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African role players rehearse combat drills aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, N.C., Dec. 11, 2014. More than 80 Marines with Marine Wing Support Squadron 272 and 2nd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment taught military tactics and built camaraderie with role players in preparation for an upcoming deployment with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response-Africa.

African role players rehearse combat drills aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, N.C., Dec. 11, 2014. More than 80 Marines with Marine Wing Support Squadron 272 and 2nd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment taught military tactics and built camaraderie with role players in preparation for an upcoming deployment with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response-Africa.

Photo by Lance Cpl. Lucas Hopkins

Marines with 2nd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment practice entering and exiting the MV-22B Osprey during a simulated Tactical Recovery of Aircraft and Personnel, or TRAP, mission aboard Marine Corps Air Station New River, Dec. 9, 2014. The TRAP training provides designated forces tactical training and initial evaluation in order to conduct search and personnel recovery operations for the upcoming deployment with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response-Africa.

Marines with 2nd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment practice entering and exiting the MV-22B Osprey during a simulated Tactical Recovery of Aircraft and Personnel, or TRAP, mission aboard Marine Corps Air Station New River, Dec. 9, 2014. The TRAP training provides designated forces tactical training and initial evaluation in order to conduct search and personnel recovery operations for the upcoming deployment with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response-Africa.

Photo by Lance Cpl. Krista James

Marines and Sailors stand beneath the Turkish monument to the fallen soldiers of the Gallipoli Campaign at Canakkale, Turkey, Dec. 19-21, 2014. Turkish forces sustained more than 200,00 casualties during the course of the campaign.

Marines and Sailors stand beneath the Turkish monument to the fallen soldiers of the Gallipoli Campaign at Canakkale, Turkey, Dec. 19-21, 2014. Turkish forces sustained more than 200,00 casualties during the course of the campaign.

Photo by 1st Lt. John McCombs

Marines and Sailors view statues depicting the close-quarters nature of the fighting at Gallipoli during a professional military education event at Canakkale, Turkey, Dec. 19-21, 2014. Turkish soldiers were ordered to dig their trenches eight meters from the Allied forces so as to avoid bombardment.

Marines and Sailors view statues depicting the close-quarters nature of the fighting at Gallipoli during a professional military education event at Canakkale, Turkey, Dec. 19-21, 2014. Turkish soldiers were ordered to dig their trenches eight meters from the Allied forces so as to avoid bombardment.

Photo by 1st Lt. John McCombs

The Army National Guard Memorial located on Omaha Beach, Normandy, France, Dec. 27, 2014. The Memorial was dedicated to the soldiers who lost their lives during the D-Day invasion. Marines and Sailors from SPMAGTF-Crisis Response-Africa visited Normandy to learn more about the history behind D-Day, including the invasion timeline, tactics, routes used by the soldiers. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Jeraco Jenkins/Released)

The Army National Guard Memorial located on Omaha Beach, Normandy, France, Dec. 27, 2014. The Memorial was dedicated to the soldiers who lost their lives during the D-Day invasion. Marines and Sailors from SPMAGTF-Crisis Response-Africa visited Normandy to learn more about the history behind D-Day, including the invasion timeline, tactics, routes used by the soldiers. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Jeraco Jenkins/Released)

Photo by Cpl. Jeraco Jenkins

The head stone of Pvt. Barney B. Bowden, the great-uncle of U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Robert Bowden, an infantryman with SPMAGTF-Crisis Response- Africa, at the Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial, Normandy, France, Dec. 27, 2014. Marines and Sailors from SPMAGTF-Crisis Response-Africa visited Normandy to learn more about the history behind D-Day, including the invasion timeline, tactics, routes used by the soldiers. The cemetery is the final resting place for over nine thousand Americans who sacrificed their lives during the D-Day invasion and the following military operations of World War II. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Jeraco Jenkins/Released).

The head stone of Pvt. Barney B. Bowden, the great-uncle of U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Robert Bowden, an infantryman with SPMAGTF-Crisis Response- Africa, at the Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial, Normandy, France, Dec. 27, 2014. Marines and Sailors from SPMAGTF-Crisis Response-Africa visited Normandy to learn more about the history behind D-Day, including the invasion timeline, tactics, routes used by the soldiers. The cemetery is the final resting place for over nine thousand Americans who sacrificed their lives during the D-Day invasion and the following military operations of World War II. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Jeraco Jenkins/Released).

Photo by Cpl. Jeraco Jenkins

A picture taken of an unknown comrade buried in the Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial located in Normandy, France, Dec. 27, 2014. Marines and Sailors from SPMAGTF-Crisis Response-Africa visited Normandy to learn more about the history behind D-Day, including the invasion timeline, tactics, routes used by the soldiers. The cemetery is the final resting place for over nine thousand Americans who sacrificed their lives during the D-Day invasion and the following military operations of World War II. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Jeraco Jenkins/Released).

A picture taken of an unknown comrade buried in the Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial located in Normandy, France, Dec. 27, 2014. Marines and Sailors from SPMAGTF-Crisis Response-Africa visited Normandy to learn more about the history behind D-Day, including the invasion timeline, tactics, routes used by the soldiers. The cemetery is the final resting place for over nine thousand Americans who sacrificed their lives during the D-Day invasion and the following military operations of World War II. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Jeraco Jenkins/Released).

Photo by Cpl. Jeraco Jenkins

U.S. Marines with SPMAGTF-Crisis Response-Africa hold a quick class in front of a bunker on Utah Beach, Normandy, France, Dec. 28, 2014. Marines and Sailors from SPMAGTF-Crisis Response-Africa visited Normandy to learn more about the history behind D-Day, including the invasion timeline, tactics, routes used by the soldiers. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Jeraco Jenkins/Released)

U.S. Marines with SPMAGTF-Crisis Response-Africa hold a quick class in front of a bunker on Utah Beach, Normandy, France, Dec. 28, 2014. Marines and Sailors from SPMAGTF-Crisis Response-Africa visited Normandy to learn more about the history behind D-Day, including the invasion timeline, tactics, routes used by the soldiers. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Jeraco Jenkins/Released)

Photo by Cpl. Jeraco Jenkins

U.S. Marines and Sailors with SPMAGTF-Crisis Response-Africa pose for a photo in front of a memorial on Utah beach for fallen soldiers of the 1st Engineer Special Brigade, who gave their lives during the Allied Invasion of Normandy, Normandy, France, Dec. 28, 2014. Marines and Sailors from SPMAGTF-Crisis Response-Africa visited Normandy to learn more about the history behind D-Day, including the invasion timeline, tactics, routes used by the soldiers. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Jeraco Jenkins/Released).

U.S. Marines and Sailors with SPMAGTF-Crisis Response-Africa pose for a photo in front of a memorial on Utah beach for fallen soldiers of the 1st Engineer Special Brigade, who gave their lives during the Allied Invasion of Normandy, Normandy, France, Dec. 28, 2014. Marines and Sailors from SPMAGTF-Crisis Response-Africa visited Normandy to learn more about the history behind D-Day, including the invasion timeline, tactics, routes used by the soldiers. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Jeraco Jenkins/Released).

Photo by Cpl. Jeraco Jenkins

The Normandy America Cemetery and Memorial located in Normandy, France, Dec. 27, 2014. Marines and Sailors from SPMAGTF-Crisis Response-Africa visited Normandy to learn more about the history behind D-Day, including the invasion timeline, tactics, routes used by the soldiers. The cemetery is the final resting place for over nine thousand Americans who sacrificed their lives during the D-Day invasion and the following military operations of World War II. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Jeraco Jenkins/Released).

The Normandy America Cemetery and Memorial located in Normandy, France, Dec. 27, 2014. Marines and Sailors from SPMAGTF-Crisis Response-Africa visited Normandy to learn more about the history behind D-Day, including the invasion timeline, tactics, routes used by the soldiers. The cemetery is the final resting place for over nine thousand Americans who sacrificed their lives during the D-Day invasion and the following military operations of World War II. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Jeraco Jenkins/Released).

Photo by Cpl. Jeraco Jenkins

U.S. Marines, with SPMAGTF Crisis Response – Africa, take cover being a wall during an urban assault with the Spanish mountaineers with 1st Mountain Troops Command, as part of mountain warfare training in Candanchu, Spain, Dec. 16, 2014. The exercise, which was conducted with the Spanish, allowed the Marines to gain greater knowledge of mountain warfare tactics, techniques and procedures while enhancing interoperability with the Spanish and strengthening the U.S. partnership with Spain. SPMAGTF-CR-AF is a self-mobile crisis response force that conducts missions to protect U.S. personnel, property, and interests in the U.S. Africa Command area of responsibility. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Jeraco Jenkins/Released)

U.S. Marines, with SPMAGTF Crisis Response – Africa, take cover being a wall during an urban assault with the Spanish mountaineers with 1st Mountain Troops Command, as part of mountain warfare training in Candanchu, Spain, Dec. 16, 2014. The exercise, which was conducted with the Spanish, allowed the Marines to gain greater knowledge of mountain warfare tactics, techniques and procedures while enhancing interoperability with the Spanish and strengthening the U.S. partnership with Spain. SPMAGTF-CR-AF is a self-mobile crisis response force that conducts missions to protect U.S. personnel, property, and interests in the U.S. Africa Command area of responsibility. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Jeraco Jenkins/Released)

Photo by Cpl. Jeraco Jenkins

U.S. Marines with SPMAGTF Crisis Response – Africa, learn proper the proper technics of shooting in show taught by a Spanish mountaineer with 1st Mountain Troops Command IOT during mountain warfare training in Candanchu, Spain, Dec. 16, 2014. The exercise, which was conducted with the Spanish, allowed the Marines to gain greater knowledge of mountain warfare tactics, techniques and procedures while enhancing interoperability with the Spanish and strengthening the U.S. partnership with Spain. SPMAGTF-CR-AF is a self-mobile crisis response force that conducts missions to protect U.S. personnel, property, and interests in the U.S. Africa Command area of responsibility. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Jeraco Jenkins/Released)

U.S. Marines with SPMAGTF Crisis Response – Africa, learn proper the proper technics of shooting in show taught by a Spanish mountaineer with 1st Mountain Troops Command IOT during mountain warfare training in Candanchu, Spain, Dec. 16, 2014. The exercise, which was conducted with the Spanish, allowed the Marines to gain greater knowledge of mountain warfare tactics, techniques and procedures while enhancing interoperability with the Spanish and strengthening the U.S. partnership with Spain. SPMAGTF-CR-AF is a self-mobile crisis response force that conducts missions to protect U.S. personnel, property, and interests in the U.S. Africa Command area of responsibility. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Jeraco Jenkins/Released)

Photo by Cpl. Jeraco Jenkins

U.S. Marines with SPMAGTF Crisis Response – Africa, learn proper the proper technics of shooting in show taught by a Spanish mountaineer with 1st Mountain Troops Command IOT during mountain warfare training in Candanchu, Spain, Dec. 16, 2014. The exercise, which was conducted with the Spanish, allowed the Marines to gain greater knowledge of mountain warfare tactics, techniques and procedures while enhancing interoperability with the Spanish and strengthening the U.S. partnership with Spain. SPMAGTF-CR-AF is a self-mobile crisis response force that conducts missions to protect U.S. personnel, property, and interests in the U.S. Africa Command area of responsibility. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Jeraco Jenkins/Released)

U.S. Marines with SPMAGTF Crisis Response – Africa, learn proper the proper technics of shooting in show taught by a Spanish mountaineer with 1st Mountain Troops Command IOT during mountain warfare training in Candanchu, Spain, Dec. 16, 2014. The exercise, which was conducted with the Spanish, allowed the Marines to gain greater knowledge of mountain warfare tactics, techniques and procedures while enhancing interoperability with the Spanish and strengthening the U.S. partnership with Spain. SPMAGTF-CR-AF is a self-mobile crisis response force that conducts missions to protect U.S. personnel, property, and interests in the U.S. Africa Command area of responsibility. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Jeraco Jenkins/Released)

Photo by Cpl. Jeraco Jenkins

U.S. Marines with SPMAGTF Crisis Response – Africa, stand in formation during mountain warfare training in Candanchu, Spain, Dec. 16, 2014. The exercise, which was conducted with the Spanish, allowed the Marines to gain greater knowledge of mountain warfare tactics, techniques and procedures while enhancing interoperability with the Spanish and strengthening the U.S. partnership with Spain. SPMAGTF-CR-AF is a self-mobile crisis response force that conducts missions to protect U.S. personnel, property, and interests in the U.S. Africa Command area of responsibility. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Jeraco Jenkins/Released)

U.S. Marines with SPMAGTF Crisis Response – Africa, stand in formation during mountain warfare training in Candanchu, Spain, Dec. 16, 2014. The exercise, which was conducted with the Spanish, allowed the Marines to gain greater knowledge of mountain warfare tactics, techniques and procedures while enhancing interoperability with the Spanish and strengthening the U.S. partnership with Spain. SPMAGTF-CR-AF is a self-mobile crisis response force that conducts missions to protect U.S. personnel, property, and interests in the U.S. Africa Command area of responsibility. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Jeraco Jenkins/Released)

Photo by Cpl. Jeraco Jenkins

U.S. Marines with SPMAGTF Crisis Response – Africa, and Spanish Army mountaineers with 1st Mountain Troops Command, hike though alongside each other during mountain warfare training in Candanchu, Spain, Dec. 16, 2014. The exercise, which was conducted with the Spanish, allowed the Marines to gain greater knowledge of mountain warfare tactics, techniques and procedures while enhancing interoperability with the Spanish and strengthening the U.S. partnership with Spain. SPMAGTF-CR-AF is a self-mobile crisis response force that conducts missions to protect U.S. personnel, property, and interests in the U.S. Africa Command area of responsibility. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Jeraco Jenkins/Released)

U.S. Marines with SPMAGTF Crisis Response – Africa, and Spanish Army mountaineers with 1st Mountain Troops Command, hike though alongside each other during mountain warfare training in Candanchu, Spain, Dec. 16, 2014. The exercise, which was conducted with the Spanish, allowed the Marines to gain greater knowledge of mountain warfare tactics, techniques and procedures while enhancing interoperability with the Spanish and strengthening the U.S. partnership with Spain. SPMAGTF-CR-AF is a self-mobile crisis response force that conducts missions to protect U.S. personnel, property, and interests in the U.S. Africa Command area of responsibility. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Jeraco Jenkins/Released)

Photo by Cpl. Jeraco Jenkins

U.S. Marine Capt. Nathan D. Bedle, with SPMAGTF Crisis Response – Africa, and a Spanish soldier with 1st Mountain Troops Command conduct a trail recon a during mountain warfare training in Candanchu, Spain, Dec. 16, 2014. The exercise, which was conducted with the Spanish, allowed the Marines to gain greater knowledge of mountain warfare tactics, techniques and procedures while enhancing interoperability with the Spanish and strengthening the U.S. partnership with Spain. SPMAGTF-CR-AF is a self-mobile crisis response force that conducts missions to protect U.S. personnel, property, and interests in the U.S. Africa Command area of responsibility. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Jeraco Jenkins/Released)

U.S. Marine Capt. Nathan D. Bedle, with SPMAGTF Crisis Response – Africa, and a Spanish soldier with 1st Mountain Troops Command conduct a trail recon a during mountain warfare training in Candanchu, Spain, Dec. 16, 2014. The exercise, which was conducted with the Spanish, allowed the Marines to gain greater knowledge of mountain warfare tactics, techniques and procedures while enhancing interoperability with the Spanish and strengthening the U.S. partnership with Spain. SPMAGTF-CR-AF is a self-mobile crisis response force that conducts missions to protect U.S. personnel, property, and interests in the U.S. Africa Command area of responsibility. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Jeraco Jenkins/Released)

Photo by Cpl. Jeraco Jenkins

A U.S. Marine, with SPMAGTF Crisis Response – Africa, provides covering fire to allow his team to cross a road, during a simulated raid as part of mountain warfare training in Candanchu, Spain, Dec. 16, 2014. The exercise, which was conducted with the Spanish, allowed the Marines to gain greater knowledge of mountain warfare tactics, techniques and procedures while enhancing interoperability with the Spanish and strengthening the U.S. partnership with Spain. SPMAGTF-CR-AF is a self-mobile crisis response force that conducts missions to protect U.S. personnel, property, and interests in the U.S. Africa Command area of responsibility. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Jeraco Jenkins/Released)

A U.S. Marine, with SPMAGTF Crisis Response – Africa, provides covering fire to allow his team to cross a road, during a simulated raid as part of mountain warfare training in Candanchu, Spain, Dec. 16, 2014. The exercise, which was conducted with the Spanish, allowed the Marines to gain greater knowledge of mountain warfare tactics, techniques and procedures while enhancing interoperability with the Spanish and strengthening the U.S. partnership with Spain. SPMAGTF-CR-AF is a self-mobile crisis response force that conducts missions to protect U.S. personnel, property, and interests in the U.S. Africa Command area of responsibility. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Jeraco Jenkins/Released)

Photo by Cpl. Jeraco Jenkins

U.S. Marine Cpl. David S. Caudill, a rifleman with SPMAGTF Crisis Response – Africa, conducts a trail reconnaissance during mountain warfare training in Candanchu, Spain, Dec. 16, 2014. The exercise, which was conducted with the Spanish, allowed the Marines to gain greater knowledge of mountain warfare tactics, techniques and procedures while enhancing interoperability with the Spanish and strengthening the U.S. partnership with Spain. SPMAGTF-CR-AF is a self-mobile crisis response force that conducts missions to protect U.S. personnel, property, and interests in the U.S. Africa Command area of responsibility. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Jeraco Jenkins/Released)

U.S. Marine Cpl. David S. Caudill, a rifleman with SPMAGTF Crisis Response – Africa, conducts a trail reconnaissance during mountain warfare training in Candanchu, Spain, Dec. 16, 2014. The exercise, which was conducted with the Spanish, allowed the Marines to gain greater knowledge of mountain warfare tactics, techniques and procedures while enhancing interoperability with the Spanish and strengthening the U.S. partnership with Spain. SPMAGTF-CR-AF is a self-mobile crisis response force that conducts missions to protect U.S. personnel, property, and interests in the U.S. Africa Command area of responsibility. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Jeraco Jenkins/Released)

Photo by Cpl. Jeraco Jenkins

U.S. Marines with SPMAGTF Crisis Response – Africa, are guided by a Spanish Army mountaineer with 1st Mountain Troops Command, on a hike during mountain warfare training in Candanchu, Spain, Dec. 16, 2014. The exercise, which was conducted with the Spanish, allowed the Marines to gain greater knowledge of mountain warfare tactics, techniques and procedures while enhancing interoperability with the Spanish and strengthening the U.S. partnership with Spain. SPMAGTF-CR-AF is a self-mobile crisis response force that conducts missions to protect U.S. personnel, property, and interests in the U.S. Africa Command area of responsibility. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Jeraco Jenkins/Released)

U.S. Marines with SPMAGTF Crisis Response – Africa, are guided by a Spanish Army mountaineer with 1st Mountain Troops Command, on a hike during mountain warfare training in Candanchu, Spain, Dec. 16, 2014. The exercise, which was conducted with the Spanish, allowed the Marines to gain greater knowledge of mountain warfare tactics, techniques and procedures while enhancing interoperability with the Spanish and strengthening the U.S. partnership with Spain. SPMAGTF-CR-AF is a self-mobile crisis response force that conducts missions to protect U.S. personnel, property, and interests in the U.S. Africa Command area of responsibility. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Jeraco Jenkins/Released)

Photo by Cpl. Jeraco Jenkins

U.S. Marines with SPMAGTF Crisis Response – Africa, are guided by a Spanish Army mountaineer with 1st Mountain Troops Command on a hike during mountain warfare training in Candanchu, Spain, Dec. 16, 2014. The exercise, which was conducted with the Spanish, allowed the Marines to gain greater knowledge of mountain warfare tactics, techniques and procedures while enhancing interoperability with the Spanish and strengthening the U.S. partnership with Spain. SPMAGTF-CR-AF is a self-mobile crisis response force that conducts missions to protect U.S. personnel, property and interests in the U.S. Africa Command area of responsibility. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Jeraco Jenkins/Released)

U.S. Marines with SPMAGTF Crisis Response – Africa, are guided by a Spanish Army mountaineer with 1st Mountain Troops Command on a hike during mountain warfare training in Candanchu, Spain, Dec. 16, 2014. The exercise, which was conducted with the Spanish, allowed the Marines to gain greater knowledge of mountain warfare tactics, techniques and procedures while enhancing interoperability with the Spanish and strengthening the U.S. partnership with Spain. SPMAGTF-CR-AF is a self-mobile crisis response force that conducts missions to protect U.S. personnel, property and interests in the U.S. Africa Command area of responsibility. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Jeraco Jenkins/Released)

Photo by Cpl. Jeraco Jenkins

Marine Corps Forces Europe & Africa