African Lion
African Lion is U.S. Africa Command's largest, premier annual exercise. The exercise bolsters interoperability among partner nations and supports U.S. military strategic readiness to respond to crises and contingencies in Africa and around the world.
African Lion 23 is taking place in Ghana, Morocco, Senegal and Tunisia from May 13 through June 16, 2023. More than 8,000 participants from 18 nations and NATO will focus on enhancing readiness, strengthening shared defense capabilities and increasing interoperability.
AL23 provides an opportunity to conduct realistic, dynamic and collaborative readiness training in an austere environment that intersects multiple geographic and functional combatant commands including U.S. Africa Command, U.S. European Command, and U.S. Central Command; as well as strategic maritime choke points and global shipping lanes.
This year’s exercise features multiple combined arms live fire exercises; maritime and air exercises; field training exercise; two chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear response exercises; and three humanitarian civic assistance program events.
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