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 Sgt. Kevin Dunnaway
Crossing the Rhine: Tank Duel at Cologne Cathedral
AFN Wiesbaden
April 22, 2025 | 0:29
A U.S. Army M-26 Pershing heavy tank crew with Easy Company, 3rd Armored Division, conducts a counterattack against a German Panther tank crew with Panzer Brigade 106 in Cologne, Germany, March 6, 1945. Army Tech. Sgt. James Bates with the 165th Photo Signal Company accompanied the Pershing crew to film the duel at the cathedral. (U.S. Army video by Sgt. Kevin Dunnaway)
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