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U.S. Marines and Sailors with Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force-Crisis-Response-Africa 19.2, Marine Forces Europe and Africa, established a cooperative security location in Dakar, Senegal July 28 through Aug. 10, 2019. The exercises were conducted to increase proficiency as a crisis response force and rehearse forward-staging an alert force in Africa. SPMAGTF-CR-AF is deployed to conduct crisis-response and theater-security operations in Africa and promote regional stability by conducting military-to-military training exercises throughout Europe and Africa. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Cpl. Gumchol Cho)

U.S. Marines with Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force-Crisis-Response-Africa 19.2 conducted multiple exercises with the Senegal Armed Forces Aug. 2-4, 2019 in Thies, Senegal. The exercises increased proficiency and interoperability of the participating forces. SPMAGTF-CR-AF is deployed to conduct crisis-response and theater-security operations in Africa and promote regional stability by conducting military-to-military training exercises throughout Europe and Africa. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Cpl. Gumchol Cho)

U.S. Marines with Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force-Crisis-Response-Africa 19.2 conducted multiple exercises with the Senegal Armed Forces Aug. 2-4, 2019 in Thies, Senegal. The exercises increased proficiency and interoperability of the participating forces. SPMAGTF-CR-AF is deployed to conduct crisis-response and theater-security operations in Africa and promote regional stability by conducting military-to-military training exercises throughout Europe and Africa. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Cpl. Gumchol Cho)

U.S. Marines with Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force-Crisis-Response-Africa 19.2 conducted multiple exercises with the Senegal Armed Forces Aug. 2-4, 2019 in Thies, Senegal. The exercises increased proficiency and interoperability of the participating forces. SPMAGTF-CR-AF is deployed to conduct crisis-response and theater-security operations in Africa and promote regional stability by conducting military-to-military training exercises throughout Europe and Africa. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Cpl. Gumchol Cho)

U.S. Marines with Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force-Crisis-Response-Africa 19.2 conducted multiple exercises with the Senegal Armed Forces Aug. 2-4, 2019 in Thies, Senegal. The exercises increased proficiency and interoperability of the participating forces. SPMAGTF-CR-AF is deployed to conduct crisis-response and theater-security operations in Africa and promote regional stability by conducting military-to-military training exercises throughout Europe and Africa. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Cpl. Gumchol Cho)

Members of Senegal’s Compagnie Fusilier de Marin Commando and U.S. Marines with Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force – Crisis Response – Africa combine forces during a four-week bilateral exercise to strengthen partner nation capabilities at Thies, Senegal, April 12 – May 9. Marines and sailors with SPMAGTF-CR-AF Ground Combat Element served as instructors and led infantry based practical application exercises with the COFUMACO to better enhance their war fighting capabilities. The unit focused on reinforcing the importance of small unit leadership and tactics, while conducting live-fire ranges, known distance engagements, movement to contact drills, combat marksmanship program and squad-level maneuvers.

A team of U.S. Marines and Coast Guardsmen taught small-boat operations and infantry tactics to Compagnie Fusilier de Marin Commandos in Toubacouta, Senegal, August 31-September 11, 2015. For two weeks, Marines and Coast Guardsmen with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response-Africa, Detachment A, spent time on land and water with members of the Senegalese COFUMACO teaching them essential skills to maintain regional stability and mitigate illicit trafficking.