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Service members with the French Foreign Legion’s 6th Light Armored Brigade assault an objective during a bilateral seize and capture training exercise on Quartier Colonel de Chabrieres, France, May 29, 2015. U.S. Marines with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response-Africa operated alongside the French infantrymen to further improve interoperability between the two NATO forces as they concurrently deploy their service members to Africa.

Service members with the French Foreign Legion’s 6th Light Armored Brigade assault an objective during a bilateral seize and capture training exercise on Quartier Colonel de Chabrieres, France, May 29, 2015. U.S. Marines with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response-Africa operated alongside the French infantrymen to further improve interoperability between the two NATO forces as they concurrently deploy their service members to Africa.

Photo by Lance Cpl. Christopher Mendoza

U.S. Marine Corps 1st Lt. Matthew Medina, right, a platoon commander with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response-Africa, and a service member with the French Foreign Legions 6th Light Armored Brigade coordinate a route to the objective during a training exercise on Quartier Colonel de Chabrieres, France, May 29, 2015. Marines stationed at Moròn Air Base, Spain, conducted a seize and capture training exercise the 6th Light Armored Brigade to further improve interoperability between the two NATO forces as they concurrently deploy their service members to Africa.

U.S. Marine Corps 1st Lt. Matthew Medina, right, a platoon commander with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response-Africa, and a service member with the French Foreign Legions 6th Light Armored Brigade coordinate a route to the objective during a training exercise on Quartier Colonel de Chabrieres, France, May 29, 2015. Marines stationed at Moròn Air Base, Spain, conducted a seize and capture training exercise the 6th Light Armored Brigade to further improve interoperability between the two NATO forces as they concurrently deploy their service members to Africa.

Photo by Lance Cpl. Christopher Mendoza

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Daniel Ficci, a field radio operator with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response-Africa, observes a French aircraft displaying a ‘show of force’ in support of a bilateral training exercise on Quartier Colonel de Chabrieres, France, May 29, 2015. Marines stationed at Moròn Air Base, Spain, conducted a seize and capture training exercise with service members from the French Foreign Legion’s 6th Light Armored Brigade to further improve interoperability between the two NATO forces as they concurrently deploy their service members to Africa.

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Daniel Ficci, a field radio operator with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response-Africa, observes a French aircraft displaying a ‘show of force’ in support of a bilateral training exercise on Quartier Colonel de Chabrieres, France, May 29, 2015. Marines stationed at Moròn Air Base, Spain, conducted a seize and capture training exercise with service members from the French Foreign Legion’s 6th Light Armored Brigade to further improve interoperability between the two NATO forces as they concurrently deploy their service members to Africa.

Photo by Lance Cpl. Christopher Mendoza

U.S. Marines with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response-Africa move toward an objective during a training exercise with the French Foreign Legion’s 6th Light Armored Brigade on Quartier Colonel de Chabrieres, France, May 29, 2015. Marines stationed from Moròn Air Base, Spain, conducted a seize and capture training exercise with the French infantrymen to further improve interoperability between the two NATO forces as they concurrently deploy their service members to Africa.

U.S. Marines with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response-Africa move toward an objective during a training exercise with the French Foreign Legion’s 6th Light Armored Brigade on Quartier Colonel de Chabrieres, France, May 29, 2015. Marines stationed from Moròn Air Base, Spain, conducted a seize and capture training exercise with the French infantrymen to further improve interoperability between the two NATO forces as they concurrently deploy their service members to Africa.

Photo by Lance Cpl. Christopher Mendoza

A service member with the French Foreign Legion’s 6th Light Armored Brigade posts security during a training exercise on Quartier Colonel de Chabrieres, France, May 29, 2015. U.S. Marines with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response-Africa stationed at Moròn Air Base, Spain, conducted a simulated seize and capture training exercise with the French infantrymen to further improve interoperability between the two NATO forces as they concurrently deploy their service members to Africa.

A service member with the French Foreign Legion’s 6th Light Armored Brigade posts security during a training exercise on Quartier Colonel de Chabrieres, France, May 29, 2015. U.S. Marines with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response-Africa stationed at Moròn Air Base, Spain, conducted a simulated seize and capture training exercise with the French infantrymen to further improve interoperability between the two NATO forces as they concurrently deploy their service members to Africa.

Photo by Lance Cpl. Christopher Mendoza

U.S. Marine Corps 1st Lt. Matthew Medina, left, a platoon commander with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response-Africa, and Cpl. Drew Blais, a squad leader with SPMAGTF-CR-AF, coordinate with the French infantrymen during a training exercise on Quartier Colonel de Chabrieres, France, May 29, 2015. Marines stationed at Moròn Air Base, Spain, conducted a seize and capture training exercise with the French Foreign Legion’s 6th Light Armored Brigade to further improve interoperability between the two NATO forces as they concurrently deploy their service members to Africa.

U.S. Marine Corps 1st Lt. Matthew Medina, left, a platoon commander with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response-Africa, and Cpl. Drew Blais, a squad leader with SPMAGTF-CR-AF, coordinate with the French infantrymen during a training exercise on Quartier Colonel de Chabrieres, France, May 29, 2015. Marines stationed at Moròn Air Base, Spain, conducted a seize and capture training exercise with the French Foreign Legion’s 6th Light Armored Brigade to further improve interoperability between the two NATO forces as they concurrently deploy their service members to Africa.

Photo by Lance Cpl. Christopher Mendoza

Service members with the French Foreign Legion’s 6th Light Armored Brigade and U.S. Marines with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response-Africa step out towards an objective during a training exercise on Quartier Colonel de Chabrieres, France, May 29, 2015. Marines stationed at Moròn Air Base, Spain, conducted a seize and capture training exercise with the French infantrymen to further improve interoperability between the two NATO forces as they concurrently deploy their service members to Africa.

Service members with the French Foreign Legion’s 6th Light Armored Brigade and U.S. Marines with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response-Africa step out towards an objective during a training exercise on Quartier Colonel de Chabrieres, France, May 29, 2015. Marines stationed at Moròn Air Base, Spain, conducted a seize and capture training exercise with the French infantrymen to further improve interoperability between the two NATO forces as they concurrently deploy their service members to Africa.

Photo by Lance Cpl. Christopher Mendoza

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Mark Dupuis, a rifleman with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response-Africa, moves toward cover during a seize and capture training exercise on Quartier Colonel de Chabrieres, France, May 29, 2015. Marines conducted the joint exercise with service members from the French Foreign Legion’s 6th Light Armored Brigade to further improve interoperability between the two NATO forces as they concurrently deploy their service members to Africa.

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Mark Dupuis, a rifleman with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response-Africa, moves toward cover during a seize and capture training exercise on Quartier Colonel de Chabrieres, France, May 29, 2015. Marines conducted the joint exercise with service members from the French Foreign Legion’s 6th Light Armored Brigade to further improve interoperability between the two NATO forces as they concurrently deploy their service members to Africa.

Photo by Lance Cpl. Christopher Mendoza

U.S. Marines with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response-Africa move toward an objective during a training exercise on Quartier Colonel de Chabrieres, France, May 29, 2015. Marines stationed at Moròn Air Base, Spain, conducted a seize and capture training exercise with service members from the French Foreign Legion’s 6th Light Armored Brigade to further improve interoperability between the two NATO forces as they concurrently deploy their service members to Africa.

U.S. Marines with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response-Africa move toward an objective during a training exercise on Quartier Colonel de Chabrieres, France, May 29, 2015. Marines stationed at Moròn Air Base, Spain, conducted a seize and capture training exercise with service members from the French Foreign Legion’s 6th Light Armored Brigade to further improve interoperability between the two NATO forces as they concurrently deploy their service members to Africa.

Photo by Lance Cpl. Christopher Mendoza

A Royal Moroccan Armed Forces soldier checks his gas mask with U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Brent Berven, Chemical, Biological Incident Response Force, before he demonstrates a decontamination procedure for the Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear defense workshop during Exercise African Lion 15 in Tifnit, Morocco, May 16. The Royal Moroccan, U.S., U.K., Netherlands, and Belgian Armed Forces integrated while conducting peacekeeping support training to improve military capabilities and operational familiarity as one international coalition.

A Royal Moroccan Armed Forces soldier checks his gas mask with U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Brent Berven, Chemical, Biological Incident Response Force, before he demonstrates a decontamination procedure for the Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear defense workshop during Exercise African Lion 15 in Tifnit, Morocco, May 16. The Royal Moroccan, U.S., U.K., Netherlands, and Belgian Armed Forces integrated while conducting peacekeeping support training to improve military capabilities and operational familiarity as one international coalition.

Photo by Sgt. Tatum Vayavananda

A Royal Moroccan Armed Forces soldier and U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Brent Berven, Chemical, Biological Incident Response Force, helps Dutch 1st Soldier Peter Van Der Bourght, Netherlands Armed Forces, decontaminate his gas mask for a demonstration of Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear defense procedures during Exercise African Lion 15 in Tifnit, Morocco, May 16. The Royal Moroccan, U.S., U.K., Netherlands, and Belgian Armed Forces integrated while conducting peacekeeping support training to improve military capabilities and operational familiarity as one international coalition.

A Royal Moroccan Armed Forces soldier and U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Brent Berven, Chemical, Biological Incident Response Force, helps Dutch 1st Soldier Peter Van Der Bourght, Netherlands Armed Forces, decontaminate his gas mask for a demonstration of Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear defense procedures during Exercise African Lion 15 in Tifnit, Morocco, May 16. The Royal Moroccan, U.S., U.K., Netherlands, and Belgian Armed Forces integrated while conducting peacekeeping support training to improve military capabilities and operational familiarity as one international coalition.

Photo by Sgt. Tatum Vayavananda

A Royal Moroccan Armed Forces soldier is in a gas mask for a demonstration of Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear defense techniques during Exercise African Lion 15 in Tifnit, Morocco, May 16. The Royal Moroccan, U.S., U.K., Netherlands, and Belgian Armed Forces integrated while conducting peacekeeping support training to improve military capabilities and operational familiarity as one international coalition.

A Royal Moroccan Armed Forces soldier is in a gas mask for a demonstration of Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear defense techniques during Exercise African Lion 15 in Tifnit, Morocco, May 16. The Royal Moroccan, U.S., U.K., Netherlands, and Belgian Armed Forces integrated while conducting peacekeeping support training to improve military capabilities and operational familiarity as one international coalition.

Photo by Sgt. Tatum Vayavananda

U.S. Marines share their Mechanical Advantage Control Hold (MACH) techniques to Royal Moroccan, U.K., Belgian, and Netherlands Armed Forces during a nonlethal-combative workshop in Tifnit, Morocco, May 15, the stage for Exercise African Lion 15. The international coalition completely integrated, down to the squad level, to build operational familiarity between the Moroccan and NATO service members.

U.S. Marines share their Mechanical Advantage Control Hold (MACH) techniques to Royal Moroccan, U.K., Belgian, and Netherlands Armed Forces during a nonlethal-combative workshop in Tifnit, Morocco, May 15, the stage for Exercise African Lion 15. The international coalition completely integrated, down to the squad level, to build operational familiarity between the Moroccan and NATO service members.

Photo by Sgt. Tatum Vayavananda

U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Kevin Morrow, 2nd Law Enforcement Battalion, and a Belgian soldier show nonlethal-combative techniques to a Royal Moroccan Armed Forces soldier during Exercise African Lion 15, May 15, in Tifnit, Morocco. Service members from the Moroccan, U.S., U.K., Belgian, and Netherland Armed Forces were completely integrated as one unit to improve military capabilities while working as an international coalition during the exercise.

U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Kevin Morrow, 2nd Law Enforcement Battalion, and a Belgian soldier show nonlethal-combative techniques to a Royal Moroccan Armed Forces soldier during Exercise African Lion 15, May 15, in Tifnit, Morocco. Service members from the Moroccan, U.S., U.K., Belgian, and Netherland Armed Forces were completely integrated as one unit to improve military capabilities while working as an international coalition during the exercise.

Photo by Sgt. Tatum Vayavananda

A Royal Moroccan Armed Forces soldier takes down a U.S. Marine while practicing techniques from a nonlethal-combative workshop during Exercise African Lion 15, May 15, in Tifnit, Morocco. The Royal Moroccan, U.S., U.K., Netherlands, and Belgian Armed Forces integrated while conducting peacekeeping support training to improve military capabilities and operational familiarity as one international coalition.

A Royal Moroccan Armed Forces soldier takes down a U.S. Marine while practicing techniques from a nonlethal-combative workshop during Exercise African Lion 15, May 15, in Tifnit, Morocco. The Royal Moroccan, U.S., U.K., Netherlands, and Belgian Armed Forces integrated while conducting peacekeeping support training to improve military capabilities and operational familiarity as one international coalition.

Photo by Sgt. Tatum Vayavananda

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Daniel Barker, 2nd Law Enforcement Battalion, hip-throws a Belgian soldier to practice nonlethal take-down techniques during Exercise African Lion 15, May 15, in Tifnit, Morocco. The Royal Moroccan, U.S., U.K., Netherlands, and Belgian Armed Forces integrated while conducting peacekeeping support training to improve military capabilities and operational familiarity as one international coalition.

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Daniel Barker, 2nd Law Enforcement Battalion, hip-throws a Belgian soldier to practice nonlethal take-down techniques during Exercise African Lion 15, May 15, in Tifnit, Morocco. The Royal Moroccan, U.S., U.K., Netherlands, and Belgian Armed Forces integrated while conducting peacekeeping support training to improve military capabilities and operational familiarity as one international coalition.

Photo by Sgt. Tatum Vayavananda

A Royal Moroccan Armed Forces soldier demonstrates a decontamination on Dutch 1st Soldier Peter Van Der Bourght, Netherlands Armed Forces, during a Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear defense workshop in Tifnit, Morocco, during Exercise African Lion 15, May 15. This is the first year that CBRN capabilities have been shared by the U.S. Marines to the integrated coalition featuring Moroccan, Netherlands, Belgian and U.S. Army service members.

A Royal Moroccan Armed Forces soldier demonstrates a decontamination on Dutch 1st Soldier Peter Van Der Bourght, Netherlands Armed Forces, during a Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear defense workshop in Tifnit, Morocco, during Exercise African Lion 15, May 15. This is the first year that CBRN capabilities have been shared by the U.S. Marines to the integrated coalition featuring Moroccan, Netherlands, Belgian and U.S. Army service members.

Photo by Sgt. Tatum Vayavananda

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. John Lord, Chemical, Biological Incident Response Force, clears Dutch 1st Soldier. Peter Van Der Bourght, Netherlands Armed Forces, after a decontamination exercise, part of the first Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear defense workshop ever during Exercise African Lion 15, May 16, in Tifnit, Morocco. Service members from the Moroccan, U.S., U.K., Belgian, and Netherland Armed Forces were completely integrated as one unit to improve military capabilities while working as an international coalition during the exercise.

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. John Lord, Chemical, Biological Incident Response Force, clears Dutch 1st Soldier. Peter Van Der Bourght, Netherlands Armed Forces, after a decontamination exercise, part of the first Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear defense workshop ever during Exercise African Lion 15, May 16, in Tifnit, Morocco. Service members from the Moroccan, U.S., U.K., Belgian, and Netherland Armed Forces were completely integrated as one unit to improve military capabilities while working as an international coalition during the exercise.

Photo by Sgt. Tatum Vayavananda

Marines with 2nd Law Enforcement Battalion demonstrate crowd control procedures against group of Moroccan, Dutch and Belgium soldiers acting as an unruly crowd May 20 in the Tifnit, Morocco, training area. Exercise African Lion 15 is an annually-scheduled, combined U.S.–Moroccan exercise designed to improve mutual understanding of each nation’s tactics, techniques and procedures while demonstrating the strong bond between the two nation’s militaries. The one-week exercise includes various types of military training, including a command post exercise; stability operations, such as nonlethal weapons training and crisis/disaster response training. Additionally, in February an intelligence capacity building seminar was conducted.

Marines with 2nd Law Enforcement Battalion demonstrate crowd control procedures against group of Moroccan, Dutch and Belgium soldiers acting as an unruly crowd May 20 in the Tifnit, Morocco, training area. Exercise African Lion 15 is an annually-scheduled, combined U.S.–Moroccan exercise designed to improve mutual understanding of each nation’s tactics, techniques and procedures while demonstrating the strong bond between the two nation’s militaries. The one-week exercise includes various types of military training, including a command post exercise; stability operations, such as nonlethal weapons training and crisis/disaster response training. Additionally, in February an intelligence capacity building seminar was conducted.

Photo by Master Sgt. Chad McMeen

A Moroccan riot-control squad demonstrates how they remove a member of an unruly mob in an effort to deescalate the situation during crowd control procedures May 20 in the Tifnit, Morocco, training area. Crowd control was one of several demonstrations as general officers from participating countries observed what had been accomplished during the week-long training at the camp as a part of Exercise African Lion 2015. Exercise African Lion 15 is an annually-scheduled, combined U.S.–Moroccan exercise designed to improve mutual understanding of each nation’s tactics, techniques and procedures while demonstrating the strong bond between the two nation’s militaries. The one-week exercise includes various types of military training, including a command post exercise; stability operations, such as nonlethal weapons training and crisis/disaster response training. Additionally, in February an intelligence capacity building seminar was conducted.

A Moroccan riot-control squad demonstrates how they remove a member of an unruly mob in an effort to deescalate the situation during crowd control procedures May 20 in the Tifnit, Morocco, training area. Crowd control was one of several demonstrations as general officers from participating countries observed what had been accomplished during the week-long training at the camp as a part of Exercise African Lion 2015. Exercise African Lion 15 is an annually-scheduled, combined U.S.–Moroccan exercise designed to improve mutual understanding of each nation’s tactics, techniques and procedures while demonstrating the strong bond between the two nation’s militaries. The one-week exercise includes various types of military training, including a command post exercise; stability operations, such as nonlethal weapons training and crisis/disaster response training. Additionally, in February an intelligence capacity building seminar was conducted.

Photo by Master Sgt. Chad McMeen

Marine Corps Forces Europe & Africa