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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Faces of Pendleton Episode 6: Mike Fila
Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton
Aug. 30, 2019 | 1:31
Mike Fila, a Brewster, New York native, speaks about his experiences as an emergency dispatcher for Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, August 30, 2019. Fila joined the Marine Corps in 2011 as a military policeman, and was medically discharged in 2014 after being diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Cpl. Dylan Chagnon)
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