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    AFRICAN LION

    African Lion

    African Lion    

    2024 marks the 20th anniversary of AFRICOM’s premier and largest annual, combined, joint exercise African Lion. This year’s exercise will take place April 19 through May 31 and is hosted across Morocco, Ghana, Senegal and Tunisia with more than 8,100 participants from over 27 nations and contingents from NATO. African Lion 24 focuses on enhancing readiness between the U.S. and partner nation forces. This joint all-domain, multi-component, and multinational exercise, employs a full array of mission capabilities with the goal to strengthen interoperability among participants and set the theater for strategic access.

    406 Featured Videos

    SETAF-AF: What We Do

    SETAF-AF: What We Do
    10.23.23 | Chris House | SETAF-AF
    U.S. Army Southern European Task Force, Africa (SETAF-AF) directs and supports all U.S. Army activities with partner land forces in Africa,...
    Soldiers use BeaverFit portable gym during AfricanLion 23 [Social Media | 0:05]

    Soldiers use BeaverFit portable gym...
    06.12.23 | SPC shae cox | SETAF-AF
    U.S. Soldiers set up and use a portable gym during African Lion, June 12, 2023. Eighteen nations and approximately 8,000 personnel will...
    773rd WMD CST conducts joint CBRN training during Exercise African Lion 2023 - scrubbed of African Lion outro

    773rd WMD CST conducts joint CBRN...
    06.13.23 | SPC Noah Carlsson | SETAF-AF
    U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Kristofer Hellstrom, 773rd Weapons of Mass Destruction Civil Support Team, speaks to the joint CBRN training scenario in...
    773rd WMD CST conducts joint CBRN training during Exercise African Lion 2023

    773rd WMD CST conducts joint CBRN...
    06.11.23 | SPC Noah Carlsson | SETAF-AF
    U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Hellstrom, 773rd Weapons of Mass Destruction Civil Support Team, covers the Joint Military CBRN training scenario in...
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    4,067 Featured Images

    African Lion 2024: Planning continues as Morocco hosts second multinational planning event

    African Lion 2024: Planning continues as...
    02.02.24 | CPT Billy Lacroix | SETAF-AF
    Planners attending African Lion 2024 mid planning event at Southern Zone Headquarters, Agadir, Morocco, receive a welcome brief, January 29, 2024....
    African Lion 2024: Planning continues as Morocco hosts second multinational planning event

    African Lion 2024: Planning continues as...
    02.02.24 | CPT Billy Lacroix | SETAF-AF
    Planners attending African Lion 2024 mid planning event at Agadir, Morocco, receive a welcome brief, January 29, 2024. 2024 marks the 20th...
    Army Reserve Civil Affairs Soldiers deploy to Africa, Strengthen Partnerships

    Army Reserve Civil Affairs Soldiers...
    06.15.23 | CPT PHILIP REGINA | SETAF-AF
    U.S Army Reserve Capt. Dominique Mosbly, U.S. Southern European Task Force, Africa (SETAF-AF) Civil Affairs Team 21 chief, teaches a course in...
    Army Reserve Civil Affairs Soldiers deploy to Africa, Strengthen Partnerships

    Army Reserve Civil Affairs Soldiers...
    06.15.23 | CPT PHILIP REGINA | SETAF-AF
    U.S. Army Capt. Dominique Mosbly, U.S. Southern European Task Force, Africa (SETAF-AF) Civil Affairs Team 21 chief, teaches a course in civil...
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    155 Featured Stories

    Strategic Alliances Solidify at African Lion 2024’s Final Coordination Event in Dakar

    Strategic Alliances Solidify at African...
    04.18.24 | PHILIP REGINA | SETAF-AF
    DAKAR, Senegal — Amid the diplomatic grandeur of the King Fahd Palace Hotel, the corridors buzz with the strategic discourse of military...
    African Lion 2024: Planning continues as Morocco hosts second multinational planning event

    African Lion 2024: Planning continues as...
    02.02.24 | CPT Billy Lacroix | SETAF-AF
    2024 marks the 20th anniversary of AFRICOM’s premier and largest annual combined, joint exercise African Lion. This year’s exercise will take...
    African Lion 2024: Morocco hosts multinational planning meeting

    African Lion 2024: Morocco hosts...
    09.22.23 | MAJ Chris Bradley | SETAF-AF
    This past month marks the start of a new edition of the annual African Lion military exercises, a partner lead, U.S. enabled exercise executed...
    U.S. and Moroccan Armies Conduct Joint CBRN Training Exercise in Agadir, Utilizing Revolutionary USC Truck

    U.S. and Moroccan Armies Conduct Joint...
    06.12.23 | SPC shae cox | SETAF-AF
    U.S. Army Soldiers and their counterparts in the Royal Moroccan Armed Forces simulated responding to chemical threats using the revolutionary...
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    20 Featured Audio

    U.S. Army Europe and Africa Band & Chorus...
    06.26.22 | SFC Bridget J. Vian | SETAF-AF
    U.S. Army Europe and Africa Band & Chorus musical group, Free Groove, performs a sound check and concert set in conjunction with Tifawt, a...
    African Lion 2021-Overall

    African Lion 2021-Overall
    06.18.21 | SGT Christopher Brecht | SETAF-AF
    African Lion 2021 has been another great year of partnership. African Lion 2021 is U.S. Africa Command’s largest, premier, joint, annual...

    African Lion 202-1 musical cultural exchange
    06.10.21 | PO1 Terrence Siren | SETAF-AF
    The U.S. Army Europe and Africa Band and Chorus conduct a cultural exchange with Saad Abid, a Moroccan social media activist and founder of...
    African Lion 2021- Hershel "Woody" Williams DV Engagement

    African Lion 2021- Hershel "Woody"...
    06.11.21 | SSgt Frederick Brown | SETAF-AF
    A Key Leader Engagement was held onboard the USS Hershel “Woody” Williams between Major General Andrew M. Rohling, Commander of U.S. Army...
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    4 Featured Graphics

    African Lion 2022 Info Graphic

    African Lion 2022 Info Graphic
    01.30.24 | Courtesy Graphics | SETAF-AF
    ­African Lion 2022 is U.S. Africa Command's largest, premier, joint, annual exercise hosted by Morocco, Ghana, Senegal and Tunisia, June 6 -...
    African Lion 21 strategic overview

    African Lion 21 strategic overview
    01.30.24 | Rashawn Boykin | SETAF-AF
    African Lion is an exercise aimed at strengthening partnerships and building readiness, through joint all-domain, multi-national and...
    African Lion 21 by the numbers

    African Lion 21 by the numbers
    01.30.24 | Courtesy Graphics | SETAF-AF
    More than 7,000 troops from nine countries will participate in the exercise – U.S. Africa Command’s largest annual exercise. The exercise...
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