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. 

Click here for the African Lion Photos, News and Video

African Lion 25 Announcment

African Lion Images
Press Information

 

Videos
Video by Cpl. James Stanfield
WTI 1-22: Assault Support Tactics 1
Marine Aviation Weapons and Tactics Squadron-1
Oct. 7, 2021 | 2:35
U.S. Marines, assigned to Lima Company, 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, conduct an assault range as part of Assault Support Tactics 1 (AST-1), during Weapons and Tactics Instructor (WTI) course 1-22, at Site 50 training area, near Wellton, Ariz., Oct. 4, 2021. AST-1 is a daytime, force-on-force event which affords prospective WTIs the opportunity to plan, brief, and execute a company-reinforced air assault while integrating the six functions of Marine Aviation. (U.S. Marine Corps Video by Cpl. James Stanfield)
More