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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The Adjutant General's (TAG) Match 2018 - Day 3
Arkansas National Guard Public Affairs Office
Aug. 19, 2018 | 1:32
Soldiers and Airmen of the Arkansas National Guard fire the M-9 pistol during a marksmanship competition known as the "TAG Match" at the Robinson Maneuver Training Center in North Little Rock, Arkansas.

This is an annual competition designed to develop the combat skills and proficiency of the Guardsmen, increasing battlefield survivability.

Top shooters earn the bronze Excellence in Competition badge and the Governor's Twenty tab. The top Soldiers and Airmen from this event will also be chosen to represent the Arkansas National Guard at the regional championship and the Winston P. Wilson Match.

(U.S. Army National Guard video by Spc. Stephen M. Wright and Spc. Victoria R. Eckert)
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