US, Moroccan generals launch planning for African Lion 21
12:00 AM11/13/2020
Maj. Gen. Andrew M. Rohling, the U.S. Army Southern European Task Force, Africa commander and U.S. Army Europe and Africa deputy commanding general, observes a formation of Royal Moroccan Armed Forces soldiers during his visit to the Royal Moroccan Southern Forces Zone headquarters in Agadir, Morocco, Nov. 12, 2020. The leaders met to discuss plans for the African Lion 21 Exercise, COVID-19 challenges on military readiness, and regional security issues. (Courtesy photo by Royal Moroccan Armed Forces)
Bring in the heavy artillery -- M109A6 Paladins of the Utah Army National Guard are staged for movement from the port in Agadir, Morocco, to training areas where they will be used as part of African Lion 20, the largest exercise in Africa. More than 9,000 troops from eight countries will participate in the exercise from March 23 to April 3, 2020.
Exercise African Lion 20 Main Planning a Success in Morocco
3:08 PM11/26/2019
AGADIR, Morocco – Military planners from the U.S., Africa and Europe worked alongside their Moroccan partners to plan U.S. Army Africa’s largest exercise, African Lion, in Agadir, Morocco, Nov. 4-8, 2019.
Exercise African Lion 20 Main Planning a Success in Morocco
3:08 PM11/26/2019
AGADIR, Morocco – Military planners from the U.S., Africa and Europe worked alongside their Moroccan partners to plan U.S. Army Africa’s largest exercise, African Lion, in Agadir, Morocco, Nov. 4-8, 2019.
Exercise African Lion 20 Main Planning a Success in Morocco
3:04 PM11/26/2019
AGADIR, Morocco – Military planners from the U.S., Africa and Europe worked alongside their Moroccan partners to plan U.S. Army Africa’s largest exercise, African Lion, in Agadir, Morocco, Nov. 4-8, 2019.
Troops from across the United States as well as servicemembers from Spain, Tunisia, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, and Italy, gather at the main planning event for Exercise African Lion in Agadir, Morocco, Nov. 8, 2019. Spearheaded by U.S. Army Africa and hosted by the Royal Moroccan Armed Forces, African Lion 20 is a joint force headquarters-validating, partnership- strengthening, readiness-building, multinational, multi-domain and multifunctional exercise testing the warfighters’ ability to deploy, fight and win in a complex, competitive and global environment. (Army photo by Maj. Cain S. Claxton.)
USARAF, partners commence planning largest exercise
10:47 AM8/29/2019
Military planners from eight nations gathered in Agadir, Morocco, Aug. 5-9, to begin planning U.S. Army Africa’s largest annual exercise, African Lion.
Planners from the U.S., United Kingdom, Italy, Spain, Tunisia and Morocco pose for a group photo during the initial planning event for African Lion 2020, August 6, 2019, in Agadir, Morocco. Exercise African Lion is a U.S. Army Africa-led multinational joint force exercise focused on improving interoperability between participating nations.
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.
African Mission Network Provides Secure Coalition Communication During African Lion 2019
3:08 PM4/3/2019
AGADIR, Morocco -- The Africa Mission Network is providing a secure way to collaborate information with African partner nations during exercise African Lion 2019 in Agadir, Morocco.
A U.S. Soldier with 1st Squadron, 75th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division, trains with members of the Moroccan special operations forces’ 2nd Airborne Brigade on the Mark 19 40 mm grenade machine gun during a live-fire portion of the field training exercise during exercise African Lion 2019, in Tifnit, Morocco, March 26, 2019. African Lion 2019 is an annual, combined multilateral exercise designed to improve interoperability and mutual understanding of each nation’s tactics, techniques, and procedures while demonstrating the strong bond between the nations’ militaries. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Joseph Atiyeh)
Mission Success for U.S. Army Africa G4 Mobility Operations Division Surface Branch
5:59 PM5/24/2018
With two weeks’ notice, U.S. Army Africa G4 Mobility Operations Division Surface Branch alongside U.S. Air Force personnel from the 48th Fighter Wing, stationed at Royal Air Force Lakenheath, England, executed a crucial cargo movement, transporting seven trucks on a ferry for African Lion, the Marine Corps’ largest exercise in Africa on March 28, 2018, from Algeciras, Spain, to Ben Guerir, Morocco.
Mission Success for U.S. Army Africa G4 Mobility Operations Division Surface Branch
5:56 PM5/24/2018
With two weeks’ notice, U.S. Army Africa G4 Mobility Operations Division Surface Branch alongside U.S. Air Force personnel from the 48th Fighter Wing, stationed at Royal Air Force Lakenheath, England, executed a crucial cargo movement, transporting seven trucks on a ferry for African Lion, the Marine Corps’ largest exercise in Africa on March 28, 2018, from Algeciras, Spain, to Ben Guerir, Morocco.
Mission Success for U.S. Army Africa G4 Mobility Operations Division Surface Branch
5:55 PM5/24/2018
With two weeks’ notice, U.S. Army Africa G4 Mobility Operations Division Surface Branch alongside U.S. Air Force personnel from the 48th Fighter Wing, stationed at Royal Air Force Lakenheath, England, executed a crucial cargo movement, transporting seven trucks on a ferry for African Lion, the Marine Corps’ largest exercise in Africa on March 28, 2018, from Algeciras, Spain, to Ben Guerir, Morocco.
Mission Success for U.S. Army Africa G4 Mobility Operations Division Surface Branch
5:26 PM5/24/2018
With two weeks’ notice, U.S. Army Africa G4 Mobility Operations Division Surface Branch alongside U.S. Air Force personnel from the 48th Fighter Wing, stationed at Royal Air Force Lakenheath, England, executed a crucial cargo movement, transporting seven trucks on a ferry for African Lion, the Marine Corps’ largest exercise in Africa on March 28, 2018, from Algeciras, Spain, to Ben Guerir, Morocco.
Mission Success for U.S. Army Africa G4 Mobility Operations Division Surface Branch
5:20 PM5/24/2018
With two weeks’ notice, U.S. Army Africa G4 Mobility Operations Division Surface Branch alongside U.S. Air Force personnel from the 48th Fighter Wing, stationed at Royal Air Force Lakenheath, England, executed a crucial cargo movement, transporting seven trucks on a ferry for African Lion, the Marine Corps’ largest exercise in Africa on March 28, 2018, from Algeciras, Spain, to Ben Guerir, Morocco.