Special Purpose Marine Air Ground Task Force Crisis Response Africa

Marines and sailors with Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force-Crisis Response-Africa came together to celebrate the 118th Navy Hospital Corpsman Birthday aboard Morón Air Base, Spain, June 17, 2016. The More

Private First Class Adrian Nelson (far right), a rifleman with Security Cooperation Team-7, Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force-Crisis Response-Africa, supervises Gabonese Marine Fusiliers during a joi More

U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Cody Keller, a landing support specialist with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response-Africa, stands on the flight line at Morón Air Base, Spain, during an external- More

An MV-22 Osprey from Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response – Africa flies toward an aerial refueling point near the coast of Spain Jan. 28, 2015. The ability to complete on-the-move refue More

U.S. Marine Sgt. Brandon Woodard, a squad leader with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response-Africa, engages a target during live-fire weapons training with U.S. Army Special Forces in Bau More

A U.S. Marine with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response-Africa stabilizes a portable ladder during an urban obstacle course run by U.S. Army Special Forces in Baumholder, Germany, March More

U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Trevor Grames, with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response-Africa, rappels down a building during a training exercise with U.S. Army Special Forces in Baumholder, Ge More

A U.S. Army Special Forces operator, left, engages targets alongside a Marine with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response-Africa during a joint training exercise in Baumholder, Germany, Ma More

A squad of U.S. Marines with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response-Africa rush onto an MV-22B Osprey in Accra, Ghana, March 27, 2015. The Marines conducted combat loading and offloading d More

A U.S. Marine MV-22B Osprey from Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response-Africa prepares to depart Morón Air Base, Spain, May 23, 2015. Four Ospreys and two KC-130J Hercules left the base a More

U.S. Marines with Black Sea Rotational Force conducted a fixed site security, May 26 at the Babadag Training Area, Romania, as part of an aviation sustainment exercise involving MV-22B Ospreys and a KC-130J Sup More

A U.S. Marine MV-22B Osprey from Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response-Africa lands at the Babadag Training Area after departing Mihail Kogălniceanu Air Base, Romania, with a platoon of M More

Romanian Army Paratroopers jumped into their landing zone from a U.S. Marine KC-130J from Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response-Africa during a multilateral training exercise at Mihail Ko More

U.S. Marine MV-22B Ospreys from Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response-Africa departed Mihail Kogălniceanu Air Base, Romania, with a platoon of Marines from the Black Sea Rotational Force More

Marines with Kilo Co., 3rd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, provide security for role players acting as American citizens at a mock evacuation control center during a non-combatant evacuation operation exercise More

Gabonese Gendarmerie service members demonstrate different non-lethal takedown techniques at a Cooperative Security Location established by Marines with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Respo More

An MV-22B Osprey with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 263, Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force-Crisis Response-Africa, is on display for the 100th Testing Center Birthday at Toulon / Hyeres Naval Air More

Marines with 2nd Combat Engineer Battalion and 1st Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, measure detonation cord and create breaching charges during the urban breaching portion of a demolition package aboard Camp Lej More

Cpl. Drew M. Geib, an infantry team leader with 2nd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, is welcomed home by his girlfriend Chelsey Clement upon returning from his deployment as part of Special Purpose Marine Air-Gr More

An MV-22B Osprey with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response-Africa performs its first aerial demonstration at the 2015 Gijón Air Festival in Gijón, Spain, July 26. The show featured aircr More

Combat Logistics Battalion 6 replaced Marine Wing Support Squadron 272 as Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response-Africa Detachment A during a transfer of authority ceremony, July 30, aboar More

Col. Calvert Worth, right, incoming commanding officer, Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force-Crisis Response-Africa, receives the unit’s battle colors from Col. Thomas Savage, commanding officer, SPMAGT More

1st Lt. John B. Porter, a platoon commander with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response-Africa, prepares to board an MV-22B Osprey during a Tactical Recovery of Aircraft and Personnel miss More

Marines with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response-Africa learn about the M240B machine gun during a two-week infantry training package, August 4-15, aboard Naval Station Rota, Spain. SPM More

U.S. Marines with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response-Africa coordinate an aerial refueling mission with pilots from the Spanish Air Force, Aug. 13, at Morón Air Base, Spain. Five Spani More

Lt. Gen. Robert Neller, commander of U.S. Marine Corps Forces Europe and U.S. Marine Corps Forces Command, speaks to Marines and sailors from Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response-Africa More

U.S. Marines and U.S. Embassy Benin officials meet with Benin’s Minister of Interior Placide Azande Aug. 28, to discuss the partner-nation training that will take place between U.S. Marines and sailors and poli More

U.S. Coast Guard Petty Officer Brad Blickenstaff, a boatswain’s mate with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response-Africa, instructs Senegalese Compagnie Fusilier de Marin Commandos on the i More

U.S. Marine Staff Sgt. Timothy Eannarino with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response-Africa observes Spanish Marines engaging targets during a bilateral infantry training package Sept. 1-4 More

A U.S. Marine MV-22B Osprey lands on the Spanish amphibious assault ship Juan Carlos I (L-61) during deck landing qualifications, Sept. 9 near the coast of Spain. Training with the host nation partners allows t More

U.S. Marines and sailors with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response-Africa, volunteered their time to clean up an after-school center in Catania, Italy, Sept. 11, 2015. at an Librino Tali More

Benin National Surveillance Police commemorated the Sept. 11, 2001, anniversary attacks with U.S. Marines and sailors at the National Police Academy in Cotonou, Benin, today. The Marines and sailors with Specia More

More than 10 U.S. Marines and sailors with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response-Africa, volunteered their time at a soup kitchen in Acireale, Italy, Sept 15, 2015. The Marines and sailor More

Senegalese Security Forces practice patrolling with U.S. Marines during a four-day exercise in Dakar, Senegal, Sept. 16. U.S. Marines with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response-Africa, ba More

A Compagnie Fusilier de Marin Commando moves up the beach during the final exercise with U.S. service members in Dakar, Senegal, Sept. 17, 2015. The Marines and Coast Guardsmen with Special-Purpose Marine Air-G More

Lance Cpl. Justin Forrester teaches immediate action drills to a park ranger with the Agence Nationale des Parcs Nationaux at the Pongara National Forest in Pongara, Gabon, Sept. 17. U.S. Marines and park range More

U.S. Marines with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response-Africa teach Senegalese military personnel and vehicle searches aboard Bel-Air military base, Sept. 21-22 in Dakar, Senegal. While More

U.S. Marines and sailors accompanied Benin’s National Surveillance Police (NSP) to Jesu Jro, Benin, Sept. 24, to conduct a combined border surveillance training exercise. After spending a month learning U.S. Ma More

A National Surveillance Police student waits to move into a security position during an early morning raid, Sept. 25, at Benin's Military Officer Academy in Toffo, Benin. More than 150 National Surveillance Pol More

U.S. and Spanish Marines establish a combined security perimeter during an interoperability demonstration to U.S. Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter, Oct. 6, aboard Morón Air Base, Spain. Carter emphasized the More

U.S. Marines assist United Kingdom Royal Marine Commandos in teaching visit, board, search and seizure (VBSS) to Angola's Fuzileiros Operaçües Especiais Marines, Oct. 6, aboard the UK Royal Navy’s HMS Lancaster More

U.S. Marines with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response-Africa and Spanish Navy test rapid launch of three U.S. MV-22B Ospreys and two Spanish Harriers aircraft aboard a Spanish amphibiou More

U.S. Marine Capt. Jeremy Phillips, the intelligence security cooperation Officer with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response-Africa, discusses intelligence gathering with Ghanaia Navy inte More

Nearly 20 Marines and sailors partnered with a local Sicilian high school to clean up the Catania San Giovannia Li Cuti Beach and waterfront, Oct. 26, in Catania, Italy. The Lions Club Catania-sponsored event More

U.S. Marine Sgt. Sam Adkins, an explosive ordinance disposal technician with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response-Africa, identifies a pressure plate during an improvised explosive devic More

U.S. Marine First Lt. Christopher Leisring, the logistics security cooperation team leader, with Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response-Africa, goes up against a Uganda People’s Defense Fo More

U. S. Marine Cpl. Aaron Johnson, a heavy equipment mechanic with the Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response-Africa, stands at attention during his reenlistment ceremony at Camp Singo, Ugan More

U.S. Marine Cpl. Lydia Judge, a crew master with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response-Africa, performs a final inspection of gear aboard a KC-130J Hercules, Nov. 9, in Zaragoza, Spain. T More

U.S. Marine Sgt. Alfred Darsey, a combat engineer with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response-Africa, helps a Uganda People’s Defense Force soldier ensure the outline of the structure is s More

U.S. Representative Lynn Westmoreland of Georgia visits Marines and sailors with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response-Africa at Naval Air Station Sigonella, Italy, Nov. 23, 2015. Westmor More

U.S. Marine Sgt. Sam Adkins, an explosive ordnance disposal technician with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response-Africa, explains how to place a detonating cord to Uganda People’s Defens More

U.S. Marine Sgt. Sam Adkins, an explosive ordnance disposal technician with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response-Africa and Uganda People’s Defense Force soldiers emplace explosives thro More

U.S. Marine Cpl. Brandon Ditmire, a combat engineer with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response-Africa, talks to Uganda People’s Defense Force soldiers about building obstacles during the More

U.S. Marines with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response-Africa load up an MV-22B Osprey during a tactical recovery of aircraft and personnel exercise, Dec. 7, aboard Los Llanos Air Base, More

Petty Officer 2nd Class Robert Otte (left), corpsman and chief instructor with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response-Africa, evaluates Uganda People’s Defense Force medics as they carry a More

Seven Marines and sailors with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response-Africa, teamed up with the Naval Air Station Sigonella Choir to sing Christmas songs to Sicilians in Scordia and Pater More

A U.S. Marine and a Spanish Legionnaire clear a compound during a military operations in urban terrain exercise, near Almeria, Spain, Dec. 15. The MOUT exercise is part of week-long bi-lateral exercise, embeddi More

For the first time since Naval Air Station Sigonella was established in 1959, U.S. service members joined students from the University of Catania, Italy, for a community relations event, Dec. 16, 2015. Nearly 2 More

U.S. service members recently completed the second module of Tactical Intelligence Support to Maritime Operations course for the Ghanaian Navy and Maritime Police Force, Dec. 7-18, at Ghana’s Eastern Naval Comm More

Nearly 30 Marines participated in a Tactical Combat Casualty Care course to learn how to save lives in combat situations, Dec. 14-18, on Naval Air Station Sigonella, Italy. Medical officers and corpsmen with Sp More

Col. Calvert Worth, the commanding officer for Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response-Africa, shows the Commandant of the Marine Corps Gen. Robert B. Neller new containerized living units More

First Lt. John M. Cabbage makes reindeer candy canes for children during a Christmas party at the Giovanna Romeo Orphanage, Dec. 22, in Belpasso, Italy. More than 30 Marines and sailors with Special-Purpose Mar More

Sgt. Raheem Boyd, a heavy equipment operator with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response-Africa received an American Hero Award aboard Morón Air Base, Spain, Dec. 23, 2015. Boyd, a Birming More

Nearly 100 Marines and sailors with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response-Africa established an evacuation control center for an exercise in Naval Air Station Sigonella, Italy. The exerci More

U.S. Marines with the Ground Combat Element, Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response-Africa, prepare to board an MV-22B Osprey during an alert drill aboard Morón Air Base, Spain, Jan. 23, 2 More

A U.S. Marine Corps explosive ordnance disposal technician with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response-Africa sets up a mock improvised explosive device aboard Naval Station Rota, Spain, F More

More than 20 Marines with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response-Africa battled it out against more than 100 children, ages between five and 13, during the third ever "Nerf Battle" at the More

U.S. Marines and the Portuguese Fuzileros disembark from MV-22B Ospreys during an airfield seizure exercise as part of Operation Real Thaw in Seia, Portugal, Feb. 22, 2016. Marines with Special-Purpose Marine A More

Sgt. Dereck Ford, a technician with Explosive Ordnance Disposal Company, teaches Marines with Combat Logistics Battalion 2 how to power up and recalibrate a metal detector during an improvised explosive device More

Petty Officer 2nd Class Christopher Bulloch, the Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response-Africa Logistics Combat Element religious programs specialist, cuts through the tall grass at the Vi More

Lieutenant Gen. John E. Wissler, commander of U.S. Marine Corps Forces Command, is greeted by Col. Carlos de Ysasi, Spanish 11th Wing commander, and Col. Martin F. Wetterauer II, commanding officer of Special P More

Senegalese Sgt. Aliou Sarr, an engineer instructor, explains to his students the different types of tools used to conduct demining during a train-the-trainer course, March 8, at Camp Moussa, an engineer base in More

Sgt. Brandyn Knight, the Evacuation Control Center entry point noncommissioned officer in charge with Combat Logistics Battalion 2, briefs notionally displaced American citizens as they prepare to enter the ECC More

A Marine with Combat Logistics Battalion 2, is lowered to the ground after he was stunned by a X26 TASER during a qualification and exposure course, led by the Expeditionary Operations Training Group, II Marine More

Marines with Combat Logistics Battalion 2 position themselves in a riot control formation during the unit’s non-lethal weapons training final exercise at Camp Lejeune, N.C., March 25, 2016. The battalion had to More

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Colin Merrigan, a squad leader with Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force-Crisis Response-Africa, fires an M4 carbine during a live-fire exercise to confirm his battle sight zero i More

U.S. Marines with Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force-Crisis Response-Africa render aid to a simulated casualty during a joint training exercise with U.S. Army Special Forces personnel in Germany, Apr. More

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Virgil Maday, a rifleman with Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force-Crisis Response-Africa, fires an M4 carbine during a lateral movement exercise at a combat marksmanship ra More

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Michael Battaglia, a team leader with Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force-Crisis Response-Africa, leads his team down a two-story building during a joint training exercise More

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. John Brancifort, a rifleman with Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force-Crisis Response-Africa, fires an M4 carbine in the lateral movement portion of a stress shooting exercise hel More

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Matiyes Kinker and Cpl. Blake Campbell, squad leaders with Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force-Crisis Response-Africa, grapple during the Viking Games aboard Morón Air Base, Spai More

Leaders with Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force-Crisis Response-Africa and the French National Gendarmerie meet as representatives for the simulated U.S. and French Embassies during a riot-control exe More

U.S. Marines and Spanish service members swim across a canal during the XIV Carrera Fan-Pin mud run in San Fernando, Spain, May 20, 2016. The annual race challenged the Marines of Special Purpose Marine Air-Gro More

Sgt Raleigh Pendergrass , a water support technician with Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response-Africa, talks a soldier from the Uganda People’s Defense Force through a counter-improvised More

U.S. Marines with Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron 252, Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force-Crisis Response-Africa, load cargo onto a KC-130J Hercules at Royal Air Force Lakenheath, England, J More

U.S. Marines with Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force-Crisis Response-Africa receive a weapons safety brief from Portuguese soldiers on the Heckler & Koch G3 rifle during a familiarization range at Bri More

U.S. Marines with Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force-Crisis Response-Africa board an MV-22 Osprey to kick off Exercise Orion 16 at military training area Tancos, Portugal, June 22, 2016. Exercise Orio More

U.S. Marine Corps Col. Martin Wetterauer III, commanding officer of Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force-Crisis Response-Africa addresses U.S. Marines with SPMAGTF-CR-AF and Spanish service members with More

U.S. Marine Corps 1st Lt. Kevin Ryan, a platoon commander with Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force-Crisis Response-Africa, posts security after disembarking an MV-22 Osprey at Campo Militar de Santa Ma More

Landing support specialists with Combat Logistics Battalion 2, Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force-Crisis Response-Africa, await the arrival of an MV-22B Osprey during a helicopter support team exercis More

U.S. Marines with Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force-Crisis Response-Africa pose with participants and instructors of the Tactical Intel Support to Maritime Operations Center course conducted with the More

U.S. Navy Lt. Cmdr. Robert Oldt, (left), an emergency physician explains proper procedures for conducting a Focused Assessment with Sonogram in Trauma exam with Lt. Oscar Kizhner, (right), a flight surgeon, Jul More

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. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Kassie McDole.)

U.S. Marines with Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force-Crisis Response-Africa set up network satellite communications through a Ground Antenna Transmit and Receive at Morón Air Base, Spain, July 25, 201 More

U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Joseph Jedding a religious program specialist with Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force-Crisis Response-Africa, applies concrete to a damaged wall of the Spanish Conven More

Unidad Militar de Emergencias held a memorial parade at Morón Air Base, Spain, July 28, 2016. The Spanish invited members of the U.S. Marine Corps and U.S. Air Force to participate in the ceremony. Marines with More

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Reid Peter, a tactical field wireman with Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force-Crisis Response-Africa properly applies a tourniquet on a simulated casualty during a Care und More

U.S. Navy Shock Trauma platoon personnel with Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force-Crisis Response-Africa work together to assess additional injuries of a trauma patient during a mass casualty drill, Au More

An MV-22B Osprey with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 266, Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force-Crisis Response-Africa, successfully lands aboard the BPC Dixmude as part of bilateral training in the Gu More

U.S. Marine Corps Lt. Col. Michael Cagle, executive officer of Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force-Crisis Response-Africa, speaks to participants before kicking off the Commander’s Cup competition at M More