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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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B-Roll: Tunisian special forces conduct airborne operations at African Lion 2025

U.S. Army Southern European Task Force, Africa

May 5, 2025 | 1:20

Tunisian Armed Forces paratroopers assigned to the Tunisian Special Forces Brigade conduct a free-fall drop during exercise African Lion 2025 (AL25), Ben Ghilouf Training Area, Tunisia, April 29, 2025. During the culminating exercise, Tunisian and U.S. forces showcased their joint readiness by jumping together in a multinational airborne operation. AL25 is set to be the largest annual military exercise in Africa, bringing together over 40 nations, including seven NATO allies and 10,000 troops to conduct realistic, dynamic and collaborative training in an austere environment that intersects multiple geographic and functional combatant commands. Led by U.S. Army Southern European Task Force, Africa (SETAF-AF) on behalf of the U.S. Africa Command, AL25 takes place from April 14 to May 23, 2025, across Ghana, Morocco, Senegal, and Tunisia. This large-scale exercise will enhance our ability to work together in complex, multi-domain operations—preparing forces to deploy, fight and win. (U.S. Army video by Sgt. Mariah Y. Gonzalez)

Shot List:
(00:00:00.00) MED-LONG SHOT: Tunisian Armed Forces soldiers release a dummy attached to a T-11 parachute from a Tunisian C-130 aircraft in order to conduct a weather check
(00:00:08:00) MED-LONG SHOT: Tunisian Armed Forces soldiers grab the static line of a dummy attached to a T-11 parachute
(00:00:14:00) MEDIUM SHOT: A Tunisian Special Forces paratrooper communicates with the commander on ground
(00:00:19:00) MEDIUM SHOT: a C-130 maneuvers through the sky, preparing to release paratroopers
(00:00:27:00) MEDIUM SHOT: Tunisian Special Forces paratroopers jump off the ramp of a Tunisian C-130 to conduct their free-fall jump
(00:00:36:00) MEDIUM SHOT: A Tunisian Special Forces paratrooper jumps off the ramp of a Tunisian C-130 to conduct their free-fall jump
(00:00:41:00) MEDIUM SHOT: Tunisian Special Forces paratroopers jump off the ramp of a Tunisian C-130 to conduct their free-fall jump
(00:00:58:00) LONG SHOT: Tunisian Special Forces paratroopers descend from the sky
(00:01:05:00) MEDIUM SHOT: the ramp of a Tunisian C-130 raises

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