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    African Lion 12 - Peace Support Operations [Image 3 of 7]

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    Multiple military personnel in desert camouflage uniforms are lying in the prone position on arid terrain, aiming rifles downrange. The scene appears to be a live-fire training exercise or field drill, with soldiers spread across the field in a tactical line formation. The environment is an open, dry landscape with sparse vegetation and trees visible in the background.

    TIFNIT, MOROCCO

    04.10.2012

    Photo by Gunnery Sgt. William Price 

    U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Europe and Africa     

    Lance Cpl. David Thigpen, a military policeman assigned to Joint Task Force African Lion 2012, directs his fireteam during training on patrolling formations with the Royal Moroccan Armed Forces at the Peacekeeping Support Operation exercise site in Tifnit, Morocco, April 10, 2012. AL-12 is a U.S. African Command-sponsored, Marine Forces Africa-led exercise designed to improve interoperability and mutual understanding of the United States and Kingdom of Morocco's military tactics, techniques and procedures. Thigpen, a Jackson, Miss., native, is assigned to Marine Wing Support Group 47, with units based out of Minnesota, California and Louisiana.

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    Date Taken: 04.10.2012
    Date Posted: 04.15.2012 06:42
    Photo ID: 559564
    VIRIN: 120410-M-5423P-337
    Resolution: 4840x3008
    Size: 10.08 MB
    Location: TIFNIT, MA
    Hometown: JACKSON, MICHIGAN, US
    Web Views: 151
    Downloads: 1

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    A military field setting showing personnel in various camouflage uniforms gathered outdoors near military vehicles and tents. A cameraman in Air Force ABU (Airman Battle Uniform) is filming or photographing two soldiers in the foreground, one in ABUs and one in Marine MARPAT desert camouflage. In the background, a larger group of soldiers wearing what appears to be a different nation's desert camouflage pattern are assembled near a HMMWV (Humvee).
    Two military personnel are visible in an open, arid field during what appears to be a training exercise. The foreground soldier is in a kneeling firing position aiming a rifle with an optical scope, while a second soldier stands in the background observing. The setting suggests a joint military training exercise based on the differing camouflage uniforms worn by each individual.
    Multiple military personnel in desert camouflage uniforms are lying in the prone position on arid terrain, aiming rifles downrange. The scene appears to be a live-fire training exercise or field drill, with soldiers spread across the field in a tactical line formation. The environment is an open, dry landscape with sparse vegetation and trees visible in the background.
    The image shows a joint military training exercise involving U.S. Marines and soldiers wearing a distinct desert tiger-stripe camouflage pattern, likely from a North African or Middle Eastern nation. A female U.S. Marine is kneeling on the ground near sandbags, appearing to demonstrate or explain a technique to the surrounding soldiers. The setting appears to be an outdoor military training area with tents visible in the background.
    A military service member in desert camouflage (MARPAT) uniform is in a kneeling firing position aiming an M16/M4-style rifle with an underbarrel grenade launcher attachment and optical scope. In the background, another service member is in a prone firing position, and a third stands observing. The setting appears to be an open, arid training range with sparse vegetation and trees.
    A line of military personnel in desert camouflage uniforms are conducting a weapons training exercise in an arid outdoor environment. The soldiers are standing in a diagonal formation, all aiming rifles in the same direction. The setting appears to be a field training range with sparse vegetation and dry terrain.
    A military briefing or instruction session is taking place outdoors on an arid training ground. Two standing soldiers in US Marine Corps desert MARPAT camouflage are addressing a large group of seated personnel wearing two distinct camouflage patterns. The setting appears to be a joint multinational military exercise, with military tents and sparse vegetation visible in the background.

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