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 Lance Cpl. Paul Kalogeris, Sgt. Ryan Ulibarri
2025 Annual Marine Corps Rifle Squad Competition: Interview with Sgt. Cole Vanostenbridge
Marine Corps Combat Service Support Schools
May 29, 2025 | 6:04
U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Cole Vanostenbridge, a squad leader with 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, and a native of Illinois, is interviewed during the Annual Rifle Squad Competition at Marine Corps Base Quantico, Virginia, May 16, 2025. The Marine Corps Rifle Squad Competition is an annual competition that utilizes simulated combat conditions to challenge competitors with a wide variety of complex and realistic scenarios to determine which Marine rifle squad most effectively demonstrate their combat capabilities and operational proficiency. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Sgt. Ryan Ulibarri and Lance Cpl. Paul Kalogeris)
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