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U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Andrew M. Rohling, commander, U.S. Army Southern European Task Force, Africa, and Royal Armed Forces Lt. Gen. Belkhir El-Farouk enter the combined arms rehearsal sandbox at Agadir, Morocco, June 20, 2022 during African Lion 22. African Lion 22 is U.S. Africa Command's largest, premier, joint, annual exercise hosted by Morocco, Ghana, Senegal and Tunisia, June 6 - 30. More than 7,500 participants from 28 nations and NATO train together with a focus on enhancing readiness for U.S. and partner nation forces. AL22 is a joint all-domain, multi-component, and multinational exercise, employing a full array of mission capabilities with the goal to strengthen interoperability among participants and set the theater for strategic access.
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A U.S. Soldier moves pawns to visually display personnel movement during the combined arms rehearsal sandbox at Agadir, Morocco, June 20, 2022, during African Lion 2022. African Lion 22 is U.S. Africa Command's largest, premier, joint, annual exercise hosted by Morocco, Ghana, Senegal and Tunisia, June 6 - 30. More than 7,500 participants from 28 nations train together with a focus on enhancing readiness for U.S. and partner nation forces. AL22 is a joint all-domain, multi-component, and multinational exercise, employing a full array of mission capabilities with the goal to strengthen interoperability among participants and set the theater for strategic access.
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AGADIR, Morocco — Moroccan and United States military leadership welcomed participants to the combined arms rehearsal in Agadir, Morocco, during African Lion 22, June 20.
The combined arms rehearsal gave an overview of expected events and troop movements both before and continuing forward in the exercise. The exercise will consist of six major events including:
A joint task force level Command Post Exercise
An aviation training exercise
A field training exercise
A maritime training exercise
A medical readiness exercise
A chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, and explosive threat exercise
A humanitarian civic assistance event
Exercise African Lion 22 is designed to pit a combined joint task force against a fictional, division-sized near-peer opposing force.
“Together over the next 10 days we will improve interoperability and multinational cooperation,” said U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Andrew M. Rohling, U.S. Army Southern European Task Force, Africa commander. “Building strong bonds between our coalition forces will be fundamental in order to succeed and achieve our mission’s objectives.”
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U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Andrew M. Rohling, commander, U.S. Army Southern European Task Force, Africa, provides opening comments during the combined arms rehearsal sandbox at Agadir, Morocco, June 20, 2022, during African Lion 2022. African Lion 22 is U.S. Africa Command's largest, premier, joint, annual exercise hosted by Morocco, Ghana, Senegal and Tunisia, June 6 - 30. More than 7,500 participants from 28 nations train together with a focus on enhancing readiness for U.S. and partner nation forces. AL22 is a joint all-domain, multi-component, and multinational exercise, employing a full array of mission capabilities with the goal to strengthen interoperability among participants and set the theater for strategic access.
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Moroccan Royal Armed Forces Lt. Gen. Belkhir El-Farouk gives opening remarks during the combined arms rehearsal sandbox at Agadir, Morocco, June 20, 2022, during African Lion 2022. African Lion 22 is U.S. Africa Command's largest, premier, joint, annual exercise hosted by Morocco, Ghana, Senegal and Tunisia, June 6 - 30. More than 7,500 participants from 28 nations train together with a focus on enhancing readiness for U.S. and partner nation forces. AL22 is a joint all-domain, multi-component, and multinational exercise, employing a full array of mission capabilities with the goal to strengthen interoperability among participants and set the theater for strategic access.
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African Lion is conducted in four countries: the Kingdom of Morocco, Tunisia, Ghana and Senegal. The exercise is U.S. Africa Command’s largest annual exercise, involving more than 7,000 service members. Militaries from the United Kingdom, Spain, Italy, Canada, the Netherlands and elsewhere will join U.S. and host nation troops. U.S. participants come from all service components, including the Reserves and National Guard.
“I would like to thank the brotherly and friendly countries that are participating with us this year,” said Morocco's Royal Armed Forces Lt. Gen. Belkhir El-Farouk. “Whether as actors or observers, this experience is further enhanced through the diversity of partners and the vast array of contributions.”
The purpose of African Lion 22 is to set the theater for the access and interoperability among partner nations. This effort involves strengthening our shared defense capabilities to counter transnational threats and violent extremist organizations, which is in the common good of U.S. and African partner nations.
African Lion 22 is scheduled to conclude June 30, 2022.
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