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In 2012, two U.S. Marines were killed and two injured during a helicopter crash in Morocco while taking part in the exercises.

Since 2004, African Lion has been the largest U.S. joint military exercise in Africa.

African Lion 26 is a U.S.-led exercise launched in April across Morocco, Tunisia, Ghana and Senegal with over 7,000 personnel from more than 30 nations.

Assets deployed included a U.S. Navy P-8 Poseidon aircraft, unmanned aerial systems, thermal and ISR sensors, an unmanned underwater vehicle, side-scan sonar, a Moroccan multibeam echosounder and U.S. Coast Guard drift modeling capabilities.

The search operation involved more than 1,000 U.S. and Moroccan military and civilian personnel.

The two soldiers were reported missing on May 2 after participating in African Lion, an annual multinational military exercise in Morocco.

The circumstances surrounding the incident remain under investigation.

Their remains are en route to the United States.

Both soldiers fell off a cliff during an off-duty recreational hike in Morocco.

The remains of the second U.S. Army soldier missing in Morocco have been recovered.

Her awards include the Army Service Ribbon.

She reported to her unit in Ansbach, Germany, in February 2025 and was promoted to specialist on May 1, 2026.

She completed Basic Combat Training and Advanced Individual Training at Fort Sill, Oklahoma, as a 14P air and missile defense crewmember.

Collington entered the Regular Army's Delayed Entry Program in 2023 and began active-duty service in 2024.

Collington served as an air and missile defense crew member assigned to Charlie Battery, 5th Battalion, 4th Air Defense Artillery Regiment, 10th Army Air and Missile Defense Command.

The search operation involved air, naval and artificial intelligence assets.

Royal Moroccan Armed Forces transported Collington's remains by helicopter to a military hospital morgue.

The soldier was identified as Spc. Mariyah Symone Collington, 19, of Tavares, Florida.