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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26th MEU(SOC) Marine Corps' Birthday Highlights
26th Marine Expeditionary Unit
April 24, 2024 | 1:10
The 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable) (MEU(SOC) celebrated the Marine Corps' 248th birthday across the Bataan Amphibious Group with a cake cutting ceremony symbolizing the passing of tradition from generation to generation of Marines across our ranks. For more than 50 years, the 26th MEU(SOC) has provided combatant commanders throughout the Mediterranean, Africa, Middle East and Southeast Asia region a forward presence, highly adaptive, crisis response Marine Air-Ground Task Force capable of operations across the spectrum of conflict. Since its birth, the 26th MEU(SOC) has conducted various deployments and participated in numerous contingency operations and training exercises alongside Allies and partners. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Sgt. Matthew Romonoyske-Bean)
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