Marines with the Ground Combat Element, Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response-Africa conduct an alert-force drill aboard Naval Station Rota, Spain. SPMAGTF-CR-AF is a self-sustaining crisis-response force prepared for the protection of American personnel and facilities on the African continent when directed by Africa Command.

---

Size: 5760px × 3840px
Photo credit: © Military first collection / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: 1st, 8th, africa, air, air-ground, aircraft, alert, base, battalion, crisis, europe, expeditionary, force, forces, ii, marine, marines, mef, moron, mv-22b, naval, osprey, personnel, rapid, recovery, respon, response, response-afr, rota, spain, special-purpose, spmagtf, spmagtf-cr-af, station, tactical, task, training