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 Staff Sgt. Nathan Rivard
Col. Gingras Maintenance Facility Ribbon Cutting Interview
Joint Force Headquarters - Vermont National Guard Public Affairs
July 12, 2017 | 3:52
Col. Robert Gingras, construction and facilities management officer, Vermont National Guard, talks about the new Vermont Army National Guard Hyde Park Vehicle Maintenance Shop.The new location replaces two facilities and it more energy efficient. The new location is approximately 45,000 sq. ft. and is twice the size of the two previous maintenance locations combined. The location also uses geothermal ground source system, photovoltaic panels, LED lighting, a state of the art energy management system. This led to receiving a Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Silver certification.
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