{"id":186302,"date":"2024-05-26T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-05-26T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/?p=186302"},"modified":"2024-05-26T21:13:16","modified_gmt":"2024-05-26T21:13:16","slug":"us-morocco-conduct-chemical-biological-radioactive-and-nuclear-response-demonstration-at-african-lion-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/?p=186302","title":{"rendered":"US, Morocco conduct chemical, biological, radioactive, and nuclear response demonstration at African Lion 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\n Moroccan Royal Armed Forces transport a casualty as part of a chemical, biological, radioactive, and nuclear response demonstration during African Lion 2024 (AL24) in Agadir, Morocco, May 23, 2024. AL24 marks the 20th anniversary of U.S. Africa Command\u2019s premier joint exercise led by U.S. Army Southern European Task Force, Africa (SETAF-AF), running from April 19 to May 31 across Ghana, Morocco, Senegal and Tunisia, with over 8,100 participants from 27 nations and NATO contingents. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Trenton Pallone).
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\n Moroccan Royal Armed Forces Maj. Gen. Mohammed Benlouali, Morocco Southern Zone commanding general, center left, and U.S. Army Brig. Gen. Daniel Cederman, U.S. Army Southern European Task Force, Africa (SETAF-AF) deputy commanding general, center right, lead a group of staff to a chemical, biological, radioactive, and nuclear response demonstration during African Lion 2024 (AL24) in Agadir, Morocco, May 23, 2024. AL24 marks the 20th anniversary of the U.S. Africa Command\u2019s premier joint exercise led by U.S. Army Southern European Task Force, Africa (SETAF-AF), running from April 19 to May 31 across Ghana, Morocco, Senegal and Tunisia, with over 8,100 participants from 27 nations and NATO contingents. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Trenton Pallone) (This photo has been altered for security purposes by blurring out identification badges.)
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\n Moroccan Royal Armed Forces treat a casualty as part of a chemical, biological, radioactive, and nuclear response demonstration during African Lion 2024 (AL24) in Agadir, Morocco, May 23, 2024. AL24 marks the 20th anniversary of U.S. Africa Command\u2019s premier joint exercise led by U.S. Army Southern European Task Force, Africa (SETAF-AF), running from April 19 to May 31 across Ghana, Morocco, Senegal and Tunisia, with over 8,100 participants from 27 nations and NATO contingents. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Trenton Pallone)
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\n Moroccan Royal Armed Forces Maj. Gen. Mohammed Benlouali, Morocco Southern Zone commanding general, center, and U.S. Army Brig. Gen. Daniel Cederman, U.S. Army Southern European Task Force, Africa (SETAF-AF) deputy commanding general, left, oversee a chemical, biological, radioactive, and nuclear response demonstration during African Lion 2024 (AL24) in Agadir, Morocco, May 23, 2024. AL24 marks the 20th anniversary of the U.S. Africa Command\u2019s premier joint exercise led by SETAF-AF, running from April 19 to May 31 across Ghana, Morocco, Senegal and Tunisia, with over 8,100 participants from 27 nations and NATO contingents. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Trenton Pallone) (This photo has been altered for security purposes by blurring out identification badges.)
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\n Moroccan Royal Armed Forces Maj. Gen. Mohammed Benlouali, Morocco Southern Zone commanding general, left, and U.S. Army Brig. Gen. Daniel Cederman, U.S. Army Southern European Task Force, Africa (SETAF-AF) deputy commanding general, right, oversee a chemical, biological, radioactive, and nuclear response demonstration during African Lion 2024 (AL24) in Agadir, Morocco, May 23, 2024. AL24 marks the 20th anniversary of the U.S. Africa Command\u2019s premier joint exercise led by U.S. Army Southern European Task Force, Africa (SETAF-AF), running from April 19 to May 31 across Ghana, Morocco, Senegal and Tunisia, with over 8,100 participants from 27 nations and NATO contingents. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Trenton Pallone).
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AGADIR, Morocco \u2013 Moroccan Royal Armed Forces (FAR) and U.S. Army Soldiers assigned to the 53rd Ordnance Company (EOD)<\/a>, 3rd EOD Battalion, 71st Ordnance Group (EOD)<\/a> trained together on chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear (CBRN) and explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) procedures during exercise African Lion 2024 (AL24) in Agadir, Morocco, May 21, 2024.<\/p>\n

AL24 is U.S. Africa Command\u2019s premier joint exercise, led by U.S. Army Southern European Task Force, Africa (SETAF-AF), running from April 19 to May 31 across Ghana, Morocco, Senegal, and Tunisia, with over 8,100 participants from 27 nations and NATO contingents.<\/p>\n

\u201cEOD\u2019s mission involves chemical ordnance,\u201d said U.S. Army Spc. Maitlan Cherry, from Oceanside, California, an EOD specialist<\/a> with the 53rd Ordnance Company. \u201cWhat I\u2019ve seen so far training with the Moroccan Armed Forces is we both share the same basic knowledge in EOD.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe EOD and CBRN training involved rehearsals with a robot picking up an improvised explosive device and moving it into place,\u201d said U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Connor Brown of Houston, Texas, a team leader with the 53rd Ordnance Company. The 53rd Ordnance Company coordinated a bomb suit run, and the FAR worked to destroy and render the area safe.<\/p>\n

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\n Moroccan Royal Armed Forces conduct a combined chemical, biological, radioactive, and nuclear response demonstration with U.S. Army Soldiers during African Lion 2024 (AL24) in Agadir, Morocco, May 23, 2024. AL24 marks the 20th anniversary of U.S. Africa Command\u2019s premier joint exercise led by U.S. Army Southern European Task Force, Africa (SETAF-AF), running from April 19 to May 31 across Ghana, Morocco, Senegal and Tunisia, with over 8,100 participants from 27 nations and NATO contingents. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Trenton Pallone) (This photo has been altered for security purposes by blurring out identification badges.)
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\u201cWe\u2019ve worked very hard in conjunction with the Moroccan set-up for this exercise, and we could not be happier with the excellent performance from the FAR today,\u201d said U.S. Army Staff Sgt. David Sanderson, the regional cooperative engagement deputy for the Defense Threat Reduction Agency<\/a> (DTRA).<\/p>\n

\u201cThe FAR excelled and exceeded all expectations. This really puts a good light on cooperation between the U.S. and Morocco.\u201d<\/p>\n

Training in EOD and CBRN tasks together is just one of many training scenarios executed during the exercise. Each day during AL24, partner countries engage in numerous missions covering a wide array of military capabilities to test the strategic readiness of the combined, joint force and strengthen the partnerships between the U.S. military, African armed forces and NATO allies.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe should all be excited to participate in this exercise because it\u2019s about relationship-building with your partner force,\u201d Cherry said. \u201cI would strongly encourage anyone to engage with a partner force, talk to them, and learn from them.\u201d<\/p>\n

This year marks AL24\u2019s 20th anniversary, but for some Soldiers, this is their first combined, joint exercise experience.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is my first time being part of the African Lion exercise,\u201d said Brown. \u201cIt\u2019s always exciting to go to another country. Maybe they do things differently than you do, so it\u2019s good to learn from that.\u201d<\/p>\n

About African Lion<\/strong><\/p>\n

2024 marks the 20th anniversary of\u00a0<\/strong>U.S. Army Africa Command’s<\/a>\u00a0premier and largest annual, combined, joint exercise African Lion. This year\u2019s exercise will take place April 19 through May 31 and is hosted across Morocco, Ghana, Senegal and Tunisia with more than 8,100 participants from over 27 nations and contingents from NATO. African Lion 24 focuses on enhancing readiness between the U.S. and partner nation forces. This joint all-domain, multi-component, and multinational exercise, employs a full array of mission capabilities with the goal to strengthen interoperability among participants and set the theater for strategic access.<\/p>\n

African Lion content can be found on the\u00a0Defense Visual Information Distribution Service (DVIDS)<\/a>.<\/p>\n

About SETAF-AF<\/strong><\/p>\n

SETAF-AF provides\u00a0<\/strong>U.S. Africa Command<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0U.S. Army Europe and Africa<\/a>\u00a0a dedicated headquarters to synchronize Army activities in Africa and scalable crisis-response options in Africa and Europe.<\/p>\n

Follow SETAF-AF on:<\/strong>\u00a0Facebook<\/a>,\u00a0Twitter<\/a>,\u00a0Instagram<\/a>,\u00a0YouTube<\/a>,\u00a0LinkedIn<\/a>\u00a0&\u00a0DVIDS<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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