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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Sailors fire M9 pistols and M4 carbine rifles on the flight deck of USS Harpers Ferry (LSD 49)
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PHILIPPINE SEA (Oct. 26, 2019) Sailors fire M9 pistols and M4 carbine rifles on the flight deck of the amphibious dock landing ship USS Harpers Ferry (LSD 49) during a small arms gun shoot. Harpers Ferry is part of the Boxer Amphibious Ready Group (ARG) and 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) team and is deployed to the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations to support regional stability, reassure partners and allies, and maintain a presence postured to respond to any crisis ranging from humanitarian assistance to contingency operations. (U.S. Navy video by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Danielle A. Baker)
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