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Video by Staff Sgt. Aaliyah Craven

B-roll: Multinational Senior Military Leaders attend African Lion 2025 Closing Event

U.S. Army Southern European Task Force, Africa

May 23, 2025 | 2:46

B-roll: Multinational partners attend the African Lion 2025 (AL25) closing military demonstration in Tan-Tan, Morocco, May 23, 2025. The demonstration featured high-intensity, live-fire exercises and joint fires integration, enhancing U.S. and Moroccan interoperability and combat readiness. AL25, the largest annual military exercise in Africa, brings together over 50 nations, including seven NATO allies and 10,000 troops to conduct realistic, dynamic and collaborative training in an austere environment that intersects multiple geographic and functional combatant commands. Led by U.S. Army Southern European Task Force, Africa (SETAF-AF) on behalf of the U.S. Africa Command, AL25 takes place from April 14 to May 23, 2025, across Ghana, Morocco, Senegal, and Tunisia. This large-scale exercise will enhance our ability to work together in complex, multi-domain operations—preparing forces to deploy, fight and win. (U.S. Army video by Staff Sgt. Aaliyah Craven) Shot List (00:00:00) LONG SHOT: Moroccan service members stand in formation (00:05:10) MEDIUM SHOT: Panning shot of Moroccan service members stand in formation (00:12:02) LONG SHOT: Boeing CH-47 Chinook landing (00:18:04) LONG SHOT: Helicopter landing (00:23:12) MEDIUM SHOT: Helicopter landing (00:29:09) MEDIUM SHOT: Senior Military leaders saluting at a formation (00:40:18) LONG SHOT: Senior Military leaders saluting at a formation (00:47:07) CLOSE UP SHOT: Senior Military leaders saluting at a formation (00:53:28) MEDIUM SHOT: U.S. Marine Corps service member operates a hand held radio (00:57:01) CLOSE UP SHOT: U.S. Marine Corps service member operates a hand held radio (01:01:02) MEDIUM SHOT: U.S. Marine Corps service members (01:07:10) CLOSE UP SHOT: U.S. Marine Corps service members (01:12:19) MEDIUM SHOT: U.S. Marine Corps service members (01:17:17) LONG SHOT: Aircraft fly by (01:22:09) MEDIUM SHOT: Aircraft fly by (01:24:04) LONG SHOT: Service members repelling from a helicopter (01:32:15) LONG SHOT: Service members searching a building (01:39:07) LONG SHOT: Service members evacuating (01:44:28)LONG SHOT: Building exploding (01:48:03) LONG SHOT: M142 HIMARS staging (01:54:29) LONG SHOT: M142 HIMARS launching rockets (02:02:02) LONG SHOT: Explosions in field (02:15:27 LONG SHOT: Tactical vehicles shooting (02:30:16) LONG SHOT: Explosions in field (02:35:22) LONG SHOT: Military vehicles driving (02:41:25) LONG SHOT: Military vehicles driving