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 Petty Officer 3rd Class Elizabeth Denys
SITS - EM2 Maumkel
USS GEORGE WASHINGTON (CVN 73)
Dec. 9, 2019 | 0:59
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NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (Sept. 12, 2019) Electrician's Mate 2rd Class Sheldin Maumkel, a Sailor assigned to the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier, USS George Washington (CVN 73), speaks about the his position as a work-center supervisor and how he addresses the major challenges he contends with on the job. George Washington is undergoing a refueling complex overhaul (RCOH) at Newport News Shipyard. RCOH is a nearly four-year project performed only once during a carrier’s 50-year service life that includes refueling of the ship’s two nuclear reactors, as well as significant repairs, upgrades, and modernization. (U.S. Navy video created by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Elizabeth Cohen/released)
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