AFL has a ball on their Armed Forces Day [Image 6 of 6]

MONROVIA, LIBERIA

02.11.2012

Photo by 1st Lt. Mark Lazane 

Operation Onward Liberty

U.S. Marine Corps Maj. Joshua Norris (left), from Stafford, Va., operations and training adviser to the Armed Forces of Liberia, Capt. Ross Bettis (center), a native of Lansing, Mich., bilateral affairs officer at the U.S. Embassy in Liberia, and Capt. John King, a native of Columbia, Mo., logistical command adviser to the AFL, participate in the military ball festivities during the Armed Forces Day celebration in downtown Monrovia, Liberia, Feb. 11. The evening ball was the final event in a weeklong celebration of the history of armed forces in Liberia. This year’s Liberian Armed Forces Day theme was “Armed Forces of Liberia supports the foundation for long-term security and economic development in Liberia.” The newly formed AFL currently has about 2,000 personnel, consisting of various Army units spread out around the country, as well as a small and well-trained coast guard. Capacity building within the AFL is conducted by many international partners, including the United States’ Operation Onward Liberty, the United Nations Mission in Liberia and the Economic Community of West African States. Norris is deployed from Marine Corps Systems Command, Marine Corps Base Quantico, Va. Bettis is deployed from the Michigan Army National Guard, and King is deployed from Combat Logistics Regiment 27, 2nd Marine Logistics Group, Camp Lejeune, N.C.

• Date Taken: 02.11.2012
• Date Posted: 03.02.2012 04:11
• Photo ID: 534162
• VIRIN: 120211-F-QQ777-006
• Resolution: 1749x2316
• Size: 421.52 KB
• Location: MONROVIA, LR