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. Christy Parker
B-ROLL: US, Moroccan Troops Train for Urban Breach Demo
U.S. Army Southern European Task Force, Africa
June 11, 2024 | 1:10
U.S. Soldiers assigned to Bravo Company, 152nd Brigade Engineer Battalion, 27th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, New York Army National Guard, and U.S. Marines assigned to 6th Engineer Support Battalion, 4th Marine Logistics Group, Marine Corps Forces Reserve, train with Moroccan Royal Armed Forces on urban breaching and demolition during exercise African Lion 24 in Tantan Morocco, May 26, 2024. African Lion 2024 marks the 20th anniversary of 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 (U.S. Army video by Staff Sgt. Christy Parker)

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(00:00) Demonstration on how to prepare C-4 explosive
(13:23) Instructing how to assemble detonation cord
(26:15) Instructor explaining to group regarding detonation cord and blasting caps
(39:10) Modernized demolition initiator explanation
(48:12) Instructor explains how to wrap detonation cord
(1:03:01) Shape charge bomb blows hole in wall
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