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. Salvador Castro
10th Mountain, 11th Airborne Division, Canadian Soldiers Explore the Finnish Leopard 2A4
27th Public Affairs Detachment
Feb. 24, 2025 | 0:29
Soldiers assigned to the 10th Mountain Division (LI), 11th Airborne Division, and Canada ride atop a Leopard 2A4 battle tank, operated by Finnish soldiers assigned to the Jaeger Brigade, to highlight the Finnish army’s Arctic capabilities during Arctic Forge 25 in Sodankylä, Finland, Feb. 20, 2025. Arctic Forge 25 is a U.S. Army Europe and Africa-led biennial exercise held in Finland and Norway from Feb. 17 to Feb. 28. The exercise demonstrates the U.S. military's ability to rapidly deploy, integrate into allied formations, and seamlessly operate together to fight and win as a cohesive, lethal team. (U.S. Army video by Sgt. Salvador Castro)
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