 Two Marine Corps personnel have died as a result of injuries sustained in an MV-22 Osprey crash yesterday. Two others on the aircraft are severely injured. They were participating in exercise African Lion outside a Royal Moroccan military training area southwest of Agadir, Morocco. The Osprey was assigned to Marine medium tilt rotor squadron 261 based at Marine Corps Air Station New River. Exercise African Lion is an annual training exercise led by US Marine Forces Africa to develop combined capabilities with the Kingdom of Morocco. The cause of the crash is under investigation. For more information, contact headquarters Marine Corps. From Washington, I'm Sergeant Andrew Milner.