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 Sgt. Stephen Dornbos
Under Secretary of the Army Tours Fort Stewart Close Combat Tactical Training Facility
2nd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division Public Affairs
Sept. 5, 2013 | 6:01
The Honorable Joseph W. Westphal, Under Secretary of the Army, tours the Close Combat Tactical training facility at Fort Stewart, Georgia. He wears the Manned Module combat simulation system, consisting of a helmet-mounted display (HMD), motion sensors, and a backpack housing a Virtual Battlefield Simulator II (VBS II). Dr. Westphal then conducts a patrol in the virtual environment with some of the Soldiers from 1st Battalion 64th Armor Regiment (1-64 Desert Rogues), 2nd Armored Brigade Combat Team, Third Infantry Division assigned to Fort Stewart, Georgia. After the simulation, Dr. Westphal sits down and speaks with the Soldiers with whom he went on the virtual patrol. Available in High Definition.
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