Out of This World

Video by Sgt. Jeron Walker

African Lion 2021 - Mortar Live Fire

U.S. Army Southern European Task Force, Africa

June 12, 2021 | 1:19

U.S. Army Soldiers with the Forsyth-based Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2nd Battalion, 121st Infantry Regiment, 48th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, Georgia Army National Guard fire a M224 60 mm mortar system during African Lion 2021 June 8, 2021, in Tan Tan, Morocco. 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 multi-domain, multi-component, and multinational exercise, which employs a full array of mission capabilities with the goal to strengthen interoperability among participants. (U.S. Army National Guard video by Staff Sgt. Jeron Walker)