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B-Roll: US, Morocco conduct joint medical mission at African Lion 2025

U.S. Army Southern European Task Force, Africa

May 21, 2025 | 2:04

U.S. and Moroccan military medical teams provide essential care to local residents inside field clinics during African Lion 2025 (AL25) in Anzi, Morocco, May 17, 2025. The joint mission, led by the 151st Medical Group, Utah Air National Guard, strengthened medical readiness and enhanced multinational partnerships for future joint, combined operations. AL25, the largest annual military exercise in Africa, takes place from April 14 to May 23, 2025. Led by U.S. Africa Command with over 10,000 troops from more than 50 nations, including seven NATO allies, across Ghana, Morocco, Senegal, and Tunisia. The exercise aims to bolster military readiness, enhance lethality, and foster stronger partnerships, ultimately improving joint capabilities in complex multi-domain environments to enable participating forces to deploy, fight, and win. (U.S. Air National Guard video by: Master Sgt. Nicholas Perez)

Shot List
(00:00:00) MEDIUM SHOT: U.S. Air Force Lt. Col Andrew Kurklinsky, 125th Medical Group, Florida Air National Guard performs an electrocardiogram test on a patient.
(00:00:03) MEDIUM SHOT: FAR Member registering patients.
(00:00:09) LONG SHOT: Pan of Patient registration
(00:00:15) MEDIUM SHOT: U.S. Military and FAR members fit new sunglasses to patient.
(00:00:19) MEDIUM SHOT: U.S. Military and FAR members fit new sunglasses to patient.
(00:00:26) LONG SHOT: Pan of outside HCA Pharmacy
(00:00:32) MEDIUM SHOT: FAR Member registering patient.
(00:00:39) MEDIUM SHOT: Commandant Salaheddine Bouabbadi with the Royal Moroccan Armed Forces performs an eye exam on a patient
(00:00:46) MEDIUM SHOT: U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Kirk Drennan, 151st Medical Group, Utah Air National Guard, examines a patients’ eyes.
(00:00:55)MEDIUM SHOT: U.S. Army Capt. Benjamin Norton, assigned to the Womack Army Medical Center based in Fort Bragg, North Carolina, and a member of the Royal Moroccan Armed Forces perform a surgical removal of cancerous tissue.
(00:01:01) MEDIUM SHOT: U.S. Air Force Maj, Kyle Sansom, 151st Medical Group (MDG), Utah Air National Guard and Staff Sgt. Sophia Hunt, 102nd Medical Squadron, Otis Air National Guard, performs a tooth extraction
(00:01:12) LONG SHOT: U.S. Air Force and FAR members entertain children in the social tent at HCA.
(00:01:18) LONG SHOT: U.S. Air Force and FAR members entertain children in the social tent at HCA.
(00:01:32) MEDIUM SHOT: U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Andrew Wilson, 151st Force Support Squadron, Utah Air National Guard, restocks the pharmacy at HCA.
(00:01:41) MEDIUM SHOT: Pan of inside of Pharmacy shelves
(00:01:56) MEDIUM SHOT: U.S. Air Force Maj. James Holt, pharmacist, 75th Medical Group, Hill Air Force Base in Utah, explains the prescribed medication to a patient
(00:02:05) MEDIUM SHOT: U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Spencer Checketts, 151st Medical Group, Utah Air National Guard, performs lower spine acupuncture on a patient at HCA
(00:02:13) CLOSE SHOT: U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Spencer Checketts, 151st Medical Group, Utah Air National Guard, performs lower spine acupuncture on a patient at HCA

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