1st Lt. Baptiste serves as fixed-wing pilot and LNO in Morocco during African Lion 23
U.S. Army aviator, 1st Lt. Naica Baptiste, Liaison Officer from Bravo Company, 2-228th Theater Fixed Wing Battalion, one of the two fixed-wing battalions in the U.S. Army Reserve, discusses her experience as a Haitian-American immigrant working in a joint environment with the Moroccan military in support of exercise African Lion 2023 in Agadir, Morocco, June 9, 2023. Eighteen nations and approximately 8,000 personnel will participate in AL23, U.S. Africa Command's largest annual combined joint exercise that will take place in Ghana, Morocco, Senegal, and Tunisia from May 13-June 18, 2023. (U.S. Army photo by Capt. Jessica Modique)