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Video by Senior Airman Cydnie Baker

Civil Affairs Ghana

Special Operations Command Africa

Sept. 1, 2022 | 5:37

Major Randy Tawiah Ghanaian army 6th Infantry Battalion is Interviewed during a medcap providing basic medical care to citizens in a rural town as a part of African Lion in Yendi, Ghana September 01, 2022. African Lion is U.S. Africa Command’s largest and premier annual exercise, involving more than 7,500 service members from June 6 - 30. Led by the U.S. Army Southern European Task Force, Africa, AFRICAN LION 22 will execute in four countries: Morocco, Ghana, Senegal and Tunisia. Militaries from Brazil, Chad, France, Italy, the Netherlands, and the United Kingdom will join U.S. and host nation troops. U.S. participants come from all service components, including the Reserves and National Guard. AFRICAN LION 22 features a Combined Joint Task Force Headquarters command post exercise; a combined arms live fire exercise; a maritime exercise; an air exercise with U.S. C-130J Super Hercules, KC-135 Stratotanker, and bomber aircraft; a joint forcible entry with paratroopers into a field training exercise; a chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear response exercise; and a humanitarian civic assistance program event. The exercise sets the theater for access and bolsters interoperability among partner nations. The exercise also involved months of collaboration between all participating countries to ensure proper COVID-19 mitigation protocols are set in place and adhered to. (U.S. Air Force video by Senior Airmen Cydnie Williams)