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 Maj. James Sheehan
Interview with Army 1st Lt. Christopher Paulson
11th Airborne Division
Feb. 13, 2024 | 2:07
U.S. Army 1st Lt. Christopher Paulsen, assistant operations officer for 3rd Battalion, 509th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 11th Airborne Division, answers questions immediately following an airborne jump into Donnelly Drop Zone, Alaska, Feb. 8, 2024. Paulson discusses the jump's timeline and his experience operating in Arctic conditions.
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