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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: SETAF-AF, 173rd Airborne Brigade and Ghanaian Medics conduct army combat fitness test

U.S. Army Southern European Task Force, Africa

Feb. 13, 2025 | 1:18

U.S. Army Southern European Task Force Africa, (SETAF-AF), joins soldiers assigned to the 173rd Airborne Brigade soldiers and the Ghana Armed Forces for an army combat fitness test at Caserma Del Din, Vicenza, Italy, Jan. 15, 2025. SETAF-AF strengthens interoperability with African partners through focused security cooperation exchanges such as the partnered medical training. The partnered medical training enables participants from SETAF-AF, the 173rd Airborne Brigade, the Dental Health Activity - Italy, and the Ghana Armed Forces to share medical best practices, strengthening readiness and interoperability between partners.

Shot List :
(00:00:00) LONG SHOT: U.S. Army Soldier performs the 3 repetition maximum deadlift for the Army Combat Fitness Test.
(00:08:05) CLOSE UP SHOT: U.S. Army Soldier performs the 3 repetition maximum deadlift for the Army Combat Fitness Test.
(00:13:14) CLOSE UP SHOT: U.S. Army Soldier performs the 3 repetition maximum deadlift for the Army Combat Fitness Test.
(00:19:58) MEDIUM SHOT: U.S. Army Soldier performs the hand-release push ups for the Army Combat Fitness Test.
(00:23:04) LONG SHOT: U.S. Army Soldiers perform the standing power throw for the Army Combat Fitness Test.
(00:26:04) MEDIUM SHOT: U.S. Army Soldier performs the sprint drag carry for the Army Combat Fitness Test.
(00:28:10) LONG SHOT: U.S. Army Soldiers perform the sprint drag carry for the Army Combat Fitness Test.
(00:35:17) MEDIUM SHOT: U.S. Army Soldier performs the sprint drag carry for the Army Combat Fitness Test.
(00:37:13) CLOSE UP SHOT: U.S. Army Soldier performs the sprint drag carry for the Army Combat Fitness Test.
(00:42:15) CUT IN SHOT: U.S. Army Soldier carries the kettle bells for the sprint drag carry during the Army Combat Fitness Test.
(00:45:20) MEDIUM SHOT: U.S. Army Soldier performs the sprint drag carry for the Army Combat Fitness Test.
(00:52:03) MEDIUM SHOT: U.S. Army Soldiers perform the sprint drag carry for the Army Combat Fitness Test.
(00:57:07) LONG SHOT: U.S. Army Soldiers perform the 2-mile run during the Army Combat Fitness Test.
(01:01:13) MEDIUM SHOT: U.S. Army Soldier runs the 2-mile run during the Army Combat Fitness Test.
(00:19:58) MEDIUM SHOT: Ghana Armed Forces soldier runs the 2-mile run during the Army Combat Fitness Test.
(01:08:05) CLOSE UP SHOT: U.S. Army Soldier signs their Army Combat Fitness Test score sheet.
(00:19:58) MEDIUM SHOT: Ghana Armed Forces soldier lays down after completing the Army Combat Fitness Test.