12:00 AM9/28/2011

A delegation of African senior communications officers participated in a 10-day partner nation familiarization event in the Washington, D.C. area, September 2011.

Throughout the week, the group visited the Defense Information Systems

12:00 AM9/28/2011

Thirty Community Animal Health Workers from Kaabong, Uganda, participated in a two-week veterinary civil action program to gain knowledge and skills in livestock treatment and sustainment. The program was a joint effort between the Uganda

12:00 AM9/27/2011

ZANZIBAR, Tanzania - The U.S. Navy Seabees assigned to CJTF-Horn of Africa were tasked with the mission to travel to Zanzibar, Tanzania, and work with the Tanzania People’s Defence Forces crew of combat engineers to construct two 10,000-liter

12:00 AM9/27/2011

SHEIK OSMAN COMPOUND, Djibouti (Sept. 22, 2011) – After one year as the Combined Joint Task Force – Horn of Africa Senior Enlisted Leader, U.S. Marine Corps Sergeant Major Scott Mykoo reflects on the relationships and progress made between

12:00 AM9/26/2011

After one year as the Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa Senior Enlisted Leader, U.S. Marine Corps Sergeant Major Scott Mykoo reflects on the relationships and progress made between coalition and regional military forces here.
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12:00 AM9/26/2011

Omar Ladieh Ismael, the Dikhil Regional Director of Education, gathered with approximately 20 local community members outside the Dikhil Regional School Resource Center August 25, 2011 to unload a delivery of school furniture.
"This will

12:00 AM9/23/2011

12:00 AM9/23/2011

U.S. Africa Command and U.S. Air Forces Africa staff visited Tunis, Tunisia, September 12-17, 2011, in support of U.S. Embassy humanitarian assistance projects and initiatives to promote rural development in central Tunisia.
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12:00 AM9/22/2011

USS Samuel B. Roberts (FFG 58) made a port visit to Tanzania September 19-21, 2011 to participate in the Africa Partnership Station (APS) East 2011 Hotwash closing conference, marking the completion of their mission supporting APS East.
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12:00 AM9/22/2011

U.S. President Barack Obama noted several examples of progress in Africa as he described 2011 as a "time of extraordinary transformation" and called for lasting peace around the world during an address to the United Nations General Assembly on

12:00 AM9/22/2011

Twenty-five members of the 5th Brigade of the 75th Division (5Bde/75DIV) from California recently participated in Natural Fire 11, a bilateral, multinational exercise held in Zanzibar, Tanzania. The 5th Brigade along with approximately 325 members

12:00 AM9/21/2011

Building bridges is not only work done by engineers. During the bilateral, multinational Natural Fire 11 exercise in Zanzibar, Tanzania, September 11-22, 2011, U.S. Ambassador to Tanzania Alfonso Lenhart expressed the importance of religious

12:00 AM9/20/2011

Military retirees would pay an annual fee for TRICARE-for-Life health insurance and TRICARE pharmacy co-payments would be restructured under the deficit reduction plan President Barack Obama released September 19, 2011.

"If we're

12:00 AM9/20/2011

How comfortable would one feel with taking concepts shared by foreign people with a language barrier and applying them to their profession?

The Tanzania People's Defense Force did just that. They put aside linguistic and cultural

12:00 AM9/20/2011

The repeal of the military's "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" law is slated to take effect September 19, 2011, a senior Defense Department official told reporters.
The repeal of the law will mean gay and lesbian service members may be open

12:00 AM9/20/2011

The Tanzania People's Defense Force (TPDF) put aside linguistic and cultural barriers to share military police best practices with U.S. service members and civilians, August 15 to September 2, 2011 in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
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12:00 AM9/20/2011

In an opportunity to engage with his U.S. military counterparts, a Kenyan Ministry of State for Defense chaplain spent three weeks exchanging best practices with Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa and Camp Lemonnier chaplains from multiple

12:00 AM9/19/2011

WHAT: Stuttgart Army Health Clinic's Influenza Vaccination Clinics at Kelley Barracks


WHO: HQ USAFRICOM-Stuttgart Uniformed and DoD Civilian Personnel
-- DoD and USG civilians engaged in foreign duty under

12:00 AM9/16/2011

Rising global temperatures are already affecting food supplies in many parts of the world.

A group of African government officials and experts on agriculture and climate change recently participated in a professional exchange program