U.S. Marines with the Battalion Landing Team, 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit wait to be extracted by helicopter during a rehearsal of the final exercise in Africa Lion 2012 in Cap Draa, Morocco, on April 16, 2012. African Lion is an annually scheduled joint/combined U.S.-Moroccan exercise sponsored by U.S. Africa Command and designed to promote interoperability and mutual understanding of each nation's military tactics, techniques and procedures.