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Video by Sgt. Mariah Gonzalez

B-Roll: US combat engineers conduct squad live fire exercise in Tunisia

U.S. Army Southern European Task Force, Africa

April 22, 2025 | 4:19

Combat engineers assigned to the 173rd Combat Engineer Company, Airborne (CEC-A), 54th Brigade Engineer Battalion, 173rd Airborne Brigade, conduct a squad live-fire exercise (LFX), breaching protective obstacles to seize enemy compounds as part of exercise African Lion 2025 (AL25), Ben Ghilouf Training Area, Tunisia, April 22, 2025. Following the squad LFX, Soldiers simulated an autonomous breach using a man-transportable robotic system (MTRS) to autonomously emplace and remotely detonate a breaching charge on an enemy obstacle. Not only does this set the stage for future events at AL25, but enhances the combat engineer skills necessary when encountering obstacles on modern battlefields.

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. (U.S. Army video by Sgt. Mariah Y. Gonzalez)

Shot List
(00:00:00.00) LONG SHOT: Ben Ghilouf Training Area range
(00:00:04.04) MED-LONG SHOT: US combat engineers run towards the objective
(00:00:08.58) MEDIUM SHOT: US combat engineers fire at the enemy
(00:00:14.23) CLOSE SHOT: US combat engineer aims at the enemy
(00:00:18.01) LONG SHOT: Enemy targets are taken out by US combat engineer fire
(00:00:22.44) MEDIUM SHOT: US combat engineer fires at enemy targets
(00:00:26.58) CLOSE SHOT: US combat engineers set the timer on a charge
(00:00:37.08) MEDIUM SHOT: US combat engineer reloads his M4 weapon
(00:00:42.20) MED-LONG SHOT: US combat engineers run towards the objective while others pull security
(00:00:53:21) LONG SHOT: purple smoke fills the air as US combat engineers attack an objective
(00:00:57:51) MED-LONG SHOT: purple smoke fills the air as US combat engineers attack an objective
(00:01:03:48) MED LONG SHOT: US combat engineers fire at enemy targets
(00:01:08:52) MED LONG SHOT: US combat engineers run towards the objective
(00:01:12:16) LONG SHOT: US combat engineers set up a charge on an objective
(00:01:16:38) MEDIUM SHOT: US combat engineers set up a charge on an objective
(00:01:24:43) MED-CLOSE SHOT: US combat engineers set up a charge on an objective
(00:01:32:51) CLOSE SHOT: US combat engineers set up a charge on an objective
(00:01:38:57) CLOSE SHOT: US combat engineers stay behind cover as a charge goes off on the objective
(00:01:44:52) LONG SHOT: a charge set by US combat engineers goes off
(00:01:51:31) MEDIUM SHOT: US combat engineers run towards an objective
(00:01:55:08) MEDIUM SHOT: A US combat engineer places stakes in the ground as he runs toward an objective
(00:02:01:11) A US combat engineer gives direction to his team
(00:02:06:08) US combat engineers prepare to clear a room
(00:02:14:38) US combat engineers enter and clear a room
(00:02:18:14) US combat engineers enter and attack an objective
(00:02:22:20) US combat engineers enter and attack an objective
(00:02:36:39) enemy targets are shot down by US combat engineers
(00:02:41:43) US combat engineers stay behind cover
(00:02:46:46) A US combat engineer fires at enemy targets
(00:02:55:32) US combat engineers attack an objective while behind cover
(00:03:01:52) A US combat engineer reloads his weapon
(00:03:08:16) A US combat engineer catches a full magazine from another teammate to reload his weapon
(00:03:10:54) US combat engineers reset concertina wire for the next training event
(00:03:17:46) US combat engineers reset concertina wire for the next training event
(00:03:21:37) US combat engineers reset concertina wire for the next training event
(00:03:23:58) US combat engineers reset concertina wire for the next training event
(00:03:26:59) A Tunisian flag flutters in the wind a Ben Ghilouf Training Area range
(00:03:31:03) A plank used for a brazier charge is mounted to a man-transportable robotic system (MTRS) Talon in order to breach a wire obstacle covertly
(00:03:42:47) A man-transportable robotic system (MTRS) Talon moves down range towards an objective while being controlled by US combat engineers
(00:03:48:09) A man-transportable robotic system (MTRS) Talon moves down range towards an objective while being controlled by US combat engineers
(00:03:53:13) A plank used for a brazier charge is mounted to a man-transportable robotic system (MTRS) Talon in order to breach a wire obstacle covertly
(00:04:00:13) US combat engineers walk behind an MTRS while returning to the start point
(00:04:07:25) An MTRS Talon sits in front of a US combat engineer as he conversates with a Tunisian Soldier
(00:04:12:46) An MTRS Talon sits on the ground as a US combat engineer and Tunisian Soldier conversate