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U.S. Army Europe and Africa Best Squad Competition

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Teams from across U.S. Army Europe and Africa will meet at Grafenwoehr Training Area, Germany, to compete for the title of Best Squad, July 31 - August 9, 2024.

The event tests the squad’s effectiveness, communication, and overall cohesion, as well as the individual Soldiers’ technical and tactical proficiency, endurance, and fortitude.

This competitive training event exercises a full range of Squad-Level Skills; highlighting professional excellence and knowledge to determine the command’s top teams.

Winners of this competition will advance to represent U.S. Army Europe and Africa at the Army Best Squad Competition.

One noncommissioned officer and one junior Soldier will be selected out of the final winning squad to be named the Army’s Best NCO and Best Soldier of the Year, respectively.

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BROLL: 19th Special Forces Group (Airborne), Utah National Guard and Commandos Marines, Moroccan Royal Armed Forces train with various machine guns and long range rifles

U.S. Army Southern European Task Force, Africa

June 11, 2024 | 0:41

19th Special Forces Group (Airborne), Utah National Guard, and Moroccan Royal Armed Forces train with various machine guns and marksmanship rifles during exercise African Lion 2024 (AL24), Tifnet training base, Tifnit, Morocco, May 23, 2024. AL24 marks the 20th anniversary of the U.S. Africa Command’s premier joint exercise led by U.S. Army Southern European Task Force, Africa (SETAF-AF), running from April 19 to May 31 across Ghana, Morocco, Senegal and Tunisia, with over 8,100 participants from 27 nations and NATO contingents.

Shot List (SS:FF) S=Seconds F=Frames
(03:09) MEDIUM CLOSE SHOT: 2 soldiers shooting machine gun
(06:24) MACRO SHOT: Clearing Feed Tray on 240 Bravo machine gun
(18:19) MACRO SHOT: Loading 240 Bravo with belt
(21:17) MACRO SHOT: belt being fed through machine gun
(35:05) MEDIUM CLOSE SHOT: rollover drill (dead gunner)
(36:18) MEDIUM CLOSE SHOT: patches on soldier
(38:20) MEDIUM CLOSE SHOT: long gun being shot
(40:24) MACRO SHOT: Trigger finger
(46:14) MEDIUM SHOT: rollover drill from behind
(50:09) MEDIUM CLOSE SHOT: Shooting over shot (camera over the shoulder)
(51:19) MEDIUM WIDE SHOT: Moroccan Soldiers running with machine gun
(54:18) MEDIUM CLOSE SHOT: Shooting machine gun
(55:09) MEDIUM CLOSE SHOT: US Soldier shooting long gun

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BROLL: 19th Special Forces Group (Airborne), Utah National Guard and Commandos Marines, Moroccan Royal Armed Forces train with various machine guns and long range rifles