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Marines and French gendarmes with riot shields push a line of role playing protestors.

Defensive Bound

Marines with Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response Africa and French gendarmes perform a defensive bound against role playing protestors during a U.S. embassy reinforcement exercise at the National Gendarmerie Tactical Training Center in Saint-Astier, France, Jan. 18, 2019. SPMAGTF-CR-AF is a rotational force deployed to conduct crisis response and theater security operations in Europe and Africa.

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