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 Sgt. Kourtney Nunnery
BANG! U.S. Soldiers detonate Molotov Cocktail Bombs
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Feb. 24, 2025 | 0:36
U.S. Soldiers assigned to Able Battery, 3rd Battalion, 321st Field Artillery Regiment, 18th Field Artillery Brigade, XVIII Airborne Corps, throw and detonate Molotov Cocktail incendiary bombs after learning how to assemble them from Estonian soldiers near Camp Tapa, Estonia, Feb. 19, 2025. Learning and training alongside Estonian counterparts allows for more interoperability between forces with a focus on hands on training, communication and readiness. U.S. forces continue to modernize their lethality by learning new war fighting techniques and continuing to work diligently with NATO partners and allies. (U.S. Army Video by Sgt. Kourtney Nunnery)
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