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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31st MEU | VMM 265 fires 50. caliber from above
31st Marine Expeditionary Unit
June 30, 2025 | 1:28
A U.S. Marine with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, fires a 50. caliber machine gun while on a CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter assigned to VMM 265 (Rein.) during flight operations, in the Coral Sea, June 12, 2025. Marines demonstrate the lethal capabilities of the 31st MEU by conducting routine areal patrols. The 31st MEU is operating aboard ships of the USS America Amphibious Ready Group in the 7th Fleet area of operations, the U.S. Navy’s largest forward-deployed numbered fleet, and routinely interacts and operates with allies and partners in preserving a free and open Indo-Pacific region. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Gerardo Mendez)
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