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    US Marines and Djiboutian GIGN forces exchange 'warrior ethos'

    CHEIK MOUSSA, DJIBOUTI

    11.19.2011

    Photo by Supunnee Ulibarri 

    Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa

    Cpl. Chief Ali Ayeh Mohamoud, member of Djibouti's Group d' Intervention de la Gendarmerie Nationale, attempts to take down Cpl. Abdoul Malik Aden Kahn, also a member of the GIGN, during Marine Corps Martial Arts Training with U.S. Marines of Battalion Landing Team 2nd Battalion, 2nd Marines, based out of Camp Lejeune, N.C. at the Centre d'Instruction Ministere de la Defense, Cheik Moussa, Djibouti, Nov. 19. The GIGN is Djibouti's special weapons and tactics force and participated with U.S. Marines of BLT, 2-2nd Marines from the USS Bataan in a bilateral training program involving infantry-specific skills such as close-combat tactics and techniques, enhanced marksmanship and vehicle training, Nov. 13 to Dec. 2.

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    Date Taken: 11.19.2011
    Date Posted: 12.17.2011 06:10
    Photo ID: 500724
    VIRIN: 111119-A-UU598-011
    Resolution: 2541x3617
    Size: 2.79 MB
    Location: CHEIK MOUSSA, DJ

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