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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California National Guard Fight Rim Fire Near Yosemite
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Aug. 23, 2013 | 0:43
Video from the helibase at Columbia, Calif., to the action around Yosemite National Park to the UH-60 Black Hawks from the California Army National Guard's 1-140th Aviation Battalion (Air Assault), based out of Los Alamitos, and the HH-60 Pave Hawks from the California Air National Guard's 129th Rescue Wing, drop water from Bambi buckets on the Rim Fire in the Stanislaus National Forest near Yosemite, Aug. 21, 2013. The aircraft is piloted by Chief Warrant Officer Four Rob Metoyer, co-pilot Chief Warrant Officer Two Mike Marion, and crew chief, Spc. Gregory Davis, with Cal Fire Military Helicopter Manager, Battalion Chief Scott Watson and Capt. Brad Loven calling the drops. (U.S. Army National Guard video by Sgt. 1st Class Jesse Flagg/Released). Available in High Definition.
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