African Lion 2011

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The New Year also brings new challenges and opportunities for the Marines of 3/14. For the first time in many years the battalion will find itself conducting individual unit AT’s. By now you are all aware 3/14 was tasked with providing a firing battery and the HQ element in support of African Lion 2011 in Morocco commencing in May 2011. That battery, India battery, as well as Marines from HQ battery were identified and are concurrently conducting planning and making preparations to support.

The current focus of Headquarters Marines is to support the upcoming African Lion Exercise in Morocco. This exercise not only allows us to do training side by side with Moroccan forces, it allows us to do essential cultural outreach to an essential Middle East partner. Approximately half of our Battery will travel to Morocco in early summer to support this endeavor.
Family Readiness is a constant challenge across

http://www.usmc.mil/unit/marforres/4thMarDiv/14thMar/3rdBn/Documents/Winter%202011%20Newletter.pdf

bien joué Alloudi,as usual
le 3/14 est le 3eme bataillon du 14eme regiment des marines,c´est la 1ere fois qu´ils deploient leur Ary,ca sera des M198 155mm

India Battery

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India Battery, 3rd Battalion, 14th Marines is a direct support Artillery Unit whose mission is to provide trained combat personnel to augment and reinforce the active component in time of war, national emergency, and at other times as national security requires. The "Reading Marines" of Battery "I", 3rd Battalion, 14th Marines, 4th Marine Division, form an integral part of the United States Marine Corps Reserve, which has over 200 air/ground units nationwide that make up the "Marine Forces Reserve" team. The Berks County unit is presently configured as a M198 155mm howitzer battery. The unit drills one weekend a month and has one 2 week annual training period which is usually held some time during the summer months.

http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/agency/usmc/3-14.htm

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Soldiers depart Yorktown Coast Guard station, Yorktown, Va. at 10:30 a.m. March 24 on board the Large Tug-805 with two Landing Craft Utility vessels in tow. The crew of 25 Army sailors is assigned to the 73rd Transportation Company, 10th Transportation Battalion, 7th Sustainment Brigade which is headquartered at Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Va. The vessel is sailing to Morocco to participate in the annual Joint Logistics Over The Shore training exercise, a yearly event combining the efforts of Army, Navy, Marine and Air Force personnel used to demonstrate the U.S. military’s ability to transport critical equipment and supplies to shore from a cargo ship at sea without the benefit of port facilities.

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Army mariners set sail for Morocco to join Joint Logistics Over The Shore

YORKTOWN, Va. — Twenty-five U.S. Army sailors are on their way to Morocco in support of Transportation Command’s annual Joint Logistics Over The Shore, or JLOTS, training exercise.

“We’ve got a 14-day, open water sail from San Juan (Puerto Rico) to Morocco,” said Chief Warrant Officer Tom Hall, vessel master, Large Tug-805, 73rd Transportation Company, 10th Transportation Battalion, 7th Sustainment Brigade, Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Va.

Hall and his crew aboard the LT-805 will be towing two Army Landing Craft Utility watercraft; the LCUs play a vital role in the Roll-On/Roll-Off, Discharge Facility portion of JLOTS. The crew will first sail to San Juan for refueling and from there sail across the Atlantic to the coast of West Africa.

“That’s a long sail under any conditions,” said Hall, “but with two LCUs in tow it becomes even more taxing because of the constant watch on the tow. We’ve trained and practiced for this and I’ve got confidence that we’re ready to pull it off.”

Capt. Adam Araujo, the 73rd TC’s Company commander, couldn’t agree more.

“I’m confident this will be a successful mission,” said Araujo, standing on the dock at Yorktown, watching as the vessel made its way out to sea. “Our crews are well trained; we’ve got the right people working in the right positions.”

JLOTS tests the Soldiers’ ability to discharge a vessel without benefit of a pier in support of a tactical or humanitarian situation. Several of the brigade’s watercraft deployed to Haiti in January 2010 in support of Operation Unified Response. The vessels were critical in moving vital supplies such as food, shelter and cooking utensils to displaced people of Haiti who were affected by the Jan. 12, 2010 earthquake.

A training exercise such as JLOTS contributes significantly to the brigade’s ability to perform this type of mission anywhere in the world, said Araujo. At times a ship may have to be downloaded farther away from a port or berth based on the location or due to an austere environment.

The 7th Sustainment Brigade provides logistical support anywhere, at any time, in any environment. Elements of the brigade’s six battalions and their companies are deployed at any given time supporting a number of global missions to include Kuwait, U.S. Army South, Iraq and Afghanistan.

http://www.usaraf.army.mil/NEWS/NEWS_110330_JLOTS_SET_SAIL.html

Finalement c'est un exercice à part .. je croyais que c'est une activité liée AL11 ...

c'est quand que ca commence AL11

le prochain mois comme toujours je pense, d'ailleurs les préparations coté marocains ont déjà commencé.

mirage a écrit:

c'est quand que ca commence AL11

Ce printemps selon l'US Africa Command :

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U.S. AFRICOM Annual Exercises for 2011

AFRICAN LION (Morocco) - An annual combined U.S.-
Moroccan exercise focusing on joint and combined air and
land combat interoperability missions. (spring)

www.africom.mil/getArticle.asp?art=6490

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... She is also working with DLA counterparts to provide food, fuel, steel and medical supplies for U.S. forces scheduled to participate in an exercise called African Lion in Morocco with the Moroccan armed forces in May. Forecasting needs and planning shipments have been difficult, she said, because the exercise will occur in two locations. ...

http://www.dla.mil/DLAPublic/DLA_Media_Center/TopStories.aspx?ID=1027

Apparemment l'opération se déroulera près de l'embouchure de Oued Darâa, 35 km en sud ouest de Tan Tan.

source : lectures sur des sites arabophones.

atlasonline a écrit:

Apparemment l'opération se déroulera près de l'embouchure de Oued Darâa, 35 km en sud ouest de Tan Tan.

source : lectures sur des sites arabophones.

c'est le lieu canonique ou ça se déroule chaque année ,la majorité de l'exercice se déroule
à l'oued draa ,plus tifnit ,le mois de mai comme toujours .

ça va commencer un grand bateau de l'us navy est entrain de vider plein de materiels et de blinde au port d'agadir j'ai des photo et je vais les poster demain inchalah je crois que c'est pus grand cette annee parce quiil y a un autre de la meme taille qui attnd au large son tour lui aussi et j'ai compté plus de 110 camion(materiels,bleindè..) et on a pas encore fini

Bien Joué Romh ... par la même occasion, des photos de la MRM, n'oublies pas
l'exercice cet année s'annonce très bien

'ai vu aussi le 611 dans la partie de la mrm et j ai vu un grand navire qui semble tres moderne qui porte le code usv je vais essayer de le prendre en photo demain

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CAP DRAA, Morocco -- Different branches of the U.S. military often seem to be in competition with each other; however, at Cap Draa, Morocco, service members from the Army, Navy and Marine Corps are finding ways work together in order to provide training meant to improve skills needed in today’s modern warfare.

Exercise African Lion 11 is a U.S. Africa Command-scheduled, U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Africa-conducted, joint and bi-lateral exercise between the Kingdom of Morocco and the United States that involves more than 2,000 U.S. service members and approximately 900 members of the Royal Moroccan Armed Forces, between April 25 and June 18.

Service members have been working together in various capacities, ranging from transporting equipment overseas, to joint training, to handing out meals, and everything in between.

For example, with participation from soldiers and sailors, the first piece of Army equipment that was transported from Newport News, Va., across the Atlantic Ocean, to the Port of Tan Tan, Morocco, was download and transported to Cap Draa, May 6, according to Army Staff Sgt. Nathan Beckham, a Houston native and movement non-commissioned officer-in-charge for the Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment 24th Battalion, out of Fort Eustis, Va.

A large power generator was downloaded from a boat at the Port of Tan Tan, and then commercially transported an hour away to Cap Draa, where it was downloaded again in order to be used for power for the camp.

“We had approximately 10 to 12 [sailors] out there helping us with the download,” Beckham said. “Having all three in the fight is important; we couldn’t do it without each other.”

The mission was a success and the generator is now being used to provide power throughout Cap Draa. Another example of different military branches working together was the communications system at the camp. Several systems have been set up since the beginning of African Lion, according to Navy Chief Electronics Technician James Willenbrink.

“We brought mobile communication devices [to Cap Draa],” he said.
They set up systems such as an Aridium phone, which is used for communicating over long distances, and an International Maritime Satellite, which is a commercial system, generally used at sea, which uses satellite signals to send phone and fax.

“Whenever you bring in another element it adds another tier to the coordination level, so in some ways it makes it more difficult to coordinate and consolidate the information, especially throughout the information community,” Willenbrink said.

He was happy to work with other service members in order to make the mission successful. He said it gives him optimism for when joint forces have to work in theatre; that they can work together through difficulty.

“That’s why we do these exercises and practice,” said Willenbrink. “When we have to do it for real, we will accomplish the mission.”

DVIDS

USV
tu veux pas parler de ca par hazard ??

Spoiler:

presque 3000 hommes ( 1/3 de Marocain) !!! c'est 3 fois plus que AL10
Ca va etre le plus grand exercice US-FAR.
Les FAR mobilisent dans AL11 équivalent en homme des contingents marocain de la KFOR et de l'ONUCI réunie

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Currently, Vermette is doing his part for operation African Lion 2011 in Morocco with the HHD 24th TB as part of Task force 24. Operation African Lion is a joint service operation that not only involves U.S. service members, but Royal Moroccan Armed Forces as well. The optimistic Vermette is enthusiastically taking part in this mission, which consists of ship-to-shore movement of equipment, peacekeeping operations, and humanitarian civic operations.

“I have seen the coast of Italy, the coast of the United States, and now the coast of Africa,” said Vermette.

le Générateur dont ils parlent plus haut, déposé à Cap Daraa le 06-05

2000 soldats US

J'imagine même pas la logistique qu'ils vont déployer.

Il y a des signes qui ne trompent pas. Si les US ne seraient pas satisfaits de la qualité des échanges d'expérience au Maroc, ils ne déploieraient pas autant d'élément cette année

Les FAR vont comme d'habitude profiter à 200% pour gagner en expérience et en professionnalisme

Merci d'avance pour les photo Romh

2000 hommes !
c'est vraie AL commence à prendre une autre dimention, le partenaria US-maroc dans la defense se renforce et sa confirme l'annonce de TFF à washington

Fremo a écrit:

USV
tu veux pas parler de ca par hazard ??

Spoiler:

oui exactement

Tbarklah 3lik
je viens de comprendre quelques passages dans l'article que j'ai posté dans la précédente page ...

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The USNS Pililaau, a large, medium-speed, roll-on/roll-off ship, extends her ramp onto the dock at Agadir, Morocco, May, 8. The Pililaau delivered vast amounts of military equipment to support Exercise African Lion 2011. Look forward to more pictures of the offload and of the equipment in the field coming soon to our site.

Photographer Cpl. Cullen Tiernan

Klan s'il te plait elle date de quand ces photo? Tu en es l'auteur ?

salam mon ami Fahed64

d'apres l'auteur du 8 mai a Agadir