The West Africa Disaster Preparedness Initiative Way Forward conference opened with speakers from various West African, international, and U.S. agencies. (U.S. Africa Command photo by Nate Herring/RELEASED)
His Excellency Dr. Toga Gayewea McIntosh, Vice President of the Economic Community of West African Nations, delivers a keynote address during the opening ceremony of the West Africa Disaster Preparedness Initiative Way Forward Conference in Accra, Ghana. (U.S. Africa Command photo by Nate Herring/RELEASED)
African, European Special Operations Forces Plan Future Cooperation (4) of (5)
10:13 AM11/20/2015
Special Operations Command - Africa participants share ideas during the SOCAFRICA Commander’s Conference held in Garmisch, Germany from November 16 – 20. The Commander’s Conference built on the lessons of the previous week when SOCAFRICA Forward commanders led regional breakout sessions to study threat groups and understand the challenges facing African militaries.
(Special Operations Command Africa photo by Sgt. 1st Class Anthony L. Taylor/Released)
African, European Special Operations Forces Plan Future Cooperation (5) of (5)
10:13 AM11/20/2015
SOCAFRICA Commander’s Conference attendees participate in the North and West Africa Way-Forward Brief on November 17, at Garmisch, Germany. More than 230 Special Operations Forces and Interagency partners from across Africa and Europe met over two weeks to discuss the future of SOF cooperation in Africa.
(Special Operations Command Africa photo by Sgt. 1st Class Anthony L. Taylor/Released)
African, European Special Operations Forces Plan Future Cooperation (3) of (5)
10:12 AM11/20/2015
Special Operations Command - Africa participants share ideas during the SOCAFRICA Commander’s Conference held in Garmisch, Germany from November 16 – 20. The Commander’s Conference built on the lessons of the previous week when SOCAFRICA Forward commanders led regional breakout sessions to study threat groups and understand the challenges facing African militaries.
(Special Operations Command Africa photo by Sgt. 1st Class Anthony L. Taylor/Released)
African, European Special Operations Forces Plan Future Cooperation (2) of (5)
10:12 AM11/20/2015
Col. Michael Kabango, the Operation Lightning Thunder commander with the Ugandan People’s Defence Force, gives remarks during a Central Africa break out session at the Special Operations Command – Africa Commander’s Conference on Monday, November 16. Col. Kabango described challenges facing UPDF forces during the search for Joseph Kony and potential strategies for neighboring forces to work together in the coming months.
(Special Operations Command Africa photo by Sgt. 1st Class Anthony L. Taylor/Released)
Commanders and senior enlisted leaders from U.S. Africa Command and its component commands pose for a group photo at AFRICOM headquarters in Stuttgart, Germany Nov. 17, 2015. Nearly 100 senior leaders from across the command met for the annual AFRICOM Combatant Commanders Conference.
Commanders and senior enlisted leaders from AFRICOM's Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine and special operations component commands met in Stuttgart Nov. 17.
East African Partners Meet for Public Information Conference (1) of (3)
1:42 PM11/10/2015
Military and civilian officials from more than nine countries gathered at Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, to attend the East Africa Public Information Officer Conference, Nov. 3-6, 2015.
East African Partners Meet for Public Information Conference (2) of (3)
1:42 PM11/10/2015
Multinational members from partner nations practice conversing with simulated local media during the Public Information Officer Conference, hosted by Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa, at Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, Nov. 4, 2015.
East African Partners Meet for Public Information Conference (3) of (3)
1:42 PM11/10/2015
Military members from Tanzania, Uganda and Burundi prepare for simulated interaction with local media during the Public Information Officer Conference, hosted by Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa, at Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, Nov. 4, 2015.
U.S. Army Gen. David M. Rodriguez, U.S. Africa Command commander, gives opening comments at the annual Regional Synchronization Working Group conference Oct. 26, 2015, at Ramstein Air Base, Germany. More than 200 U.S. service members from AFRICOM and NATO partners attended the conference to align their focus and meet the intent of the theater campaign plan. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Nicole Sikorski/Released)
Op-Ed: Strategic Importance of the Maritime Security in the Gulf of Guinea
3:16 PM10/13/2015
U.S. Ambassador to Angola Helen La Lime talks maritime security during the International Conference on Maritime and Energy Security in the Gulf of Guinea, hosted in Angola, Oct. 7-9, 2015.