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 Cpl. Niles Lee
U.S. Marines and Airmen drop ordnance with Moroccan troops at Greir Labouihi
Marine Forces Reserve (MARFORRES)
April 12, 2019 | 5:22
U.S. Marines from 4th Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company, and U.S. Airmen from 2nd Air Support Operations Squadron, call for close close air support with Royal Moroccan Forces during exercise African Lion 19 at Greir Labouihi range, Morocco, March 2019. African Lion 2019 is an annual, combined-multilateral exercise designed to improve interoperability and mutual understanding of each nation’s tactics, techniques and procedures while demonstrating a strong partnership between nation’s militaries. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Cpl. Niles Lee)
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