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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 Pfc. Brent Lee

Thunderbolt Convergence: NATO forces demonstrate rapid HIMARS deployment and joint fires capabilities

5th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment

March 28, 2025 | 3:42

U.S. Soldiers assigned to 3rd Battalion, 321st Field Artillery Regiment, conduct dry-fire operations with the M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System during High Mobility Artillery Rocket System Rapid Infiltration mission on Ramstein Air Base, Germany, March 27, 2025. The HIRAIN mission demonstrated NATO forces’ ability to rapidly and jointly deploy the High Mobility Artillery Rocket System worldwide, enabling long-range precision fires for maximum battlefield impact.

U.S. Army video by Pfc. Brent Lee

Runtime: 00:03:42:16

00;06 Belgian airbus A400m Atlas sits idol on runway
00;15 a U.S. Army High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle gets loaded into Belgian airbus A400m Atlas
00;22 U.S. High Mobility Artillery Rocket System gets loaded into Belgian airbus A400m Atlas
00;28 Belgian special forces aerial delivery platoon secures U.S. Army vehicles inside aircraft
00;37 Belgian special forces aerial delivery platoon secures U.S. Army vehicles inside aircraft
00;48 Humvee exits Belgian airbus A400m Atlas during operation Thunderbolt Convergence
00;58 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System exits Belgian airbus A400m Atlas during operation Thunderbolt Convergence
01;20 U.S. Soldier sets up a platoon operations center in a U.S. Army High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle
01;33 U.S. Soldiers communicate in a platoon operations center during operation Thunderbolt Convergence
01;45 U.S. Soldiers make High Mobility Artillery Rocket System raise during operation Thunderbolt Convergence
02;06 U.S. Soldiers make High Mobility Artillery Rocket System lower during operation Thunderbolt Convergence
02;15 A Norwegian F-35 lightning II flies overhead during operation Thunderbolt Convergence
02;26 A High Mobility Artillery Rocket System drives towards the Belgian airbus A400m Atlas to be loaded up
02;43 A High Mobility Artillery Rocket System drives towards the Belgian airbus A400m Atlas to be loaded up
02;55 Belgian pilots center Belgian Airbus A400m Atlas on the runway before taking off from Bardufoss Airport, Norway
03;07 Belgian pilots take off from Bardufoss Airport, Norway
03;35 Belgian pilots fly Belgian Airbus A400m Atlas out of Bardufoss Airport, Norway headed to Ramstein Air Base, Germany.

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