ATLANTIC OCEAN (June 15, 2021) Aviation Boatswain's Mate (Aircraft Handling) 3rd Class Alexis Woods, right, hand signals an MV-22 Osprey of Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 261 (VMM-261) the Raging Bulls to take off from the expeditionary sea base USS Hershel "Woody" Williams (ESB 4) in the Atlantic Ocean, June 15, 2021, as during exercise African Lion 2021. African Lion 2021 is U.S. Africa Command's largest, premier, joint, annual exercise hosted by Morocco, Tunisia and Senegal, 7-18 June. More than 7,000 participants from nine nations and NATO train together with a focus on enhancing readiness for U.S. and partner nation forces. AL21 is a multi-domain, multi-component, and multi-national exercise, which employs a full array of mission capabilities with the goal to strengthen interoperability among participants. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Eric Coffer)