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 Cpl. Ramon Cardoza
5th ANGLICO, 6th ANGLICO | Call for Fire with Skydio X2D
III MEF Information Group
April 27, 2025 | 0:55
U.S. Marines with 5th Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company, III Marine Expeditionary Force Information Group, and 6th Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company, Force Headquarters Group, Marine Forces Reserve, rehearse calling for fire using a Skydio X2D Small Unmanned Aircraft System in support of Kaiju Rain 25 at the Ie Shima Training Facility, Okinawa, Japan, April 24, 2025. Exercise Kaiju Rain 25 enhances III Marine Expeditionary Force Information Group’s ability to conduct command and control, employ sensor capabilities and integrate multi-domain operations to enable III MEF, the joint force, and allies and partners in the Indo-Pacific region. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Cpl. Ramon Cardoza)
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