African Lion 2021- 173rd Grier Labouie

Credit: Cpl. Christopher Brecht | Date Taken: 06/09/2021
Broll of U.S. Army Paratroopers off loading from a C-130 during African Lion. African is U.S. Africa Command’s largest, premier, Joint, annual exercise hosted by Morocco, Tunisia and Senegal, 7-18 June. More than 7,000 participants from nine nations and NATO train together with a focus on enhancing readiness for U.S. and partner nation forces. AL21 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 participants. (U.S. Army video by Cpl. Christopher Brecht)