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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.

    484 Featured Videos

    19th Special Forces Group (Airborne) presents "Sands of Tifnit"

    19th Special Forces Group (Airborne)...
    06.15.24 | SSG Jake SeaWolf | 19SFG
    Service members assigned to the 19th Special Forces Group (Airborne), Utah National Guard, fast rope out of a helicopter as part of the...
    Tunnel Warfare

    Tunnel Warfare
    06.15.24 | SSG Jake SeaWolf | 19SFG
    Paratroopers with the 19th Special Forces Group (Airborne) perform a static line jump from the open ramp of a C-130 Hercules during a combined...
    19th Special Forces Group (Airborne) presents "Sands of Tifnit"

    19th Special Forces Group (Airborne)...
    06.15.24 | SSG Jake SeaWolf | 19SFG
    Service members assigned to the 19th Special Forces Group (Airborne), Utah National Guard, practice subterranean warfare as part of the...
    U.S. Navy Lt. Cmdr. Grace Reilly and U.S. Marine Corps Capt. Joseph Yanuzzi discuss African Lion 2024

    U.S. Navy Lt. Cmdr. Grace Reilly and U.S....
    05.29.24 | SSG Page Sevilla | SETAF-AF
    U.S. Navy Lt. Cmdr. Grace Reilly, Naval Attache to Morocco and U.S. Marine Corps Capt. Joseph Yanuzzi, foreign area officer, discuss the history...
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    5,261 Featured Images

    US, Ghana Armed Forces participate in medical readiness exercise

    US, Ghana Armed Forces participate in...
    05.21.24 | SSG Luke Wilson | SETAF-AF
    U.S. Army Lt. Col. Amber Hansen, middle, lead physician's assistant for the 2nd Security Forces Assistance Brigade (2SFAB), and U.S. Army Cpt....
    US, Ghana Armed Forces participate in medical readiness exercise

    US, Ghana Armed Forces participate in...
    05.21.24 | SSG Luke Wilson | SETAF-AF
    U.S. Army Lt. Col. Amber Hansen, left, lead physician's assistant for the 2nd Security Force Assistance Brigade (2SFAB), and U.S. Army Capt. Davon...
    US, Ghana Armed Forces participate in medical readiness exercise

    US, Ghana Armed Forces participate in...
    05.27.24 | SSG Luke Wilson | SETAF-AF
    U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Albert Nimako, a combat medic assigned to Landstuhl Regional Medical Center, poses for a photo at 37th Military Hospital...
    US, Ghana Armed Forces participate in medical readiness exercise

    US, Ghana Armed Forces participate in...
    05.21.24 | SSG Luke Wilson | SETAF-AF
    U.S. Army Lt. Col. Amber Hansen, left, lead physician's assistant for the 2nd Security Force Assistance Brigade (2SFAB), and U.S. Army Capt. Davon...
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    190 Featured Stories

    Water, water, everywhere: US, Tunisia work wonders to solve critical water issues

    Water, water, everywhere: US, Tunisia...
    10.03.24 | Courtesy Story | SETAF-AF
    “You’re depleting our water” is not the comment U.S. partners want to hear from a host nation after an exercise, especially one experiencing...
    US, African partners begin planning largest military exercise on African continent

    US, African partners begin planning...
    09.20.24 | CPT Billy Lacroix | SETAF-AF
    AGADIR, Morocco – The initial planning event (IPE) for exercise African Lion 2025 (AL25) took place from Sept. 9-20, setting the stage for the...
    NY National Guardsmen Strengthen Bond with Allies in Morocco

    NY National Guardsmen Strengthen Bond...
    05.31.24 | Avery Schneider | NYNG
    More than 480 New York National Guardsmen trained alongside allies in the Moroccan desert from May 21 through 31, strengthening one of America’s...
    African Lion 24 concludes with strategic success across four nations

    African Lion 24 concludes with strategic...
    06.03.24 | CPT Billy Lacroix | SETAF-AF
    VICENZA, Italy — African Lion 24 (AL24), U.S. Africa Command’s premier, annual combined joint exercise conducted by U.S. Army Southern...
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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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