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 Lance Cpl. Joseph DeMarcus, Lance Cpl. Andra Marton-Salgado
Marine Minute: 05-25
Defense Media Activity - Marines
Feb. 7, 2025 | 0:59
U.S. Marines with Tactical Training and Exercise Control Group, Marine Air-Ground Task Force Training Command, Marine Corps Air-Ground Combat Center, give technology demonstrations during planning for Adversary Force Exercise 1-25 at Range 220, MCAGCC, Twentynine Palms, California, Jan. 29, 2025. U.S. Marines with Maritime Special Purpose Force, 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit, conduct a night raid during Marine Air-Ground Task Force (MAGTF) Interoperability exercise at Stone Bay on Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina on Jan. 30, 2025. (U.S. Marine Corps Video by Lance Cpl. Joseph E. DeMarcus)
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