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TRANSCRIPT: AFRICOM's Ward Testifies Before House Armed Services Committee
Mar 11, 2010 · U.S. AFRICOM Public Affairs
The commander of U.S. Africa Command, testified before the House Armed Services Committee, March 10, 2010, providing an overview of the command's strategic approach and showing how security cooperation efforts promote stability in support of U.S. foreign policy and national security objectives. General...  Full Story


Africa Partnership Station USS Gunston Hall Arrives in Ghana
Mar 11, 2010 · Africa Partnership Station Public Affairs
The Africa Partnership Station (APS) West platform USS Gunston Hall (LSD 44), along with an embarked international staff, arrived in Sekondi, Ghana, March 10, 2010, to kick off the in-country phase of APS West. Prior to arriving in Sekondi, Gunston Hall anchored near Lagos, Nigeria, March 8 for a...  Full Story


National Guard Program Boosts Africa Command
Mar 11, 2010 · National Guard Bureau
The National Guard's State Partnership Program is a superb tool for U.S. Africa Command, General William E. Ward told a congressional committee March 9, 2010. "The benefits ... are many and impressive," said Ward, commander of U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM), in his 2010 posture statement presented...  Full Story


TRANSCRIPT: AFRICOM's Ward Testifies Before Senate Armed Services Committee
Mar 10, 2010 · 
In testimony before the Senate Armed Services Committee March 9, 2010, the commander of U.S. Africa Command provided an overview of the strategic environment in Africa, explained U.S. AFRICOM's strategic approach, and showed how security cooperation efforts promote stability in support of U.S. foreign...  Full Story


Physical Security Seminar Opens Doors, Introduces New Ideas for Botswana Defence Force
Mar 10, 2010 · Office of Security Cooperation, Botswana
Members of several Botswana Defence Force (BDF) units participated in a security seminar with U.S. soldiers at the BDF headquarters in Gaborone, January 2010. The event, part of an ongoing military-to-military program managed by the Office of Security Cooperation at the U.S. Embassy, brought together...  Full Story


U.S. Africa Command Assists Security, Stability Efforts
Mar 10, 2010 · American Forces Press Service
The Africa Partnership Station, a U.S.-led response to requests by African nations for maritime training, is now in its fifth deployment as it expands its scope along the African coastline, the commander of U.S. Africa Command said today. While its initial focus was on West African nations near...  Full Story


AFRICOM POSTURE STATEMENT: Ward Reports Annual Testimony to Congress
Mar 09, 2010 · U.S. AFRICOM Public Affairs
In testimony before Congress March 9, 2010, the commander of U.S. Africa Command provided an overview of the strategic environment in Africa, explained U.S. AFRICOM's strategic approach, and showed how security cooperation efforts promote stability in support of U.S. foreign policy and national...  Full Story


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STUTTGART, Germany - Project officers from U.S. Africa Command's Counternarcotics and Law Enforcement Assistance Division participated in an orientation and hands-on demonstration, March 10, 2010, where they learned the specifics of a four-piece drug test kit, capable of testing for six different illegal substances in solid, tablet, liquid, or powder form. The demonstration, which took place at the command's headquarters in Stuttgart, Germany was also filmed for use as a teaching aid to familiarize African law enforcement officials with drug test kits. Drug kits can have a tremendous impact in the hands of law enforcement officers in Africa, serving as a quick tool for law enforcement officials to confirm whether an unknown substance is illegal and needs to be further tested. Early detection can eliminate time and money being spent to do high dollar analysis in laboratories for substances that turn out to be innocuous. AFRICOM's Counternarcotics Division is planning to assist several African nations with developing this capability in 2010. (U.S. AFRICOM photo)

LAGOS, Nigeria - Ghanaian Navy Lieutenant Commander Samuel Ayelazono, a staff member of Africa Partnership Station (APS) West, from Navrongo, Ghana, speaks with sailors from the Nigerian navy in a portable classroom aboard USS Gunston Hall (LSD 44), March 8, 2010. The Whidbey Island-class amphibious dock landing ship is on a scheduled deployment in West Africa in support of Africa Partnership Station West, an international initiative developed by U.S. Naval Forces Europe and U.S. Naval Forces Africa that aims to improve maritime safety and security in West and Central Africa. (U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class John Stratton)

GABORONE, Botswana - Members of several Botswana Defence Force units discuss physical security measures during a military-to-military seminar at Sir Seretse Khama Barracks in Gaborone, Botswana, January 2010. Representatives from U.S. Africa Command and U.S. Marine Forces Africa led the event focused on security issues for personnel, information, equipment and installations. (Photo courtesy of U.S. Embassy, Office of Defense Cooperation-Botswana)

RABAT-SALE, Morocco - Rear Admiral Mohammed Berrada Gouzi, inspector of the Royal Moroccan Navy, and Brigadier General Robert Ferrell, director of C4 Systems, U.S. Africa Command, conclude a successful meeting on March 2, 2010, at the Royal Armed Forces Headquarters in Rabat-Sale, Morocco. Ferrell was in Morocco discussing communications modernization initiatives between the United States and Morocco. (AFRICOM photo by Commander Britt Talbert)

STUTTGART, Germany - Retired Ethiopian Lieutenant Solomon Ayalew Tessema (right), and Senegalese Colonel Diandame Mbow (2nd from right), both staff officers with the Africa Union Standby Force (ASF), talk with Brigadier General Frederick Martin, U.S. Africa Command's (AFRICOM) deputy director of logistics, March 9, 2010, at the AFRICOM headquarters in Stuttgart, Germany. The officers visited the command to hold discussions with AFRICOM staff members on how they and the United Nations plan, execute, and sustain theater logistics support in support of U.S. missions in Africa. (Photo by Danielle Skinner, U.S. Africa Command)

BRUSSELS, Belgium - Major General Richard Sherlock, U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM) director of strategy, plans and programs, (left) explains the command's activities during a press event in Brussels March 4, 2010. Sherlock and Ambassador J. Anthony Holmes, Africa Command's deputy to the commander for civil-military activities (seated next to Sherlock), were in Brussels March 4-5 to meet with European Union officials to discuss U.S. Africa Command activities in Africa, gain a better understanding of the EU's work in Africa, and explore areas where U.S. Africa Command may be able to complement the EU's ongoing and future activities. (Photo by Claire Morigeau, U.S. Mission to the European Union)

DJIBOUTI, Djibouti - Students of Guelleh Batal School in Djibouti hold up their new shoes handed out by Petty Officer 2nd Class Norman R. Otters, religious programs specialist, Camp Lemonnier, March 3, 2010. World Emergency Relief donated approximately 10,000 pairs of Croc shoes to the Camp Lemonnier base chapel, which has been distributing the shoes to local schools, refugee camps, and churches as well as sending them with Army Civil Affairs detachments to distribute in other African countries. (Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Joshua Bruns, CJTF-HOA)

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U.S. Africa Command Activities Fact Sheets
FACT SHEET: United States Africa Command
U.S. AFRICOM Public Affairs Office
United States Africa Command, AFRICOM, one of six of the Defense Department's regional military headquarters, was declared a fully unified command on October 1, 2008. As such, Africa Command has administrative responsibility for U.S. military...  Full Fact Sheet

FACT SHEET: Military Information Support Team (MIST)
U.S. AFRICOM Public Affairs
Document is in PDF format  (Full Fact Sheet)

FACT SHEET: Partnership for Integrated Logistics Operations and Tactics (PILOT)
U.S. AFRICOM Public Affairs
Document is in PDF format  (Full Fact Sheet)

FACT SHEET: Kelley Barracks, Headquarters of U.S. Africa Command
U.S. AFRICOM Public Affairs
Document is in PDF format  (Full Fact Sheet)

FACT SHEET: International Military Education and Training (IMET)
U.S. AFRICOM Public Affairs
Document is in PDF format  (Full Fact Sheet)

For additional U.S. Africa Command Fact Sheets please see the U.S. Africa Command Activities page.


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AFRICOM Dialogue

From General William E. Ward, commander of U.S. Africa Command

My staff and I spend much of our time traveling and meeting with people across Africa, throughout the United States, and around the world....
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Recent Posts by AFRICOM Staff

On 3/8/2010 4:22:57 PM
From Command Sergeant Major Mark Ripka
"I just returned from a trip to Africa where I visited with partner nation military leaders in Uganda, Kenya, and Senegal. At each location and during each engagement I was encouraged..."
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On 3/8/2010 9:24:32 AM
From Colonel James Welton, U.S. Africa Command
"U.S. Pacific Command, U.S. Africa Command, and the Center of Excellence in Disaster Management and Humanitarian Assistance (COE-DMHA) partnered with U.S. Agency for International Development..."
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On 2/10/2010 10:25:46 AM
From Major Paula Kurtz, 17th Air Force
"It's always a great feeling when weeks, sometimes months, of work finally culminates and a mission launches successfully. Today I'm sitting on a C-130J -- the newest model..."
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On 3/11/2010 7:17:08 PM
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"Africom and the racism in the united states of america.Do you really have good intentions for black people.European domination..."
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