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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B-Roll: US, Morocco conduct joint medical mission at African Lion 2025
U.S. Army Southern European Task Force, Africa
May 21, 2025 | 0:45
U.S. and Moroccan military medical teams kicked off a joint humanitarian mission in Anzi, Morocco, May 11-23, as part of African Lion 2025 (AL25). Led by the 151st Medical Group, Utah Air National Guard, in partnership with the Royal Armed Forces of Morocco, the mission delivered essential care to local communities while strengthening medical readiness and multinational cooperation. AL25, the largest annual military exercise in Africa, takes place from April 14 to May 23, 2025. Led by U.S. Africa Command with over 10,000 troops from more than 50 nations, including seven NATO allies, across Ghana, Morocco, Senegal, and Tunisia. The exercise aims to bolster military readiness, enhance lethality, and foster stronger partnerships, ultimately improving joint capabilities in complex multi-domain environments to enable participating forces to deploy, fight, and win. (U.S. Air National Guard video by Master Sgt. Nicholas Perez)

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(00:00:00) LONG SHOT: U.S. military members entering humanitarian civic assistance
(00:00:09) MEDIUM SHOT: U.S. Military members entering humanitarian civic assistance
(00:00:20) LONG SHOT: Outside humanitarian civic assistance male patients waiting to enter
(00:00:28) MEDIUM SHOT: Outside humanitarian civic assistance male patients waiting to enter
(00:00:38) LONG SHOT: Outside humanitarian civic assistance female patients waiting to enter
(00:00:45) CLOSE SHOT: HCA footprint signage
(00:00:52) LONG SHOT: Pan of HCA footprint
(00:01:05) MEDIUM SHOT: Pan of patients outside of medical tents
(00:01:12) LONG SHOT: U.S. Military members meeting inside humanitarian civic assistance
(00:01:15) LONG SHOT: U.S. Military members unloading equipment at humanitarian civic assistance
(00:01:18) MEDIUM SHOT: U.S. Military members unloading equipment at humanitarian civic assistance
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