RABKUT , Oman (Feb. 19, 2017) U. S. Marine Maj. Jason Ford, executive officer for Battalion Landing Team 1st Bn., 4th Marines, 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), shakes hands with Maj. Mohammed Abdullah Al Kasbi, a company commander with the Royal Army of Oman (RAO), during a key leadership engagement during Exercise Sea Soldier ‘17, Feb. 19. The bilateral exercise consists of live-fire training evolutions and subject matter expert engagements with the RAO’s 11th Brigade. Sea Soldier 2017 is an annual, bilateral exercise conducted with the Royal Army of Oman designed to demonstrate the coop
RABKUT , Oman (Feb. 19, 2017) U. S. Marine Maj. Jason Ford, executive officer for Battalion Landing Team 1st Bn., 4th Marines, 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), shakes hands with Maj. Mohammed Abdullah Al Kasbi, a company commander with the Royal Army of Oman (RAO), during a key leadership engagement during Exercise Sea Soldier ‘17, Feb. 19. The bilateral exercise consists of live-fire training evolutions and subject matter expert engagements with the RAO’s 11th Brigade. Sea Soldier 2017 is an annual, bilateral exercise conducted with the Royal Army of Oman designed to demonstrate the cooperative skill and will of and partner nations to work together in maintaining regional stability and security. The 11th MEU is deployed in the 5th Fleet area of operations in support of maritime security operations designed to reassure allies and partners, preserve the freedom of navigation and the free flow of commerce and enhance regional stability.
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