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. Rene Lucerobonilla
Balikatan 2016 Interview with construction site OIC 1st Lt Joy Johnson
U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Pacific
April 8, 2016 | 4:48
U.S. Air Force 1st Lt. Joy Johnson, officer in charge, assigned to 673d Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron, speaks about Exercise Balikatan 2016 at an Engineering Civic Action Project (ENCAP) site at Jaena Norte Elementary School in Capiz, Philippines, April 05, 2016. The purpose of the ENCAP is to repair a school building that was damaged from Typhoon Yolanda. The exercise provides an opportunity for Philippine and U.S. forces to continue strengthening relationships, increase interoperability and improve upon disaster preparedness. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Lance Cpl. René Lucerobonilla/ Released)
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