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NAVAL AIR STATION SIGONELLA, Italy - Marines and sailors from Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Africa 14.1 arrived in Mauritania in February to conduct a theater security cooperation mission.
The team will train and advise their counterparts, the Fusiliers Marins (FUMAR), on basic infantry skills, marksmanship and small boat operations, basic patrolling skills, first aid and medical training and mission planning for leadership. Currently, the training is scheduled for approximately one month.
Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Africa 14.1 is the most recent rotation of Marines and sailors to arrive at Naval Air Station Sigonella, Italy, for theater security cooperation missions in various African countries. This iteration is manned by Marines and sailors from 3rd Battalion, 8th Marine regiment, permanently based out of Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, N.C.
The Marine Air-Ground Task Force (MAGTF) is the Marine Corps’ principle organization to conduct missions across the range of military operations. MAGTFs are balanced, combined-arms forces with organic ground, aviation and sustainment elements. Special-purpose MAGTFs are organized, trained and equipped to accomplish a specific mission for which one of the three standard MAGTF types would be inappropriate or too large to employ.
| Date Taken: | 02.24.2014 |
| Date Posted: | 02.24.2014 07:56 |
| Story ID: | 121034 |
| Location: | MR |
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