Kaiserslautern American, April 12, 2019

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April 12, 2019 | Volume 43, Number 14

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African Lion 19: US, Royal Moroccan armed forces continue to build relations Story and photos by Airman 1st Class Milton Hamilton 86th Airlift Wing Public Affairs As the annual exercise African Lion 2019 wraps up, approximately 1,100 U.S. service members prepare to redeploy out of the Kingdom of Morocco and Tunisia. Exercise African Lion 19 is a combined, multilateral exercise with aim to improve interoperability and mutual understanding of each nation’s tactics, while demonstrating the strong bond between their militaries. For this exercise, the U.S. joined armed forces from several other countries including Canada, France, Morocco, Senegal, Spain, Tunisia, and the United Kingdom. Each of the four U.S. armed branches participated in the exercise, to include U.S. Airmen from Ramstein. See AFRICAN LION 19, Page 2

Moroccan Lt. Archiche Alaedin, a Royal Moroccan Air Force pilot, observes two 37th Airlift Squadron C-130J Super Hercules loadmasters rigging cargo before conducting aerial training during exercise African Lion 2019 on Kenitra Air Base, Morocco, March 25. During the exercise the 37th AS conducted approximately 24 low-cost, low-altitude parachute drops. African Lion 2019 is an annual, combined multilateral exercise designed to improve interoperability and mutual understanding of each nation’s tactics, techniques and procedures while demonstrating a strong partnership between the nation’s militaries.

Military nursing exchange brings together 23 partner nations Story and photos by Tech. Sgt. Jessica Hines U.S. Air Forces Europe-Air Forces Africa Public Affairs

Nurses and medical professionals from around Europe and Africa receive small-group training at Ramstein Air Base, April 3.

Representatives from 23 countries around Europe and Africa gathered at Ramstein Air Base, this week to share and collaborate during the 2019 European African Military Nursing Exchange. The four-day event brought together nurses and medical professionals to present and share best practices, lessons learned and innovative healthcare practices pertaining to various military nursing specialties. Col. Jill Scheckel, U.S. Air Forces Europe-Air Forces Africa

command surgeon, welcomed the diverse group of health professionals to the event: “We have invited each country to brief us on their current military medical readiness, global healthcare impacts and disaster response capabilities and challenges. “We all ascribe to evidence based medicine and there’s no better time than now to share experiences to improve our military medicine and move towards this goal,” she added. The 2019 EAMNE is the sixth iteration of its kind, with extensive planning and coordination to connect partner nations in a collabSee MILITARY NURSING EXCHANGE, Page 5


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