Members of the 14th Marine Regiment out of Fort Worth, Texas, and 1498th Transportation Company from the California National Guard perform clean-up and loading procedures at the port of Agadir, Morocco, to prepare equipment for the trip home after African Lion 2012. African Lion is an annually sceduled bilateral exercise between U.S. and Moroccan military forces aimed at improving communication and interoperability between the two nations. The equipment at the port was used primarily in, or to facilitate movement to, Tan-Tan, Morocco for Field Training Exercises. African Lion also included missions focusing on Humanitarian Civic Assistance, Peace Support Operations, Aviation Training Exercises, and Command Post Exercises.