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^- [Russell] Marines from Alpha Company, First Platoon

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^of Fleet Anti-Terrorism Security Team Company Europe

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^just completed the first embassy engagement exercise

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in U.S. Africa Command in Rabat, Morocco.

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^- Embassy engagement exercise, it truly is an exercise that

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^is designed to meet all the core mission essential tasks

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of a FAS platoon, specifically, rapid deployment,

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anti-terrorism operations, security operations,

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and embassy reinforcement.

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- [Russell] During the first three days of the exercise,

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FASTEUR trained with DGSN, the Moroccan police force,

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sharing techniques on the firing range, close quarters

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combat, and nonlethal engagement.

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- Execute!

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- So the benefit of working with these host nations

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^is to build some sort of comraderie and friendship

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^with the other nations, like between Americans

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^and the host nation themselves.

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So if we do get point of situation where we need

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to work together, we have a bedrock to work off of.

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- Two to the chest, one to the head.

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- Working with the locals has been phenomenal,

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probably the best experience I've ever had in my life.

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^They're just very friendly people,

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^they're very eager and willing to learn,

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and they're not afraid to ask questions.

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- [Russell] The engagement exercise culminated with a

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final exercise at the embassy where the Marines were

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run through numerous scenarios to demonstrate

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the full range of their capabilities.

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- What the exercise brought out was the ability

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for FAS to evaluate all its core METS, and collective

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tasks associated with that, while simultaneously

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allowing the State Department to evaluate their

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emergency action procedures.

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- One of the things that any chief of mission

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^or charge around the world would want to know

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^is who can come and assist when there is a crisis.

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So knowing that there are those rapid reaction forces

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out there is a wonderful sense of comfort.

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- [Russell] Reporting from Rabat, Morocco,

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I'm Petty Officer Russell Rhodes.

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- [Man Over Radio] End of exercise.