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A delegation of African Union journalists spent the week of 9-12 Feb., 2015 visiting U.S. Africa Command to learn about the command’s mission and programs. (U.S. AFRICOM photos by Brenda Law/Released)
Photo by: Brenda Law, Stuttgart, Germany
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AU journalists, Jenine Coetzer (left), responds to a comment as Charles Obbo looks on during a media delegation visit, Feb. 9, 2015, at Kelley Barracks, U.S. Army Garrison, Stuttgart, Germany. Eight journalists, who are accredited with the African Union, are here as participants of a U.S. AFRICOM-sponsored media delegation visit to learn about the command's mission and programs. (Photo by Brenda Law/U.S. Africa Command Public Affairs/Released)
Photo by: Brenda Law, Stuttgart, Germany
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AU journalists engage with AFRICOM during a media delegation visit, Feb. 9, 2015, at Kelley Barracks, U.S. Army Garrison, Stuttgart, Germany. Eight journalists, who are accredited with the African Union, are here as participants of a U.S. AFRICOM-sponsored media delegation visit to learn about the command's mission and programs. (Photo by Brenda Law/U.S. Africa Command Public Affairs/Released)
Photo by: Brenda Law, Stuttgart, Germany
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COL Mark Cheadle, AFRICOM’s Chief of Public Affairs and Communication Synchronization, engages African journalists during a media delegation visit, Feb. 9, 2015, at Kelley Barracks, U.S. Army Garrison, Stuttgart, Germany. Eight journalists, who are accredited with the African Union, are here as participants of a U.S. AFRICOM-sponsored media delegation visit to learn about the command's mission and programs. (Photo by Brenda Law/U.S. Africa Command Public Affairs/Released)
Photo by: Brenda Law, Stuttgart, Germany
U.S. Army Africa conducts MEDRETE 15-1 in Burundi
(From left) Col. Patrick Cook, vascular surgeon, and Capt. Kathryn Muir, general surgery resident perform a biopsy on a swollen lymph node with an attending Burundi National Defense Force general surgeon at the Kamenge Military Hospital in Bujumbura, Burundi, during the U. S. Africa Command directed, U.S. Army Africa led joint Medical Readiness and Training Exercise 15-1 recently. Cook, a native of Walnut, Calif., and Muir, a native of Imlay City, Mich., are staff members at William Beaumont Army Medical Center, Fort Bliss, Texas. (U.S. Army Africa photo by Sgt. 1st Class Matthew Chlosta)
Photo by: Sgt. 1st Class Matthew Chlosta, Stuttgart, Germany
U.S. Army Africa conducts MEDRETE 15-1 in Burundi
From left) U.S. Army Maj. James Blair, orthopedic trauma surgeon, a Burundi National Defense Force orthopedic surgeon and U.S. Army 1st Lt. James Bills, perform surgery on a patient with a hip fracture at the Kamenge Military Hospital in Bujumbura, Burundi, during the U. S. Africa Command directed, U.S. Army Africa led joint Medical Readiness and Training Exercise 15-1 Jan. 28. Blair, a native of Brooklyn, Conn. and Bills, who calls San Antonio home, are both staff members at William Beaumont Army Medical Center, Fort Bliss, Texas. (U.S. Army Africa photo by Sgt. 1st Class Matthew Chlosta)
Photo by: Sgt. 1st Class Matthew Chlosta, Stuttgart, Germany
nations stand together during African Partnership Flight-Djibouti
DJIBOUTI AIR BASE, Djibouti -- Burundi Airmen stand in formation during the opening ceremony for African Partnership Flight on Djibouti Air Base, Djibouti, Feb. 7, 2015. African Partnership Flight is the premier program for delivering aviation security cooperation. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Benjamin Wilson
Photo by: U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Benjamin Wilson, DJIBOUTI AIR BASE, Djibouti
US, Germany provide Equipment, Training for Tanzania Rangers
Ambassador Egon Kochanke, German Ambassador to Tanzania, Lazaru Nyalandu, Tanzania Minister of Natural Resources and Tourism, and Ambassador Mark Childress, U.S. Ambassador to Tanzania, look over new ranger field equipment at Selous Game Reserve, Tanzania on Jan. 21, 2015. In a broader effort to combat poaching and illegal trafficking, the U.S. and German governments donated new field equipment for use by the rangers patrolling the reserve. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Ian Dean)
Photo by: Tech. Sgt. Ian Dean, Stuttgart, Germany
General Rodriguez visits Mauritania
The commander of the United States Africa Command General David M. Rodriguez was welcomed by General Hanana Sidi, Mauritania’s Deputy Chief of the Army and Colonel Mohamed Lehretani, Chief of the Mauritanian Air Force during a visit to Mauritania.
Photo by: , Stuttgart, Germany
Mauritius President Tours USS Simpson
Mauritius President Kailash Purryag, left, and Rear Adm. Tom Reck, vice commander, U.S. 6th Fleet, talk at a reception held aboard the Oliver Hazard Perry-class guided-missile frigate USS Simpson (FFG 56) Feb. 3, 2015. Purryag visited Simpson while it is in Port Louis, Mauritius, after it completed the underway phase of Exercise Cutlass Express 2015. This exercise, sponsored by U.S. Africa Command, is designed to improve regional cooperation, maritime domain awareness and information sharing practices to increase capabilities of East African and Indian Ocean nations to counter sea-based illicit activity. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class David R. Krigbaum/Released)
Photo by: Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class David R. Krigbaum, PORT LOUIS, Mauritius
Mauritius President Tours USS Simpson
Cmdr. Ken Anderson, USS Simpson (FFG 56) commanding officer, gives a guided tour of his ship to Mauritius President Kailash Purryag. Purryag visited Simpson while it is in Port Louis, Mauritius, taking part in Exercise Cutlass Express 2015. This exercise, sponsored by U.S. Africa Command, is designed to improve regional cooperation, maritime domain awareness and information sharing practices to increase capabilities of East African and Indian Ocean nations to counter sea-based illicit activity. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class David R. Krigbaum/Released)
Photo by: Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class David R. Krigbaum, PORT LOUIS, Mauritius
New Crisis Response Marines continue operations in Africa, Europe
African role players rehearse combat drills aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, N.C., Dec. 11, 2014. More than 80 Marines with Marine Wing Support Squadron 272 and 2nd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment taught military tactics and built camaraderie with role players in preparation for an upcoming deployment with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response-Africa. (Photo by Lance Cpl. Lucas Hopkins)
Photo by: Lance Cpl. Lucas Hopkins, MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C
Army EOD troops train with Congolese forces in Africa
Members of the National Gendarmerie, Congolese army and Congolese police department trained with U.S. Army explosive ordnance disposal technicians during a humanitarian mine action mission in the Republic of Congo.
Photo by: Walter Ham, BRAZZAVILE, Republic of Congo
Army EOD troops train with Congolese forces in Africa
(Third from right) Staff Sgt. Kewan Lemmon, from the 703rd EOD Company, trains members of the National Gendarmerie, Congolese army and Congolese police department during a humanitarian mine action mission in the Republic of Congo.
Photo by: Walter Ham, BRAZZAVILE, Republic of Congo
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Staff Sgt. Kewan Lemmon (center), from the 703rd EOD Company trains members of the National Gendarmerie, Congolese army and Congolese police department during a humanitarian mine action mission in the Republic of Congo.
Photo by: Walter Ham, BRAZZAVILE, Republic of Congo
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U.S. Army Africa's Col. Frances Hardison (left) and Capt. Christian Smith (right) meet with Tanzanian Peoples Defense Force Brig. Gen. Sara Rwambali (center) to discuss an upcoming gender integration seminar. Rwambali is the director of TPFD Social Affairs. TPDF personnel will co-host the seminar that will bring together leading experts in the area of integrating women in the armed forces throughout Africa. (U.S. Army Africa photo.)
Photo by: Mickie McNamara, VICENZA, Italy
Opening Ceremony Cutlass Express 2015 (3) of (3)
LE CHALAND, Mauritius (Jan. 28, 2015) Capt. Rich Dromerhauser, deputy commodore CTF-65, addresses attendees during the opening ceremony of Exercise Cutlass Express 2015, Jan. 28. Exercise Cutlass Express 2015, sponsored by U.S. Africa Command, is designed to improve regional cooperation, maritime domain awareness, and information sharing practices to increase capabilities of East African and Indian Ocean nations to counter sea-based illicit activity. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class David R. Krigbaum/Released)
Photo by: Daniel Schumacher, LE CHALAND, Mauritius
Opening Ceremony Cutlass Express 2015 (1) of (3)
LE CHALAND, Mauritius (Jan. 28, 2015) Mauritian Deputy Commissioner of Police Mario Nobin addresses attendees during the opening ceremony of Exercise Cutlass Express 2015, Jan. 28. Exercise Cutlass Express 2015, sponsored by U.S. Africa Command, is designed to improve regional cooperation, maritime domain awareness, and information sharing practices to increase capabilities of East African and Indian Ocean nations to counter sea-based illicit activity. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class David R. Krigbaum/Released)
Photo by: Daniel Schumacher, LE CHALAND, Mauritius
Opening Ceremony Cutlass Express 2015 (2) of (3)
LE CHALAND, Mauritius (Jan. 28, 2015) U.S. Navy Capt. Patrick Carey, exercise director of Exercise Cutlass Express 2015, interacts with other attendees after the opening ceremony of the annual exercise Jan. 28, 2015. Exercise Cutlass Express 2015, sponsored by U.S. Africa Command, is designed to improve regional cooperation, maritime domain awareness, and information sharing practices to increase capabilities of East African and Indian Ocean nations to counter sea-based illicit activity. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class David R. Krigbaum/Released)
Photo by: Daniel Schumacher, LE CHALAND, Mauritius
Japanese PAOs visit AFRICOM
A team of Japanese Public Affairs Officers (PAOs) gets a tour of the command's public affairs office during a visit to U.S. Africa Command's headquarters in Stuttgart, Germany, Jan. 23, 2015.
Photo by: Owolabi, Olufemi A. SSgt, Stuttgart, Germany
TSC Conference
Ambassador Phillip Carter, III, Deputy to the Commander for Civil-Military Engagement, Africa Command, makes opening remarks at the East African Theater Security Cooperation Conference at Combined Joint Task Force- Horn of Africa, Jan. 13. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Carlin Leslie)
Photo by: Staff Sgt. Carlin Leslie, Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti
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Ambassador Phillip Carter, III, Deputy to the Commander for Civil-Military Engagement, Africa Command, makes opening remarks at the East African Theater Security Cooperation Conference at Combined Joint Task Force- Horn of Africa, Jan. 13. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Carlin Leslie)
Photo by: Staff Sgt. Carlin Leslie, Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti
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Joint Forces Command – United Assistance service members, deployed to Barclay Training Center, Monrovia, Liberia, take a tour of the Liberian National Museum, Jan. 20, 2015, in Monrovia. The JFC-UA sponsored museum visit was initiated to allow service members deployed in support of Operation United Assistance to more fully understand and experience Liberian culture. Operation United Assistance is a Department of Defense operation in Liberia to provide logistics, training and engineering support to U.S. Agency for International Development-led efforts to contain the Ebola virus outbreak in western Africa. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Caitlyn Byrne, 27th Public Affairs Detachment/Released)
Photo by: Spc. Caitlyn Byrne, MONROVIA, Liberia
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Joint Forces Command – United Assistance service members, deployed to Barclay Training Center, Monrovia, Liberia, take a tour of the Liberian National Museum, Jan. 20, 2015, in Monrovia. The JFC-UA sponsored museum visit was initiated to allow service members deployed in support of Operation United Assistance to more fully understand and experience Liberian culture. The museum has three floors, each one dedicated to a different medium. The third floor displays prints of historic photos. Operation United Assistance is a Department of Defense operation in Liberia to provide logistics, training and engineering support to U.S. Agency for International Development-led efforts to contain the Ebola virus outbreak in western Africa. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Caitlyn Byrne, 27th Public Affairs Detachment/Released)
Photo by: Spc. Caitlyn Byrne, MONROVIA, Liberia
MRAPS enhance AMISOM operations
Four Mine-Resistant Ambushed Protective Vehicles that are part of the 20 vehicles that will be donated to Troop Contributing Countries Uganda and Burundi, wait to be turned over at the end of the month, Jan 13, 2014. (U.S. Army Courtesy Photo)
Photo by: Staff Sgt. Carlin Leslie, DJIBOUTI
Exercise Obangame Express 2015 Nations Meet to Finalize Plans
Planners from more than 20 African and European maritime nations attend a final planning conference in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany, for Exercise Obangame Express Jan. 12, 2015. The exercise will take place in the Gulf of Guinea in March 2015, and will focus on developing regional maritime interoperability. (U.S. Navy photo by Lt. Cmdr. Kent Laborde/Released)
Photo by: Navy LT Shawn Eklund, Stuttgart, Germany
Newly trained Crisis Response Marines continue operations in Africa, Europe (1) of (2)
MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP LEJEUNE, North Carolina - Marines with 2nd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment practice entering and exiting the MV-22B Osprey during a simulated Tactical Recovery of Aircraft and Personnel, or TRAP, mission aboard Marine Corps Air Station New River, Dec. 9, 2014. The TRAP training provides designated forces tactical training and initial evaluation in order to conduct search and personnel recovery operations for the upcoming deployment with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response-Africa. (Photo by U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Krista James)
Newly trained Crisis Response Marines continue operations in Africa, Europe (2) of (2)
MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP LEJEUNE, North Carolina - Marines with 2nd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment ride in an MV-22B Osprey during a simulated Tactical Recovery of Aircraft and Personnel, or TRAP, mission aboard Marine Corps Air Station New River, Dec. 10, 2014. The TRAP training provides designated forces tactical training and initial evaluation in order to conduct search and personnel recovery operations for the upcoming deployment with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response-Africa. (Photo by U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Krista James)
Newly trained Crisis Response Marines continue operations in Africa, Europe (2) of (3)
More than a thousand Marines and sailors deploying in January and February in support of crisis and contingency response in the U.S. Africa and European Commands’ areas of responsibility recently completed a five-day certification exercise.
Photo by: 1st Lt. Danielle Dixon, Sgt. Paul Peterson and 1st Lt. Sarah Burns, Stuttgart, Germany
OPERATION UNITED ASSISTANCE: LOGISTICS PARTNERSHIP SUCCESS (5) of (6)
Soldiers serve a hot Thanksgiving Day meal to fellow service members and support personnel. Deliberate planning and actions across the entire logistics enterprise united the efforts of a multi-disciplined, interagency team formed across nations, governments and non-government organizations (NGOs) which directly led to success in OPERATION United Assistance. (U.S. AFRICOM photo/released)
Photo by: Brenda Law, Stuttgart, Germany
OPERATION UNITED ASSISTANCE: LOGISTICS PARTNERSHIP SUCCESS (6) of (6)
Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) Europe-Africa Commander, COL Deborah Keough, brings toys and supplies to orphanage in Liberia. Deliberate planning and actions across the entire logistics enterprise united the efforts of a multi-disciplined, interagency team formed across nations, governments and non-government organizations (NGOs) which directly led to success in OPERATION United Assistance. U.S. AFRICOM photo/released)
Photo by: Brenda Law, Stuttgart, Germany
OPERATION UNITED ASSISTANCE: LOGISTICS PARTNERSHIP SUCCESS (4) of (6)
ETU site under construction. Deliberate planning and actions across the entire logistics enterprise united the efforts of a multi-disciplined, interagency team formed across nations, governments and non-government organizations (NGOs) which directly led to success in OPERATION United Assistance. (U.S. AFRICOM photo/released)
Photo by: Brenda Law, Stuttgart, Germany
OPERATION UNITED ASSISTANCE: LOGISTICS PARTNERSHIP SUCCESS (3) of (6)
Force Provider equipment used to support Soldiers in Liberia. Deliberate planning and actions across the entire logistics enterprise united the efforts of a multi-disciplined, interagency team formed across nations, governments and non-government organizations (NGOs) which directly led to success in OPERATION United Assistance. (U.S. AFRICOM photo/released)
Photo by: Brenda Law, Stuttgart, Germany
OPERATION UNITED ASSISTANCE: LOGISTICS PARTNERSHIP SUCCESS (2) of (6)
A typical unimproved road in Liberia creates a challenge for logisticians. Deliberate planning and actions across the entire logistics enterprise united the efforts of a multi-disciplined, interagency team formed across nations, governments and non-government organizations (NGOs) which directly led to success in OPERATION United Assistance. (U.S. AFRICOM photo/released)
Photo by: , Stuttgart, Germany
OPERATION UNITED ASSISTANCE: LOGISTICS PARTNERSHIP SUCCESS (1) of (6)
Construction of Initial Staging Base (ISB), Dakar, Senegal. Deliberate planning and actions across the entire logistics enterprise united the efforts of a multi-disciplined, interagency team formed across nations, governments and non-government organizations (NGOs) which directly led to success in OPERATION United Assistance. (U.S. AFRICOM photo/released)
Photo by: Brenda Law, Stuttgart, Germany
Democratic Republic of Congo partners with U.S. to build capacity during Lion Rouge exercise
Over 200 FARDC officers and NCOs attended Lion Rouge in Kitona, Bas Congo, which included medical, civil military operations and judicial trainings.
Photo by: U.S. Africa Command Public Affairs
Democratic Republic of Congo partners with U.S. to build capacity during Lion Rouge exercise
Over 200 FARDC officers and NCOs attended Lion Rouge in Kitona, Bas Congo, which included medical, civil military operations and judicial trainings.
Photo by: U.S. Africa Command Public Affairs
Democratic Republic of Congo partners with U.S. to build capacity during Lion Rouge exercise
Over 200 FARDC officers and NCOs attended Lion Rouge in Kitona, Bas Congo, which included medical, civil military operations and judicial trainings.
Photo by: U.S. Africa Command Public Affairs
Chief of U.S. Army Reserve visits AFRICOM, meets key leaders
The 32nd Chief of U.S. Army Reserve, Lieutenant General Jeffrey W. Talley, hosted a town hall meeting at the Kelley Theater for Reserve Soldiers assigned to U.S. Africa Command. This was part of a two-day visit to the command's headquarters from March 5-6, 2013.
Photo by: U.S. Africa Command Public Affairs
Nigerian Delegates Participate in U.S. Africa Command Media Visit Program
Nigerian Army Col. Mohammed Yerima, director of Defense Information Nigerian Armed Forces, participated in a discussion as part of the U.S. Africa Command Media Visit Program during a visit to U.S. Africa Command headquarters in Stuttgart, Germany, on Jan. 29, 2013. The goal of the five-day seminar was to offer journalists a detailed understanding of U.S. Africa Command's mission, objectives and engagement programs in Africa to better inform their reporting.
Photo by: Staff Sgt. Olufemi A. Owolabi
