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. Shannon Crane
Soldiers Give Rugged Terrain Trail a Dry Run
South Dakota National Guard Public Affairs
June 23, 2014 | 1:47
Soldiers with 2nd Platoon, 4-2 CR, experience the unique terrain and elevation feathers of the areas' new rugged terrain trail April 27th, 2012. The trail was developed by Integrated Training Area Management (ITAM), with the intent of replicating the steep and rugged terrain features found in the current operating environment. The ITAM program provides a uniform training land management capability across the command. Available in high definition.
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