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U.S. Marine Cpl. John Martz, operations noncommissioned officer for Black Sea Rotational Force explains how U.S. Marines construct and sustain information flow through the combat operations center during a military-to-military engagement at Camp Adem Jashari in Pristina, Kosovo April 14-24, 2015. According to Maj. Adam Giroux, the Bilateral Affairs Officer at the U.S. Embassy in Pristina, these engagements are vital in Kosovo’s effort to NATO interoperability. (Official Marine Corps photo by 1st Lt. Sarah E. Burns)

U.S. Marine Cpl. John Martz, operations noncommissioned officer for Black Sea Rotational Force explains how U.S. Marines construct and sustain information flow through the combat operations center during a military-to-military engagement at Camp Adem Jashari in Pristina, Kosovo April 14-24, 2015. According to Maj. Adam Giroux, the Bilateral Affairs Officer at the U.S. Embassy in Pristina, these engagements are vital in Kosovo’s effort to NATO interoperability. (Official Marine Corps photo by 1st Lt. Sarah E. Burns)

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Mauritanian Fusilier Marins conduct a patrol during training near Nouadhibou, Mauritania, Feb. 18, 2015. Approximately 20 U.S. Marines, Sailors and Coastguardsmen with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response-Africa trained with the Mauritanians, practicing infantry skills, small boat operations, combat marksmanship and tactical combat casualty care. (Courtesy photo)

Mauritanian Fusilier Marins conduct a patrol during training near Nouadhibou, Mauritania, Feb. 18, 2015. Approximately 20 U.S. Marines, Sailors and Coastguardsmen with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response-Africa trained with the Mauritanians, practicing infantry skills, small boat operations, combat marksmanship and tactical combat casualty care. (Courtesy photo)

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U.S. Marines with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response-Africa practice patrol formations and hand-and-arm signals with Mauritanian Fusilier Marins in Nouadhibou, Mauritania, Feb. 18, 2015. Approximately 20 U.S. Marines, Sailors and Coastguardsmen with SPMAGTF-CR-AF conducted infantry training and small boat operations with the Mauritanians to increase their capabilities and regional stability. (Courtesy Photo)

U.S. Marines with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response-Africa practice patrol formations and hand-and-arm signals with Mauritanian Fusilier Marins in Nouadhibou, Mauritania, Feb. 18, 2015. Approximately 20 U.S. Marines, Sailors and Coastguardsmen with SPMAGTF-CR-AF conducted infantry training and small boat operations with the Mauritanians to increase their capabilities and regional stability. (Courtesy Photo)

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U.S. Marines with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response-Africa demonstrate close-quarters combat techniques to Mauritanian Fusilier Marins in Nouadhibou, Mauritania, Feb. 20, 2015. Approximately 20 Marines, Sailors and Coastguardsmen with SPMAGTF-CR-AF conducted infantry training and small boat operations with the Mauritanians to increase their capabilities and regional stability. (Courtesy photo)

U.S. Marines with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response-Africa demonstrate close-quarters combat techniques to Mauritanian Fusilier Marins in Nouadhibou, Mauritania, Feb. 20, 2015. Approximately 20 Marines, Sailors and Coastguardsmen with SPMAGTF-CR-AF conducted infantry training and small boat operations with the Mauritanians to increase their capabilities and regional stability. (Courtesy photo)

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U.S. Marines and Mauritanian Fusilier Marins rehearse fields of fire during infantry training in Nouadhibou, Mauritania, Feb. 23, 2015. Approximately 20 U.S. Marines, Sailors and Coastguardsmen with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response-Africa trained with the Mauritanians, practicing infantry skills, small boat operations, combat marksmanship, and tactical combat casualty care. (Courtesy photo)

U.S. Marines and Mauritanian Fusilier Marins rehearse fields of fire during infantry training in Nouadhibou, Mauritania, Feb. 23, 2015. Approximately 20 U.S. Marines, Sailors and Coastguardsmen with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response-Africa trained with the Mauritanians, practicing infantry skills, small boat operations, combat marksmanship, and tactical combat casualty care. (Courtesy photo)

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Marine Cpl. Austin Pack, a team leader with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response-Africa, demonstrates aiming in the standing position to Mauritanian Fusilier Marins in Nouadhibou, Mauritania, Feb. 25, 2015. Approximately 20 U.S. Marines, Sailors and Coast Guardsmen with SPMAGTF-CR-AF trained with the Mauritanians, practicing infantry skills such as small boat operations, combat marksmanship and tactical combat casualty care. (Courtesy photo)

Marine Cpl. Austin Pack, a team leader with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response-Africa, demonstrates aiming in the standing position to Mauritanian Fusilier Marins in Nouadhibou, Mauritania, Feb. 25, 2015. Approximately 20 U.S. Marines, Sailors and Coast Guardsmen with SPMAGTF-CR-AF trained with the Mauritanians, practicing infantry skills such as small boat operations, combat marksmanship and tactical combat casualty care. (Courtesy photo)

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A Mauritanian Fusilier Marin shoots in the standing position as a U.S. Marine observes in Nouadhibou, Mauritania, Feb. 26, 2015. Approximately 20 U.S. Marines, Sailors and Coast Guardsmen with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response-Africa trained with the Mauritanians, practicing infantry skills, combat marksmanship, small boat operations, and tactical combat casualty care. (Courtesy photo)

A Mauritanian Fusilier Marin shoots in the standing position as a U.S. Marine observes in Nouadhibou, Mauritania, Feb. 26, 2015. Approximately 20 U.S. Marines, Sailors and Coast Guardsmen with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response-Africa trained with the Mauritanians, practicing infantry skills, combat marksmanship, small boat operations, and tactical combat casualty care. (Courtesy photo)

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Mauritanian Fusilier Marins carry a U.S. Marine while practicing tactical combat casualty care in Nouadhibou, Mauritania, March 19, 2015. Approximately 20 U.S. Marines, Sailors and Coast Guardsmen with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response-Africa trained with the Mauritanians, practicing infantry skills, small boat operations, combat marksmanship, and close-quarters combat techniques. (Courtesy photo)

Mauritanian Fusilier Marins carry a U.S. Marine while practicing tactical combat casualty care in Nouadhibou, Mauritania, March 19, 2015. Approximately 20 U.S. Marines, Sailors and Coast Guardsmen with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response-Africa trained with the Mauritanians, practicing infantry skills, small boat operations, combat marksmanship, and close-quarters combat techniques. (Courtesy photo)

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U.S. Marine Cpl. Christopher Moore, a machine-gunner with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Forces Crisis Response-Africa, demonstrates the proper kneeling position with the help of an interpreter during a marksmanship class for the Cameroonian Naval Commando Company, near Limbe, Cameroon, March 12, 2015. Moore is part of a Theater Security Cooperation team, which traveled to Cameroon to conduct an engagement focused on marksmanship and other basic infantry skills with the COPALCO during the multinational maritime security exercise, Africa Partnership Station. (Official U.S. Marine Corps photo by Staff Sgt. Steve Cushman/Released)

U.S. Marine Cpl. Christopher Moore, a machine-gunner with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Forces Crisis Response-Africa, demonstrates the proper kneeling position with the help of an interpreter during a marksmanship class for the Cameroonian Naval Commando Company, near Limbe, Cameroon, March 12, 2015. Moore is part of a Theater Security Cooperation team, which traveled to Cameroon to conduct an engagement focused on marksmanship and other basic infantry skills with the COPALCO during the multinational maritime security exercise, Africa Partnership Station. (Official U.S. Marine Corps photo by Staff Sgt. Steve Cushman/Released)

Photo by Staff Sgt. Steve Cushman

U.S. Marines demonstrate team rushes for embarked Cameroonian Naval
Commandos during search and seizure training aboard the USNS Spearhead March
19, 2015. The Cameroonian Commandos embarked aboard the Spearhead after the
theater security cooperation team left Cameroon to travel to Gabon. U.S.,
British Royal and Spanish Marines made up the team of Marines that spent
three months traveling to four different African countries training the
militaries of Ghana, Angola, Cameroon and Gabon on basic infantry skills,
marksmanship, small-boat operations and search and seizure techniques. (U.S.
Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Joshua Davies/Released)

U.S. Marines demonstrate team rushes for embarked Cameroonian Naval Commandos during search and seizure training aboard the USNS Spearhead March 19, 2015. The Cameroonian Commandos embarked aboard the Spearhead after the theater security cooperation team left Cameroon to travel to Gabon. U.S., British Royal and Spanish Marines made up the team of Marines that spent three months traveling to four different African countries training the militaries of Ghana, Angola, Cameroon and Gabon on basic infantry skills, marksmanship, small-boat operations and search and seizure techniques. (U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Joshua Davies/Released)

Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Joshua Davies

Angolan Marines, also known as Fuzileiros Navais da Marinha de Guerra Angolana (MGA), climb aboard the USNS Spearhead for an engagement in Luanda, Angola, March 4, 2015. U.S. Marines, British Royal Marines and Spanish Marines spent three days working with the Angolans in close-quarters combat, small boat operations and repair, and search and seizure techniques before departing for Cameroon during the maritime security exercise, Africa Partnership Station. (Official U.S. Marine Corps photo by Staff Sgt. Steve Cushman/Released)

Angolan Marines, also known as Fuzileiros Navais da Marinha de Guerra Angolana (MGA), climb aboard the USNS Spearhead for an engagement in Luanda, Angola, March 4, 2015. U.S. Marines, British Royal Marines and Spanish Marines spent three days working with the Angolans in close-quarters combat, small boat operations and repair, and search and seizure techniques before departing for Cameroon during the maritime security exercise, Africa Partnership Station. (Official U.S. Marine Corps photo by Staff Sgt. Steve Cushman/Released)

Photo by Staff Sgt. Steve Cushman

U.S. Marine Cpl. Anthony Bourne (right) and Lance Cpl. Daniel Maine, riflemen with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response-Africa, demonstrate room-clearing techniques to Angolan Marines in Luanda, Angola, March 4, 2015. U.S. Marines, British Royal Marines and Spanish Marines spent three days training with the Angolans in close-quarters combat, small boat operations and repair, and visit, board, search and seizure techniques before departing for Cameroon during the maritime security exercise, Africa Partnership Station. (Official U.S. Marine Corps photo by Staff Sgt. Steve Cushman/Released)

U.S. Marine Cpl. Anthony Bourne (right) and Lance Cpl. Daniel Maine, riflemen with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response-Africa, demonstrate room-clearing techniques to Angolan Marines in Luanda, Angola, March 4, 2015. U.S. Marines, British Royal Marines and Spanish Marines spent three days training with the Angolans in close-quarters combat, small boat operations and repair, and visit, board, search and seizure techniques before departing for Cameroon during the maritime security exercise, Africa Partnership Station. (Official U.S. Marine Corps photo by Staff Sgt. Steve Cushman/Released)

Photo by Staff Sgt. Steve Cushman

Angolan Marines, known as Fuzileiros Navais da Marinha de Guerra Angolana (MGA), practice clearing a room in Luanda, Angola, March 4, 2015. U.S. Marines, British Royal Marines and Spanish Marines spent three days training with the Angolans in close-quarters combat, small boat operations and repair, and search and seizure techniques before departing for Cameroon during the maritime security exercise, Africa Partnership Station. (Official U.S. Marine Corps photo by Staff Sgt. Steve Cushman/Released)

Angolan Marines, known as Fuzileiros Navais da Marinha de Guerra Angolana (MGA), practice clearing a room in Luanda, Angola, March 4, 2015. U.S. Marines, British Royal Marines and Spanish Marines spent three days training with the Angolans in close-quarters combat, small boat operations and repair, and search and seizure techniques before departing for Cameroon during the maritime security exercise, Africa Partnership Station. (Official U.S. Marine Corps photo by Staff Sgt. Steve Cushman/Released)

Photo by Staff Sgt. Steve Cushman

British Royal Marine Sgt. Lloyd Hartley (left) discusses search and seizure tactics with Angolan Marines, also known as Fuzileiros Navais da Marinha de Guerra Angolana (MGA), in Luanda, Angola, March 4, 2015. U.S. Marines, British Royal Marines and Spanish Marines spent three days working with the Angolans in close-quarters combat, small boat operations and repair, and search and seizure techniques before departing for Cameroon during the maritime security exercise, Africa Partnership Station. (Official U.S. Marine Corps photo by Staff Sgt. Steve Cushman/Released)

British Royal Marine Sgt. Lloyd Hartley (left) discusses search and seizure tactics with Angolan Marines, also known as Fuzileiros Navais da Marinha de Guerra Angolana (MGA), in Luanda, Angola, March 4, 2015. U.S. Marines, British Royal Marines and Spanish Marines spent three days working with the Angolans in close-quarters combat, small boat operations and repair, and search and seizure techniques before departing for Cameroon during the maritime security exercise, Africa Partnership Station. (Official U.S. Marine Corps photo by Staff Sgt. Steve Cushman/Released)

Photo by Staff Sgt. Steve Cushman

U.S. Marine Cpl. Anthony Bourne, a rifleman with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response-Africa, demonstrates room-clearing techniques to Angolan Marines in Luanda, Angola, March 4, 2015. U.S. Marines, British Royal Marines and Spanish Marines spent three days training with the Angolans in close-quarters combat, small boat operations and repair, and search and seizure techniques before departing for Cameroon during the maritime security exercise, Africa Partnership Station. (Official U.S. Marine Corps photo by Staff Sgt. Steve Cushman/Released)

U.S. Marine Cpl. Anthony Bourne, a rifleman with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response-Africa, demonstrates room-clearing techniques to Angolan Marines in Luanda, Angola, March 4, 2015. U.S. Marines, British Royal Marines and Spanish Marines spent three days training with the Angolans in close-quarters combat, small boat operations and repair, and search and seizure techniques before departing for Cameroon during the maritime security exercise, Africa Partnership Station. (Official U.S. Marine Corps photo by Staff Sgt. Steve Cushman/Released)

Photo by Staff Sgt. Steve Cushman

Spanish Marines review navigation equipment with Angolan Marines in Luanda, Angola, March 4, 2015, before conducting coxswain training in the Luanda Harbor. The Spanish Marines worked with the Angolan coxswains on seafaring capabilities. U.S. Marines, British Royal Marines and Spanish Marines spent three days training with the Angolans in close-quarters combat, small boat operations and repair, and search and seizure techniques before departing for Cameroon during the maritime security exercise, Africa Partnership Station. (Official U.S. Marine Corps photo by Staff Sgt. Steve Cushman/Released)

Spanish Marines review navigation equipment with Angolan Marines in Luanda, Angola, March 4, 2015, before conducting coxswain training in the Luanda Harbor. The Spanish Marines worked with the Angolan coxswains on seafaring capabilities. U.S. Marines, British Royal Marines and Spanish Marines spent three days training with the Angolans in close-quarters combat, small boat operations and repair, and search and seizure techniques before departing for Cameroon during the maritime security exercise, Africa Partnership Station. (Official U.S. Marine Corps photo by Staff Sgt. Steve Cushman/Released)

Photo by Staff Sgt. Steve Cushman

U.S. Marine Sgt. Ben Sheely, a squad leader with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Forces Crisis Response-Africa, gives a class on marksmanship for the Cameroonian Naval Commando Company, near Limbe, Cameroon, March 12, 2015. Sheely is part of a Theater Security Cooperation team, which traveled to Cameroon to conduct an engagement focused on marksmanship and other basic infantry skills with the COPALCO during the multinational maritime security exercise, Africa Partnership Station. (Official U.S. Marine Corps photo by Staff Sgt. Steve Cushman/Released)

U.S. Marine Sgt. Ben Sheely, a squad leader with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Forces Crisis Response-Africa, gives a class on marksmanship for the Cameroonian Naval Commando Company, near Limbe, Cameroon, March 12, 2015. Sheely is part of a Theater Security Cooperation team, which traveled to Cameroon to conduct an engagement focused on marksmanship and other basic infantry skills with the COPALCO during the multinational maritime security exercise, Africa Partnership Station. (Official U.S. Marine Corps photo by Staff Sgt. Steve Cushman/Released)

Photo by Staff Sgt. Steve Cushman

U.S. Coast Guardsmen Machine Technician 2nd Class Kevin Wilson, a boat mechanic with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response-Africa explains proper engine maintenance to Ghanaian Sailors at the Sigondi Western Naval Base in Ghana, April 14, 2015. A team of four U.S. Marines and Coast Guardsmen taught more than 25 Ghanaian Sailors boat maintenance on the 27-foot Defender-class boat. (Courtesy Photo/Released)

U.S. Coast Guardsmen Machine Technician 2nd Class Kevin Wilson, a boat mechanic with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response-Africa explains proper engine maintenance to Ghanaian Sailors at the Sigondi Western Naval Base in Ghana, April 14, 2015. A team of four U.S. Marines and Coast Guardsmen taught more than 25 Ghanaian Sailors boat maintenance on the 27-foot Defender-class boat. (Courtesy Photo/Released)

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U.S. Coast Guard Machine Technician 2nd Class Kevin Wilson, a boat mechanic with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response-Africa, and Ghanaian Sailors remove the cover of a boat engine prior to conducting maintenance at the Sigondi Western Naval Base in Ghana, April 14, 2015. A team of four U.S. Marines and Coast Guardsmen taught more than 25 Ghanaian Sailors boat maintenance on the 27-foot Defender-class boat. (Courtesy Photo/Released)

U.S. Coast Guard Machine Technician 2nd Class Kevin Wilson, a boat mechanic with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response-Africa, and Ghanaian Sailors remove the cover of a boat engine prior to conducting maintenance at the Sigondi Western Naval Base in Ghana, April 14, 2015. A team of four U.S. Marines and Coast Guardsmen taught more than 25 Ghanaian Sailors boat maintenance on the 27-foot Defender-class boat. (Courtesy Photo/Released)

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A U.S. Marine adjusts the shooting stance of a Sailor from Ghana’s Rapid Reaction Force during marksmanship training at the Jungle Warfare School, Ghana, Feb. 12, 2015. U.S. Marines from Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response-Africa participated in a three-month-long maritime security exercise, Africa Partnership Station, in Ghana, Angola, Cameroon and Gabon, alongside Spanish and British Royal Marines. (Courtesy photo/Released)

A U.S. Marine adjusts the shooting stance of a Sailor from Ghana’s Rapid Reaction Force during marksmanship training at the Jungle Warfare School, Ghana, Feb. 12, 2015. U.S. Marines from Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response-Africa participated in a three-month-long maritime security exercise, Africa Partnership Station, in Ghana, Angola, Cameroon and Gabon, alongside Spanish and British Royal Marines. (Courtesy photo/Released)

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