Marine Corps officials are establishing a service component command subordinate to U.S. Africa Command, and the outfit is slated to play a crucial role in directing Marine Corps security cooperation programs on the African continent, a service official tells InsideDefense.com . Officials already have taken initial steps toward creating the new organization, dubbed Marine Forces Africa, or MARFORAFRICA, according to Col. Robert Abbott, who is the chief of plans in the plans, policies and operations division at Marine Corps headquarters...
