Exercice African Lion 2022

Get ready for African Lion 2022! Planning for the return of the largest military exercise in Africa is getting started this week in Agadir, with military personnel from Morocco, the US, Tunisia, Senegal and Ghana gathering at the FAR’s southern zone headquarters. pic.twitter.com/6i6Jv4sdCP

— U.S. Embassy Morocco (@USEmbMorocco) October 26, 2021

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AGADIR, Morocco -- Military planners from several countries convened here October 25-29 to begin coordination of the largest annual exercise in Africa.

Spearheaded by the U.S. Army Southern European Task Force, Africa, African Lion is U.S. Africa Command's premier exercise. It is part of a multinational training mission with African partners and NATO Allies.

Maj. James Guglielmi, SETAF-AF foreign area officer, said the upcoming exercise will expand beyond the scope of the 2021 training event.

“AL22 is the premiere joint multinational exercise in the AFRICOM area of responsibility,” Gugliemi said. “It is going to be better and bigger than last year, and will be the best exercise to date.”

AL22 will include U.S. forces in the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps, as well as 20 nations. The event is planned to be conducted in Morocco, Senegal, and Ghana, and training will range from battalion-level operations, to humanitarian and medical missions, as well as security force training.

African Lion a joint, all-domain exercise on the continent of Africa with strategic importance. The exercise is located at the intersection of four combatant commands and key locations along the Mediterranean Sea, and is part of the USAFRICOM Campaign Plan. It functions as a platform to support interoperability between partner nations as well as increase the U.S. influence in North Africa and the Sahel.

#AfricanLion 22: The 2022 edition aims to improve interoperability between the different participating armies, in terms of tactics, techniques and procedures, indicates the Far-Maroc forum. #StrongerTogether https://t.co/iwqkIOtxka

— U.S. Army Europe and Africa (@USArmyEURAF) November 13, 2021

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#AfricanLion 22: The 2022 edition aims to improve interoperability between the different participating armies, in terms of tactics, techniques and procedures, indicates the Far-Maroc forum. #StrongerTogether https://t.co/iwqkIOtxka

— U.S. Army Europe and Africa (@USArmyEURAF) November 13, 2021

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Rabat – Sur Hautes Instructions de Sa Majesté le Roi, Chef Suprême et Chef d’Etat-Major Général des Forces Armées Royales (FAR), l’Etat-Major de la Zone Sud abrite, du 24 au 28 janvier 2022, la réunion de planification principale de l’exercice “African Lion 2022”, avec la participation des représentants de plusieurs pays dont le Royaume du Maroc et les Etats-Unis d’Amérique.

L’objectif de cette réunion est d’arrêter les modalités d’exécution des différentes activités de l’exercice “African Lion 2022” qui engloberont, en plus des formations portant sur les volets de plusieurs domaines opérationnels, les entrainements sur les opérations de lutte contre les groupes terroristes, des exercices terrestres, aéroportés, aériens, maritimes et de décontamination NRBC (Nucléaire, Radiologique, Biologique et Chimique), indique un communiqué de l’Etat-Major Général des FAR.

Prévu se dérouler du 20 juin au 1er juillet 2022 dans les régions d’Agadir, Tan Tan, Mehbes, Taroudant, Kénitra et Ben Guérir, l’exercice “African Lion 2022” vise le développement de l’interopérabilité technique et procédurale entre les FAR et les forces des pays participants ainsi que l’entrainement sur la planification et la conduite des opérations interarmées dans un cadre multinational, conclut le communiqué.

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U.S. Naval Forces Africa Kicks Off African Lion 22 Crisis Action Planning

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U.S. Naval Forces Africa Kicks Off African Lion 22 Crisis Action Planning

The crisis action planning team will train on planning procedures, to include mission analysis and course of action development. This year’s exercise will take place in Agadir, Morocco in June.

African Lion is a multi-domain, multi-component, and multi-national exercise, which employs a full array of mission capabilities with the goal to strengthen interoperability among partner nations and enhance the ability to operate in the African theater of operations.

"Peace and security are held together by enduring partnerships," said Rear Adm. Jeffrey Spivey, Director of Maritime Partnership Program, U.S. Naval Forces Africa/U.S. Sixth Fleet. " U.S. Africa Command's African Lion 2022 builds enduring partnerships alongside our North Africa and the Mediterranean Partners and Allies to preserve peace and security from the sea and ashore."

Last year, the exercise included more than 7,000 participants from nine partner and NATO nations. The maritime portion of the exercise, led by NAVAF, included a naval gunfire exercise, multiple sea-based maneuvers, and crisis response capabilities from U.S. Sixth Fleet ships, Expeditionary Sea Base USS Hershel “Woody” Williams (ESB 4), Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Ross (DDG 71), and expeditionary fast transport USNS Trenton (T-EPF-5).

Exercise African Lion 22 will involve U.S. service members from all service components, including the Reserves and National Guard. The exercise provides a critical opportunity for members of the joint team to build and test their strategic readiness to deploy, fight and win in a complex, multi-domain environment.

The African and Euro-Atlantic navies share a myriad of security interests in the Mediterranean Sea. NAVAF is committed to working alongside its Northern African and Euro Atlantic allies and partners to help improve maritime security in the Southern Mediterranean.

U.S. Naval Forces Europe-Africa/U.S. Sixth Fleet, headquartered in Naples, Italy, conducts the full spectrum of joint and naval operations, often in concert with allied and interagency partners in order to advance U.S. national interests and security and stability in Europe and Africa.

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JOINT FORCES TRAINING BASE LOS ALAMITOS, Calif. (April 5, 2022) — The 79th Theater Sustainment Command (TSC) hosted the 22.2 African Lion Theater Opening Rehearsal of Concept (ROC) Drill, April 5 at Del Din, Italy. The Theater Opening ROC Drill served as part of phase two of the 22.2 African Lion Exercise and examined the responsibilities of the 79th TSC when opening a theater in the northern region of Africa.

Through demonstration on a large-scale map with moving objects, the Theater Opening ROC Drill discussed the 79th TSC’s plans to move troops from the U.S. to Africa, reviewed “real world” timelines needed to support large scale operations and identified friction points and areas for continued work.

“The ROC drill is a rehearsal of concept and provides everyone an opportunity in a peacetime environment to practice what we might do in a combat situation. Discussions throughout the ROC drill helps those involved to understand these situations could range from everything from humanitarian assistance or disaster recovery through potential conflict. This allows us to identify friction points or gaps in theater planning so we can adjust or talk about areas we need to investigate further before it takes place in real life,” said Maj. Gen. David W. Ling, Commanding General of the 79th TSC.

Information covered throughout the presentation focused on what capabilities would be required for the 79th TSC to self-deploy troops from the U.S. to a Joint Operation Area, along with what equipment and supplies are needed and how the 79th TSC can synchronize those elements to meet the operational commander’s intent.

The exercise provided an opportunity to improve staff’s skills and better develop relationships with the United States Africa Command (AFRICOM), US Army Europe – Africa (USAREUR-AF) and other logistic partners to improve planning and coordination efficiency. Preparation for the 22.2 African Lion ROC Drill began in October 2021 and was supported by partnering agencies including Joint Logistics Enterprise including the Defense Logistics Agency, U.S. Transition Command, Surface Deployment Distribution Command, 3rd Infantry Division, 311th Expeditionary Sustainment Command, Joint Task Force, Southern European Task Force - Africa (SETAF-AF) and the 79th TSC logistics staff.

“The collaboration has been great,” said Col. Scott Shore, ROC Drill Support Operations Officer of the 79th TSC. “We received great help from the SETAF-AF staff, especially the SETAF-AF G4 logistics staff in helping us plan. This is the first time we conducted a ROC drill to this magnitude, so we are learning as we are going.”

Serving as the first African Lion ROC Drill conducted by the 79th TSC, having an established doctrine with direction on how to activate as a TSC and open a theater with limited disruption in the northern region of Africa will be significant in training Army logisticians.

“For the 79th TSC, it helps us see our gaps, capabilities and other educational requirements needed for our soldiers and units under us in order to execute this mission effectively. The rehearsal of concept also helps us identify other training that we need to continue and how to increase our knowledge base to be more efficient,” said Col. Rhasaan Lymon, G3 Operations Officer of the 79th TSC.

As the 79th TSC continues to provide mission command and operational-level sustainment support to USAREUR-AF in support of unified land operations, having a sustainment framework for opening theater in the northern region of Africa will be significant in enhancing the readiness of the U.S. Forces, strengthen African partners and promoting regional stability.

“It’s building that overall knowledge within the person and the unit. We are about sustaining the war fighter, so this is a great opportunity for us to rehearse that concept, how to build up capabilities, and then be able to sustain them,” said Ling.

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Soldier of the Joint Enabling Capabilities Command (JECC) service members supported a U.S. Africa Command joint task force command post exercise on April 14, 2022, in Vicenza, Italy.
On short notice, the JECC provides planners, public affairs specialists, and communications capabilities to Combatant Commanders in order to enable the rapid establishment of a Joint Force Headquarters or in support of other missions, exercises, or planning efforts.

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U.S. Army Southern European Task Force, Africa Commanding General Maj. Gen. Andrew Rohling recognizes outstanding performance of servicemembers during an awards ceremony on Caserma Ederle April 14, 2022. More than 300 servicemembers from all U.S. military branches participated in African Lion 22.2, a command post exercise purposed to test SETAF-AF's capability to establish a joint task force headquarters in support of U.S. Africa Command.