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 Senior Airman Samara Hagen
Hanoi Hilton POW Lt Col (Ret) Barry Bridger
Air Combat Command
Sept. 16, 2016 | 1:35
Lt Col (Ret) Barry Bridger was a POW during the Vietnam War in the Hanoi Hilton Prison from 1967 until 1973. In honor of POW/MIA Recognition Day, he shared his story as a POW and the importance of why we should never give up hope until every POW/MIA, past and present, is returned home.
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