A Marine loads a magazine with rounds prior to a live-fire
Summary
A Marine loads a magazine with rounds prior to a live-fire training evolution on a river boat here. This range was designed by the Senegalese military and tactics were taught by Nigerian sailors, who have a vast amount of experience patrolling the Nigerian rivers. The live-fire course was part of Africa Partnership Station 2011, a U.S. Africa Command maritime security engagement program that is designed to strengthen participating nations’ maritime security capacity through multilateral collaboration and cross-border cooperation. Marine Corps Forces, Africa is supporting APS 11 with a security assistance force based out of Camp Lejeune, N.C.
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africa
africa partnership station
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senegal
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security cooperation task force
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master sgt grady fontana
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senegalese nigerian special forces show marines small boat amphibious tactics during aps 11
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us marine corps
Date
22/04/2011
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