Search underway for 2 U.S. service members missing amid training exercise in Morocco
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Key Points:
- A search and rescue operation is ongoing in southern Morocco after two U.S. service members went missing off the coast during the African Lion training exercise.
- The training exercise was paused Sunday as U.S. and Moroccan forces redirected efforts to locate the missing soldiers, whose disappearance was due to an accident unrelated to the exercise itself.
- African Lion is the largest annual joint military exercise led by AFRICOM, involving over 5,000 personnel from more than 40 nations, focusing on modern warfare across multiple domains.
- This year’s exercise emphasizes advanced technologies such as drones, autonomous systems, and artificial intelligence, and takes place near the Sahara Desert and Atlantic Ocean at the Cap Draa Training Area.
- Details about the missing service members, including their names and the circumstances of the accident, have not yet been disclosed.
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