Members of the U.S. and South African armed forces receive safety classes during Exercise Shared Acccord [Image 4 of 5]

LOHATLA, SOUTH AFRICA

07.17.2017

Photo by 2nd Lt. Brett Dornhege-Lazaroff 

U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Europe and Africa     

U. S. Marine Maj. Michael Huffman (right), Capt. Joshua Bales (left), and South African Navy Maritime Reaction Squadron (MRS) Ensign Sinyakanyaka (center) take a break between safety and training classes as part of Shared Accord 17 (SA17) at South African Army Combat Training Center, Lohatla, South Africa, July 17, 2017. In the coming days, members of the MRS and U.S. Marines will form integrated units, building interoperability as they learn each others techniques, tactics, and procedures. SA17 is a Joint bi-lateral Field Training Exercise with our South African partners focused on Peace Keeping Operations designed to exercise participants’ capability and capacity to conduct African Union / United Nations mandated Peace Keeping Operations.

• Date Taken: 07.17.2017
• Date Posted: 07.18.2017 08:35
• Photo ID: 3577164
• VIRIN: 170717-M-LE883-241
• Resolution: 5760x3840
• Size: 4.47 MB
• Location: LOHATLA, ZA