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USARAF chaplains prepare for event, training with Ghana Armed Forces counterparts

2:54 PM5/30/2018

U.S. Army Africa chaplains joined forty Ghanaian chaplains, imams and religious specialists at a military-to-military chaplain engagement at the Ghana Naval Headquarters in Accra, Ghana, April 23-26, 2018. The purpose of the event, which culminated in a day of preparatory exercise interaction, was to plan and prepare for the United Accord training series, scheduled to take place in July. (Courtesy photo)

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AFRICOM holds annual Command Surgeon Synchronization Conference

1:13 PM5/24/2018

STUTTGART, Germany – Ambassador Alexander Laskaris, deputy to the commander for civil-military engagement, U.S. Africa Command addresses attendees of the annual AFRICOM Command Surgeon Synchronization Conference, May 22-24, 2018, at the Kelly Special Events Center. Led by the AFRICOM Command surgeon’s office, or J004, the purpose was to bring medical professionals from across the command, and interagency and foreign partners, to discuss challenges and concerns within the medical enterprise in Africa. (Photo by Army Staff Sgt. Grady Jones, U.S. Africa Command Public Affairs)

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Africa Logistics Symposium 2018 hosted in Addis Ababa

9:50 AM4/18/2018

Ambassador Alexander Laskaris, U.S. Africa Command deputy to the commander for civil-military engagement, addresses attendees of the Africa Logistics Symposium 2018, African Union Compound, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, April 11, 2018, during the opening ceremony. (Photos by Staff Sgt. Grady Jones, AFRICOM Public Affairs)

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AFRICOM senior enlisted advisor meets with U.S. Ambassador to Liberia.

4:43 PM4/17/2018

U.S. Africa Command senior enlisted advisor, Chief Master Sgt. Ramon “CZ” Colon-Lopez, speaks during a panel discussion with U.S. Ambassador to Liberia Christine Elder, and Lt. Col. Marc Saphir, U.S. Senior Defense Official/Defense Attaché , during a visit to the U.S. Embassy there, April 2, 2018. The engagement was a part of a site to Liberia to meet with Liberia’s military leadership in order to foster partnership between AFRICOM and the Armed Forces of Liberia, following the close of the United Nations Peacekeeping Mission in Liberia, after nearly 15 years in operation. (Photo by Army Staff Sgt. Grady Jones, AFRICOM Public Affairs)

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AFRICOM senior enlisted advisor meets with U.S. Ambassador to Liberia.

4:43 PM4/17/2018

U.S. Africa Command senior enlisted advisor, Chief Master Sgt. Ramon “CZ” Colon-Lopez, speaks during a panel discussion with U.S. Ambassador to Liberia Christine Elder, and Lt. Col. Marc Saphir, U.S. Senior Defense Official/Defense Attaché , during a visit to the U.S. Embassy there, April 2, 2018. The engagement was a part of a site to Liberia to meet with Liberia’s military leadership in order to foster partnership between AFRICOM and the Armed Forces of Liberia, following the close of the United Nations Peacekeeping Mission in Liberia, after nearly 15 years in operation. (Photo by Army Staff Sgt. Grady Jones, AFRICOM Public Affairs)

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AFRICOM senior enlisted advisor meets with U.S. Ambassador to Liberia.

3:33 PM4/17/2018

U.S. Africa Command senior enlisted advisor, Chief Master Sgt. Ramon “CZ” Colon-Lopez, met with U.S. Ambassador to Liberia, during a visit to the U.S. Embassy there, April 2, 2018. The engagement was a part of a site to Liberia to meet with Liberia’s military leadership in order to foster partnership between AFRICOM and the Armed Forces of Liberia, following the close of the United Nations Peacekeeping Mission in Liberia, after nearly 15 years in operation. (Photo by Army Staff Sgt. Grady Jones, AFRICOM Public Affairs)

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3:33 PM4/17/2018

Lt. Col. Marc Saphir, U.S. Senior Defense Official/Defense Attaché, U.S. Ambassador to Liberia Christine Elder, and U.S. Africa Command senior enlisted advisor, Chief Master Sgt. Ramon “CZ” Colon-Lopez, pose for a photo, during a visit to the U.S. Embassy there, April 2, 2018. The engagement was a part of a site to Liberia to meet with Liberia’s military leadership in order to foster partnership between AFRICOM and the Armed Forces of Liberia, following the close of the United Nations Peacekeeping Mission in Liberia, after nearly 15 years in operation. (Photo by Army Staff Sgt. Grady Jones, AFRICOM Public Affairs)

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AFRICOM Commander visits Libyan Prime Minister in Tripoli, Libya

11:21 PM5/23/2017

U.S. Marine Corps Gen. Thomas D. Waldhauser, Commander, U.S. Africa Command, spoke during a media engagement hosted by the Prime Minister of Libya's Unity Government Fayez al -Sarraj during a recent visit to Tripoli, Libya May 23, 2017. Waldhauser was joined by Amb. Peter Bodde, U.S. Ambassador to Libya . This marks the first time a a high ranking U.S. military official has been in Libya since 2014.

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AFRICOM Commander visits Libyan Prime Minister in Tripoli, Libya

11:21 PM5/23/2017

Amb, Peter Bodde, U.S. Ambassador to Libya spoke during a media engagement hosted by the Prime Minister of Libya's Unity Government Fayez al -Sarraj during a recent visit to Tripoli, Libya May 23, 2017. Bodde was joined by U.S. Marine Corps Gen. Thomas D. Walhauser, Commander, U.S. Africa Command. This marks the first time a a high ranking U.S. military official has been in Libya since 2014.

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AFRICOM Commander visits Libyan Prime Minister in Tripoli, Libya

11:20 PM5/23/2017

The Prime Minister of Libya's Unity Government Fayez al -Sarraj held a media engagement along with U.S. Marine Corps Gen. Thomas D. Waldhauser, Commander, U.S. Africa Command (USAFRICOM), and Amb. Peter Bodde, U.S. Ambassador to Libya, during their visit to Tripoli, Libya May 23, 2017. This marks the first time a a high ranking U.S. military official has been in Libya since 2014.

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Exercise Unified Focus 2017 kicks off in Cameroon

4:16 PM4/25/2017

U.S. Army Sgt. Maj. Harold Estabrooks, U.S. Army Africa Army Reserve Engagement Cell, directs the arrangement of the group photo following the opening ceremony for exercise Unified Focus 2017, held on the Douala Naval Base, April 24, 2017. UF 17 is a weeklong tabletop exercise that brings the military partners of the Lake Chad Basin area’s Multinational Joint Task Force (MNJTF) together to practice joint planning and coordination through a series of scripted vignettes. (Photo courtesy of U.S. Army Africa Public Affairs/Released)

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Exercise Unified Focus 2017 kicks off in Cameroon

3:48 PM4/25/2017

U.S. Army Sgt. Maj. Harold Estabrooks, U.S. Army Africa Army Reserve Engagement Cell, directs the arrangement of the group photo following the opening ceremony for exercise Unified Focus 2017, held on the Douala Naval Base, April 24, 2017. UF 17 is a weeklong tabletop exercise that brings the military partners of the Lake Chad Basin area’s Multinational Joint Task Force (MNJTF) together to practice joint planning and coordination through a series of scripted vignettes. (Photo courtesy of U.S. Army Africa Public Affairs/Released)

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AFRICOM hosts media delegation

5:36 PM12/6/2016

Saley Moustapha Hassane, director of Labari TV & Radio News (left) shakes hands with U.S. Navy Vice Adm. Michael Franken, deputy to the commander for military operations at U.S. Africa Command. A media delegation of journalists from Cameroon and Niger were hosted by AFRICOM Nov. 28 – Dec. 1, 2016, at the U.S. Army Garrison Stuttgart. The event provided an opportunity for journalists and reporters from the continent to learn about the command's mission, role and programs. The week concluded with the journalists having the opportunity to interview both Franken, and U.S. Amb. Alexander Laskaris, AFRICOM's deputy for civil-military engagement. (U.S. Africa Command photo by U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Grady Jones/Released)

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African Partnership Flight Ghana builds trust, relationships and interoperability

2:01 PM9/28/2016

APF draws 12 African partner nations for military to military engagement in Ghana.

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AFRICOM legal engagement brings attention to gender based violence

4:06 PM3/9/2016

Former African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) Commander, Maj. Gen. Fred Mugisha draws an African spear as an analogy to describe the challenge of executing peace operations where multiple systems of law are in use, and soldiers require the support of their command in confronting extraordinary logistical challenges." Mugisha delivered the keynote address at the U.S. AFRICOM’s Fourth Africa Accountability Colloquium (ACIV) on “Responding to Gender Based Violence During Peace Operations.” Nearly 40 military legal professional and commanders from 20 African countries have come together in an effort to lay the foundation for responding to sexual violence allegations that occur during peacekeeping operations. The annual event is once again being hosted by the International Institute of Humanitarian Law (IIHL) in Sanremo, Italy, Mar. 1-3, 2016. (U.S. Africa Command photo by Brenda Law/RELEASED)

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AFRICOM legal engagement brings attention to gender based violence

4:06 PM3/9/2016

Deputy Chief of Legal Services for the Uganda Peoples’ Defence Forces, Col. Godard Busingye, (left), and President of the International Institute of Humanitarian Law (IIHL), Prof. Fausto Pocar at the U.S. AFRICOM’s Fourth Africa Accountability Colloquium (ACIV) on “Responding to Gender Based Violence During Peace Operations.” Nearly 40 military legal professional and commanders from 20 African countries have come together in an effort to lay the foundation for responding to sexual violence allegations that occur during peacekeeping operations. The annual event is once again being hosted by the International Institute of Humanitarian Law (IIHL) in Sanremo, Italy, Mar. 1-3, 2016. (U.S. Africa Command photo by Brenda Law/RELEASED)

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AFRICOM legal engagement brings attention to gender based violence

4:06 PM3/9/2016

Group photo of participants of the U.S. AFRICOM’s Fourth Africa Accountability Colloquium (ACIV) on “Responding to Gender Based Violence During Peace Operations.” Nearly 40 military legal professional and commanders from 20 African countries have come together in an effort to lay the foundation for responding to sexual violence allegations that occur during peacekeeping operations. The annual event is once again being hosted by the International Institute of Humanitarian Law (IIHL) in Sanremo, Italy, Mar. 1-3, 2016. (U.S. Africa Command photo by Brenda Law/RELEASED)

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AFRICOM legal engagement brings attention to gender based violence

4:05 PM3/9/2016

Legal Counsel to the Commander, U.S. Africa Command, U.S. Marine Col. Donald Riley delivers comments at AFRICOM’s Fourth Africa Accountability Colloquium (ACIV) on “Responding to Gender Based Violence During Peace Operations.” Nearly 40 military legal professional and commanders from 20 African countries have come together in an effort to lay the foundation for responding to sexual violence allegations that occur during peacekeeping operations. The annual event is once again being hosted by the International Institute of Humanitarian Law (IIHL) in Sanremo, Italy, Mar. 1-3, 2016. (U.S. Africa Command photo by Brenda Law/RELEASED)

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U.S., Rwanda Build Civil-Military Capacity (3) of (6)

9:43 AM2/17/2016

U.S. Army Sgt. Nathaniel Mitcavish, Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa Civil Affairs specialist, discusses essential tasks for Civil-Military Cooperation (CIMIC) officers Feb. 3, 2016, at Rwanda Defense Force headquarters, Kigali, Rwanda. During the engagement, U.S. Army civil affairs and Rwanda Defense Force CIMIC personnel discussed similarities and differences between the organizations. The RDF plans to use the knowledge gained during the event to address training and organizational needs for their forces. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Peter Thompson)

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U.S., Rwanda Build Civil-Military Capacity (1) of (6)

9:43 AM2/17/2016

U.S. Army Capt. Morgan Shepard, Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa Public Information officer, discusses civil military operations and the roles of Public Affairs and Public Information Officers, Feb. 2, 2016, at RDF headquarters, Kigali, Rwanda. During the engagement, U.S. Army civil affairs and Rwanda Defense Force Civil Military Co-operation (CIMIC) discussed similarities and differences between the organizations. The RDF will use the knowledge gained during the event to address training and organizational needs for their forces. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Peter Thompson)

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