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 Petty Officer 2nd Class Timothy Wilson
U.S. Navy Provides UXO Training in Namibia
Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa
May 10, 2011 | 1:55
U.S. Navy Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) technicians, from Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa, teamed with the Namibian Defense Force and Namibian Explosive Control Unit police officers recently for Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Level One and International Mine Action Standards (IMAS) training. Includes sound bites from U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class John Richards, Master EOD Technician, Maj. Gen. Angula Shalumba, Chief of Staff, Operations and Training, and Warrant Officer 2 Migal Kambatuku, Namibian Explosive Control Unit. Produced by Petty Officer 2nd Class Timothy Wilson. Also available in high definition
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