MPF Offload for African Lion 15 [Image 8 of 15]

AGADIR, MOROCCO

05.09.2015

Photo by Cpl. Elizabeth Case 

U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Europe and Africa     

Petty Officer 2nd Class Elijah Godbold, an equipment operator with Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 11, 1st Naval Construction Group, and Augusta, Ga., native, stabilizes part of the cab of an MK-23 standard cargo truck May 9, 2015, at the port of Agadir, Morocco, during vehicle reassembly. Following a Maritime Prepositioning Force (MPF) offload in preparation for Exercise African Lion 15, many military vehicles must be put back together on site and inspected before they are sent out to units for training. An MPF is a strategic capability that provides commanders with a forward presence and rapid crisis response by offloading combat equipment and supplies from U.S. Military Sealift Command ships to support various units, and will be used to sustain the Marines and service members operating throughout the exercise. For the offload, Marines with CLR-2 were joined with Marines with Combat Logistics Battalion 453, Combat Logistics Regiment 4, 4th Marine Logistics Group, as well as sailors with NMCB 11. Exercise African Lion 15 is a combined joint task force exercise conducted in accordance with UN-mandated peace operations with humanitarian assistance themes and emphasizes the strong military bond between U.S. and Moroccan Armed Forces. It creates a foundation for slated inter-military cooperation in the future and improves interoperability between nations, building relationships with this key strategic region within the AFRICOM area of responsibility. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Elizabeth A. Case)

• Date Taken: 05.09.2015
• Date Posted: 05.18.2015 19:23
• Photo ID: 1940409
• VIRIN: 150509-M-CU214-310
• Resolution: 2143x1429
• Size: 1.33 MB
• Location: AGADIR, MA