Lt. Col. Gheorghe Ionascu (center), deputy commander of the Romanian Gendarmerie contingent at Spin Boldak shares a laugh with Brig. Gen. Guy Cosentino, NATO Training Mission-Afghanistan Deputy Commander, June More
A box of medical training aids, prepped for the First Aid Best Practice Exchange between, the Djibouti Gendarmerie, 404th and 407th Civil Affairs Battalions and the 1-77 Armored Regiment health care specialists More
U.S. Marine Sgt. Edwin Soto, the team’s noncommissioned officer-in-charge, observes a Senegalese Gendarme during a vehicle search exercise with the National Gendarmerie near Diamniadio, Senegal, May 5, 2015. In More
U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Liam Driscoll, a member of Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response-Africa, guards a barricade at the National Gendarmerie Training Center in St. Astier, France, June More
Gabonese Gendarmerie service members demonstrate different non-lethal takedown techniques at a Cooperative Security Location established by Marines with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Respo More
Leaders with Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force-Crisis Response-Africa and the French National Gendarmerie meet as representatives for the simulated U.S. and French Embassies during a riot-control exe More
Around 200 Somali graduates completed Italian Mission Training 5, a nearly three-month training program where they learned policing skills as part of an agreement between Italy and Somalia at the Djibouti Polic More
Cpl. Frank Cassella, a motor transport operator with Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response-Africa, shows the Gendarmerie Nationale Senegalaise a High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle More
U.S. Marines with Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force-Crisis Response-Africa establish a contact line in the face of mock rioters as part of a simulated U.S. embassy reinforcement exercise at the Natio More
CAMP LEMONNIER, Djibouti – Service members play in a soccer match with the Djibouti Gendarmerie, the local police department, on the base turf field, Feb. 12, 2019. Camp Lemonnier is an operational installatio More
DJIBOUTI CITY, Djibouti - Leadership from Camp Lemonnier, and Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa, along with host nation officials, and local coalition military leadership, attend a military parade perfor More
U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Michael D. Turello, commanding general of Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA), center; and U.S. Air Force Brig. Gen. James R. Kriesel, deputy commanding general, CJTF-HOA, ri More
U.S. Marines with Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force-Crisis Response-Africa 20.1, Marine Forces Europe and Africa, hold a defensive position during a riot control training portion of Exercise Buffalo More
A Romanian gendarme demonstrates apprehending a suspect, June 16, at Spin Boldak, Kandahar province, Afghanistan. The Romanian Gendarmerie began mentoring Afghan National Police trainers within Afghanistan in April 2011.
Spc. Dillion Flowers, 1-77 Armored Regiment health care specialist, demonstrates the way the U.S. Army trains to apply a tourniquet to the Djibouti Gendarmerie, during the First Aid Best Practice Exchange betwe More
U.S. Marine Cpl. Charles Carlile, left, a member of Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response-Africa, holds a defensive line at the National Gendarmerie Training Center in St. Astier, France, More
U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Logan English, left, a rifleman with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response-Africa, practices non-lethal techniques with a Gabonese Gendarmerie service member More
U.S. Marines stand guard during a simulated civilian evacuation at the National Gendarmerie Tactical Training Center in Saint-Astier, France, Oct. 9. The exercise marks the third rotation of Special-Purpose Mar More
U.S. Marine Corps 1st Lt. Nicholas Berger, a platoon commander with Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force-Crisis Response-Africa, and Maj. Benoît Fief, tactical group commander with the French National G More
A U.S. Marine with Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force-Crisis Response-Africa talks with members of the French Gendarmerie during riot-control training at the National Gendarmerie Tactical Training Cen More
U.S. Air Force Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa service members sit with French Air Force civilians and service members during a French Institute for Higher National Defense Studies (IHEDN) meeting, at More
U.S. Marines with Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force-Crisis Response-Africa 20.1, Marine Forces Europe and Africa, pose for a group photo with the French Gendarmerie during Exercise Buffalo at Saint-A More
An Afghan National Police officer tests a marksmanship simulator while a Romanian gendarme observes, June 16, at Spin Boldak, Kandahar province, Afghanistan. The Romanian Gendarmerie began mentoring Afghan Nati More
Two U.S. Army sergeants display the way they are trained to apply a tourniquet during the First Aid Best Practice Exchange between, the Djibouti Gendarmerie, 404th and 407th Civil Affairs Battalions and the 1-7 More
U.S. Marines with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response-Africa, form a shield wall at the National Gendarmerie Training Center in St. Astier, France, June 19, 2015. The Marines trained to More
U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Logan English, right, a rifleman with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response-Africa, practices non-lethal techniques with a Gabonese Gendarmerie service member More
U.S. Marines react to unruly crowds during riot control training at the National Gendarmerie Tactical Training Center in Saint-Astier, France, Oct. 9. A platoon of Marines with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground More
U.S. Marines with Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force-Crisis Response-Africa form a wall of shields as a Molotov cocktail explodes near their feet at the National Gendarmerie Tactical Training Center i More
Cpl. Gregory Taylor, a motor transport mechanic with Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response-Africa, shows the Gendarmerie Nationale Senegalaise how to maintain a High Mobility Multipurpose More
A U.S. Marine with Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force-Crisis Response-Africa fires a non-lethal ballistic bag with a less-lethal riot-control launcher during riot-control training at the National Gend More
Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa leadership and French Air Force civilians and service members, meet for a group photo during a French Institute for Higher National Defense Studies (IHEDN) at Camp Lemon More
A U.S. Marine with Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force-Crisis Response-Africa 20.1, Marine Forces Europe and Africa, prepares to move into a defensive position during Exercise Buffalo at Saint-Astier, More
A Djiboutian Gendarmerie officer (Left) and Sgt. Richard Davies, 1-77 Armored Regiment health care specialist, work together to apply a tourniquet to a role-player during the First Aid Best Practice Exchange be More
U.S. Marines with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response-Africa and members of Escadron de Gendarmerie Mobile, a unit with France’s force known as the Gendarmerie, stand shoulder to should More
U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Logan English, right, a rifleman with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response-Africa, does pushups with Gabonese Gendarmerie service members while training at t More
U.S. Marines stand alongside French Gendarmes during riot control exercise at the National Gendarmerie Tactical Training Center in Saint-Astier, France, Oct. 9. During the exercise, a platoon of Marines was put More
U.S. Marines with Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force-Crisis Response-Africa form a wall of shields to protect a simulated U.S. Embassy during a riot-control exercise at the National Gendarmerie Traini More
CAMP LEMONNIER, Djibouti – Service members and base personnel play in a soccer match with a local Djiboutian police department on the base turf field, Dec. 3, 2018. Camp Lemonnier is an operational installation More
U.S. Marines with Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force-Crisis Response-Africa assume mounted positions from a French Gendarmerie armored personnel carrier during a simulated U.S. embassy reinforcement e More
A U.S. Marine with Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force-Crisis Response-Africa 20.1, Marine Forces Europe and Africa, coordinates planning procedures with members of the French Gendarmerie during Exerci More
Members of the Squadron 2 Gendarmerie Mobile extract Sgt. Jonathan Ahrem, 1-77 Armored Regiment health care specialist, from a vehicle accident scenario, during a mass casualty scenario during the First Aid Bes More
U.S. Marine 1st Lt. Scott Vicino, left, a platoon commander with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response-Africa, and French Capt. Guillaume Deckmyn, a company commander with France’s Gendar More
U.S. Marines guard a simulated embassy during a riot control exercise at the National Gendarmerie Tactical Training Center in Saint-Astier, France, Oct. 9. The Marines with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Tas More
U.S. Marines and members of the French National Gendarmerie hold their ground against rioters to protect a simulated U.S. Embassy during a riot-control exercise at the National Gendarmerie Training Center in St More
A U.S. Marine with Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force-Crisis Response-Africa fires a non-lethal rubber ball with a less-lethal riot-control launcher during riot-control training at the National Gendar More
U.S. Marines with Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force-Crisis Response-Africa 20.1, Marine Forces Europe and Africa, move a car obstacle during Exercise Buffalo at Saint-Astier, France, Jan. 23, 2020. T More
Capt. Abdi Daher, commander of Squadron 2 Gendarmerie Mobile (left), over watches his crew performing medical care during an mass casualty scenario during the First Aid Best Practice Exchange between, the Djibo More
U.S. Marines with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response-Africa and members of Escadron de Gendarmerie Mobile, a unit with France’s force known as the Gendarmerie, stand shoulder to shoul More
Gabonese Gendarmerie service members demonstrate their riot and crowd control techniques at a Cooperative Security Location established by U.S. Marines with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis R More
U.S. Marines with Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force-Crisis Response-Africa form a wall of shields alongside members of the French National Gendarmerie to protect a simulated U.S. Embassy during a rio More
A U.S. Marine with Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force-Crisis Response-Africa participates in riot-control training at the National Gendarmerie Tactical Training Center in Saint-Astier, France, Jan. 17 More
U.S. Marines with Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force-Crisis Response-Africa 20.1, Marine Forces Europe and Africa, throw gas grenades and move into an offensive position during Exercise Buffalo at Sai More
Sgt. 1st Class Nastasescu Dragos, training advisor, NATO Training Mission – Afghanistan, Romanian Gendarmerie (army and police force), searches a new Afghan National Police recruit for contraband during the fir More
French Lt. Col. Jean-Luc Renault, the course director for a training exercise at the National Gendarmerie Training Center in St. Astier, France, instructs Marines on riot-control techniques at Morón Air Base, S More
U.S. Marines and members of the French National Gendarmerie form a wall of shields to protect a simulated U.S. Embassy during a riot-control exercise at the National Gendarmerie Training Center in St. Astier, F More
U.S. Marines with Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force-Crisis Response-Africa receive directions from a member of the French Gendarmerie during riot-control training at the National Gendarmerie Tactical More
A U.S. Marine with Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force-Crisis Response-Africa 20.1, Marine Forces Europe and Africa, climbs over an obstacle during Exercise Buffalo at Saint-Astier, France, Jan. 23, 20 More
U.S. Marines with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response-Africa and members of Escadron de Gendarmerie Mobile, a unit with France’s force known as the Gendarmerie, form a shield wall again More
A member of the French National Gendarmerie calls out orders through a cloud of CS gas during a bilateral riot-control exercise with U.S. Marines at the National Gendarmerie Training Center in St. Astier, Franc More
Cpl. Gregory Taylor, a motor transport mechanic with Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response-Africa, shows the Gendarmerie Nationale Senegalaise how to use the jack on a High Mobility Multi More
U.S. Marines with Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force-Crisis Response-Africa fire non-lethal rubber balls with a less-lethal riot-control launcher during riot-control training at the National Gendarmer More
A U.S. Marine with Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force-Crisis Response-Africa 20.1, Marine Forces Europe and Africa, exchanges a gift to a French colonel with the Gendarmerie départementale during Exer More
U.S. Marines with Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force-Crisis Response-Africa pose with members of the French National Gendarmerie for a group photo at the conclusion of a bilateral riot-control exercis More
U.S. Marines with Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force-Crisis Response-Africa and members of the French Gendarmerie pursue mock rioters through a cloud of tear gas during a simulated U.S. embassy reinfo More
U.S. Marines with Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force-Crisis Response-Africa 20.1, Marine Forces Europe and Africa, prepare to work alongside with the French Gendarmerie during a riot control portion o More
A Gabonese Gendarmerie service member shakes hands with U.S. service members from Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response-Africa after receiving a certificate for participating in a non-let More
U.S. Marine Corps 1st Lt. Nicholas Berger, a platoon commander with Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force-Crisis Response-Africa, presents a plaque to the commander of the National Training Center for Ge More
Cpl. Gregory Taylor, a motor transport mechanic with Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response-Africa, lays under a High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV) to show the Gendarmerie More