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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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2019 DoD Warrior Games B-Roll - Golf Preliminaries - 21 June 2019

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June 21, 2019 | 3:23

The 2019 DoD Warrior Games kicks off with the golf tournament preliminaries at the Eagles Golf Club in Odessa, Florida, June 21, 2019. The Warrior Games were established in 2010 as a way to enhance the recovery and rehabilitation of wounded, ill and injured service members and expose them to adaptive sports. Approximately 300 wounded, ill and injured service members and veterans are participating in 13 adaptive sport competitions June 21-July 30. The athletes represent the United States Army, Marine Corps, Navy, Air Force and Special Operations Command. Athletes from the United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, the Netherlands and Denmark will also compete. (DoD video by Staff Sgt. Marianique Santos, Mass Communication 2nd Class Ethan Miller, Mass Communication 1st Class Jonathan Trejo, Mass Communication 2nd Class Anita Newman, Sgt. Ross Mowery, Staff Sgt. Vito Bryant)