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    US, UK Royal Marines work with West African partners during Africa Partnership Station [Image 6 of 20]

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    The image shows military or security personnel conducting what appears to be a tactical training exercise at a naval dock or port facility. Several armed personnel in military fatigues are taking cover positions behind a concrete pier structure, with weapons raised in a defensive or assault formation. A military vessel is docked in the background with additional uniformed personnel visible on deck.

    LOBITO, ANGOLA

    10.07.2015

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    U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Europe and Africa     

    Angola's Fuzileiros Operaçües Especiais Marines prepare to clear buildings after disembarking a boat during room-clearing training, Oct. 7, in Lobito, Angola. U.S. Marines and U.K. Royal Marine Commandos trained the Fuzileiros Operaçües Especiais Marines as part of the Africa Partnership Station, which is a U.S Naval Forces Africa initiative that aims to increase the maritime safety and security capacity of African partners through collaboration, regional cooperation through engagement exercises that build toward self-sustained African security of the maritime domain. The training came at the request of U.S. Naval Forces Africa and UK Royal Navy to support NAVAF’s Africa Partnership Station missions in the Gulf of Guinea. Five U.S. Marines and one U.S. Navy sailor from Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response-Africa took part in the training, alongside their UK Royal Marine Commando counterparts, which also included visit, board, search and seizure (VBSS), immediate action drills, patrolling, weapons handling, marksmanship and combat lifesaver training. The APS also made stops in Ghana, Nigeria and Togo. (Official U.S. Marine Corps photo by Navy Lt j.g. Jason Bond/Released)

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    Date Taken: 10.07.2015
    Date Posted: 11.18.2015 08:46
    Photo ID: 2293341
    VIRIN: 151007-M-AB123-009
    Resolution: 5184x3456
    Size: 5.53 MB
    Location: LOBITO, AO
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