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 Staff Sgt. Rose Di Trolio
A-Roll; NATO Allies Flex U.S. and Spanish Recovery Capabilities
70th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment
April 17, 2025 | 10:06
U.S. Army Cpl. Juan Carlos, a wheeled vehicle mechanic with Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 41st Field Artillery Regiment, Spanish Armed Forces Master Sgt. Antonio David Torres Chaves, a recovery team chief with the Spanish National Support Element Maintenance Platoon, and Sgt. 1st Class Donovan Ogo, a crew chief with Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 41st Field Artillery Regiment, speaks about the equipment they use and the capability of those vehicles. They also describe the benefits of their teams working together on a U.S. M88A2 Hercules Armored Recovery Vehicle at Camp Adazi, Latvia, April 14, 2025. The Spanish Armed Forces assisted the U.S. with a Leopard 2ER Buffalo tracked recovery vehicle and a crane to replace an engine of an M88A2. V Corps and NATO Allies deter adversaries by demonstrating a combat-credible force through multinational training and exercises. (U.S. Army video by Staff Sgt. Rose Di Trolio)
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