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. Samantha Hircock, Staff Sgt. Katharine Schmidt
Away From Home Podcast: Episode 2
135th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment
Nov. 26, 2024 | 19:20
In this limited podcast series, Soldiers with the 135th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment, Iowa Army National Guard, interviewed veterans and their families to talk about their experiences "Away From Home" while serving in the Iowa National Guard.

In this episode, Staff Sgt. Samantha Hircock spoke with Maj. Joseph Whalen and his wife Alicia, who reside in Mount Pleasant. Whalen has been serving in the IANG for 21 years and has deployed three times.

Deployments:
Iraq, Operation Iraqi Freedom, 2005 - 832nd Engineer Company

Afghanistan, Operation Enduring Freedom, 2010-2011 - 832nd Engineer Company attached to the 2/34th IBCT

Kosovo, 2020-2021 - Headquarters & Headquarters Company, 2/34th IBCT

(U.S. Army National Guard podcast by Staff Sgt. Katharine Schmidt)
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