African Lion 2021 - Artillery Night Fire

Credit: Sgt. Jeron Walker | Date Taken: 06/14/2021
U.S. Army Soldiers with the Ellenwood-based Charlie Battery, 1st Battalion, 214th Field Artillery, 648th Maneuver Enhancement Brigade, Georgia Army National Guard, fire illumination and infrared munitions during exercise African Lion 2021 June 13, 2021 in Tan Tan, Morocco. The artillery fire enabled nighttime maneuver of infantrymen with the Forsyth-based 2nd Battalion, 121st Infantry Regiment, 48th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, Georgia Army National Guard. African Lion 2021 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. African Lion 21 is a multi-domain, multi-component, and multinational exercise, which employs a full array of mission capabilities with the goal to strengthen interoperability among participants.