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Video by Spc. Nathan Smith

African Lion 2021

U.S. Army Southern European Task Force, Africa

June 7, 2021 | 2:12

U.S. Army Mechanics with the 148th Brigade Support Battalion perform maintenance on a Humvee for African Lion in Tantan, Morocco on June 8, 2021. African Lion 21 is a critical opportunity for members to build and test their strategic readiness to deploy, fight and win in a complex, multi-domain environment. African Lion 2021 is U.S. Africa Command's largest, premier, joint, annual exercise hosted by Morocco, Tunisia and Senegal, 7-18 June. More than 7,000 participants from nine nations and NATO train together with a focus on enhancing readiness for U.S. and partner nation forces. AL21 is a multi-domain, multi-component, and multinational exercise, which employs a full array of mission capabilities with the goal to strengthen interoperability among participants. (Photo by U.S. Army Spc. Nathan Smith)