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. Diego Berumen, Sgt. Kyle Chan, Cpl. Logan Courtright, Cpl. Anita Ramos, Cpl. Jaye Townsend
Interview: Sgt. Maj. Chris Pruitt on the second battle of Fallujah
1st Marine Division
Feb. 27, 2025 | 17:49
Retired U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Maj. Chris Pruitt recounts his experience during the second battle of Fallujah at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, Oct. 18, 2024. The second battle of Fallujah, also known as Operation Phantom Fury, was a joint military effort carried out Nov. 7-Dec. 23, 2004, by American, British and Iraqi forces meant to eliminate Islamic insurgents in the city. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Sgt. Kyle Chan, Cpl. Anita Ramos, Cpl. Jaye Townsend, Lance Cpl. Logan Courtright, Lance Cpl. Diego Berumen.)
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