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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Las Vegas Army Reserve Soldier Encourages the Challenge of the Best Squad Competition
Army Reserve Medical Command
March 29, 2025 | 0:43
Army Reserve Staff Sgt. Todd Gottschall, a patient administration specialist with the Las Vegas, Nev. based 7243rd Medical Support unit, said meeting other Soldiers and performing warrior skills and tasks is an incredible experience at the Best Squad Competition hosted by the Pinellas Park, Fla. based Army Reserve Medical Command and Gillem Enclave, Ga. based 3rd Theater Medical Command, at Fort McCoy, Wis., on March 28, 2025. Soldiers from AR-MEDCOM and the 3rd TMC competed in a week-long series of events that included obstacle courses, an 18.6-mile Norwegian Foot March, simulated shoot houses, swim events, a physical fitness test and evaluation boards testing their physical and mental capabilities. (U.S. Army video by Sgt. Jerry T. Zuetrong)
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