Mozambicans, Marines enjoy combat fitness test together

U.S. Marine Sgt. Maj. James T. Adams, battalion sergeant major with 2nd Battalion, 25th Marine Regiment, encourages a soldier with the Armed Forces for the Defense of Mozambique during the Marine Combat Fitness Test in Moamba, Mozambique, Aug. 6. The FADM soldiers ran the fitness test as a part of Exercise SHARED ACCORD 2010, an annually scheduled, bi-lateral field training exercise aimed at conducting small unit infantry and staff training with U.S. Africa Command partner nations. The exercise is designed to increase partner nation capacity for conducting peace and stability operations. The exercise is scheduled to conclude, Aug. 13. All U.S. forces will return to their home bases in Europe and the U.S. at the end of the exercise.
Photo by Cpl. Cullen J. Tiernan