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A group of sailors with the Togolese Navy watch as Lance Cpl. Tyler Jackson, a Marine with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Africa 14.1, and Petty Officer 3rd Class Brian Spence, a Coastguardsman with U.S. Coast Guard Station Seattle, discuss small-boat engine mechanics in Lomé, Togo, March 25. Jackson and Spence put together a week-long training program of classroom instruction and practical application so the two groups of service members could partner together to fix engines. Established in 2011, Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Africa 14.1 is charged with supporting U.S. Africa Command and Marine Corps Forces Europe and Africa’s theater security cooperation requirements.

A group of sailors with the Togolese Navy watch as Lance Cpl. Tyler Jackson, a Marine with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Africa 14.1, and Petty Officer 3rd Class Brian Spence, a Coastguardsman with U.S. Coast Guard Station Seattle, discuss small-boat engine mechanics in Lomé, Togo, March 25. Jackson and Spence put together a week-long training program of classroom instruction and practical application so the two groups of service members could partner together to fix engines. Established in 2011, Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Africa 14.1 is charged with supporting U.S. Africa Command and Marine Corps Forces Europe and Africa’s theater security cooperation requirements.

Photo by 1st Lt. James Stenger

Lance Cpl. Tyler Jackson, a Marine with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Africa 14.1, looks on as Petty Officer 3rd Class Brian Spence, a Coastguardsman with U.S. Coast Guard Station Seattle, explains the electronic control module on a small-boat engine to a group of sailors from the Togolese Navy in Lomé, Togo, March 25. Jackson and Spence put together a week-long training program of classroom instruction and practical application so the two groups of service members could partner together to fix engines. Established in 2011, Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Africa 14.1 is charged with supporting U.S. Africa Command and Marine Corps Forces Europe and Africa’s theater security cooperation requirements.

Lance Cpl. Tyler Jackson, a Marine with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Africa 14.1, looks on as Petty Officer 3rd Class Brian Spence, a Coastguardsman with U.S. Coast Guard Station Seattle, explains the electronic control module on a small-boat engine to a group of sailors from the Togolese Navy in Lomé, Togo, March 25. Jackson and Spence put together a week-long training program of classroom instruction and practical application so the two groups of service members could partner together to fix engines. Established in 2011, Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Africa 14.1 is charged with supporting U.S. Africa Command and Marine Corps Forces Europe and Africa’s theater security cooperation requirements.

Photo by 1st Lt. James Stenger

A group of sailors with the Togolese Navy listen to Lance Cpl. Tyler Jackson, a Marine with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Africa 14.1, and Petty Officer 3rd Class Brian Spence, a Coastguardsman with U.S. Coast Guard Station Seattle, discuss small-boat engine mechanics through an interpreter in Lomé, Togo, March 25. After the classroom period, the U.S. service members and Togolese sailors went outside to fix an ailing small-boat engine together.

A group of sailors with the Togolese Navy listen to Lance Cpl. Tyler Jackson, a Marine with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Africa 14.1, and Petty Officer 3rd Class Brian Spence, a Coastguardsman with U.S. Coast Guard Station Seattle, discuss small-boat engine mechanics through an interpreter in Lomé, Togo, March 25. After the classroom period, the U.S. service members and Togolese sailors went outside to fix an ailing small-boat engine together.

Photo by 1st Lt. James Stenger

Lance Cpl. Tyler Jackson, a Marine with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Africa 14.1, and Petty Officer 3rd Class Brian Spence, a Coastguardsman with U.S. Coast Guard Station Seattle, inspect a boat engine prior to starting a week-long training program designed to demonstrate proper small-boat engine mechanics to a group of sailors from the Togolese Navy in Lomé, Togo, March 24. Jackson and Spence put together a week-long training program of classroom instruction and practical application so the two groups of service members could partner together to fix engines. Established in 2011, Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Africa 14.1 is charged with supporting U.S. Africa Command and Marine Corps Forces Europe and Africa’s theater security cooperation requirements.

Lance Cpl. Tyler Jackson, a Marine with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Africa 14.1, and Petty Officer 3rd Class Brian Spence, a Coastguardsman with U.S. Coast Guard Station Seattle, inspect a boat engine prior to starting a week-long training program designed to demonstrate proper small-boat engine mechanics to a group of sailors from the Togolese Navy in Lomé, Togo, March 24. Jackson and Spence put together a week-long training program of classroom instruction and practical application so the two groups of service members could partner together to fix engines. Established in 2011, Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Africa 14.1 is charged with supporting U.S. Africa Command and Marine Corps Forces Europe and Africa’s theater security cooperation requirements.

Photo by 1st Lt. James Stenger

Petty Officer 3rd Class Brian Spence, a Coastguardsman with U.S. Coastguard Station Seattle, explains the electronic control module of a small-boat engine a group of sailors from the Togolese Navy in Lomé, Togo, March 25. Spence flew from Seattle to attend a week-long training program designed to demonstrate proper small-boat engine mechanics to a group of sailors from the Togolese Navy.

Petty Officer 3rd Class Brian Spence, a Coastguardsman with U.S. Coastguard Station Seattle, explains the electronic control module of a small-boat engine a group of sailors from the Togolese Navy in Lomé, Togo, March 25. Spence flew from Seattle to attend a week-long training program designed to demonstrate proper small-boat engine mechanics to a group of sailors from the Togolese Navy.

Photo by 1st Lt. James Stenger

A group of sailors with the Togolese Navy watch as Lance Cpl. Tyler Jackson, a Marine with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Africa 14.1, and Petty Officer 3rd Class Brian Spence, a Coastguardsman with U.S. Coast Guard Station Seattle, discuss small-boat engine mechanics in Lomé, Togo, March 25. Jackson and Spence put together a week-long training program of classroom instruction and practical application so the two groups of service members could partner together to fix engines. Established in 2011, Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Africa 14.1 is charged with supporting U.S. Africa Command and Marine Corps Forces Europe and Africa’s theater security cooperation requirements.

A group of sailors with the Togolese Navy watch as Lance Cpl. Tyler Jackson, a Marine with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Africa 14.1, and Petty Officer 3rd Class Brian Spence, a Coastguardsman with U.S. Coast Guard Station Seattle, discuss small-boat engine mechanics in Lomé, Togo, March 25. Jackson and Spence put together a week-long training program of classroom instruction and practical application so the two groups of service members could partner together to fix engines. Established in 2011, Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Africa 14.1 is charged with supporting U.S. Africa Command and Marine Corps Forces Europe and Africa’s theater security cooperation requirements.

Photo by 1st Lt. James Stenger

Lance Cpl. Tyler Jackson, a Marine with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Africa 14.1, presents a class on small-boat engine mechanics to a class of sailors from the Togolese Navy, in Lomé, Togo, March 25. Jackson, a Lancaster, Calif., native, was responsible for creating classroom instructions and practical application courses designed to show the Togolese sailors the best common practices to fix the engines on their fleet of boats.

Lance Cpl. Tyler Jackson, a Marine with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Africa 14.1, presents a class on small-boat engine mechanics to a class of sailors from the Togolese Navy, in Lomé, Togo, March 25. Jackson, a Lancaster, Calif., native, was responsible for creating classroom instructions and practical application courses designed to show the Togolese sailors the best common practices to fix the engines on their fleet of boats.

Photo by 1st Lt. James Stenger

An MV-22B Osprey from Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response flies into Tifnit, Morocco, to demonstrate the rapid-response capability of the airframe during a multinational observer day for African Lion 14. Exercise African Lion is U.S. Africa Command’s flagship program in Northern Africa to build partner-nation capacity and interoperability. The African Lion 14 Observer Program was built to showcase the exercise to potential participants, setting the foundation for more robust military engagements in future iterations. The U.S. Marine Corps Forces Europe and Africa-led engagement is one of the biggest of its kind on the continent and, during African Lion 14, hosted a multilateral event that included military observers from Mauritania, Egypt, Tunisia, Turkey, Great Britain, Belgium, the Netherlands, Portugal, Germany, Spain, Senegal, Poland, Turkey, Italy, and France.

An MV-22B Osprey from Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response flies into Tifnit, Morocco, to demonstrate the rapid-response capability of the airframe during a multinational observer day for African Lion 14. Exercise African Lion is U.S. Africa Command’s flagship program in Northern Africa to build partner-nation capacity and interoperability. The African Lion 14 Observer Program was built to showcase the exercise to potential participants, setting the foundation for more robust military engagements in future iterations. The U.S. Marine Corps Forces Europe and Africa-led engagement is one of the biggest of its kind on the continent and, during African Lion 14, hosted a multilateral event that included military observers from Mauritania, Egypt, Tunisia, Turkey, Great Britain, Belgium, the Netherlands, Portugal, Germany, Spain, Senegal, Poland, Turkey, Italy, and France.

Photo by Sgt. Tatum Vayavananda

U.S. Marines of Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response board an MV-22B tiltrotor Osprey from Tifnit Military Instillation, Morocco, April 3, 2014 during exercise Africa Lion 14. SP-MAGTF Crisis Response is a self-deployable, highly mobile response force allocated to U.S. Africa Command to respond to missions in permissive and uncertain environments to protect U.S. citizens, interests and other designated persons. SP-MAGTF Crisis Response participated in the exercise to train their rapid response capability. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Alexander Hill/Released)

U.S. Marines of Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response board an MV-22B tiltrotor Osprey from Tifnit Military Instillation, Morocco, April 3, 2014 during exercise Africa Lion 14. SP-MAGTF Crisis Response is a self-deployable, highly mobile response force allocated to U.S. Africa Command to respond to missions in permissive and uncertain environments to protect U.S. citizens, interests and other designated persons. SP-MAGTF Crisis Response participated in the exercise to train their rapid response capability. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Alexander Hill/Released)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Alexander Hill

U.S. Marines of Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response take-off in MV-22B tiltrotor Ospreys from Tifnit Military Instillation, Morocco, April 3, 2014 during exercise African Lion 14. SP-MAGTF Crisis Response is a self-deployable, highly mobile response force allocated to U.S. Africa Command to respond to missions in permissive and uncertain environments to protect U.S. citizens, interests and other designated persons. SP-MAGTF Crisis Response participated in the exercise to train their rapid response capability. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Alexander Hill/Released)

U.S. Marines of Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response take-off in MV-22B tiltrotor Ospreys from Tifnit Military Instillation, Morocco, April 3, 2014 during exercise African Lion 14. SP-MAGTF Crisis Response is a self-deployable, highly mobile response force allocated to U.S. Africa Command to respond to missions in permissive and uncertain environments to protect U.S. citizens, interests and other designated persons. SP-MAGTF Crisis Response participated in the exercise to train their rapid response capability. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Alexander Hill/Released)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Alexander Hill

U.S. Marines with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response conduct landing zone security at Tifnit Military Instillation, Morocco, April 3, 2014 during exercise African Lion 14. SP-MAGTF Crisis Response is a self-deployable, highly mobile response force allocated to U.S. Africa Command to respond to missions in permissive and uncertain environments to protect U.S. citizens, interests and other designated persons. SP-MAGTF Crisis Response participated in the exercise to train their rapid response capability. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Alexander Hill/Released)

U.S. Marines with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response conduct landing zone security at Tifnit Military Instillation, Morocco, April 3, 2014 during exercise African Lion 14. SP-MAGTF Crisis Response is a self-deployable, highly mobile response force allocated to U.S. Africa Command to respond to missions in permissive and uncertain environments to protect U.S. citizens, interests and other designated persons. SP-MAGTF Crisis Response participated in the exercise to train their rapid response capability. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Alexander Hill/Released)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Alexander Hill

U.S. Marines of Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response visit Tifnit Military Instillation, Morocco, April 3, 2014. SP-MAGTF Crisis Response is a self-deployable, highly mobile response force allocated to U.S. Africa Command to respond to missions in permissive and uncertain environments to protect U.S. citizens, interests and other designated persons. SP-MAGTF Crisis Response participated in the exercise to train their rapid response capability. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Alexander Hill/Released)

U.S. Marines of Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response visit Tifnit Military Instillation, Morocco, April 3, 2014. SP-MAGTF Crisis Response is a self-deployable, highly mobile response force allocated to U.S. Africa Command to respond to missions in permissive and uncertain environments to protect U.S. citizens, interests and other designated persons. SP-MAGTF Crisis Response participated in the exercise to train their rapid response capability. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Alexander Hill/Released)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Alexander Hill

An MV-22B tiltrotor Osprey with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response takes off from Tifnit Military Instillation, Morocco, April 3, 2014 during exercise African Lion 14. SP-MAGTF Crisis Response is a self-deployable, highly mobile response force allocated to U.S. Africa Command to respond to missions in permissive and uncertain environments to protect U.S. citizens, interests and other designated persons. SP-MAGTF Crisis Response participated in the exercise to train their rapid response capability.(U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Alexander Hill/Released)

An MV-22B tiltrotor Osprey with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response takes off from Tifnit Military Instillation, Morocco, April 3, 2014 during exercise African Lion 14. SP-MAGTF Crisis Response is a self-deployable, highly mobile response force allocated to U.S. Africa Command to respond to missions in permissive and uncertain environments to protect U.S. citizens, interests and other designated persons. SP-MAGTF Crisis Response participated in the exercise to train their rapid response capability.(U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Alexander Hill/Released)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Alexander Hill

U.S. Marines with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response conduct landing zone security at Tifnit Military Instillation, Morocco, April 3, 2014 during exercise African Lion 14. SP-MAGTF Crisis Response is a self-deployable, highly mobile response force allocated to U.S. Africa Command to respond to missions in permissive and uncertain environments to protect U.S. citizens, interests and other designated persons. SP-MAGTF Crisis Response participated in the exercise to train their rapid response capability.(U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Alexander Hill/Released)

U.S. Marines with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response conduct landing zone security at Tifnit Military Instillation, Morocco, April 3, 2014 during exercise African Lion 14. SP-MAGTF Crisis Response is a self-deployable, highly mobile response force allocated to U.S. Africa Command to respond to missions in permissive and uncertain environments to protect U.S. citizens, interests and other designated persons. SP-MAGTF Crisis Response participated in the exercise to train their rapid response capability.(U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Alexander Hill/Released)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Alexander Hill

U.S. Marines with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response conduct landing zone security at Tifnit Military Instillation, Morocco, April 3, 2014 during exercise African Lion 14. SP-MAGTF Crisis Response is a self-deployable, highly mobile response force allocated to U.S. Africa Command to respond to missions in permissive and uncertain environments to protect U.S. citizens, interests and other designated persons. SP-MAGTF Crisis Response participated in the exercise to train their rapid response capability. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Alexander Hill/Released)

U.S. Marines with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response conduct landing zone security at Tifnit Military Instillation, Morocco, April 3, 2014 during exercise African Lion 14. SP-MAGTF Crisis Response is a self-deployable, highly mobile response force allocated to U.S. Africa Command to respond to missions in permissive and uncertain environments to protect U.S. citizens, interests and other designated persons. SP-MAGTF Crisis Response participated in the exercise to train their rapid response capability. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Alexander Hill/Released)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Alexander Hill

U.S. Marines with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response board an MV-22B tiltrotor Osprey travelling to Tifnit Military Instillation, Morocco, April 3, 2014 as a part of exercise African Lion 14. SP-MAGTF Crisis Response is a self-deployable, highly mobile response force allocated to U.S. Africa Command to respond to missions in permissive and uncertain environments to protect U.S. citizens, interests and other designated persons. SP-MAGTF Crisis Response participated in the exercise to train their rapid response capability. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Alexander Hill/Released)

U.S. Marines with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response board an MV-22B tiltrotor Osprey travelling to Tifnit Military Instillation, Morocco, April 3, 2014 as a part of exercise African Lion 14. SP-MAGTF Crisis Response is a self-deployable, highly mobile response force allocated to U.S. Africa Command to respond to missions in permissive and uncertain environments to protect U.S. citizens, interests and other designated persons. SP-MAGTF Crisis Response participated in the exercise to train their rapid response capability. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Alexander Hill/Released)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Alexander Hill

U.S. Marines with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response board an MV-22B tiltrotor Osprey travelling to Tifnit Military Instillation, Morocco, April 3, 2014 as a part of exercise African Lion 14. SP-MAGTF Crisis Response is a self-deployable, highly mobile response force allocated to U.S. Africa Command to respond to missions in permissive and uncertain environments to protect U.S. citizens, interests and other designated persons. SP-MAGTF Crisis Response participated in the exercise to train their rapid response capability. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Alexander Hill/Released)

U.S. Marines with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response board an MV-22B tiltrotor Osprey travelling to Tifnit Military Instillation, Morocco, April 3, 2014 as a part of exercise African Lion 14. SP-MAGTF Crisis Response is a self-deployable, highly mobile response force allocated to U.S. Africa Command to respond to missions in permissive and uncertain environments to protect U.S. citizens, interests and other designated persons. SP-MAGTF Crisis Response participated in the exercise to train their rapid response capability. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Alexander Hill/Released)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Alexander Hill

Military police officers from the U.S. Marines, Army and Air Force, along with Royal Moroccan soldiers specializing in riot-control, found common ground as enforcers of the law during African Lion 14, an annually-scheduled, multilateral training engagement that is hosted by the Kingdom of Morocco. One of the largest of its kind on the continent, the engagement shows the commitment of the participating nations to military friendships, strategic partnerships and regional and global security.

Military police officers from the U.S. Marines, Army and Air Force, along with Royal Moroccan soldiers specializing in riot-control, found common ground as enforcers of the law during African Lion 14, an annually-scheduled, multilateral training engagement that is hosted by the Kingdom of Morocco. One of the largest of its kind on the continent, the engagement shows the commitment of the participating nations to military friendships, strategic partnerships and regional and global security.

Photo by Sgt. Tatum Vayavananda

An international shield formation of Moroccan riot-control soldiers and U.S. Marine, Air Force and Army military police officers during Exercise African Lion 14, Tifnit, Morocco. Military police officers from the U.S. Marines, Army and Air Force, along with Royal Moroccan soldiers specializing in riot-control, found common ground as enforcers of the law during African Lion 14, an annually-scheduled, multilateral training engagement that is hosted by the Kingdom of Morocco. One of the largest of its kind on the continent, the engagement shows the commitment of the participating nations to military friendships, strategic partnerships and regional and global security.

An international shield formation of Moroccan riot-control soldiers and U.S. Marine, Air Force and Army military police officers during Exercise African Lion 14, Tifnit, Morocco. Military police officers from the U.S. Marines, Army and Air Force, along with Royal Moroccan soldiers specializing in riot-control, found common ground as enforcers of the law during African Lion 14, an annually-scheduled, multilateral training engagement that is hosted by the Kingdom of Morocco. One of the largest of its kind on the continent, the engagement shows the commitment of the participating nations to military friendships, strategic partnerships and regional and global security.

Photo by Sgt. Tatum Vayavananda

A force of Moroccan riot-control soldiers and U.S. Marine, Army and Air Force military police officers rush to control a simulated situation of civil disorder during Exercise African Lion 14, Tifnit, Morocco. Military police officers from the U.S. Marines, Army and Air Force, along with Royal Moroccan soldiers specializing in riot-control, found common ground as enforcers of the law during African Lion 14, an annually-scheduled, multilateral training engagement that is hosted by the Kingdom of Morocco. One of the largest of its kind on the continent, the engagement shows the commitment of the participating nations to military friendships, strategic partnerships and regional and global security.

A force of Moroccan riot-control soldiers and U.S. Marine, Army and Air Force military police officers rush to control a simulated situation of civil disorder during Exercise African Lion 14, Tifnit, Morocco. Military police officers from the U.S. Marines, Army and Air Force, along with Royal Moroccan soldiers specializing in riot-control, found common ground as enforcers of the law during African Lion 14, an annually-scheduled, multilateral training engagement that is hosted by the Kingdom of Morocco. One of the largest of its kind on the continent, the engagement shows the commitment of the participating nations to military friendships, strategic partnerships and regional and global security.

Photo by Sgt. Tatum Vayavananda

Marine Corps Forces Europe & Africa