13th MEU trains with GIGN

110615-M-XU108-059 Camp Moussa, Djibouti, Africa (June 15, 2011) U.S. Marines from, 1st Platoon, Charlie Company, Battalion Landing Team 1/1, 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit(MEU), and Groupe d’Intervention de la Gendarmerie Nationale(GIGN) troops congratulate each other after the BLT’s mil-to-mil partnership exercise aboard Camp Moussa, Djibouti June 15. The 13th MEU is deployed with the Boxer Amphibious Ready Group, also providing support for Maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by SSgt Donald Bohanner/ released)

110615-M-XU108-045 Camp Moussa, Djibouti, Africa (June 15, 2011) A Groupe d’Intervention de la Gendarmerie Nationale(GIGN) troop handcuffs a simulated enemy while a U.S. Marine from, 1st Platoon, Charlie Company, Battalion Landing Team 1/1, 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit(MEU),provides security during the BLT’s mil-to-mil partnership exercise aboard Camp Moussa, Djibouti June 15. The 13th MEU is deployed with the Boxer Amphibious Ready Group, also providing support for Maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by SSgt Donald Bohanner/ released)

110615-M-XU108-032 Camp Moussa, Djibouti, Africa (June 15, 2011) U.S. Marines from, 1st Platoon, Charlie Company, Battalion Landing Team 1/1, 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit(MEU), and Groupe d’Intervention de la Gendarmerie Nationale(GIGN) troops assault through the streets to clear the next building during the BLT’s mil-to-mil partnership exercise aboard Camp Moussa, Djibouti June 15. The 13th MEU is deployed with the Boxer Amphibious Ready Group, also providing support for Maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by SSgt Donald Bohanner/ released)

110615-M-XU108-029 Camp Moussa, Djibouti, Africa (June 15, 2011) U.S. Marines from, 1st Platoon, Charlie Company, Battalion Landing Team 1/1, 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit(MEU), and Groupe d’Intervention de la Gendarmerie Nationale(GIGN) troops provide overwatch security as a building is being cleared during the BLT’s mil-to-mil partnership exercise aboard Camp Moussa, Djibouti June 15. The 13th MEU is deployed with the Boxer Amphibious Ready Group, also providing support for Maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by SSgt Donald Bohanner/ released)

110615-M-XU108-023 Camp Moussa, Djibouti, Africa (June 15, 2011) U.S. Marines from, 1st Platoon, Charlie Company, Battalion Landing Team 1/1, 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit(MEU), and Groupe d’Intervention de la Gendarmerie Nationale(GIGN) troops provide overwatch security as a building is being cleared during the BLT’s mil-to-mil partnership exercise aboard Camp Moussa, Djibouti June 15. The 13th MEU is deployed with the Boxer Amphibious Ready Group, also providing support for Maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by SSgt Donald Bohanner/ released)

110615-M-XU108-019 Camp Moussa, Djibouti, Africa (June 15, 2011) U.S. Marines from, 1st Platoon, Charlie Company, Battalion Landing Team 1/1, 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit(MEU), and Groupe d’Intervention de la Gendarmerie Nationale(GIGN) troops jump out of a vehicle during the BLT’s mil-to-mil partnership exercise aboard Camp Moussa, Djibouti June 15. The 13th MEU is deployed with the Boxer Amphibious Ready Group, also providing support for Maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by SSgt Donald Bohanner/ released)

110615-M-XU108-017 Camp Moussa, Djibouti, Africa (June 15, 2011) U.S. Marines from, 1st Platoon, Charlie Company, Battalion Landing Team 1/1, 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit(MEU), and Groupe d’Intervention de la Gendarmerie Nationale(GIGN) troops jump out the back of a vehicle during the BLT’s mil-to-mil partnership exercise aboard Camp Moussa, Djibouti June 15. The 13th MEU is deployed with the Boxer Amphibious Ready Group, also providing support for Maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by SSgt Donald Bohanner/ released)