Plans underway for African Lion, Africa's biggest military exercise

Planners for exercise African Lion 21 survey a small arms weapons range during a visit to Morocco Jan. 20, 2021. Plans for this year's iteration will involve more than 5,000 troops from the U.S., Morocco, Tunisia, Senegal and elsewhere.



By Maj. Cain Claxton Southern European Task Force, Africa Morocco Feb 04, 2021
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