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Photo Of The Day – We’re actually on a mission to find the “new” M27 Infantry Automatic Rifle (and the M38 MDR) in various places around the world. We’ll even follow it into space if it ever goes there!
Today’s location is Gabon, or the Gabonese Republic, which is a country located on the equator on the west coast of Central Africa. Above you can see a Gabonese Army Captain as he aims down the sights of an M27 Infantry Automatic Rifle.
An MV-22B Osprey with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response Africa lands near a range in Gabon, Africa.
The Osprey provides a versatile, long-range transportation platform for Marines with SPMAGTF-CR-AF, who serve as a crisis-response force for U.S. Africa Command.
U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Austin Schmitt, a combat engineer with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response-Africa, fires on a range in Gabon.
U.S. Marines and Sailors with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response-Africa travelled to Gabon to train with their partner service members and test SPMAGTF-CR-AF’s ability to forward stage a contingent of Marines in Africa.
U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Nicholas Constantino, an automatic rifleman with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response Africa, demonstrates the different capabilities of the M27 Infantry Automatic Rifle to Gabonese Army Capt. Jean Romaric Ndombi during a training exercise in Gabon, Africa, June 20, 2015. SPMAGTF-CR-AF is based out of Morón Air Base, Spain, where they serve as a crisis-response force for U.S. Africa Command.
All pictures from the U.S. Marine Corps, taken by Lance Cpl. Christopher Mendoza.