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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.

    413 Featured Videos

    African Lion 24 features forensics training in Bizerte, Tunisia

    African Lion 24 features forensics...
    05.01.24 | SPC Shawn Fogleman | SETAF-AF
    Members of the U.S. Forensic Exploitation Department based at the Djibouti Joint Theater Forensic Analysis Center, demonstrate how to check DNA,...
    African Lion 24 features ordnance disposal training in Bizerte, Tunisia

    African Lion 24 features ordnance...
    05.01.24 | SPC Shawn Fogleman | SETAF-AF
    U.S. Army Soldiers assigned to the 754th Ordnance Company, 192nd Ordnance Battalion, demonstrate how to safely assemble ordnance to members of the...
    African Lion 24 features 120MM Mortar range in Ben Ghilouf, Tunisia

    African Lion 24 features 120MM Mortar...
    04.02.24 | SGT Dylan Grace | SETAF-AF
    U.S. Army Soldiers assigned to 1st Battalion, 175th Infantry Regiment, Maryland National Guard, conduct mortar training with the Tunisian Armed...
    Preventive Medicine conducts data collection and training at African Lion 2024

    Preventive Medicine conducts data...
    04.30.24 | 1LT Katherine Bustos Chaves | SETAF-AF
    U.S. Army Maj. Emily Allsop, environmentalist scientist with the 1863rd Medical Detachment Preventive Medicine, and Sgt. Rock Wester, a preventive...
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    4,194 Featured Images

    US, Tunisian forces train on emergency decontamination procedures at African Lion 2024

    US, Tunisian forces train on emergency...
    05.03.24 | 1LT Katherine Bustos Chaves | SETAF-AF
    Tunisian Armed Forces practice processing a casualty through an emergency decontamination line during chemical, biological, radiological, and...
    US, African partners conduct medical evacuation rehearsal at African Lion 2024

    US, African partners conduct medical...
    04.30.24 | PFC William Kennedy | SETAF-AF
    U.S. Army Spc. Mario Vasquez (left), a combat medic with 1st Battalion, 175th Infantry Regiment, of the Maryland National Guard, and U.S. Army...
    US, African partners conduct medical evacuation rehearsal at African Lion 2024

    US, African partners conduct medical...
    04.30.24 | PFC William Kennedy | SETAF-AF
    U.S. Army Sgt. Tori Fussman (right), a combat medic with the 256th Field Hospital, gives members of several African Armed Forces a course on...
    US, African partners conduct medical evacuation rehearsal at African Lion 2024

    US, African partners conduct medical...
    04.30.24 | PFC William Kennedy | SETAF-AF
    U.S. Army Sgt. Tori Fussman, a combat medic with the 256th Field Hospital, demonstrates the application of a tourniquet during medical evacuation...
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    157 Featured Stories

    US, Tunisian public affairs specialists unite for training during African Lion 2024

    US, Tunisian public affairs specialists...
    04.30.24 | MAJ Joe Legros | SETAF-AF
    EL AOUINA AIR BASE, Tunisia – Camera shutters clicked as photographers scrambled to capture the best shot. Videographers huddled nearby,...
    Opening ceremony of exercise African Lion 2024 in Tunisia emphasizes partnership

    Opening ceremony of exercise African Lion...
    04.29.24 | MAJ Joe Legros | SETAF-AF
    TUNIS, Tunisia – The seventh consecutive year of African Lion exercises in Tunisia commenced with an opening ceremony at El Aouina Air Base here...
    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...
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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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