A Mauritanian officer shoots an MG4 machine gun as a Spanish special operations soldier calls out targets during Exercise Flintlock 2019, Feb. 22, 2019 in Atar, Mauritania. Flintlock is a multi-national exercise consisting of 32 African and Western nations at multiple locations in Burkina Faso and Mauritania that is designed to strengthen the ability of key partner nations to counter violent extremist organizations, protect their borders and provide security for their people.

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