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. Jake SeaWolf
Tunnel Warfare
19th Special Forces Group (Airborne)
July 15, 2024 | 0:29
Paratroopers with the 19th Special Forces Group (Airborne) perform a static line jump from the open ramp of a C-130 Hercules during a combined Airborne operation with 9th Psychological Operations Battalion and 2e Brigade d’infanterie Parachutiste (2e BIP), Moroccan Royal Armed Forces, near Ben Guerir, Morocco, as part of African Lion 2024 on May 20, 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. Jake Seawolf)
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