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 Sgt. Neil Stanfeld
Coalition Partners Conduct React to Contact Drills
Combined Joint Task Force - Operation Inherent Resolve
Nov. 26, 2016 | 3:27
Coalition partners advise and assist Iraqi security forces in conducting react to contact squad drills during building partner capacity training at Al Asad Air Base, Iraq, Nov. 21, 2016. The curriculum at BPC sites includes: leadership, ethics and law of war training and instruction. Additionally, the recruits are taught land navigation, basic medical training, Infantry skills and small unit tactics. (U.S. Army video by Sgt. Neil Stanfield)
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