Virginia Blazer, center, the U.S. Deputy Chief of Mission to Tanzania, poses for a photo with Marines and Sailors assigned to a Security Cooperation Team with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response-Africa, and more than 40 Tanzanian park rangers following a graduation ceremony on the Selous Game Reserve in Matambwe, Tanzania, March 27, 2015. The park rangers graduated from counter illicit-trafficking training, which was the first-ever engagement between U.S. Service members and Tanzanian park rangers. The Marines and Sailors taught the park rangers infantry skills in an attempt to help counter illicit-trafficking in the region. - Virginia Blazer, center, the U.S. Deputy Chief of Mission to Tanzania, poses for a photo with Marines and Sailors assigned to a Security Cooperation Team with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response-Africa, and more than 40 Tanzanian park rangers following a graduation ceremony on the Selous Game Reserve in Matambwe, Tanzania, March 27, 2015. The park rangers graduated from counter illicit-trafficking training, which was the first-ever engagement between U.S. Service members and Tanzanian park rangers. The Marines and Sailors taught the park rangers infantry skills in an attempt to help counter illicit-trafficking in the region.
U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Kyle McAuliffe, a rifleman assigned to the Theater Security Cooperation team with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response-Africa, shows Tanzanian park rangers different areas on a terrain model at the Selous Game Reserve in Matambwe, Tanzania, March 9, 2015. McAuliffe was one of approximately 15 Marines and Sailors from SPMAGTF-CR-AF to help teach the park rangers operation-order writing and land navigation skills. - U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Kyle McAuliffe, a rifleman assigned to the Theater Security Cooperation team with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response-Africa, shows Tanzanian park rangers different areas on a terrain model at the Selous Game Reserve in Matambwe, Tanzania, March 9, 2015. McAuliffe was one of approximately 15 Marines and Sailors from SPMAGTF-CR-AF to help teach the park rangers operation-order writing and land navigation skills.
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