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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B-Roll: MRF-D 25.3: 2nd Bn., 1st Marines, VMM-363, ADF conduct air assaults during Predator’s Run
Marine Rotational Force - Darwin
June 17, 2025 | 3:47
U.S. Marines with 2nd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, Marine Rotational Force – Darwin 25.3, Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 363, MRF-D 25.3, and Australian Army soldiers with the Australian Defence Force conduct air assaults during Predator’s Run at Mount Bundey Training Area, Northern Territory, Australia, June 2 and 6, 2025. The Predator Series consists of two bilateral exercises between MRF-D and the Australian Defence Force, Predator’s Walk and Predator’s Run, designed to further enhance small unit interoperability and combined arms capabilities in a realistic training environment. MRF-D 25.3 is part of an annual six-month rotational deployment to enhance interoperability with the Australian Defence Force and Allies and partners and provide a forward-postured crisis response force in the Indo-Pacific. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Sgt. Ezekieljay Correa)
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Predator Series 25; Predator’s Run; MV-22B Osprey; MRF-D 25.3; Australia; Interoperability
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