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 Lance Cpl. Taryn McKenzie
Second Battalion, Third Marine Regiment Marines conduct training at MWTC
Marine Corps Base Hawaii
March 29, 2013 | 1:11
U.S Marine Machine Gunner (0331 MOS) , PFC Rico Morales and Jesus Wheeler, from Echo Company, Second Battalion, Third Marine Regiment (2/3) conduct speed disassembly and reassembly drills on the M240 Bravo to improve their disassembly and reassembly time on the weapons system at Marine Corps Mountain Warfare Training Center ( MWTC) in Bridgeport, California on 27 March 2013. The Drills are being conducted to improve the Marines skills and proficiency on the weapons system. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Lance Corporal Taryn McKenzie/ Released) Available in High Definition.
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