This is why the Corps is partnering with elite Air Force pararescue jumpers in Africa and Europe

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This is why the Corps is partnering with elite Air Force pararescue jumpers in Africa and Europe
By: Shawn Snow

Any response by Marine forces based out of Europe to a crisis in Africa would have to overcome the tyranny of distance and time, meaning help could be a long way off.

Even with the speed and long-distance capabilities afforded by tilt-rotor aircraft like MV-22 Ospreys, it can take hours for help to arrive in the Africa Command, or AFRICOM, area of responsibility.

It took nearly 23 hours for Fleet Anti-Terrorism Security Team Marines responding to the 2012 Benghazi, Libya, attack to arrive in Tripoli.

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