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 Senior Airman Carl Good
Palmetto Challenge 25
Joint Base Charleston
March 13, 2025 | 5:14
Interview stringer with U.S. Air Force Col. David Myrick, 437th Airlift Wing deputy commander and 843th Deployable Combat Wing commander, and Chief Master Sgt. Gary Woo, 437th Operations Group and 843th Deployable Combat Wing senior enlisted leader, regarding Palmetto Challenge 25 and Joint Base Charleston’s role in the Combat Readiness Inspection at Gulfport Combat Readiness Training Center, Mississippi, March 3, 2024. During the exercise, Joint Base Charleston Airmen underwent a Combat Readiness Inspection, an evaluation designed to assess a unit’s ability to perform its wartime or contingency mission under realistic conditions. (U.S. Air Force video by Senior Airman Carl Good)
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