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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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BROLL: African Lion 24 features forensics IED simulation in Bizerte, Tunisia

U.S. Army Southern European Task Force, Africa

May 9, 2024 | 2:58

Members of the U.S. Forensic Exploitation Department based at the Djibouti Joint Theater Forensic Analysis Center, run a simulated improvised explosive device scenario with the Tunisian Armed Forces during exercise African Lion 2024 (AL24) in Bizerte, Tunisia, May 3, 2024. AL24 marks the 20th anniversary of U.S. Africa Command’s premiere joint exercise led by U.S. Army Southern European Task Force, Africa (SETAF-AF), running from April 19 to May 31 across Morocco, Ghana, Senegal and Tunisia, with over 8,100 participants from 27 nations and NATO contingents. (U.S. Army Video by Spc. Shawn Fogleman)

Shot List:
(00:00) CLOSE SHOT: U.S Forensics member provides instruction to Tunisian Armed Forces
(08:12) CLOSE SHOT: U.S. Forensics member works with Tunisian Armed Forces member
(14:19) MEDIUM SHOT: U.S. Forensics member demonstrates testing to Tunisian Armed Forces
(22:10) WIDE SHOT: U.S. Forensics member works with Tunisian Armed Forces on testing soil
(31:02) MEDIUM SHOT: U.S. Forensics members check fingerprints on a shell casing with Tunisian Armed Forces
(39:23) MEDIUM SHOT: U.S. Forensics members provides input to Tunisian Armed Forces
(51:11) WIDE SHOT: U.S. Forensics member provides instruction to Tunisian Armed Forces
(1:01:04) WIDE SHOT: U.S. Forensics member shows the Tunisian Armed Forces how to check tool cuts
(1:07:18) WIDE SHOT: U.S. Forensics member provides instruction to Tunisian Armed Forces
(1:18:10) WIDE SHOT: U.S. Forensics members provides instruction on the test kit to the Tunisian Armed Forces
(1:26:06) WIDE SHOT: U.S. Forensics members prepare Tunisian Armed Forces on the IED simulation
(1:35:05) MEDIUM SHOT: Tunisian Armed Forces begins IED simulation
(1:45:19) MEDIUM SHOT: U.S. Forensics member provides instruction to Tunisian Armed Forces
(1:52:07) MEDIUM SHOT: U.S. Forensics members provide insight to the Tunisian Armed Forces on checking a blast site.
(2:03:05) MEDIUM SHOT: U.S. Forensics member provides instruction to Tunisian Armed Forces
(2:13:07) WIDE SHOT: U.S. Forensics member provides instruction to Tunisian Armed Forces
(2:13:04) MEDIUM SHOT: U.S. Forensics member provides instruction to Tunisian Armed Forces
(2:24:14) CLOSE SHOT: U.S. Forensics member provides instruction to Tunisian Armed Forces
(2:32:05) MEDIUM SHOT: U.S. Forensics member shows Tunisian Armed Forces how to check an investigation site
(2:40:10) MEDIUM SHOT: U.S. Forensics member provides instructions to Tunisian Armed Forces on a blast location
(2:47:20) MEDIUM SHOT: U.S. Forensics member provides instruction to Tunisian Armed Forces