa stand for a photo before a run in Nis... More

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Chad Tompkins Jr., a crew chief

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Chad Tompkins Jr., a crew chief

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Chad Tompkins Jr., a crew chief with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 266, Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force-Crisis Response-Africa, observes out the side hatch of an MV-22B Os... 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 sword manual during Corporals Course at Naval Air Station Sigonella, Italy, September 16, 2016. Thirty-five Marines wit... More

U.S. Marines with Black Sea Rotational Force 16.2 work

U.S. Marines with Black Sea Rotational Force 16.2 work

U.S. Marines with Black Sea Rotational Force 16.2 work alongside NATO and allied forces during the opening ceremony of Exercise Platinum Lynx at Babadag Training Area, Romania, Sept. 19, 2016. Black Sea Rotatio... More

A U.S. Marine with Fox Company, 2nd Battalion, 8th

A U.S. Marine with Fox Company, 2nd Battalion, 8th

A U.S. Marine with Fox Company, 2nd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force-Crisis Response-Africa, descends from an MV-22B Osprey during a fast rope training event at Naval... More

A Moldavian soldier thanks the officer in charge of

A Moldavian soldier thanks the officer in charge of

A Moldavian soldier thanks the officer in charge of a female engagement team attached to the Black Sea Rotational Force 16.2 for providing a demonstration of law enforcement techniques at Babadag Training Area,... More

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