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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 Senior Airman Gabriel Held

BROLL: Ghana Armed Forces rehearse for African Land Forces Summit 2025 opening ceremony

U.S. Army Southern European Task Force, Africa

April 6, 2025 | 1:15

Ghana Armed Forces soldiers assigned to the President's Own Guard Regiment rehearse marching movements ahead of the African Land Forces Summit (ALFS) 2025 in Accra, Ghana, April 4, 2025. Sponsored by the U.S. Army Chief of Staff and co-hosted by the U.S. Army Southern European Task Force, Africa (SETAF-AF) and the Ghana Armed Forces, ALFS 2025 brings together senior leaders from across Africa and other partner nations, April 7-10 in Accra, Ghana, to solidify relationships, exchange information on current topics of mutual interest and encourage cooperation in addressing challenges. This year’s theme is “Optimizing land forces for the emerging security environment. (U.S. Air Force video by Senior Airman Gabriel Held)

Shot List
(00:00:00) WIDE SHOT: GAF Soldiers at parade rest
(00:02:15) CLOSE SHOT: GAF Soldiers go to attention
(00:05:23) MEDIUM SHOT: GAF Soldiers perform left face
(00:09:05) MEDIUM SHOT: Saluting guide-on bearer
(00:15:22) LONG SHOT: Guide-on bearer hands off flag
(00:22:09) MEDIUM SHOT: New guide-on bearer salutes the regiment
(00:28:27) LONG SHOT: Regiment marching back to start
(00:33:28) LONG SHOT: Regiment leader giving command to attention
(00:41:14) MEDIUM-CLOSE SHOT: Guide-on goes to present arms
(00:49:15) WIDE SHOT: Guide on presents arms
(00:53:17) MEDIUM-CLOSE SHOT: Guide on presents arms
(00:59:15) MEDIUM SHOT: Guide on returns to attention
(01:02:22) CLOSE SHOT: Regiment leader speaks to “President”
(01:08:19) WIDE SHOT: Regiment goes to at ease