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 Cynthia McIntyre
Learning to Capture and Relocate Rattlesnakes at Fort Hunter Liggett
Fort Hunter Liggett Public Affairs Office
Feb. 22, 2021 | 3:25
A class in handling, relocating, and understanding rattlesnakes was given in the Directorate of Emergency Services classroom on Fort Hunter Liggett, California, Feb. 8, 2021. Dr. Emily Taylor, professor of herpetology and biological sciences at California Polytechnic State University (Cal Poly) in San Luis Obispo, and owner of Central Coast Snake Services, taught the class and guided students with hands-on training on safely capturing and relocating a live but mellow rattlesnake named Buzz. (Yes, he was fully equipped with venom.) They also had a chance to touch the snake once its head was safely in a tube. Students received a certificate on safe handling of a rattlesnake.
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