'Small Footprint, High Payoff': US Marine Team Trains Ugandan Forces to Face Al-Shabaab, LRA
March 14, 2012
March 14, 2012
KAMPALA, Uganda, March 14 -- The U.S. Marine Corps issued the following official news story:
A thousand miles from the nearest major American base, about 30 U.S. Marines have been training a company of Ugandan soldiers for the fight against terrorism in East Africa since arriving in country, Feb. 3.
Special Purpose Marine Air Ground Task Force 12, the Marines' Sicily-based parent command, is tasked with sending small training groups into Africa to partner with . . .
A thousand miles from the nearest major American base, about 30 U.S. Marines have been training a company of Ugandan soldiers for the fight against terrorism in East Africa since arriving in country, Feb. 3.
Special Purpose Marine Air Ground Task Force 12, the Marines' Sicily-based parent command, is tasked with sending small training groups into Africa to partner with . . .