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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ROK Special Forces, 353rd SOW conduct static line jumps
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March 31, 2025 | 1:00
Republic of Korea Special Operations Forces personnel conduct static line jumps from a U.S. Air Force 353rd Special Operations Wing MC-130J Commando II during exercise Freedom Shield 25 over South Korea, March 12, 2025. The Freedom Shield exercise series occurs twice a year and acts as a means for ensuring the combined lethality of the U.S. and ROK militaries to meet mutual homeland defense priorities. U.S. Special Operations Forces regularly train with allies and partners as a means to increase readiness, deter and degrade aggression, and preserve a free and open Indo-Pacific region while remaining ready to prevail in conflict if called upon. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Cpl. Audrey Martinez)
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