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 Cpl. Colton Garrett
UNITAS 2022: Simulated Close Air Support/4th ANGLICO (B-Roll)
U.S. Marine Corps Forces, South
Sept. 15, 2022 | 2:43
U.S. Marines with 4th Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company, Marine Forces Reserve, and Brazilian Marines with Batalhao de Combate Aereo (Air Combat Battalion), Brazilian Marine Corps, conduct call for fire drills in support of Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force UNITAS LXIII at São Pedro da Aldeia, Brazil, Sept. 5, 2022. Light Attack Helicopter Squadron (HMLA) 773 and 4th ANGLICO cross trained with the Brazilian Marine Corps by conducting simulated close air support drills, which consists of locating targets from the ground and relaying coordinates to assets in the sky to destroy. UNITAS trains forces to conduct joint maritime operations through the execution of anti-surface, anti-submarine, anti-air, amphibious and electronic warfare operations that enhance warfighting proficiency and increase interoperability among participating naval and marine forces. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Cpl. Colton K. Garrett)
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