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. Elijah Murphy
Battalion Landing Team 1/1’s Bravo Company conducts Boat Raid on Kin Blue Beach
31st Marine Expeditionary Unit
Dec. 20, 2023 | 1:18
U.S. Marines with Battalion Landing Team 1/1, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit participate in a boat raid exercise at Kin Blue training area, Okinawa, Japan, Dec. 11, 2023. Marines with BLT 1/1 execute boat raid exercises to increase their proficiency in assaulting and destroying key maritime assets. The 31st MEU, the Marine Corps’ only continuously forward-deployed MEU, provides a flexible and lethal force ready to perform a wide range of military operations as the premier crisis response force in the Indo-Pacific region. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Elijah Murphy)
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