ATLANTIC OCEAN (JUNE 14, 2021) Marines from the Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 261 (VMM-261) the “raging Bulls,” secure an MV-22 Osprey for the night on the flight deck aboard the Expeditionary Sea Base USS Hershel “Woody” Williams (ESB 4) in the Atlantic Ocean, June 14, 2021 in support of exercise African Lion 2021. African Lion 2021 is Africa Command’ largest, premier, joint, annual exercise hosted by Morocco, Tunisia and Senegal, 7-18 June. More than 7,000 participants from nine nations and NATO train together with a focus on enhancing readiness for and partner nation forces. AL
ATLANTIC OCEAN (JUNE 14, 2021) Marines from the Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 261 (VMM-261) the “raging Bulls,” secure an MV-22 Osprey for the night on the flight deck aboard the Expeditionary Sea Base USS Hershel “Woody” Williams (ESB 4) in the Atlantic Ocean, June 14, 2021 in support of exercise African Lion 2021. African Lion 2021 is Africa Command’ largest, premier, joint, annual exercise hosted by Morocco, Tunisia and Senegal, 7-18 June. More than 7,000 participants from nine nations and NATO train together with a focus on enhancing readiness for and partner nation forces. AL21 is a multi-domain, multi-component, and multi-national exercise, which employs a full array of mission capabilities with the goal to strengthen interoperability among participants.
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