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    Opening ceremonies

    BEMBEREKE, BENIN

    06.10.2009

    Photo by Sgt. Lydia Davey 

    U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Europe and Africa     

    Beninese Army Chief of Staff Lt. Col. Dominique Ahoundjinou conducts a review of U.S. Marines during the opening ceremonies of Exercise Shared Accord 09, June 10. More than 400 U.S. service members from reserve units from throughout the Corps, along with medical contingents from the Navy, Air Force and Army National Guard, gathered at the Center of Military Information Bembereke for the fifteen-day exercise. Shared Accord is a scheduled, bilateral field training exercise aimed at conducting small unit infantry and staff training with the Beninese military, and conducting humanitarian aid by way of medical, dental and veterinary assistance. The exercise is scheduled to end June 25 and all units will return to their home station at the conclusion of the exercise.

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    Date Taken: 06.10.2009
    Date Posted: 06.16.2009 07:27
    Photo ID: 179970
    VIRIN: 090610-M-1273D-002
    Resolution: 1500x1200
    Size: 288.48 KB
    Location: BEMBEREKE, BJ

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