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 Pfc. Micah Longmire
Governor Phil Bryant Tours Camp McCain During Simulated Earthquake Exercise
102d Public Affairs Detachment
June 4, 2019 | 2:53
B-Roll with Interviews .

Phil Bryant, Governor of Mississippi, visits Camp McCain to witness the Mississippi National Guard conducting exercise Ardent Sentry on June 4, 2019. Ardent Sentry is a North American Aerospace Defense Command and U.S. Northern Command exercise focused on defense support of civil authorities during a simulated New Madrid Seismic Zone earthquake. General Stanley Budraitis, commander of 66th Troop Command, breaks down the purpose of the exercise during the governor’s walk-through. (Mississippi Army National Guard Video by Pfc. Micah Longmire)
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