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 Staff Sgt. Mary Junell
WWII Veterans honored at Old Hickory Bridge
North Carolina National Guard
Sept. 26, 2019 | 2:12
Valkenburg, the Netherlands - WWII veterans who served with the 30th Infantry Division, known as Old Hickory, are honored by the town of Valkenburg at the Old Hickory Bridge on September 13th, 2019, 75 years after they helped liberate the area from German occupation in 1944. Four WWII Veterans who served in the 30th Infantry Division, traveled to the Netherlands with North Carolina National Guard Soldiers to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the Liberation of the Limburg Province in the Netherlands. The NCNG’s 30th Armored Brigade Combat Team traces its lineage to the 30th Inf. Div. and still wears the same unit patch.
WWII Veteran Tony Jaber and NCNG Capt. Sean Daily talk about their experiences during the celebration.
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