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NA - U.S. Marine Corps Maj. Gen. Daniel Shipley, commander of U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Europe and Africa, left, speaks with Royal Moroccan Navy Inspector, Rear Adm. Mohamed Tahin, right, in Rabat, Morocco, July 20, 2026. Shipley and Tahin took time during African Maritime Forces Summit 2026 to discuss maritime security. Co-hosted by the Royal Moroccan Armed Forces, U.S. Naval Forces Africa, and U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Europe and Africa, AMFS 2026 brings together international partners to address shared security challenges under the theme "Innovation and Partnership to Strengthen Maritime Security." (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Garrett Gillespie)

AMFS 2026 reinforces Morocco’s role in regional maritime security and enduring U.S. partnership

Senior leaders from U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Europe and Africa and the Royal Moroccan Armed Forces met during the African Maritime Forces Summit 2026 to reinforce a nearly 250-year relationship and discuss shared maritime security priorities across North Africa and the broader maritime domain.

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Marines with 2nd Low Altitude Air Defense Battalion, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), fire a FIM-92 stinger missile from a Mark VI patrol boat during a live fire exercise in the Philippine Sea, Feb. 27, 2021. - Marines with 2nd Low Altitude Air Defense Battalion, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), fire a FIM-92 stinger missile from a Mark VI patrol boat during a live fire exercise in the Philippine Sea, Feb. 27, 2021.

Losing Weight: The 31st MEU demonstrates non-traditional use of expeditionary platforms during joint patrol

The 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, currently embarked aboard ships of Amphibious Squadron 11, conducted joint patrols with assets from the Palau Bureau of Maritime Security, U.S. Coast Guard, and U.S. Navy, in the Philippine Sea, Feb. 22-28, 2021.The patrols were conducted to increase interoperability between the U.S. Navy, Coast Guard, Marine

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Marines, sailors and coast guardsmen assigned to Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response-Africa and members of the Compagnie Fusilier de Marin Commandos pose for a picture after a graduation ceremony in St. Louis, Senegal, July 9, 2015. More than 30 members of the Fusilier Marins graduated a nearly six-week long maritime security force assistance training course, where the U.S. service members taught the Senegalese small-boat operations and light infantry skills. - Marines, sailors and coast guardsmen assigned to Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response-Africa and members of the Compagnie Fusilier de Marin Commandos pose for a picture after a graduation ceremony in St. Louis, Senegal, July 9, 2015. More than 30 members of the Fusilier Marins graduated a nearly six-week long maritime security force assistance training course, where the U.S. service members taught the Senegalese small-boat operations and light infantry skills.