U.S. Marines with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task
Force Crisis Response-Africa trained alongside France's
national police force, the Gendarmerie, at the National
Gendarmerie Training Center in Saint Astier, France, June
18-22, 2015. The Gendarmerie is a branch of the French Armed
Forces tasked with maintaining public safety. Stationed
aboard Morón Air Base, Spain, the SPMAGTF-CR-AF serves as a
rotational crisis-response force for U.S. Africa Command.
Throughout the training, subsequent scenarios continued to
build on the last in intensity and violence. Each mission
became more complicated as the two forces worked together to
respond to escalating urban turmoil.
U.S. Marine Corps video by 1st Lt.
Danielle Dixon Video edited by USA Patriotism!
