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 Petty Officer 1st Class Dustin Q. Diaz
Freedom File - Feb. 7
AFN Afghanistan
Feb. 7, 2011 | 1:06
Members of Congress spent time with deployed service members at Khandar Airfield, Afghanistan during a Congressional Delegation visit. For one of these Representatives, the trip was a family affair. Petty Officer 1st Class Dustin Diaz tells us more. Includes sound bites from Rep. John Kline, Minn, 2nd District, House Armed Services Committee, Lt. Col. John Kline, Commander, Task Force Eagle Assault, Clarksville, Tenn., Rep. Buck McKeon, Calif., 25th District Chairman, House Armed Services Committee, and Rep. Silvestre Reyes, Tx., 16th District, House Armed Services Committee.
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