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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AFCEC Civilian Receives Air Force Civilian Award for Valor Interviews and B-Roll
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Feb. 23, 2017 | 15:11
When a British Puma MK2 helicopter carrying nine coalition forces crashed in Kabul, Afghanistan, Greg Gangnuss, a senior environmental advisor for the Ministry of Defense on a voluntary deployment, ran charging through the heavy smoke to render aid. Soaked in fuel and facing the dangerous risks of fire and smoke inhalation, Gangnuss and a small volunteer team formed together to pull the injured from the wreckage. Disregarding their own personal safety, their actions resulted in saving four lives.

On 22 February 2017, Greg Gangnuss was officially recognized for his actions and was awarded the Air Force Civilian Award for Valor.

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C.G. FOR SOUNDBITE(S) INFOSOUNDBITE RANK & NAME: Greg Gangnuss
SOUNDBITE TITLE: Chief, BRAC Programs Branch, Air Force Civil Engineer Center

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C.G. FOR SOUNDBITE(S) INFOSOUNDBITE RANK & NAME: Col Laurel "Buff" Burkel
SOUNDBITE TITLE: Chief, AMC Fuel Efficiency Division Headquarters, Air Mobility Command 

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Gen Ellen M. Pawlikowski, Commander, AFMC, speaking at a Commander’s Call at JBSA Lackland

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Photos of Greg Gangnuss receiving the Air Force Civilian Award for Valor

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