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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Exercise Joint Viking 25: 2d LAR Armored Vehicle Capabilities Exchange Event
U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Europe and Africa
Feb. 21, 2025 | 0:59
U.S. Marines with 2d Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 2d Marine Division attend an Armored Vehicle Capabilities Exchange event hosted by Norwegian Army Soldiers with the 1st Armored Battalion in preparation of Exercise Joint Viking 25 in Setermoen, Norway, Feb. 21, 2025. U.S. Marines are in Norway as part of Exercise Joint Viking 25, a Norwegian military exercise focusing on arctic cold-weather training and military-to-military engagements. The exercise demonstrates the Marine Corps' unique ability to rapidly deploy during a crisis and aims to enhance interoperability between the U.S. Marine Corps and NATO allies and partners. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Cpl. Alfonso Livrieri)
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