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. Christy Parker
B-Roll: HIMARs launch in Tantan, Morocco for African Lion 24
U.S. Army Southern European Task Force, Africa
June 11, 2024 | 2:19
U.S. Marines assigned to Kilo Battery, 2nd Battalion, 14th Marine Regiment, Marine Corps Forces Reserve, prepare and launch a high mobility rocket artillery system during a joint, combined live fire exercise with the Moroccan Royal Armed Forces during exercise African Lion in Tantan, Morocco, May 30, 2024. African Lion 2024 marks the 20th anniversary of U.S. Africa Command’s premier joint exercise led by U.S. Army Southern European Task Force, Africa (SETAF-AF), running from April 19 to May 31 across Ghana, Morocco, Senegal, and Tunisia, with over 8,100 participants from 27 nations and NATO contingents. (U.S. Army Reserve video by Staff Sgt. Christy Parker)

Shot List
(00:00) Marine driving the HIMARS
(11:07) 2 HIMAR operators coordinating firing point
(37:19) Firing of HIMAR
(1:20:09) Far shot of HIMAR launching
(1:37:23) Gopro shot of HIMAR launching
(1:54:19) Operators discussing stowing the launch system
(2:06:19) Marine picking up the outside covering of shot rocket
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