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 Scott Sturkol
127th Infantry Regiment surgeon discusses June 2025 training at Fort McCoy, preparing for deployment
Fort McCoy Public Affairs Office
June 10, 2025 | 5:15
Maj. (Dr.) Christopher Zeman, surgeon for the 2nd Battalion, 127th Infantry Regiment, discusses training June 5, 2025, at Fort McCoy, Wis. Zeman also discussed the work his battalion is doing to prepare for an upcoming deployment. Wisconsin National Guard Soldiers regularly train at Fort McCoy. (U.S. Army Photo by Scott T. Sturkol/Fort McCoy Public Affairs Office)
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