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. Kenneth Rodriguez
B-Roll: US conducts live-fire exercise during African Lion 2025
U.S. Army Southern European Task Force, Africa
May 6, 2025 | 0:58
U.S. Soldiers assigned to the 54th Brigade Engineer Battalion, 173rd Airborne Brigade, conduct a live-fire exercise during African Lion 2025 (AL25), at Ben Ghilouf Training Area, Tunisia, April 26, 2025. Live-fire exercises provide critical hands-on experience, helping troops build confidence and readiness in real-world combat scenarios. 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 Reserve video by Staff Sgt. Kenneth Rodriguez)

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(00:29:15) Tactical Movement
(00:33:2) Engaging Targets
(00:39:16) Engaging Targets Close up
(00:42:04) Engaging Targets Extreme Close up
(00:44:12) M4 Reload
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