U.S. Marines with Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force-Crisis Response-Africa and Spanish marines move toward a security position during GRUFLEX in Sierra De Retin, Spain, Nov. 23, 2018.
GRUFLEX is a multinational amphibious exercise led by the Spanish navy that focuses on enhancing multilateral tactics and building partner relations through shared training events. SPMAGTF-CR-AF is a rotational force deployed to conduct crisis-response and theater-security operations in Europe and Africa. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Katelyn Hunter) Original public domain image from Flickr