African Lion 2021 - Paladin Rounds Impact
Artillery rounds from a M109A6 Paladin howitzer assigned to the Georgia Army National Guard's 1st Battalion, 214th Field Artillery, 648th Maneuver Enhancement Brigade, impact the training area during a African Lion 2021 June 16, 2021, 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 us and partner nation forces. AL21 is multi-domain, null-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 Sgt. Nathan Baker)