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U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Thomas A. Beltran and a Moroccan soldier load ammunition into an M2 .50 caliber machine gun in Tifnit, Morocco, May 6, 2009. The U.S. Marines and Moroccan soldiers fired the weapons during African Lion, an annual U.S.-Moroccan exercise to improve interoperability and mutual understanding of each nation’s tactics, techniques and procedures.

AFRICAN LION

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Thomas A. Beltran and a Moroccan soldier load ammunition into an M2 .50 caliber machine gun in Tifnit, Morocco, May 6, 2009. The U.S. Marines and Moroccan soldiers fired the weapons during African Lion, an annual U.S.-Moroccan exercise to improve interoperability and mutual understanding of each nation’s tactics, techniques and procedures.

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