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All-female military-intelligence training in Nigeria supports peace, security initiatives

3:50 PM1/14/2020
Students, instructors and dignitaries following completion of the Intermediate Intelligence Course, comprised of nearly 20 West African female intelligence officers, non-commissioned officers, and civilians 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.
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All-female military-intelligence training in Nigeria supports peace, security initiatives

3:50 PM1/14/2020
Students await their graduation ceremony following completion of the Intermediate Intelligence Course, comprised of nearly 20 West African female intelligence officers, non-commissioned officers, and civilians 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.
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All-female military-intelligence training in Nigeria supports peace, security initiatives

3:50 PM1/14/2020
Students await their graduation ceremony following completion of the Intermediate Intelligence Course, comprised of nearly 20 West African female intelligence officers, non-commissioned officers, and civilians 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.
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All-female military-intelligence training in Nigeria supports peace, security initiatives

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.
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Civil Affairs Team hosts first-ever dental hygiene course in Nigerien village

12:58 PM1/2/2020
Soldiers and Airmen – partnered with local health professionals and dignitaries – are working to teach good dental hygiene habits to youth in the Agadez region of Niger.
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Secretary of the Air Force visits service members at Nigerien Air Base 201

8:50 AM12/27/2019
“There is nothing that fills my heart with joy more than seeing the extraordinary work and the spirit of the people who are here making this an operation of which America can be proud,” said Barrett.
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ISR Ops Begin at Nigerien Air Base 201 in Agadez

2:06 PM11/8/2019
In support of our partner forces and international efforts to counter violent extremist organizations in the region, intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) operations have begun out of Nigerien Air Base 201, Agadez, Niger.
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ISR Ops Begin at Nigerien Air Base 201 in Agadez

5:04 PM11/1/2019
In support of our partner forces and international efforts to counter violent extremist organizations in the region, intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) operations have begun out of Nigerien Air Base 201, Agadez, Niger.
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3:05 PM11/1/2019
Volunteers pose with staff of the Sara-Niger Rehabilitation Center Movement for Women and Girls during renovation operations in Niamey, Niger. From Sept. 21 to Oct. 14, 2019, Airmen deployed to Nigerien Air Base 101 and U.S. Embassy personnel renovated the local women’s vocational school that teaches local women techniques for making clothing, providing them with a profession and a source of income. (Courtesy Photo)
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2:55 PM11/1/2019
A volunteer constructs a shelving unit at the Sara-Niger Rehabilitation Center Movement for Women and Girls in Niamey, Niger. From Sept. 21 to Oct. 14, 2019, Airmen deployed to Nigerien Air Base 101 and U.S. Embassy personnel renovated the local women’s vocational school that teaches local women techniques for making clothing, providing them with a profession and a source of income. (Courtesy Photo)
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Airmen help renovate women’s vocational school in Niger

2:38 PM11/1/2019
Airmen deployed to Nigerien Air Base 101 and U.S. Embassy personnel finished remodeling a local women’s vocational school in Niamey, Niger, Oct. 14, 2019.
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U.S. advisors train with Nigerien forces

1:39 PM10/18/2019
Airmen assigned to the 768th Expeditionary Air Base Squadron instructed Forces Armées Nigeriennes (Nigerien Armed Forces) personnel during a week-long Improvised Explosive Device Awareness Course, here, Oct. 7-11, 2019.
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AFRICOM hosts high level discussions on G5 Sahel region

10:09 AM10/17/2019
Whitney Baird, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for West Africa and Security Affairs in the Bureau of African Affairs, met with the U.S. Ambassadors to Burkina Faso, Mali, Mauritania, and Niger to discuss field perspectives and an overall approach for the Sahel region of Africa, in Stuttgart, Germany, Oct. 8, 2019.
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AFRICOM Commander Visits West Africa

1:24 PM9/20/2019
U.S. Army Gen. Stephen Townsend, commander, U.S. Africa Command visited Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger Sept. 16-19, 2019 marking his first trip to West Africa since taking command in July.
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Commander Visits Niger, Assesses Security Situation

12:00 AM9/19/2019
General Stephen Townsend, commander, U.S. Africa Command, culminated his multi-country West Africa regional visit in Niger, where he met with President Mahamadou Issoufou, senior Nigerien military officers, and deployed U.S. troops, Sept. 18-19.
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Senior African Military Intelligence Directors Discuss Lake Chad Region Threat Environment

1:44 PM8/14/2019
Senior military intelligence directors from the Lake Chad region countries gathered with U.S., United Kingdom and French counterparts to discuss regional threat trends and perspectives, Aug. 6-7.
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Air advisors train with Niger Armed Forces at AB201

9:41 AM7/24/2019
Air advisors assigned to the 409th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron conducted training with the Nigerien Armed Forces (French language: Forces Armées Nigeriennes) members on how to clear a building July 10.
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Operation Hydrocarbon Fuels the Lines of Cooperation

9:08 AM6/26/2019
Airmen and soldiers from the Indiana National Guard participated in Operation Hydrocarbon, a five-day course with the Nigerien Army and Air Force in Niamey, Niger June 10-14.
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US Delivers Tactical Equipment to Niger

2:00 PM6/10/2019
The Office of Security Cooperation Niger held a G5 Sahel Equipment Handover Ceremony at the Direction Centrale du Materiel in Niamey, Niger, June 6, 2019.
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U.S. Tactical Vehicle Damaged by Improvised Explosive Device in Niger

10:39 PM6/9/2019
A U.S. Mine Resistant Ambush Protected All-Terrain Vehicle (MAT-V) activated an improvised explosive device (IED) while entering a firing range in the vicinity of Ouallam, Niger on June 8, 2019.
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