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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Massachusetts National Guard celebrates 10-year State Partnership anniversary with Kenya at Justified Accord 2025 [Social Media 9:16]
U.S. Army Southern European Task Force, Africa
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U.S. Army Maj. Nicholas Hally, bilateral affairs officer for the Massachusetts National Guard, Kenya U.S. Liaison Office, U.S. Embassy Nairobi, hypes exercise Justified Accord 2025 (JA25) during the exercise's mid-planning event in Nairobi, Kenya, Sept. 13, 2024. The exercise holds special significance to him as Massachusetts celebrates the 10-year anniversary of their State Partnership Program with the Kenya Defence Forces. JA25 is U.S. Africa Command's largest exercise in East Africa, running from February 10 - 21, 2025. Led by U.S. Army Southern European Task Force, Africa (SETAF-AF), and hosted in Kenya, Djibouti and Tanzania, this multinational exercise builds readiness for the U.S. joint force, prepares regional partners for UN and AU mandated missions, and increases multinational interoperability in support of humanitarian assistance, disaster response and crisis response. (U.S. Army video by Maj. Joe Legros)
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