About African Lion

African Lion 24 is U.S. Africa Command's largest, premier, joint, annual exercise. This year’s event marks a significant milestone as U.S. Army Southern European Task Force, Africa (SETAF-AF) leads the exercise for U.S. Army Africa Command, which is celebrating the 20th anniversary of the African Lion exercise series.

The exercise runs until May 10 in Tunisia, but will continue until May 31 in three other host nations: Morocco, Ghana and Senegal. While more than 1,000 military personnel from both the U.S. and Tunisia are participating here, more than 8,000 multinational service members from 27 countries and contingents from NATO will participate in the exercise.

Under the leadership of SETAF-AF, African Lion 2024 in Tunisia showcases the commitment of the U.S. military to maintaining robust relationships with allies and partners, embodying the core principles to its approach in Africa: partner-led and U.S.-enabled.

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BROLL: 19th Special Forces Group (Airborne), Utah National Guard and Commandos Marines, Moroccan Royal Armed Forces train with various machine guns and long range rifles
U.S. Army Southern European Task Force, Africa
June 11, 2024 | 0:41
19th Special Forces Group (Airborne), Utah National Guard, and Moroccan Royal Armed Forces train with various machine guns and marksmanship rifles during exercise African Lion 2024 (AL24), Tifnet training base, Tifnit, Morocco, May 23, 2024. AL24 marks the 20th anniversary of the U.S. Africa Command’s premier joint exercise led by U.S. Army Southern European Task Force, Africa (SETAF-AF), running from April 19 to May 31 across Ghana, Morocco, Senegal and Tunisia, with over 8,100 participants from 27 nations and NATO contingents.

Shot List (SS:FF) S=Seconds F=Frames
(03:09) MEDIUM CLOSE SHOT: 2 soldiers shooting machine gun
(06:24) MACRO SHOT: Clearing Feed Tray on 240 Bravo machine gun
(18:19) MACRO SHOT: Loading 240 Bravo with belt
(21:17) MACRO SHOT: belt being fed through machine gun
(35:05) MEDIUM CLOSE SHOT: rollover drill (dead gunner)
(36:18) MEDIUM CLOSE SHOT: patches on soldier
(38:20) MEDIUM CLOSE SHOT: long gun being shot
(40:24) MACRO SHOT: Trigger finger
(46:14) MEDIUM SHOT: rollover drill from behind
(50:09) MEDIUM CLOSE SHOT: Shooting over shot (camera over the shoulder)
(51:19) MEDIUM WIDE SHOT: Moroccan Soldiers running with machine gun
(54:18) MEDIUM CLOSE SHOT: Shooting machine gun
(55:09) MEDIUM CLOSE SHOT: US Soldier shooting long gun
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