Story by PHILIP REGINA | U.S. Army Southern European Task Force, Africa | 04.09.2025
African Lion 25, U.S. Africa Command’s premier annual exercise, officially kicks off April 14, 2025, in Tunisia, with activities in Ghana, Senegal, and Morocco beginning in May. With more than 10,000 troops from over 40 nations—including seven NATO allies—this year’s iteration will be the largest in the exercise’s history....
Story by Capt. Billy Lacroix | U.S. Army Southern European Task Force, Africa | 02.02.2024
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 7,100 participants from over twenty nations, including contingents from NATO. African Lion 24 will focus on enhancing readiness between the U.S. and......
Story by Maj. Chris Bradley | U.S. Army Southern European Task Force, Africa | 09.22.2023
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 across North and West Africa slated for next summer. This planning meeting, organized by the Royal Moroccan Armed Forces (FAR) and the U.S. Army Southern European Task Force, Africa (SETAF-AF), hosted military planners from Ghana, Italy, the......
Story by Capt. Joe Legros | U.S. Army Southern European Task Force, Africa | 02.09.2023
NAIROBI, Kenya – Justified Accord is U.S. Africa Command’s largest exercise in East Africa. Led by U.S. Army Southern European Task Force, Africa (SETAF-AF), this multinational exercise brings together more than 20 countries from four continents to increase partner readiness for peacekeeping missions, crisis response and humanitarian assistance....
