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 Davide Dalla Massara
Eagle Ace II (Interview)
Training Support Activity Europe
Feb. 22, 2021 | 1:46
U.S. Army Lt. Col. Kitefre K. Oboho, Commander 1st Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade, talks about exercise Eagle Ace II after airborne operation from U.S. Air Force 86th Air Wing C-130 Hercules aircraft with Italian Army 4th Alpini Regiment and Italian Air Force 16th Wing Force Protection and 3rd Wing, at Rivolto Italian Air Force Base, Udine Italy, Feb. 18, 2021 under Covid-19 prevention conditions. The purpose of this operation is to improve relationship with host nation, strengthen the alliance and increase NATO interoperability. The 173rd Airborne Brigade is the U.S. Army Contingency Response Force in Europe, capable of projecting ready forces anywhere in the U.S. European, Africa or Central Commands‘ areas of responsibility. (U.S. Army video by Davide Dalla Massara)
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