ATLANTIC OCEAN (JUNE 14, 2021) Sailors attach chains to an MV-22 Osprey from Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 261 (VMM-261) the “raging Bulls,” securing it to the flight deck, wait to be signaled to move away from the aircraft aboard the Expeditionary Sea Base USS Hershel “Woody” Williams (ESB 4) in the Atlantic Ocean, June 14, 2021 in support of exercise African Lion 2021. African Lion 2021 is Africa Command’ 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 en
ATLANTIC OCEAN (JUNE 14, 2021) Sailors attach chains to an MV-22 Osprey from Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 261 (VMM-261) the “raging Bulls,” securing it to the flight deck, wait to be signaled to move away from the aircraft aboard the Expeditionary Sea Base USS Hershel “Woody” Williams (ESB 4) in the Atlantic Ocean, June 14, 2021 in support of exercise African Lion 2021. African Lion 2021 is Africa Command’ 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 and partner nation forces. AL21 is a multi-domain, multi-component, and multi-national exercise, which employs a full array of mission capabilities with the goal to strengthen interoperability among participants.
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