B-Roll: 173rd Airborne fires M119 Howitzer during African Lion 2025 in Tunisia

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Video by Staff Sgt. Brendon Green-Daring

U.S. Army Southern European Task Force, Africa

April 27, 2025 | 1:30

U.S Army Soldiers assigned to 4th Battalion, 319th Field Artillery Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade, based in Grafenwoehr, Germany, prepare an M119 Howitzer and fire three rounds at Ben Ghilouf Training Area, Tunisia, April 27, 2025, during exercise African Lion 2025 (AL25). This venue demonstrated the importance of maintaining artillery readiness within an austere environment. AL25 is set to be the largest annual military exercise in Africa, bringing together over 40 nations, including seven NATO allies and 10,000 troops to conduct realistic, dynamic and collaborative training in an austere environment that intersects multiple geographic and functional combatant commands. Led by U.S. Army Southern European Task Force, Africa (SETAF-AF) on behalf of the U.S. Africa Command, AL25 takes place from April 14 to May 23, 2025, across Ghana, Morocco, Senegal, and Tunisia. This large-scale exercise will enhance our ability to work together in complex, multi-domain operations—preparing forces to deploy, fight and win. (B roll video by U.S. Army Reserve Staff Sgt. Brendon Green-Daring)

Shot List
(00:00:00) CLOSE SHOT: Crew setting the fuses on rounds
(00:11:27) CLOSE SHOT: Crew setting charges
(00:20:00) MEDIUM SHOT: Crew finishes rounds
(00:34:00) MEDIUM SHOT: Crew runs rounds to M1119 Howitzer
(00:40:01) MEDIUM SHOT: Soldier adjust M119 Howitzer
(00:54:00) CLOSE SHOT: Soldier adjust barrell
(00:44:06) LONG SHOT: Crew prepares second round
(01:06:00) LONG SHOT: Crew fires second round
(01:14:00) MEDIUM SHOT: Soldier fires round
(01:27:00) MEDIUM SHOT: Spent shell