An international force of U.S., Dutch, Spanish, and British Marines performed an amphibious landing with Senegalese Armed Forces on the shores of Bel Air, 14 September, to kick off a multilateral training engagement in Thies as part of Africa Partnership Station 13. Sgt. Marco Mancha

senegalese-forces-conduct-amphibious-landing-with-foreign-partners Bel Air, 1An international force of U.S., Dutch, Spanish, and British Marines performed an amphibious landing with Senegalese Armed Forces on the shores of Bel Air, 14 September, to kick off a multilateral training engagement in Thies as part of Africa Partnership Station 13. Sgt. Marco Mancha

An international force of U.S., Dutch, Spanish, and British Marines performed an amphibious landing with Senegalese Armed Forces on the shores of Bel Air, 14 September, to kick off a multilateral training engagement in Thies as part of Africa Partnership Station 13. Africa Partnership Station is a combined exercise between U.S., Dutch, Spanish, British Marines and their African partners that strengthens partnerships to improve safety and security both at sea and ashore, working together for a shared common goal that helps foster mutual trust and understanding. The international task force of Marines embarked the Royal Netherlands Navy (RNLN) landing platform dock HNLMS Rotterdam (L800) Aug. 30 as part of a 3-month comprehensive effort to strengthen capabilities with African partner forces in West Africa.