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 Product; Task Force Voit trains alongside Estonian Armed Forces and NATO Allies during Hedgehog Exercise
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May 17, 2025 | 1:41
U.S. Army 1st Sgt. Albert Connelly of Able Battery, 3rd Battalion, 321st Field Artillery Regiment, Task Force Voit supporting Task Force Iron, speaks about his troops’ warfighting abilities and their HIMARs during exercise Hedgehog near Võru, Estonia, May 13, 2025. U.S. Army HIMARS crews loaded and unloaded ammunition pods from a Heavy Expanded Mobility Tactical Truck (HEMTT). Additional missions included refueling tactical vehicles in the field, employing staging positions and tactical maneuvers while Estonian allies observed involving HIMARs. Hedgehog is Estonia’s largest military exercise and is conducted every five years. This year’s exercise focuses on planning and executing operations to enhance interoperability and warfighting skills among NATO allies. Task Force Iron provides combat-credible forces to V Corps, America’s only forward-deployed corps in Europe. (U.S. Army video by Staff Sgt. Rose Di Trolio)

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