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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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DEFENDER 2025 - Port of Kavala, Greece

Training Support Activity Europe

May 7, 2025 | 1:48

U.S. Army Lt. Col. Michael S. Harrell, commander of the 839th Transportation Battalion, speaks about 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division’s deployment at the port of Kavala, Greece, April 29, 2025.
Dynamic Employment of Forces to Europe for NATO Deterrence and Enhanced Readiness, also known as DEFENDER, is the largest annual U.S. Army security cooperation and exercise in Europe. DEFENDER 25 includes nearly 12,000 U.S. and 13,000 Allied and partner service members from 29 other nations, including Greece. DEFENDER 25 marks the first-time deployment of U.S. Army forces through the Port of Kavala, Greece, to include reception, staging, and onward movement (RSOM) throughout Czechia. DEFENDER 25 is the deployment of U.S. forces into a series of exercises designed to demonstrate the ability of the U.S. Army to respond and sustain operations of continental-based divisions, enablers, and joint forces and rehearse the integration of U.S. troops with NATO allies and partners for large scale combat operations from the High North to Mediterranean and Black Sea regions.
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