African Lion 2021 - HIMARS [Image 6 of 7]

MOROCCO

06.07.2021

Photo by Spc. Zachary Stahlberg 

U.S. Army Southern European Task Force, Africa

U.S. Army Soldiers assigned to Alpha Battery, 1st Battalion, 77th Field Artillery Regiment, 41st Field Artillery Brigade, drive their High Mobility Artillery Rocket System onto a C-17 Globemaster III aircraft prior to African Lion 2021, at Ramstein Air Base, on June 7, 2021. The 41st FAB is conducting a suppression of enemy air defense in support of an Airborne joint Forcible Entry during African Lion 2021. This dynamic force employment exercise is their fourth exercise in the Fires Shock series, and a sub-exercise of U.S. Army Europe and Africa’s Defender 21. African Lion 2021 is U.S. Africa Command’s largest, premier, joint, annual exercise hosted by Morocco, Tunisia, and Senegal, 7-18 June. More than 7,000 participants from nine nations and NATO train together with a focus on enhancing readiness for U.S. and partner nation forces. AL21 is a multi-domain, multi-component, and multinational exercise, which employs a full array of mission capabilities with the goal to strengthen interoperability among participants. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Zack Stahlberg)

• Date Taken: 06.07.2021
• Date Posted: 06.15.2021 13:34
• Photo ID: 6693505
• VIRIN: 210607-A-RU667-1042
• Resolution: 6720x4480
• Size: 4.57 MB
• Location: MA