Photos | United States Africa Command

Chief Master Sergeant Jack Johnson Jr., U.S. Africa Command senior enlisted leader (CSEL), speaks to more than 30 warrant officers and senior non-commissioned officers from Africa during the 2013 Joint Warrant Officer and Senior Noncommissioned Officer Symposium which began May 19, 2013, in...

Major Sergeant Major Gift Mbatisi, from the Botswana Defense Forces shares his experience while discussing the issue of sexual assault in the military during the 2013 JWOS held at the Edelweiss Conference Center in Germany, from May 19-24, 2013. (Photo by TSgt Olufemi Owolabi)...

More than 30 warrant officers and senior NCOs gathered in Garmisch to share ideas, knowledge and experiences during the 2013 Joint Warrant Officer and Senior Noncommissioned Officer Symposium. Among the topics discussed during the symposium, scheduled May 19-25, were U.S. foreign policy in Africa;...

U.S. Army Doctor (Col.) Richard Birdsong, a health surgeon with Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa 411th Civil Affairs Battalion, assesses a civilian patient during an eye examination clinic in Djibouti, Djibouti, March 27, 2013. Birdsong, who specializes in ophthalmology, participated in...

U.S. Army Doctor (Col.) Richard Birdsong, a health surgeon with Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa 411th Civil Affairs Battalion, assesses a civilian patient during an eye examination clinic in Djibouti, Djibouti, March 27, 2013. Birdsong, who specializes in ophthalmology, participated in...

New York Army National Guard Col. Reginald Sanders (right) commander of the 369th Sustainment Brigade, joins Dr. Jeannot Essono Engueng (center) from Military Forces of Central Africa, and Col. Frederick Ndjonkep, a member of the Military Operations Command of Cameroon during an exercise planning...

U.S. Deputy Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter meet with Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf at the Pentagon, May 16, 2013. (Photo by Erin Kirk-Cuomo)...

Electrician’s Mate 1st Class Allen Hodges, right, from the Maritime Civil Affairs and Security Training Command (MCAST), based in Norfolk, Va., gives outboard engine maintenance training to Togolese navy personnel as part of Africa Partnership Station (APS). APS is an international security...

Vice Admiral Charles J. “Joe” Leidig, Deputy to the Commander for Military Operations, poses with Nigerian Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Onyeabo Ihejirika, Stuttgart, Germany, May 9, 2013. (Photo by Brenda Law)...

Vice Admiral Charles J. “Joe” Leidig, Deputy to the Commander for Military Operations, welcomes Brigadier General Letam Wiwa, Director, Nigerian Army Headquarters, to U.S. Africa Command, Stuttgart, Germany, May 9, 2013. (Photo by Brenda Law)...

Members of the Zambian air force tour a C-130 J Super Hercules flight deck, April 29, 2013, Ramstein Air Base, Germany. The visit gave the Zambian air force a chance to further military relations and improve the partnership between the U.S. and Zambian air forces. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior...

U.S. Army Capt. Courtney Legendre, a physician assistant with the 411th Civil Affairs Battalion in support of Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA), examines a child with the help of U.S. Air Force Maj. Andrew A. Herman, a medical planner in the CJTF-HOA Surgeon Cell, in Kakute,...

U.S. Army Col. (Dr.) Richard Birdsong, a physician with the 411th Civil Affairs Battalion in support of Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA), consults with a patient, Christine Nakiying, in Kakute, Uganda, April 23, 2013. To deal with the language barrier, Luwero District (Nyimbwa...

U.S. Army Capt. Danielle Diamond, a veterinarian from the Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA) Surgeon Cell, sits with villagers inside the Kakute Church of Uganda, Kakute, Uganda, April 23, 2013. The group is watching live presentations of effective water, food and personal...

Luwero District community-based animal health specialist Gladys Namale; U.S. Army Maj. Courtney Legendre a physician assistant with the 411th Civil Affairs Battalion (411th CA BN) in support of Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA); and Luwero District (Namaliga-Bombo town council)...

Villagers of Kakute, Uganda, watch a dramatized, live performance of effective water, food and personal sanitation procedures inside the Kakute Church of Uganda, April 23, 2013. Human and animal healthcare experts from Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA) Surgeon Cell and 411th...

Villagers from Kakute, Uganda, gather inside the Kakute Church of Uganda, April 23, 2013, to see live theater skits dramatizinh proper water and food sanitation procedures performed by human and animal healthcare experts from Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA) Surgeon Cell, 411th...

Villagers from Kakute, Uganda, gather at the Kakute Church of Uganda, April 23, 2013, to see theatrical presentations of proper food, water and personal hygiene sanitation procedures performed by human and animal healthcare experts from Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA) Surgeon...

U.S. Army Maj. Thamus J. Morgan, a veterinarian from the 411th Civil Affairs Battalion in support of Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa, greets children from Kakute Primary School in Kakute, Uganda, April 23, 2013. Morgan inspected the village's livestock-sanitation procedures with Uganda...

U.S. Army Maj. Daisy Wilson, a public-health nurse with the 411th Civil Affairs Battalion, in support of Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA), pulls key health assessment information from community leader Nalubwma Vincent and family as Ugandan veterinarian Dr. Douglas Kibuuka...

STUTTGART, Germany - General Raymond T. Odierno, 38th Chief of Staff of the U.S. Army, shakes hands with General David Rodriguez, commander of U.S. Africa Command, during a visit to the command headquarters in Stuttgart, Germany, April 29, 2013. During the visit, General Odierno received the...

STUTTGART, Germany - General Raymond T. Odierno, 38th Chief of Staff of the U.S. Army, meets General David Rodriguez, commander of U.S. Africa Command, for an office call during a visit to the command headquarters in Stuttgart, Germany, April 29, 2013. During the visit, General Odierno received...

WASHINGTON, DC - The new commander of U.S. Africa Command, General David M. Rodriguez, visited the Africa Center for Strategic Studies (ACSS) April 23, 2013, in Washington, D.C. Gen. Rodriguez became AFRICOM commander April 5. He met with faculty and staff of the ACSS for a discussion on the...

STUTTGART, Germany - General David M. Rodriguez, the third commander of U.S. Africa Command (USAFRICOM), speaks at his first "All Hands" with USAFRICOM headquarters staff since assuming command on April 5, 2013. The event was held April 22, 2013. (Photo courtesy Martin Greeson, VI Specialist,...

STUTTGART, Germany - General David M. Rodriguez, the third commander of U.S. Africa Command (USAFRICOM), speaks at his first "All Hands" with USAFRICOM headquarters staff since assuming command on April 5, 2013. The event was held April 22, 2013. (Photo courtesy Martin Greeson, VI Specialist,...

Uganda Hazardous Materials Response Course conducted by the Defense Threat Reduction Agency ...

World Malaria Day 2013...

MANOKA, Cameroon - Navy Commander Timothy Mott, a family physician assigned to Naval Hospital Pensacola, right, and a Cameroonian Battalion d’Intervention Rapide (B.I.R.) physician consult patients during a medical civic action program (MEDCAP) as part of Africa Partnership Station (APS) 2013....

MANOKA, Cameroon - Hospital Corpsman 1st Class Danielle Nelms, center, assigned to James A. Lovell Federal Health Care Center Great Lakes, Ill., fills medical prescriptions with Battalion d’ Intervention Rapide (B.I.R.) personnel during a medical civic action program (MEDCAP) as part of Africa...

Hospital Corpsman 1st Class Encarnacion Nunez, assigned to James A. Lovell Federal Health Care Center, Great Lakes, Ill., fills a prescription for glasses to for a patient during a medical civic action program (MEDCAP) as part of Africa Partnership Station (APS) 2013. APS is an international...

MANOKA, Cameroon - Hospital Corpsman 1st Class Encarnacion Nunez, assigned to James A. Lovell Federal Health Care Center, Great Lakes, Ill., and a Cameroonian Battalion d’Intervention Rapide (B.I.R.) member fill a prescription for glasses during a medical civic action program (MEDCAP) as part of...

Two Cameroonian Battalion d’Intervention Rapide (B.I.R.) personnel help prepare a patient before seeing a doctor during a medical civic action program (MEDCAP) as part of Africa Partnership Station (APS) 2013. APS is an international security cooperation initiative, facilitated by Commander, U.S....

General David M. Rodriguez, incoming commander, passes the U.S. Africa Command colors to Chief Master Sergeant Jack Johnson, Jr., Command Senior Enlisted Leader, during a change of command ceremony, April 5, 2013, Stuttgart, Germany (Photo by Stuart Java, U.S. Africa Command)...

General David M. Rodriguez, (center) Commander, U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM), and General Carter F. Ham (right), outgoing AFRICOM commander, listen as General Martin Dempsey, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, delivers his remarks during the U.S. AFRICOM change of command ceremony....

General Martin Dempsey, (far left) Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and General David M. Rodriguez, (center) Commander, U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM), applaud General Carter F. Ham on his many accomplishments while serving as AFRICOM’s commanding officer. General Rodriguez assumed command...

General Martin Dempsey, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, delivers remarks during the U.S. Africa Command change of command ceremony, April 5, 2013, Stuttgart, Germany. (Photo by Adam Gramarossa, U.S. Africa Command)...

Final words: General Carter F. Ham delivers his comments as the outgoing commander of the U.S. Africa Command during a change of command ceremony while General Martin Dempsey, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and General David M. Rodriguez (right), incoming commander, look on. April 5, 2013,...

General David M. Rodriguez , incoming commander, delivers remarks during the U.S. Africa Command’s change of command ceremony, April 5, 2013, Stuttgart, Germany. (Photo by Adam Gramarossa, U.S. Africa Command)...

U.S. Africa Command’s Color Guard stands at attention during the play of the German and U.S. anthems during a change of command ceremony; April 5, 2013, Stuttgart, Germany (Photo by Stuart Java, U.S. Africa Command)...

General Carter F. Ham, outgoing commander, relinquishes command as he passes the U.S. Africa Command colors to General Martin Dempsey, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, during a change of command ceremony, April 5, 2013, Stuttgart, Germany (Photo by Stuart Java, U.S. Africa Command)...

Official Party: From left to right, presiding officer General Martin Dempsey, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Carter F. Ham, outgoing commander, and General David M. Rodriguez, incoming commander, at the U.S. Africa Command change of command ceremony. April 5, 2013, Stuttgart,...

A Burundi National Defense Force soldier and U.S. Marine Cpl. Patrick Miskell, SP-MAGTF Africa 13, tie a girth-hitch knot into a ring main to detonate TNT at an artillery range near the 110 Brigade Compound, Buramata, Burundi, March 19, 2013. The training is part of Combined Joint Task Force-Horn...

Burundi National Defense Force soldiers work together to construct linear charges at an artillery range near the 110 Brigade Compound, Buramata, Burundi, March 19, 2013. The soldiers are preparing for deployment to Somalia in support of the African Union Mission in Somalia. The training is part of...

DOUALA, Cameroon- A member of the Cameroonian Battalion d'Intervention Rapide (B.I.R.) gives an eye exam with equipment provided by the U.S. Navy during a health care workshop as part of Africa Partnership Station (APS) 2013. APS is an international security cooperation initiative, facilitated by...

DOUALA, Cameroon – Navy Commander Amy Wootten, left, assigned to Naval Hospital Portsmouth, Va., teaches a class on proper infant care to Battalion d'Intervention Rapide (B.I.R.) personnel during a health care workshop as part of Africa Partnership Station (APS) 2013. APS is an international...

DOUALA, Cameroon - Hospital Corpsman 2nd Class Ramon Gavan, assigned to Naval Health Clinic Cherry Point, North Carolina, teaches Cameroonian Battalion d'Intervention Rapide (B.I.R.) personnel CPR techniques as part of Africa Partnership Station (APS) 2013. APS is an international security...

DOUALA, Cameroon - Hospital Corpsman 1st Class Encarnacion Nunez, left, assigned to Federal Health Care Center in Great Lakes, Ill., and Captain Regina O'Nan, assigned to Naval Branch Health Clinic, Norfolk, Va., demonstrate proper eye examination techniques to Cameroonian Battalion...

A U.S. Marine Corps MV-22B Osprey tilts its blades, while a Canadian officer points out to his son, during a static display as part of a capabilities demonstration of the aircraft at Kelley Barracks in Stuttgart, Germany, March 28, 2013. The demonstration was organized to increase AFRICOM senior...

After about two hours of static display and capabilities demonstration, a U.S. Marine Corps MV-22B Osprey departs Kelley Barracks in Stuttgart, Germany, March 28, 2013. (AFRICOM Public Affairs photo by Staff Sergeant Olufemi A. Owolabi) ...

Ambassador Christopher Dell, U.S. Africa Command's deputy to the commander for civil-military activities, gets a tour of U.S. Marine Corps' MV-22B Osprey during a capabilities demonstration of the aircraft on Kelley Barracks March 28, 2013. A team from the Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 266,...

U.S. Marine Corps Captain Eric Deberry, a pilot with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 266, 26th Expeditionary Unit, shows a young family member the cockpit of a U.S. Marine Corps MV-22B Osprey during a static display of the assault support aircraft on Kelley Barracks in Stuttgart, Germany, March...

A U.S. Marine Corps MV-22B Osprey touches down during a capabilities demonstration at Kelley Barracks in Stuttgart, Germany, March 28, 2013, while base members take pictures. The demonstration was organized to increase AFRICOM senior leaders' awareness of the full spectrum of capabilities, which...

A U.S. Marine Corps MV-22B Osprey touches down during a capabilities demonstration at Kelley Barracks in Stuttgart, Germany, March 28, 2013, while base members take pictures. The demonstration was organized to increase AFRICOM senior leaders' awareness of the full spectrum of capabilities, which...

A U.S. Marine Corps MV-22B Osprey touches down for static display during a capabilities demonstration at Kelley Barracks in Stuttgart, Germany, March 28, 2013. The demonstration was organized to increase AFRICOM senior leaders' awareness of the full spectrum of capabilities, which the assault...

Capitaine de Vaisseau Jean Adegbite, representing the Chief of Defense Staff, presents the Beninese Armed Forces (BAF) Pandemic Contingency Plan during the official handover of the Beninese Armed Forces Pandemic Influenza Contingency Plan. Representatives from civil authorities and the Armed...

CNE Gilbert Edah, Chef Bureau Prévention, Groupement National des Sapeurs Pompiers (GNSP), describes his role during the facilitated planning discussion of the official handover of the Beninese Armed Forces Pandemic Influenza Contingency Plan. Representatives from civil authorities and the Armed...

General Carter Ham, Commander, U.S. Africa Command, discusses AFRICOM's strategy and mission with journalists from South Africa, March 21, 2013, during a press briefing at AFRICOM's headquarters in Stuttgart, Germany....

Petty Officer 1st Class Eric Ancheta, a Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Africa 13 corpsman, demonstrates intravenous access during the Tactical Combat Casualty Care course March 12, 2013. The TCCC course teaches basic first-responder skills and helps service members prioritize...

Sergeant Brian Hutchinson, Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Africa 13 motor transportation chief, provides security during the final exam of the Tactical Combat Casualty Care course here, March 14, 2013. The TCCC course teaches basic first-responder skills and helps service members...

Sergeant Balec Nelson, a Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Africa 13 radio operator from Kailua, Hawaii, and Lieutenant Commander Jonathan McComb, Naval Criminal Investigative Service, drag a simulated casualty to safety during the final exam of the Tactical Combat Casualty Care course...

Sergeant Balec Nelson, a Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Africa 13 radio operator from Kailua, Hawaii, and Lieutenant Commander Jonathan McComb, Naval Criminal Investigative Service, treat a simulated bullet wound during the final exam of the Tactical Combat Casualty Care course,...

Kenyan soldiers listen to Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Mobile Units 6 and 8, Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa, exchange best practices on how to properly store munitions at the Humanitarian Peace Support School in Nairobi, Kenya, Jan. 16, 2013. The Humanitarian Mine Action training...

Teams from Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Mobile Units 6 and 8, Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa, tour the Kenyan Army mine clearing training field at the Humanitarian Peace Support School in Nairobi, Kenya, Jan. 14, 2013. The EOD teams were part of a Humanitarian Mine Action...

French fighter aircraft flies next to a KC-135 Stratotanker March 17, 2013, over Africa. The 351st Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron, which flies the tankers, completed the 100th refueling mission of French fighter aircraft conducting operations over Mali. Airmen and aircraft from the 100th Air...

A French fighter aircraft rolls left away from a KC-135 Stratotanker March 17, 2013, over Africa. The 351st Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron, which flies the tankers, completed the 100th refueling mission of French fighter aircraft conducting operations over Mali. Airmen and aircraft from the...

A French fighter aircraft refuels from a KC-135 Stratotanker March 17, 2013, over Africa. The 351st Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron, which flies the tankers, completed the 100th refueling mission of French fighter aircraft conducting operations over Mali. Airmen and aircraft from the 100th...

U.S. Army Soldiers of 91st Civil Affairs visit the Mauritania Camel Corps to establish a plan for future visits from U.S. veterinarians and Mauritanian Military to ensure the health of the Camel Corps livestock during operation Flintlock 2013, Nema, Mauritania, Feb. 13, 2013. Flintlock is an...

A Mauritanian doctor examines patients during a scheduled Medical Seminar to provide aid to the village of Weizen, Mauritania, Feb 24, 2013. Flintlock exercises have been conducted across north and western Africa since 2005 to improve the security capacity of regional military forces. Security is...

Mauritanian Military medical professionals administer medical care to a patient during a scheduled Medical Seminar to provide aid to the village of Weizen, Mauritania, Feb 24, 2013 during Flintlock 2013. Flintlock exercises have been conducted across north and western Africa since 2005 to improve...

A Mauritanian soldier takes aim during basic rifle marksmanship training during Flintlock 2013. Flintlock is an annual military exercise conducted throughout the Sub-Saharan region of Africa, concentrating on ground, air operations, land navigation, human rights training and collaboration between...

Senegalese soldiers pull security during a live fire training event during exercise during Flintlock 2013, Nema, Mauritania, March 08, 2013. Flintlock has been an annual initiative since 2005 across the Sahel in conjunction with international partners to improve their capacity and capability to...

A Mauritanian soldier takes aim during basic rifle marksmanship training during Flintlock 2013. Flintlock is an annual military exercise conducted throughout the Sub-Saharan region of Africa, concentrating on ground, air operations, land navigation, human rights training and collaboration between...

PTE Sostine Assiimwe of the UPDF practices decontaminating instructor Barry Mounce of Louisiana State University at the Uganda Hazardous Materials (HAZMAT) Technician Training. The training is the result of activities conducted by USAFRICOM's Disaster Preparedness Program with the Government of...

General Carter F. Ham at the Senate Armed Services Committee....

Vice Adm. Frank C. Pandolfe, commander, U.S. 6th Fleet, speaks with Sailors on the flight deck of the guided-missile destroyer USS Barry (DDG 52) during an all-hands call. During his visit, Pandolfe toured the ship, held an all-hands call and met with leadership. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass...

Vice Adm. Frank C. Pandolfe, commander, U.S. 6th Fleet, speaks with Sailors on the flight deck of the guided-missile destroyer USS Barry (DDG 52) during an all-hands call. During his visit, Pandolfe toured the ship, held an all-hands call and met with leadership. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass...

Lieutenant General Jeffrey W. Talley, the 32nd Chief of U.S. Army Reserve, fields questions from an audience member during a town hall meeting (all-hands) for Reserve Soldiers assigned to U.S. Africa Command at the Kelley Theater March 5, 2013. General Talley also met and discussed with AFRICOM...

Lieutenant General Jeffrey W. Talley, the 32nd Chief of U.S. Army Reserve, fields questions from an audience member during a town hall meeting (all-hands) for Reserve Soldiers assigned to U.S. Africa Command at the Kelley Theater March 5, 2013. General Talley also met and discussed with AFRICOM...

Lieutenant General Jeffrey W. Talley, the 32nd Chief of U.S. Army Reserve, fields questions from a Soldier during a town hall meeting (all-hands) for Reserve Soldiers assigned to U.S. Africa Command at the Kelley Theater March 5, 2013. General Talley also met and discussed with AFRICOM key leaders...

Lieutenant General Jeffrey W. Talley, the 32nd Chief of U.S. Army Reserve, addresses Reserve Soldiers assigned to U.S. Africa Command during a town hall meeting (all-hands) at the Kelley Theater March 5, 2013. General Talley also met and discussed with AFRICOM key leaders during the two-day visit....

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), in partnership with the United States Embassy in Abidjan, the Washington-based Africa Center for Strategic Studies (ACSS), the U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM), and the Government of Cote d’Ivoire, today welcomed experts from government and...

Spcialist Alan Darger, a linguist from Sandy, Utah, with the 300th Military Intelligence Brigade, of the Utah Army National Guard, holds the Republic of Congo flag while Louika Parfait, a paratrooper from the Republic of Congo army ties the flag down for the opening ceremony of exercise Central...

Staff Sgt. Ray Novak (right), with the 356th Battlefield Surveillance Brigade, Georgia Army National Guard, leads a class on drop zone operations for Cameroon army paratroopers Feb. 21, at Regiment du Genie Headquarters outside the city of Douala. ...

Lieutenant General Jeffrey W. Talley, the 32nd Chief of U.S. Army Reserve, addresses Reservists assigned to U.S. Africa Command during an all-hands at the Kelley Theater March 5, 2013. General Talley also met and discussed with key leaders of AFRICOM during the visit. The entire story coming...

Liberian Coast Guard Petty Officer 3rd Class Fred Moore demonstrates active non-compliant techniques to trainees from the LCG, Sierra Leone and the Ivory Coast during an LCG-led joint boarding officer training course at the Liberian Coast Guard Base Feb. 20. U.S. Embassy-Monrovia brought in a U.S....

Ivory Coast Lt. j.g. Kati Frank Coulibaly practices active non-compliant techniques as U.S. Coast Guard Petty Officer 2nd Class Lewis Pyrtle (left) and Liberian Coast Guard trainers watch during an LCG-led joint boarding officer training course at the Liberian Coast Guard Base Feb. 20. Trainees...

A Cameroonian boarding team conducts training aboard the Nigerian navy ship NNS Thunder (F-90) during Exercise Obangame Express 2013 (OE-13). OE-13 is a multinational at-sea naval exercise designed to increase counter-piracy capabilities of partner nations and deter other maritime crime in the...

A Cameroonian boarding team conducts training aboard the Nigerian navy ship NNS Thunder (F-90) during Exercise Obangame Express 2013 (OE-13). OE-13 is a multinational at-sea naval exercise designed to increase counter-piracy capabilities of partner nations and deter other maritime crime in the...

A Cameroonian boarding team conducts training aboard the Nigerian navy ship NNS Thunder (F-90) during Exercise Obangame Express 2013 (OE-13). OE-13 is a multinational at-sea naval exercise designed to increase counter-piracy capabilities of partner nations and deter other maritime crime in the...

Major General O.G. Mannon, U.S. Africa Command's chief of staff, addresses attendees of the first AFRICOM Annual Awards Luncheon held at the Swabian Event Center, Patch Barracks, Feb. 27, 2013. The ceremony celebrated the outstanding service of all the nominees and their achievements over the...

Do you know when AFRICOM actually began operations? Do you know that U.S. Africa Command has four component commands, one sub-unified command, and one joint task force; what are they? You can get the answers by checking us out on Facebook ...

U.S. Africa Command conducts its first ever Enlisted Professional Development Seminar at the headquarters in Stuttgart, Germany, February, 25, 2013. Twenty-two enlisted personnel graduated from the class....

Maj. Gen. O.G. Mannon, Chief of Staff, U.S. Africa Command, addresses the First Quarter 2013 Enlisted Professional Development Seminar participants, while Chief Master Sergeant Jack Johnson, Jr., Command Senior Enlisted Leader, looks on, February, 25, 2013....

Col. Edward McKinzie, Chief, Commander’s Action Group, U.S. Africa Command, addresses Chief Master Sergeant Jack Johnson, Jr., Command Senior Enlisted Leader, and enlisted personnel at a professional development seminar, February, 25, 2013....

Maj. Gen. O.G. Mannon, Chief of Staff, U.S. Africa Command, addresses the First Quarter 2013 Enlisted Professional Development Seminar participants, February, 25, 2013....

“You are in charge of your destiny; don’t let it slip through your hands. A short term sacrifice is worth a long term gain,” said Chief Master Sergeant Jack Johnson, Jr., Command Senior Enlisted Leader, U.S. Africa Command, at a professional development seminar for the command’s enlisted...

A French Mirage fighter refuels from a U.S. Air Force KC-135 Stratotanker from the 100th Air Refueling Wing, RAF Mildenhall, England, over Africa Jan. 30, 2013. Tankers from RAF Mildenhall, operating from a forward-deployed location, began flying refueling missions in support of French operations...

The United States Air Force began transporting French soldiers and military equipment January 21, 2013, from Istres, France, to Bamako, Mali, in support of French military operations in Mali. C-17 Globemaster III aircraft, operating under the control of U.S. Africa Command, are moving a French...

The United States Air Force began transporting French soldiers and military equipment January 21, 2013, from Istres, France, to Bamako, Mali, in support of French military operations in Mali. C-17 Globemaster III aircraft, operating under the control of U.S. Africa Command, are moving a French...

A French Mirage fighter refuels from a U.S. Air Force KC-135 Stratotanker from the 100th Air Refueling Wing, RAF Mildenhall, England, over Africa Jan. 30, 2013. Tankers from RAF Mildenhall, operating from a forward-deployed location, began flying refueling missions in support of French operations...