Hosted by the French Armed Forces 5th Combined Overseas Marine Battalion the Grand Bara race honors the long history of the French relationship with Djibouti. Participants in the race follow a 15-kilometer line of rocks in the Grand Bara desert, which the Foreign Legion used to make its Soldiers paint as punishment.
Nearly 200 members of Combined Joint Task Force – Horn of Africa ran alongside 2,500 Djiboutian, Chinese, and coalition service members and civilians during the 15k (9.3 mile) race across a stretch of Djibouti’s Grand Bara Desert, Dec. 13. (U.S. Army photo by Capt. Olivia Cobiskey)
Date Taken: | 12.12.2018 |
Date Posted: | 12.14.2018 03:14 |
Photo ID: | 4973136 |
VIRIN: | 181212-A-OC713-429 |
Resolution: | 4000x6000 |
Size: | 2.4 MB |
Location: | DJ |
Web Views: | 49 |
Downloads: | 7 |
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