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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:New Hampshire National Guard conducts artillery rocket operations at African Lion 2025

U.S. Army Southern European Task Force, Africa

May 19, 2025 | 1:18

U.S. Soldiers assigned to Alpha and Bravo Batteries, 3rd Battalion, 197 Field Artillery Regiment, New Hampshire Army National Guard, conduct M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) training at African Lion 2025 (AL25) in Tan Tan, Morocco, May 15, 2025. Training with the HIMARS enhanced precision strike capabilities, interoperability with allied forces and rapid deployment, ensuring effective joint operations in future multinational missions. AL25, the largest annual military exercise in Africa, brings together over 50 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 Spc. Gavin Hardy)

(00:00:00) MEDIUM SHOT: Putting Battalion Flag in ground
(00:07:00) MEDIUM SHOT: Battalion Flag Waving
(00;00;13;28) CLOSE SHOT: Battalion Flag Waving
(00;00;20;28) LONG SHOT: pan following HIMARS Tracing Round
(00;00;28;27) LONG SHOT HIMAR Round back blast
(00;00;36;00) MEDIUM SHOT U.S. Soldiers loading up
(00;00;43;00) MEDIUM SHOT HIMARS Brief
(00;00;50;00) MEDIUM SHOT U.S. Army Soldiers on truck pass through frame
(00;00;56;00) MEDIUM SHOT U.S. Soldiers leaving Camp Draa
(00;01;01;00) MEDIUM SHOT Humvee front seat
(00;01;17;00) LONG SHOT HIMARS shooting rounds

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