Royal Moroccan Armed Forces

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Le Figaro Magazine, 3 novembre 1984

 

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ATLANTIC OCEAN (NNS) -- Ships and aircraft of the Harry S. Truman Carrier Strike Group (HSTCSG) and the Royal Moroccan navy and air force commenced exercise Lightning Handshake 2018, April 23.

The exercise is designed to enhance interoperability between the U.S. and Moroccan navies across multiple warfare areas including communications, network link, anti-submarine warfare, close air support and naval surface fire support, increasing the ability of U.S. and Moroccan maritime forces to work together to address security concerns and increase stability in the region.

"The friendship between Morocco and the United States is strong and enduring," said Adm. James G. Foggo, III, commander of U.S. Naval Forces Europe-Africa. "We share a common interest in ensuring security and safety on the waters surrounding Africa, and cooperation with our Moroccan partners is critical for prosperity and for regional security and stability."

In 1777, Morocco was the first country to formally recognize the United States as a sovereign nation. Lightning Handshake offers an opportunity to continue fostering the long-standing trust between the U.S. and Moroccan forces by promoting mutual understanding and cooperation.

"Lightning Handshake is an opportunity for us to improve our interoperability and strengthen the enduring relationship we enjoy with our Moroccan partners," said Rear Adm. Gene Black, commander of Harry S. Truman Carrier Strike Group. "We're looking forward to operating alongside our Moroccan counterparts, sharing our warfighting expertise and increasing our capacity to work towards common goals."

Exercise Lightning Handshake provides U.S. and Moroccan maritime and aviation forces the opportunity to work together, exchange information and refine tactics, techniques and procedures in order to promote maritime safety and security in the region. Among the participants in the exercise are the aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75), guided-missile destroyer USS Forrest Sherman (DDG 98), Royal Moroccan Navy frigate Mohammed VI, and several fighter squadrons from Carrier Air Wing One (CVW 1) and the Royal Moroccan Air Force.

The HSTCSG deployed April 11 as part of an ongoing rotation of U.S. forces supporting maritime security operations in international waters around the globe. Additionally, HSTCSG units will work alongside allied and partner maritime forces, focusing on theater security cooperation efforts, which help to further regional stability. With the aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) as the flagship, the deploying strike group includes staffs, ships and aircraft of Carrier Strike Group Eight (CSG 8), Destroyer Squadron Two Eight (DESRON 28) and Carrier Air Wing One (CVW-1); as well as Sachsen-class German frigate FGS Hessen (F 221).


http://www.navy.mil/submit/display.asp?story_id=105287​

 

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Lighthning HandShake 2018

 

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Marines from ANGLCO 4th Marine Reserves call for fire with a Navy Destroyer during African Lion 2018. The Marines worked closely with Moroccan Naval JTACs to call for fire from both Navy and Moroccan vessels.

Le Figaro Magazine, 3 novembre 1984

Algerian BMP-1 captured in sahara war are used as target in african lion 2018

 

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Lighthning HandShake 2018

Great name for a joint exercise.

Nice modification on the F-5s with those IFR probes.
F-16 and Chinook camos are perfect.

 

[The SC]

Northrop Grumman, Apopka, Florida, was awarded a $9,491,066 modification (P00001) to foreign military sales (Morocco) contract W56HZV-18-C-0065 for eye safe laser range finders for Morocco's M1A2S tank. Work will be performed in Apopka, Florida, with an estimated completion date of May 1, 2020. Fiscal 2010 foreign military sales funds in the amount of $9,491,066 were obligated at the time of the award. U.S. Army Contracting Command, Warren, Michigan, is the contracting activity.

https://www.defense.gov/News/Contracts/Contract-View/Article/1514154

 

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Anniston Army Depot held a rollout ceremony May 4, 2018, to honor completion of the Moroccan M1 program.

 

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شيك بمليار سنتيم هبة للاجئين بمخيمات تندوف

كشف اليوم، “يانغ غانغيو”، سفير جمهورية الصين الشعبية بالجزائر، أن بلاده تخطو إلى الأمام من أجل الاعتراف بجمهورية الصحراء الغربية، مؤكدا ذلك عن طريق التضامن الذي تبديه الصين للاجئين عن طريق منحها هبة مالية بقيمة1 مليار سنتيم للهلال الأحمر الجزائري.
وأكد أمس، يانغ غانغيو، سفير جمهورية الصين الشعبية بالجزائر، أنه ينوي القيام بزيارة لمخيم اللاجئين الصحراويين بتندوف مستقبلا من أجل معاينة الظروف الإنسانية للشعب الصحراوي، وجاء هذا خلال مراسيم منح “صك مالي” بقيمة 1 مليار سنتيم لرئيسة الهلال الأحمر الجزائري، سعيدة بن حبيلس، التي بدورها ستقدّمه كمساعدات للهلال الأحمر الصحراوي، بمناسة إحياء اليوم العالمي للصليب الأحمر والهلال الأحمر، اللذين قدما الكثير للإنسانية وللشعوب المضطهدة، وكذا بمناسبة اقتراب شهر رمضان الفضيل.

وتعهد السفير الصيني بمواصلة المساعدات الإنسانية، مبديا تأثره الشديد بوضعية وواقع الشعب الصحراوي، و معربا عن أمله في حل قضية الصحراء الغربية، و في أن ينال الشعب الصحراوي حقه



The Saharawi President: "The victory over Morocco is a matter of time"


The Saharawi people will recover their independence. A matter of time. DR
De Tindouf, Sadek Sahraoui - The President of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR), Ibrahim Ghali, reiterated this afternoon, in the Saharawi refugee camps in Tindouf, the determination of the people to liberate the Saharawi territories still occupied by the Morocco. "The Saharawi people are more than ever attached to their rights. He is ready to make the heaviest sacrifices to regain his independence, "said Brahim Ghali on the sidelines of the celebrations marking the 45th anniversary of the creation of the Polisario Front. He assured, furthermore, that "the valiant Sahrawi people will eventually drive out the Moroccan occupation of Western Sahara. It's just a matter of time".

The Secretary General of the Polisario Front, who paid a long tribute to Algeria for his unwavering support for the Saharawi cause, felt that it was not necessary to respond to the recent campaign hysterical and false launched by the Makhzen to against the Polisario Front and Algeria. "Everyone knows the objectives of this dirty campaign that actually reflects the state of panic in which lies the Makhzen," said the Saharawi president who recalled that the past two years have been catastrophic for Morocco, which lost important diplomatic battles on the African and European continents.

In response to Morocco and its supporters who are maneuvering within the UN to ban the Polisario Front from the administration of the liberated territories, Ibrahim Ghali said that the official celebrations of the 45th anniversary of the outbreak of the war against the Spanish occupant will take place on May 20 in Tifariti. Scathing, the focus means that the Saharawis are ready to defend every inch of their territory.

The head of the Political Secretariat of the Polisario Front, Hamma Salama, said that the Saharawi people, on the occasion of the 45th anniversary of the creation of the Polisario Front, "send a message to the world that nothing will stop the people Saharawi to achieve its just and legitimate objectives, as stated in the Charter and the resolutions of the UN and the AU.

Speaking at the opening of the festivities marking the 45th anniversary of the Polisario Front, Salama said the Front was now "stronger, more homogenous, more united and more determined to achieve its goals," he said. has found a place in the concert of nations and is recognized by the UN as "the only legitimate representative of the Saharawi people".

The Saharawi leader said the creation of the Polisario Front was "a courageous strategic decision and imperative", emphasizing that the Front puts all Sahrawis before their historic responsibility to face the plots disclosed to "exterminate the Saharawi people and their right to live in peace and in all freedom and dignity, in an independent country ".

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SAYONARA TADJINE!
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old propaganda

 

[The SC]

Nice video about the Moroccan military academies and training..

 

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The Moroccan Abrams MIA2S are quipped with BFT

BFT stands for "Blue Force Tracking".. It is a system that gives you the location of friendly forces on the battlefield and identifies the locations of enemy forces, gives you a comprehensive view of the battlefield, and enables you to position your troops in an excellent way.

 

[Mhmoud]

old propaganda

Don't reply to him. He's got a problem of some sort.

Moroccans and Algerians are brothers, and we must not let some daft squabbles pry us apart.