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 2nd Lt. Kate McNelis
Cut: Crew served weapons course
Joint Force Headquarters - Pennsylvania National Guard
Jan. 25, 2024 | 0:50
U.S. Soldiers with the Pennsylvania National Guard fire M240B machine guns during the crew served weapons course at Fort Indiantown Gap, Pennsylvania, Jan. 24, 2024. The crew served weapons course is offered through the Pennsylvania National Guard's Individual Training Branch. 36 students from units across the state conduct marksmanship training on the M249 light machine gun, M240B machine gun, Mark 19 40 mm grenade machine gun and M2A1 machine gun in order to become subject matter experts on those weapon systems. (U.S. Army National Guard video by 2nd Lt. Kate Kramer)
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