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About African Lion

African Lion 25 is U.S. Africa Command's largest, premier, annual exercise, hosted across Morocco, Ghana, Senegal and Tunisia. This joint, all-domain, multi-component, and multinational exercise includes more than 10,000 participants from more than twenty nations, including contingents from NATO. African Lion aims to strengthen interoperability among participants and build readiness to respond to crises and contingencies in Africa and around the world.

The exercise will include a command post exercise, field training exercises, a live-fire demonstration, and humanitarian civic assistance program events. Additionally, humanitarian civic assistance missions will feature a combination of medical, dental and veterinary assistance and exchanges across Morocco, Ghana and Senegal.

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Video by Staff Sgt. Brian Jones

B-Roll: US, Tunisia conduct CBRN biological training at African Lion 2025

U.S. Army Southern European Task Force, Africa

April 29, 2025 | 2:09

B-Roll: U.S. Soldiers assigned to the 84th Civil Support Team, Wyoming National Guard, partner with the Tunisian Armed Forces to conduct hazardous material training at exercise African Lion 2025 (AL25) in Bizerte, Tunisia, April 23, 2025. This biological hazard scenario allows participants to assess, decontaminate and process biological hazards, enhancing their readiness to respond to biological contaminants in future contingency operations. AL25 is set to be the largest annual military exercise in Africa, bringing together over 40 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 Reserve B-Roll by Staff Sgt. Brian D. Jones.)

Shot List
(00:00:00) LONG SHOT: Establishing Shot Lanes
(00:10:00) MEDIUM SHOT: Decon Site Setup
(00:20:00) CLOSE SHOT: Donning Gas Mask
(00:30:00) CLOSE SHOT: Sealing MOPP 4
(00:40:00) LONG SHOT: In Bunker Contamination Site
(00:50:00) CLOSE SHOT: Specimen Lid hand off
(01:00:00) LONG SHOT: Exterior Bunker Contamination Site
(01:10:00) LONG SHOT: Decontamination Site Doffing Gear
(01:20:00) MEDIUM SHOT: Decon Site Mitten Wipe
(01:30:00) CLOSE SHOT: Cutting out of suit
(01:40:00) MEDIUM SHOT: Removal of suit