 Staff Sergeant John Archiquette, and I'm here in Agadir, Morocco for African Lion 2012. This largest exercise on the African continent brings over 1,000 U.S. military members, including 800 United States Marines. This U.S. African Command-sponsored event is led by Marine Forces Africa and builds partnership with the Moroccan counterparts through various peace support operations. The mission is for us to come out here and conduct a security cooperation bilateral training with the Moroccan Army. They're working, providing instruction to not only the Marines but the Moroccan soldiers on our techniques and tactics and then in turn the Moroccan soldiers are providing their instruction on their techniques and together we're starting to understand how we both operate as well as developing those close ties together. Staff Sergeant John Archiquette, Agadir, Morocco.