US military completes major exercise in Africa and works to deepen partnerships
military officials from the U.S. and its top African allies watched intently as dust and flames shot up from pieces of the Sahara Desert hit by tank and artillery fire. They looked up as pilots flew F-16s into formation. And they listened intently as Moroccan and American personnel explained how they would set up beachheads to defend the Atlantic coastline in the event of a potential invasion. The practice scenario was among those discussed during African Lion, the United States' largest annual joint military exercise on the continent, which concluded Friday in Morocco.
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Over the past two weeks, roughly 8,100 military forces from nearly three dozen maneuvered throughout Tunisia, Ghana, Senegal and Morocco as part of the war games held this year as militaries confront new challenges in increasingly volatile regions.
Generals from the United States and Morocco, which hosted the finale of the two-week event, celebrated African Lion's 20-year anniversary and how partnerships between the U.S. and African militaries have expanded since it began.
«This exercise has grown over the years since 2004, not only have the number of multinational service members that we train with, but also the scope of the training as well, which has expanded to more than just security,» said Gen. Michael Langley, the head of the United States' Africa Command.
But despite the spectacle of live-fire demonstrations and laudatory remarks about partnerships by Langley and
