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        Policy UpdatesNewsroomReoptimizationBIOGRAPHIESAF Senior Leaders      Maj. Gen. Roger L. Cloutier Jr., U.S. Africa Chief of Staff and other distinguished guests tour the field hospital in Tata during the humanitarian civic assistance component of exercise African Lion 2019 in Tata, Morocco, March 30, 2019. African Lion 2019 is a Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff-sponsored, U.S. African Command-scheduled, U.S. Marine Corps Forces Europe and Africa-led, joint and combined exercise conducted in the Kingdom of Morocco. African Lion offers an opportunity for participation in a multinational exercise to enhance professional relationships and allow support for interoperability of forces.(U.S. AIr Force illustration)African Lion 2019
                        
                        
                        Maj. Gen. Roger L. Cloutier Jr., U.S. Africa Chief of Staff and other distinguished guests tour the field hospital in Tata during the humanitarian civic assistance component of exercise African Lion 2019 in Tata, Morocco, March 30, 2019. African Lion 2019 is a Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff-sponsored, U.S. African Command-scheduled, U.S. Marine Corps Forces Europe and Africa-led, joint and combined exercise conducted in Morocco. African Lion offers an opportunity for participation in a multinational exercise to enhance professional relationships and allow support for interoperability of forces. (U.S. Air Force courtesy photo)
                
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Utah Air National Guard participates in African Lion 2019Published April 4, 2019
                    
                    By Staff Sgt. Danny Whitlock
                    
                    
                    151st Air Refueling Wing
            **TATA, Morocco (AFNS) --**Approximately 80 members of the Utah Air National Guard participated in the humanitarian civic assistance portion of exercise African Lion 2019 in Tata, Morocco, March 25 through April 3.
African Lion is a Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff-sponsored, U.S. African Command-scheduled, U.S. Marine Corps Forces Europe and Africa-led, joint and combined exercise. African Lion offers an opportunity for participation in a multinational exercise to enhance our professional relationships and allow support for interoperability of forces.
The U.S. Armed Forces participants in this portion of exercise brought medical capabilities such as surgery, dentistry, optometry, gynecology, cardiology, internal medicine, pharmacy, radiology and general public health.
The team arrived in Morocco, March 24, to stage equipment and prepare for the two-week-long event. Military personnel included Utah ANG, members from Hill Air Force Base, Utah, and Guardsmen from Colorado, California, Montana and Arizona. This multistate team ensured the best medical care was available for the local population seeking care.
Partnership events like this would not be possible without the total-force contribution of both Guardsmen and reservists working together alongside the Moroccan RAF and continuing the strong U.S. partnership with Morocco.
“We are expecting patients seeking treatment for various medical concerns,” said Col. Matt Bird, 151st Medical Group commander, Utah ANG. “We are supporting the southern region, seeing many Moroccan families. We are expecting to see more than 6,000 patients over the next nine days in the field.”
Multinational exercises like African Lion allows the ANG to build and enhance professional relationships while supporting interoperability of forces. In this year’s iteration of African Lion, contributing countries included Canada, France, Morocco, Senegal, Spain, Tunisia, U.K. and U.S.
“Over the last 16 years, the organization of the event and the quality of care to the patients has improved and continues to expand,” said Alva Myers, Naval Criminal Investigative Service, force protection officer Marseille, France. “After medical care is administered, the Moroccan health care system will continue care as a result of having been referred by the field hospital for ongoing care for a single visit, or issues that can’t be taken care of in the field.”
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