8:06 AM2/10/2020

U.S. Army Lt. Col. Eugene Johnson, veterinarian of the 411th Civil Affairs Battalion Functional Specialty Team, assigned to Combined Joint Task Force – Horn of Africa, demonstrates how to use different types of meat thermometers during a seminar with veterinarians and sanitary inspectors from the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries Djibouti, Veterinary Services Division, in Djibouti City, Djibouti, Jan. 30, 2020. The seminar was the first of a monthly series for this year, with plans to conduct field training as well. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Ashley Nicole Taylor)

8:06 AM2/10/2020

Service members of the 411th Civil Affairs Battalion Functional Specialty Team, assigned to Combined Joint Task Force – Horn of Africa, and members from the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries Djibouti Veterinary Services Division, gather for a photo following a two-day seminar, in Djibouti City, Djibouti, Jan. 30, 2020. The seminar provided an opportunity for the ongoing collaboration between CJTF-HOA and the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries Djibouti Veterinary Services Division as they work together to strengthen their partnership. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Ashley Nicole Taylor)

8:06 AM2/10/2020

Dr. Saad Okie, a veterinarian with the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries Djibouti, Veterinary Services Division, gives a presentation to members of the 411th Civil Affairs Battalion Functional Specialty Team, assigned to Combined Task Force – Horn of Africa, during a seminar in Djibouti City, Jan. 30, 2020. Subject matter experts exchanged their knowledge during the two-day seminar on topics ranging from food handling safety to bacteriology. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Ashley Nicole Taylor)

8:06 AM2/10/2020

A team of two veterinarians and a veterinarian technician hosted the first in a series of monthly seminars

7:59 AM2/10/2020

Senior USG delegation RADM Morley and Command Master Chief Burton meet with Senegal's Chief of Defense Staff, General Birame Diop for an office call.

7:58 AM2/10/2020

The U.S. Delegation represented at the 45th Navy's birthday celebration. RADM Frank "Spanky" Morley, Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy International Programs; Colonel Gwyn A. Carver, U.S. Army Senior Defense Official & Defense Attaché to Senegal, Cape Verde, The Gambia, and Guinea-Bissau; Ryan P. Burton, Command Master Chief, USN, U.S. AFRICOM, CSEL (Acting), heading up the delegations for the engagements.

7:47 AM2/10/2020

STUTTGART, Germany— Ryan McGovern, an instructor from the Center for Excellence, Disaster Management and Humanitarian Assistance, explains Department of Defense response fundamentals at the Humanitarian Assistance Response Training Course at Kelley Barracks on Jan. 22-23. The two-day course is designed to prepare AFRICOM's workforce to respond more effectively during civilian-led humanitarian assistance and foreign disaster response missions. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Flor Gonzalez/Released)

7:47 AM2/10/2020

STUTTGART, Germany— Ryan McGovern, an instructor from the Center for Excellence, Disaster Management and Humanitarian Assistance, explains coordination principles well as the guidelines for using foreign military assets at the Humanitarian Assistance Response Training Course, at Kelley Barracks on Jan. 22-23. The two-day course is designed to prepare AFRICOM's workforce to respond more effectively during civilian-led humanitarian assistance and foreign disaster response missions. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Flor Gonzalez/Released)

7:47 AM2/10/2020

STUTTGART, Germany – Humanitarian aid training course prepares nearly 15 U.S. Africa Command personnel to respond when disaster strikes

7:35 AM2/10/2020

U.S. Army Africa and Moroccan Armed Forces planners discuss coordination for African Lion 20 in Agadir, Morocco, Jan. 15, 2020

7:33 AM2/10/2020

7:31 AM2/10/2020

Force development training such as this provides an opportunity for the U.S. Air Force to enhance relations, share ideas and build partnership capability in the region

3:50 PM1/14/2020

U.S. Navy Rear Adm. Heidi Berg, U.S. Africa Command director of intelligence, with Nigerian Commodore Abdulmajid Majidadi Ibrahim, Commandant of the Nigerian Defense Intelligence College, near Abuja, Nigeria, Dec. 20. “I want to thank our Nigerian partners – with whom we share a long-standing and well-established relationship – for stepping-up and hosting this training event,” Berg said. “It is a true testament to Nigeria’s role as a strong leader in Africa, committed to provide security, adhere to the rule of law, provide good governance, and promote economic prosperity.”

3:50 PM1/14/2020

U.S. Ambassador to the Federal Republic of Nigeria Mary Beth Leonard (right) with U.S. Navy Rear Adm. Heidi Berg, U.S. Africa Command director of intelligence, at the U.S. Embassy in Abuja, Nigeria, Dec. 19, 2019. The meeting was the first of several for Berg during a multi-day trip to Nigeria that included visits with Nigerian Intelligence Agency officials to enhance U.S. and Nigerian intelligence sharing and regional intelligence capability.

3:50 PM1/14/2020

Brian Adiele, one-of-two U.S. Africa Command instructors for the Intermediate Intelligence Course, prepares his class of nearly 20 West African female intelligence officers, non-commissioned officers, and civilians for their graduation ceremony from the month-long course at the Nigerian Defense Intelligence College, near Abuja, Nigeria, Dec. 20. The ceremony recognized those service members from Cameroon, Chad, Niger, Nigeria, Mali, and Senegal having completed the course with the goal of creating a cadre of intelligence professionals using a common framework and terminology to enable multinational coordination in shared missions.

5:00 PM12/13/2019

Members of U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM) mark the 383rd birthday of the National Guard with a traditional cake-cutting ceremony at Kelley Barracks Dec. 13.

4:00 PM12/13/2019

National Guard Brig. Gen. Gregory J. Hadfield, AFRICOM deputy director for intelligence and Col. Patricia Fant, chief of the National Guard Integration, cut the cake to celebrate the National Guard's 383rd at Kelley Barracks Dec. 13. Within AFRICOM, the National Guard plays several roles in promoting a stable security environment in Africa. One way this is accomplished is through the State Partnership Program, with 15 African nations partnered with 13 state National Guards. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Flor Gonzalez/Released)

1:35 PM12/4/2019

U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM) hosted senior-members of the Ghana Armed Forces (GAF), Nov. 13-16, to discuss long-term defense and security planning in the West African country.

3:45 PM12/2/2019

U.S. service members in Somalia recently conducted a joint Tactical Casualty Combat Care information exchange and mass casualty exercise with neighboring Ugandan African Union Mission in Somalia soldiers.