African Lion Initial Planning Event

Scott Saunders, U.S. Army Africa intelligence planner, discusses the field training exercise portion of African Lion 2020 with the Royal Moroccan Armed Forces planners in Agadir, Kingdom of Morocco, August 6, 2019. Exercise African Lion is a U.S. Army Africa-led multinational joint force exercise focused on improving interoperability between participating nations. The African Lion initial planning event hosted countries from the U.S., United Kingdom, Italy, Spain, Tunisia and the Kingdom of Morocco.



By Sgt. Jennifer Garza Aug 12, 2019
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