African Lion 2021- Mahbes Airfield

Credit: Sgt. Casey Dinnison | Date Taken: 06/09/2021
U.S. Army Lt. Gen. Roger Cloutier, Commander, Allied Land Command, meets with Moroccan and other partner nation military leaders at Mahbes Airfield, Morocco, before departing to a High Mobility Artillery Rocket System demonstration, June 9th, 2021, during African Lion 2021. U.S. Army Paratroopers assigned to the 173rd Airborne Division, off-load from a C-130 at Mahbes Airfield, Morocco, during African Lion 2021, June 9th, 2021. African Lion 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.