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Royal Dutch Marines with 32nd Raiding Squadron unload

Royal Dutch Marines with 32nd Raiding Squadron unload

Royal Dutch Marines with 32nd Raiding Squadron unload from a CH-53 Super Stallion during Dutch bilateral training at Camp Lejeune, N.C., March 26, 2019. Bilateral training between the U.S. Marine Corps and the ... More

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Amber Fifer,far left, a geographic

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Amber Fifer,far left, a geographic

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Amber Fifer,far left, a geographic intelligence specialist with Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force-Crisis Response-Africa, poses for a photo with students from Colegio la Inmacu... More

A group of U.S. Marines  assigned to The Combined Arms

A group of U.S. Marines assigned to The Combined Arms

A group of U.S. Marines assigned to The Combined Arms Company out of Bulgaria uses small burners to melt snow into water as the unit sets up camp for the night. This unique company is comprised of multiple veh... More

Women with a U.S. Marine Corps female engagement team

Women with a U.S. Marine Corps female engagement team

Women with a U.S. Marine Corps female engagement team operate with U.S. soldiers and Romanian soldiers by demonstrating and executing Marine Corps martial arts program techniques, non-lethal training, combat li... More

U.S. Navy RPSN Alexander Varner assigned to the Special

U.S. Navy RPSN Alexander Varner assigned to the Special

U.S. Navy RPSN Alexander Varner assigned to the Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response-Africa, hands out plates of pasta at a soup kitchen in Catania, Italy, Dec. 29, 2016. Marines and Sa... More

A U.S. Marine with the Black Sea Rotational Force shoots

A U.S. Marine with the Black Sea Rotational Force shoots

A U.S. Marine with the Black Sea Rotational Force shoots the M249 in a certification range aboard Mihail Kogălniceanu Air Base, Romania, March 30, 2017. This range provided the Marines hands on experience with ... More

A Royal Marine with 45 Commando breaks down an American

A Royal Marine with 45 Commando breaks down an American

A Royal Marine with 45 Commando breaks down an American M16-A4 service rifle during exercise Trident Juncture 15 aboard HMS Ocean, Oct. 30, 2015. Trident Juncture is one of many exercises ensuring that NATO is ... More

Children of a local elementary school bow their heads

Children of a local elementary school bow their heads

Children of a local elementary school bow their heads during a moment of silence alongside American and Spanish service members as part of a 9/11 remembrance day at Moron Air Base, Spain, Sept. 11, 2013. Among ... More

A group of Serbian soldiers listen to a critique of

A group of Serbian soldiers listen to a critique of

A group of Serbian soldiers listen to a critique of their performance at the conclusion of a scenario in military operations on urbanized terrain. Serbians conducted MOUT training with Marines at Novo Selo trai... More

U.S. Marines and Georgian soldiers prepare a M777 Howitzer

U.S. Marines and Georgian soldiers prepare a M777 Howitzer

U.S. Marines and Georgian soldiers prepare a M777 Howitzer for a static display during Exercise Agile Spirit in Orpholo, Georgia on Sept. 9, 2017. Exercise Agile Spirit is a multilateral training exercise desig... More

U.S. Marines assigned to The Combined Arms Company

U.S. Marines assigned to The Combined Arms Company

U.S. Marines assigned to The Combined Arms Company out of Bulgaria pause during training for a quick group photo. This unique company is comprised of multiple vehicles with multiple capabilities, including amph... More

Lance Cpl. Caitlin S. Wiggins, a landing support specialist

Lance Cpl. Caitlin S. Wiggins, a landing support specialist

Lance Cpl. Caitlin S. Wiggins, a landing support specialist with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response and a Kalamazoo, Mich., native, runs during the Warrior of the Month competition at ... More

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Gordon Adams showcases

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Gordon Adams showcases

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Gordon Adams showcases his championship belt at Naval Station Sigonella, Italy, Nov. 18, 2016. Lance Cpl. Adams recently won a strongman competition while deployed with the Special... More

A Moroccan C-130 aircraft awaits its next mission during

A Moroccan C-130 aircraft awaits its next mission during

A Moroccan C-130 aircraft awaits its next mission during Exercise African Lion 2012 as the sun sets at the Inezgane Airfield, in Agadir, Morocco, April 6. During AL-12, C-130's will transport more than 1,000 U.... More

President Donald Trump speaks to U.S. service members

President Donald Trump speaks to U.S. service members

President Donald Trump speaks to U.S. service members and their families during his first overseas speech to the troops at Naval Air Station Sigonella, Italy, May 27, 2017. Trump traveled to Sicily in order to ... More

A U.S. Marine Corps MV-22 Osprey with Special Purpose

A U.S. Marine Corps MV-22 Osprey with Special Purpose

A U.S. Marine Corps MV-22 Osprey with Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force-Crisis Response-Africa is refueled by U.S. Marines and Italian military during Joint Stars, a bilateral training exercise with ... More

U.S. Marines with Black Sea Rotational Force (BSRF)

U.S. Marines with Black Sea Rotational Force (BSRF)

U.S. Marines with Black Sea Rotational Force (BSRF) 18.1 celebrate Jackie Robinson Day by participating in the second annual baseball game between Romania and the United States of America in Constanta, Romania,... More

A U.S. Marine with Marine Rotational Force-Europe 19.1

A U.S. Marine with Marine Rotational Force-Europe 19.1

A U.S. Marine with Marine Rotational Force-Europe 19.1 digs a cold-pit bivouac during Exercise White Ulfberht in Setermoen, Norway, Jan. 20, 2019. The exercise enabled the Marines to improve their combat and su... More

Corporal Charles Roy III, an optics technician assigned

Corporal Charles Roy III, an optics technician assigned

Corporal Charles Roy III, an optics technician assigned to The Combined Arms Company out of Bulgaria, uses small burners to melt snow into water as his unit sets up camp for the night. This unique company is co... More

Marines with second platoon, Ground Combat Element,

Marines with second platoon, Ground Combat Element,

Marines with second platoon, Ground Combat Element, Security Cooperation Task Force, Africa Partnership Station 2011, take doxycycline once per day in accordance with a weekly dosage of mefloquine to prevent th... More

Master Sgt. Melinda D. Muñoz, Marine Forces Europe

Master Sgt. Melinda D. Muñoz, Marine Forces Europe

Master Sgt. Melinda D. Muñoz, Marine Forces Europe and Africa communication strategy and operations chief, speaks to Norwegian veterans at a Norwegian Veterans Association for International Operations event at ... More

U.S. Marine Sgt Jordan Vickers explains proper handling

U.S. Marine Sgt Jordan Vickers explains proper handling

U.S. Marine Sgt Jordan Vickers explains proper handling of captured enemy intelligence to a class of Ghanaian service members as part of Tactical Intelligence Support to Maritime Operations Centers at Ghana’s N... More

Cpl. Blaise Johnson, a Kettle River, Minn., native

Cpl. Blaise Johnson, a Kettle River, Minn., native

Cpl. Blaise Johnson, a Kettle River, Minn., native and landing support specialist with SP-MAGTF Africa 14 throws trash out with a fellow Marine at the end of the day aboard Naval Air Station Sigonella, Italy, J... More

A Dutch Marine engages his target for the combined

A Dutch Marine engages his target for the combined

A Dutch Marine engages his target for the combined arms maneuver observation during the distinguished visitors day during exercise Silver Arrow 2016 in the Adazi Military Base, Latvia, Oct. 31st, 2016. U.S. Mar... More

A U.S. Marine with Marine Rotational Force-Europe 19.1

A U.S. Marine with Marine Rotational Force-Europe 19.1

A U.S. Marine with Marine Rotational Force-Europe 19.1 melts snow as a source of drinking water during Exercise White Ulfberht in Setermoen, Norway, Jan. 19, 2019. The exercise enabled the Marines to improve th... More

U.S. Marines and U.S. Navy Sailors with Special Purpose

U.S. Marines and U.S. Navy Sailors with Special Purpose

U.S. Marines and U.S. Navy Sailors with Special Purpose Marine Air - Ground Task Force - Crisis Response - Africa 20.1, Marine Forces Europe and Africa, tour the 82nd Airborne Monument in Gela, Italy, Jan. 27, ... More

Bulgarian Armed Forces maneuver through the lane cleared

Bulgarian Armed Forces maneuver through the lane cleared

Bulgarian Armed Forces maneuver through the lane cleared by the Combined Arms Company Marines, allowing them to continue toward the objective during the final exercise of Platinum Lion 16-1 at Novo Selo Trainin... More

U.S. Marines with Marine Rotational Force-Europe 19.2,

U.S. Marines with Marine Rotational Force-Europe 19.2,

U.S. Marines with Marine Rotational Force-Europe 19.2, Marine Forces Europe and Africa, build a fire during cold-weather survival training in Setermoen, Norway, May 5, 2019. Training in Norway improves the Mari... More

Advanced Marksmanship Training - Drawing. Public domain image.

Advanced Marksmanship Training - Drawing. Public domain image.

Graphite illustration of Spanish snipers Cpl. Bruno Dopico, left, and Pvt. Jose Enriquez Bolona as they inspect an American M110 sniper rifle prior to conducting advanced marksmanship training alongside U.S. Ma... More

U.S. Marines with Marine Rotational Force-Europe 19.2,

U.S. Marines with Marine Rotational Force-Europe 19.2,

U.S. Marines with Marine Rotational Force-Europe 19.2, Marine Forces Europe and Africa, build a shelter during cold-weather survival training in Setermoen, Norway, May 5, 2019. Training in Norway improves the M... More

A United Hands Romania volunteers hands girls gifts

A United Hands Romania volunteers hands girls gifts

A United Hands Romania volunteers hands girls gifts during a community relations event at Idu Tennis Club in Constanta, Romania, May 01, 2013. BSRF-13 works with United Hands Romania, a non-profit organization... More

A U.S. Marine with Marine Rotational Force-Europe 19.2,

A U.S. Marine with Marine Rotational Force-Europe 19.2,

A U.S. Marine with Marine Rotational Force-Europe 19.2, Marine Forces Europe and Africa, builds a shelter during cold-weather survival training in Setermoen, Norway, May 5, 2019. Training in Norway improves the... More

Chief of the Norwegian Army, Maj. Gen. Eirik Kristoffersen,

Chief of the Norwegian Army, Maj. Gen. Eirik Kristoffersen,

Chief of the Norwegian Army, Maj. Gen. Eirik Kristoffersen, meets with U.S. Marines with Force Reconnaissance Company, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, following recon's cold-weather training... More

A U.S. Marine with SPMAGTF - Crisis Response - Africa,

A U.S. Marine with SPMAGTF - Crisis Response - Africa,

A U.S. Marine with SPMAGTF - Crisis Response - Africa, peeks around a corner while Spanish soldiers in an M113 Armored Personnel Carriers provides him cover, during a training event to clear buildings in San Gr... More

Corporal Charles Roy III, an optics technician assigned

Corporal Charles Roy III, an optics technician assigned

Corporal Charles Roy III, an optics technician assigned to The Combined Arms Company out of Bulgaria, uses small burners to melt snow into water as his unit sets up camp for the night. This unique company is co... More

United States Marines with Black Sea Rotational Force,

United States Marines with Black Sea Rotational Force,

United States Marines with Black Sea Rotational Force, walk through snow to the top of a peak in the Carpathian Mountain Range during Platinum Lynx, May 7, 2015. The hike consisted of a 40 kilometer alpine move... More

A soldier with Azerbaijan’s Operational Capabilities

A soldier with Azerbaijan’s Operational Capabilities

A soldier with Azerbaijan’s Operational Capabilities Concept battalion holds a cable while deploying an OE-254 antenna during a communications platoon information exchange during Exercise Platinum Lion 13 at No... More

Master Sgt. Melinda D. Muñoz, Marine Forces Europe

Master Sgt. Melinda D. Muñoz, Marine Forces Europe

Master Sgt. Melinda D. Muñoz, Marine Forces Europe and Africa communication strategy and operations chief, speaks to Norwegian veterans at a Norwegian Veterans Association for International Operations event at ... More

U.S. Marines with Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground

U.S. Marines with Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground

U.S. Marines with Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force-Crisis Response-Africa and Ugandan Peoples Defense Force compete in a soccer game in Uganda, July 22, 2016. U.S. Marines and Sailors assigned to Sp... More

U.S. Marine with 3rd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment

U.S. Marine with 3rd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment

U.S. Marine with 3rd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment rinses his eyes as a part of a decontamination station after successfully completing an OC spray course at Værnes Air Station, Norway, Nov. 2, 2018. The cours... More

U.S. Marine Corps Maj. Gen. Richard L. Simcock, right,

U.S. Marine Corps Maj. Gen. Richard L. Simcock, right,

U.S. Marine Corps Maj. Gen. Richard L. Simcock, right, commanding general of 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade, shakes hands with a senior leader of the Royal Moroccan Air Forc, during Exercise African Lion 15, ... More

A group of U.S. Marines  assigned to The Combined Arms

A group of U.S. Marines assigned to The Combined Arms

A group of U.S. Marines assigned to The Combined Arms Company out of Bulgaria uses small burners to melt snow into water as the unit sets up camp for the night. This unique company is comprised of multiple veh... More

Capt. Robert Mortenson, a company commander with Black

Capt. Robert Mortenson, a company commander with Black

Capt. Robert Mortenson, a company commander with Black Sea Rotational Force, spends time with a Norwegian search-and-rescue dog during cold-weather training aboard Skoganvarre, Norway, Feb. 5, 2016. The Arctic ... More

A U.S. Marine with Marine Rotational Force-Europe 19.1,

A U.S. Marine with Marine Rotational Force-Europe 19.1,

A U.S. Marine with Marine Rotational Force-Europe 19.1, Marine Forces Europe and Africa, boils snow for water during Exercise Northern Wind 19 in northern Sweden, March 22, 2019. This exercise focuses on enhanc... More

Moroccan special operations forces clear a stairwell

Moroccan special operations forces clear a stairwell

Moroccan special operations forces clear a stairwell while U.S. Marines with Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force-Crisis Response-Africa 19.1, Marine Forces Europe and Africa, supervise during a theater... More

U.S. Marines train with the Norwegian army Cold Weather

U.S. Marines train with the Norwegian army Cold Weather

U.S. Marines train with the Norwegian army Cold Weather and Mountain Training Instructors in Blåtind, Norway, Nov. 3, 2016, to improve their ability to operate in mountainous and extreme cold weather environmen... More

Adm. Robert P. Burke meets with leadership at MSCEURAF and CTF-63

Adm. Robert P. Burke meets with leadership at MSCEURAF and CTF-63

NAPLES, Italy -- Adm. Robert P. Burke, commander, U.S. Naval Forces Europe-Africa (CNE-CNA) and commander, Allied Joint Forces Command (JFC) Naples, meets with leadership at Military Sealift Command Europe and ... More

Lance Corporal Joseph Spronk, an artilleryman assigned

Lance Corporal Joseph Spronk, an artilleryman assigned

Lance Corporal Joseph Spronk, an artilleryman assigned to The Combined Arms Company out of Bulgaria uses small burners to melt snow into water as his unit sets up camp for the night. This unique company is comp... More

U.S. Marine Corps Lt. Gen. Robert F. Hedelund, the

U.S. Marine Corps Lt. Gen. Robert F. Hedelund, the

U.S. Marine Corps Lt. Gen. Robert F. Hedelund, the II MEF commanding general, Brig. Gen. Stephen Neary, the 2nd MEB commanding general, and Maj. Gen. Odin Johannessen, the chief of staff of the Norwegian Army,... More

A U.K. Royal Marine with 45 Commando applies camouflage

A U.K. Royal Marine with 45 Commando applies camouflage

A U.K. Royal Marine with 45 Commando applies camouflage paint during a combined operation part of exercise Blue Raptor, Nov. 20, 2015. The Allied Maritime Basing Initiative is a proof-of-concept to provide the ... More

A U.S. Marine with Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground

A U.S. Marine with Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground

A U.S. Marine with Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force-Crisis Response-Africa performs a vertical assault during Exercise Green Claymore at Ballachulish Quarry, in Ballachulish, Scotland, Nov. 1, 2018.... More

Gunnery Sgt. Richard T. Therriault, a reconnaissance

Gunnery Sgt. Richard T. Therriault, a reconnaissance

Gunnery Sgt. Richard T. Therriault, a reconnaissance Marine with Black Sea Rotational Force 12 and a Navy diver from United States Naval Ship Grasp signals during training in the Black Sea, Romania, June 5. The... More

A U.S. Marine with Marine Rotational Force-Europe (MRF-E)

A U.S. Marine with Marine Rotational Force-Europe (MRF-E)

A U.S. Marine with Marine Rotational Force-Europe (MRF-E) 19.1 clears terrain for placement of an M252 81 mm mortar system in Setermoen, Norway, Nov 27, 2018. This training will increase MRF-E Marines’ proficie... More

Local Dacian reenactors, portraying warriors from around

Local Dacian reenactors, portraying warriors from around

Local Dacian reenactors, portraying warriors from around 101-105 A.D., stand tall before showing their weapons to U.S. and Romanian Service members in celebration of Land Forces Day in Constanta, Romania, April... More

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

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

U.S. Marine Sgt. Sam Adkins, an explosive ordnance disposal technician with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response-Africa, observes a Uganda People’s Defense Force soldier prepare his char... More

TANTAN, Morocco - A U.S. Air Force Joint Terminal Attack

TANTAN, Morocco - A U.S. Air Force Joint Terminal Attack

TANTAN, Morocco - A U.S. Air Force Joint Terminal Attack Controller (JTAC) speaks with a Moroccan Armed Forces soldier during a demonstration between Moroccan and U.S. forces, April 26, 2017, as part of Exercis... More

Moroccan special operations forces clear a room while

Moroccan special operations forces clear a room while

Moroccan special operations forces clear a room while U.S. Marines with Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force-Crisis Response-Africa 19.1, Marine Forces Europe and Africa, supervise during a theater-secu... More

Ukraine Army First Lieutenant Vitalii Dudnyk monitors

Ukraine Army First Lieutenant Vitalii Dudnyk monitors

Ukraine Army First Lieutenant Vitalii Dudnyk monitors the Ukrainian mission group’s cyber-network to detect and alleviate virtual attacks during exercise Combined Endeavor 14 in Grafenwhor, Germany, Sept. 9. Co... More

Aisne-Marne American Cemetery lays on the historic

Aisne-Marne American Cemetery lays on the historic

Aisne-Marne American Cemetery lays on the historic battlefield of Belleau Wood and consists of 2,289 epitaphs of the fallen from one of the fiercest battles of the First World War. To celebrate Memorial Day, an... More

U.S. Marine Corps Maj. Gen. Michael E. Langley, U.S.

U.S. Marine Corps Maj. Gen. Michael E. Langley, U.S.

U.S. Marine Corps Maj. Gen. Michael E. Langley, U.S. Marine Corps Forces Europe and Africa commander, speaks to the audience during the U.S. Marine Corps Forces Europe and Africa Marine Corps birthday cake cutt... More

First Lt. Tatiana Zappardino, public affairs officer

First Lt. Tatiana Zappardino, public affairs officer

First Lt. Tatiana Zappardino, public affairs officer with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Africa 13.3, sweeps up leaves at the San Camillo church during a soup kitchen event where Marines and sailo... More

A sailor with the Benin Navy performs the fireman carry

A sailor with the Benin Navy performs the fireman carry

A sailor with the Benin Navy performs the fireman carry with 1st Lt. Joshua Littell, a team leader with Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response-Africa, during a physical fitness session at ... More

During a June 21 flag football game at Merani Stadium,

During a June 21 flag football game at Merani Stadium,

During a June 21 flag football game at Merani Stadium, located in the Isani-Samgori district of Tbilisi, Georgia, between the US Marines and Georgian American flag Football teams, Sgt. Jeff Norton, a supply adm... More

U.S. Marines and sailors with Black Sea Rotational

U.S. Marines and sailors with Black Sea Rotational

U.S. Marines and sailors with Black Sea Rotational Force along with U.S. Army soldiers dance with children at Starfish Kindergarten in Constanta, Romania, April 12, 2016. Community relations projects allow Serv... More

NORMANDY, France (June 19, 2018) The remains of Radioman

NORMANDY, France (June 19, 2018) The remains of Radioman

NORMANDY, France (June 19, 2018) The remains of Radioman 2nd Class Julius “Henry” Pieper rest in a chapel at Normandy American Cemetery prior to Pieper’s funeral service. Henry Pieper and his twin brother, Radi... More

U.S. Marine M1A1 Abrams tanks and Bulgarian T-72 tanks

U.S. Marine M1A1 Abrams tanks and Bulgarian T-72 tanks

U.S. Marine M1A1 Abrams tanks and Bulgarian T-72 tanks conduct maneuver training during Platinum Lion 16-2 at Novo Selo Training Area, Bulgaria, Jan. 8, 2016. Exercise Platinum Lion provides combined training w... More

A Bulgarian T-72 tank holds its position before advancing

A Bulgarian T-72 tank holds its position before advancing

A Bulgarian T-72 tank holds its position before advancing during Platinum Lion 16-3 aboard Novo Selo Training Area, Bulgaria, May 11, 2016. The purpose behind Platinum Lion 16-3 is to build partner capacity thr... More

U.S. Marines assigned to The Combined Arms Company

U.S. Marines assigned to The Combined Arms Company

U.S. Marines assigned to The Combined Arms Company out of Bulgaria finish a patrol somewhere in the vast training area in Rena, Norway, where the Norwegian Telemark Battalion is located. This unique company is ... More

A U.S. Marines with Force Reconnaissance Company, 2nd

A U.S. Marines with Force Reconnaissance Company, 2nd

A U.S. Marines with Force Reconnaissance Company, 2nd Marine Division, II presents an after action report to the Chief of Defence of the Norwegian Armed Forces, Admiral Haakon Bruun-Hanssen, Chief of the Norweg... More

United States Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Josh Mushenski,

United States Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Josh Mushenski,

United States Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Josh Mushenski, an infantryman with Black Sea Rotational Force 14.2, from 3rd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, looks on as two Macedonian soldiers perform mechanical arm-con... More

U.S. Marines with Black Sea Rotational Force commemorate

U.S. Marines with Black Sea Rotational Force commemorate

U.S. Marines with Black Sea Rotational Force commemorate the 74th anniversary of the attacks on Pearl Harbor aboard Mihail Kogalniceanu Air Base, Romania, Dec. 7, 2015. The ceremony, made up of U.S. Marines, U.... More

Mozambican villagers wait in line outside of a clinic

Mozambican villagers wait in line outside of a clinic

Mozambican villagers wait in line outside of a clinic in Tenga Aug. 5. Service members with the task force conducting Exercise Shared Accord 2010 had set up a satellite medical facility there. Hundreds of patie... More

U.S. Marine Lance Corporals Eugene Hong and Nicholas

U.S. Marine Lance Corporals Eugene Hong and Nicholas

U.S. Marine Lance Corporals Eugene Hong and Nicholas Stone, both mortar men with Weapons Company, 2nd Marine Battalion, 25th Marine Regiment, observe soldiers with the Armed Forces for the Defense of Mozambique... More

While working in a newly-built motor transport facility,

While working in a newly-built motor transport facility,

While working in a newly-built motor transport facility, Lance Cpl. William Hernandez, a motor transport operator, Black Sea Rotational Force 11, and native of Orlando, Fl., performs a Limited Technical Inspect... More

Lt. Moses K. Omopariola of the Nigerian Navy Special

Lt. Moses K. Omopariola of the Nigerian Navy Special

Lt. Moses K. Omopariola of the Nigerian Navy Special Boat Service gives feedback to the Marines of Africa Partnership Station 2011 and their Senegal Commando counterparts after a river combat scenario from a ru... More

With a smoke grenade in hand, Sgt. Kevin Hicks acts

With a smoke grenade in hand, Sgt. Kevin Hicks acts

With a smoke grenade in hand, Sgt. Kevin Hicks acts as a member of opposing forces while waiting to ambush an enemy patrol during a final partnership exercise here, recently. The patrol, comprised of U.S. Marin... More

After a safety brief from Romanian jumpmasters, Romanian

After a safety brief from Romanian jumpmasters, Romanian

After a safety brief from Romanian jumpmasters, Romanian paratroopers training with Black Sea Rotational Force 11 make preparations to board a KC-130 Hercules, with flight support by BSRF-11’s Air Combat Elemen... More

Marines and corpsmen from second platoon, Ground Combat

Marines and corpsmen from second platoon, Ground Combat

Marines and corpsmen from second platoon, Ground Combat Element, Security Cooperation Task Force, Africa Partnership Station 2011 stand in line for hamburgers during a cookout at Marine Security Guard Detachmen... More

Marines conduct aerial refueling with Moroccan Air Force as part of exercise African Lion 2011

Marines conduct aerial refueling with Moroccan Air Force as part of ex...

Lance Cpl. Juan Vanegas, a KC-130T Hercules aircraft loadmaster from Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron 234 and a Dallas native, watches through the aircraft window as the C-130 refuels a Moroccan F-5 je... More

A Marine with Company F, 4th Light Armored Reconnaissance

A Marine with Company F, 4th Light Armored Reconnaissance

A Marine with Company F, 4th Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 4th Marine Division, covers up to protect himself from the dust May 24 as he rides in the top hatch of a Light Armored Vehicle during the uni... More

Lance Corporals James Sanders, Paul Poe, and Nicholas

Lance Corporals James Sanders, Paul Poe, and Nicholas

Lance Corporals James Sanders, Paul Poe, and Nicholas Klimek, tank mechanics from Company E, 4th Tank Battalion, stand atop their M88A2 Hercules recovery vehicle May 24 here during Exercise African Lion 2011. A... More

Lance Cpl. Andrew Ryan, a scout observer from Battery

Lance Cpl. Andrew Ryan, a scout observer from Battery

Lance Cpl. Andrew Ryan, a scout observer from Battery I, 3rd Battalion, 14th Marine Regiment, sends an artillery fire mission digitally through his StrikeLink computer here May 25 during exercise African Lion 2... More

In front of 3rd Squad with the Black Sea Rotational

In front of 3rd Squad with the Black Sea Rotational

In front of 3rd Squad with the Black Sea Rotational Force 11 Corporal’s Course guidon, Cpl. Kristopher Acker, an Amarillo, Texas, native and rifleman with BSRF-11, leads the rest of the detail to the classroom.... More

Marines, airmen and Norwegian soldiers work around

Marines, airmen and Norwegian soldiers work around

Marines, airmen and Norwegian soldiers work around the clock to load emergency equipment on to C-17 U.S. Air Force Globemaster III aircraft to ship to Eastern Turkey, in response to the 7.2 magnitude quake in t... More

Rows of front loaders and 7-ton trucks sit, gassed

Rows of front loaders and 7-ton trucks sit, gassed

Rows of front loaders and 7-ton trucks sit, gassed up and ready to roll in one of the many corridors in the Frigard supply cave located on the Vaernes Garrison near Trondheim, Norway. This is one of seven caves... More

Maj. Michael Long, Joint Reception Center officer in

Maj. Michael Long, Joint Reception Center officer in

Maj. Michael Long, Joint Reception Center officer in charge, briefs more than 300 U.S. service members with Joint Task Force African Lion 2012 at the Inezgane Airfield, in Agadir, Morocco, April 6. Throughout A... More

Cmdr. Richmond Stoglin, Task Force African Lion chaplain,

Cmdr. Richmond Stoglin, Task Force African Lion chaplain,

Cmdr. Richmond Stoglin, Task Force African Lion chaplain, from the 14th Marine Regiment, a reserve unit out of Fort Worth, Texas, holds Easter services in the Cap Draa tent chapel, Tan Tan, Morocco, April 8, 20... More

Lt. Col. Richard Coates, Commanding Officer, Black

Lt. Col. Richard Coates, Commanding Officer, Black

Lt. Col. Richard Coates, Commanding Officer, Black Sea Rotational Force 12, greets an Azeri officer upon arrival in Baku, Azerbaijan, May 6, 2012. The Aviation Combat Element landed a KC-130 cargo airplane in B... More

Reconnaissance Marines of the Ground Combat Element,

Reconnaissance Marines of the Ground Combat Element,

Reconnaissance Marines of the Ground Combat Element, Black Sea Rotational Force 12, march to the opening ceremony of BALTOPS 2012, June 4. The Marines and sailors of BSRF-12 joined Lithuanian infantry soldiers ... More

A KC-130T Super Hercules aircraft from Marine Aerial

A KC-130T Super Hercules aircraft from Marine Aerial

A KC-130T Super Hercules aircraft from Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron 234 sits on the flight line at Naval Air Station Sigonella as the propellers wind down after landing June 18, 2012. Marines from ... More

A non-lethal shotgun casing is ejected during a

A non-lethal shotgun casing is ejected during a

A non-lethal shotgun casing is ejected during a military-to-military event in Bucharest, Romania June 21. The exchange of information was part of a weeklong less than lethal weapons engagement designed to displ... More

Sgt. Greg Lamberson, a reconnaissance Marine, Ground

Sgt. Greg Lamberson, a reconnaissance Marine, Ground

Sgt. Greg Lamberson, a reconnaissance Marine, Ground Combat Element, Black Sea Rotational Force 12 practices room-clearing drills with soldiers from the Israeli Defense Force during Exercise Noble Shirley in Te... More

West African soldiers participating in Exercise Western

West African soldiers participating in Exercise Western

West African soldiers participating in Exercise Western Accord 2012 roll out concertina wire to created a hasty vehicle checkpoint during an entry control point demonstration. For the multi-week, multi-lateral ... More

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Luis Martinez, Weapons Company,with

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Luis Martinez, Weapons Company,with

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Luis Martinez, Weapons Company,with Black Sea Rotational Force-13 (BSRF-13), observes possible security threats portrayed by role players during the Humanitarian Assistance Operations (HA... More

SP-MAGTF Africa 13 arrives in Italy, prepares for Africa

SP-MAGTF Africa 13 arrives in Italy, prepares for Africa

Sergeant Ming Yu, Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Africa 13.2 administration non-commissioned officer, holds the guidon during an award ceremony on Naval Air Station Sigonella, Italy Jan. 16. The S... More

Cpl. Andrew Luna, a Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground

Cpl. Andrew Luna, a Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground

Cpl. Andrew Luna, a Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Africa 13 fiscal clerk from Montebello, Calif., reports to Maj. Gen. Raymond Fox, Marine Forces Africa commanding general, during an award ceremo... More

Petty Officer 1st Class Eric Ancheta, a Special-Purpose

Petty Officer 1st Class Eric Ancheta, a Special-Purpose

Petty Officer 1st Class Eric Ancheta, a Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Africa 13 corpsman from Whittier, Calif., demonstrates intravenous access during the Tactical Combat Casualty Care course her... More

Georgian military leader visits FOB Ward

Georgian military leader visits FOB Ward

Republic of Georgia Army Brigadier Gen. Vakhtang Kapanadz, first deputy chief of joint staff, discusses exercise Agile Spirit 13 with Black Sea Rotational Force 13 operations officer U.S. Marine Corps Capt. Ben... More

1st Lt. Hubert Williams, Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground

1st Lt. Hubert Williams, Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground

1st Lt. Hubert Williams, Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Africa 13 adjutant from Brooklyn, N.Y., reviews an award citation at Naval Air Station Sigonella, Italy, April 4, 2013. Williams was evacuat... More

Maj. Mike Berentson, Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground

Maj. Mike Berentson, Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground

Maj. Mike Berentson, Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Africa 13 team leader from Burlington, Wash., reports to Lt. Col Daniel Whisnant, Special-Purpose MAGTF Africa commanding officer, during a prom... More

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