USAFRICOM’s Ambassador Scott visits Tanzania to meet leaders, talk maritime security
1:47 PM1/30/2024
Ambassador Robert Scott, representing the U.S. Africa Command as the Deputy for Civil-Military Engagement, conducted a diplomatic visit to Dar es Salaam, Tanzania from January 21 to 25. His agenda included bilateral meetings with Tanzanian officials and participation in a maritime security seminar.
USAFRICOM’s Ambassador Scott visits Tanzania to meet leaders, talk maritime security
1:47 PM1/30/2024
Ambassador Robert Scott, representing the U.S. Africa Command as the Deputy for Civil-Military Engagement, conducted a diplomatic visit to Dar es Salaam, Tanzania from January 21 to 25. His agenda included bilateral meetings with Tanzanian officials and participation in a maritime security seminar.
USAFRICOM’s Ambassador Scott visits Tanzania to meet leaders, talk maritime security
1:39 PM1/30/2024
Ambassador Robert Scott, representing the U.S. Africa Command as the Deputy for Civil-Military Engagement, conducted a diplomatic visit to Dar es Salaam, Tanzania from January 21 to 25. His agenda included bilateral meetings with Tanzanian officials and participation in a maritime security seminar.
Military Leaders Convene in Naples for AFRICOM Strategic Alignment Conference
10:12 AM11/21/2023
U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM) Component Commanders and Senior Enlisted Leaders convened in Naples, Italy for a pivotal conference, hosted by U.S. Naval Forces Europe and Africa (NAVEUR-NAVAF), November 14-15, 2023.
U.S. and Djiboutian leadership pose for a group photo during the 2023 Partner Appreciation Day, at Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti Nov. 8, 2023. Camp Lemonnier is the only enduring U.S. military base on the continent of Africa serving as a logistics platform providing support services, port operations, and airfield management to over 28 tenant commands and operations, including Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa. (Department of Defense photo by U.S. Army Sgt. Jalen Miller)
Leaders and delegates from across West Africa and representatives from the United States Africa Command gather for a group photo, marking the successful completion of the pivotal 2023 West Africa Logistics Conference aimed at bolstering regional security and military cooperation.
2023 West Africa Logistics Conference: Gathering Senior Logisticians to Address Regional Security Challenges
12:34 PM11/6/2023
The 2023 West Africa Logistics Conference in Abidjan, hosted by U.S. Africa Command and Côte d’Ivoire, united regional leaders to tackle logistics hurdles in combating crises, including terrorism. Representatives from 12 nations and regional organizations discussed enhancing interoperability and military readiness. The conference recognized current challenges like equipment compatibility and addressed solutions like joint exercises and boosting local production. Commitments were made to strengthen ongoing collaboration for improved regional logistics and security.
Members of the 294th Engineer Support Company, the outgoing engineers, pose for a group photo after their transfer of authority ceremony at Camp Lemonnier, Oct. 18, 2023. Over the course of their deployment, the 294th provided force protection engineering, general construction, increased capacity for life support, and engineering support to other units within the Horn of Africa.
U.S. Army Capt. Trey Maevers, 294th Engineer Support Company commander, sheathes his unit’s guidon during their transfer of authority at Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, Oct. 18th, 2023. The ceremony is a military tradition that represents a formal transfer of authority and responsibility for a mission from one unit to another.
The Spearhead-class expeditionary fast transport vessel USNS Trenton (T-EPF-5), left, the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Rose (DDG 71), center, and the Moroccan navy Sigma class frigate Allal Ben Abdellah (615), sail in formation to kick off exercise African Lion 2021 with the Expeditionary Sea Base USS Hershel “Woody” Williams (ESB 4) in the Atlantic Ocean, June 13, 2021. African Lion 2021 is U.S. Africa Command’ largest, premier, joint, annual exercise hosted by Morocco, Tunisia and Senegal, 7-18 June. More than 7,000 participants from nine nations and NATO train together with a focus on enhancing readiness for U.S. and partner nation forces. AL21 is a multi-domain, multi-component, and multi-national exercise, which employs a full array of mission capabilities with the goal to strengthen interoperability among participants. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Eric Coffer)
U.S. Army and Royal Moroccan Armed Forces Demonstrate Strength of Air Domain Capabilities During African Lion 2023
8:53 AM10/11/2023
U.S. Army and Royal Moroccan Armed Forces demonstrate the strength of their air domain capabilities with a B-1 Bomber and F-16 Fighting Falcons fly over for distinguished visitors during African Lion 2023 in Tantan, Morocco, June 16, 2023. Eighteen nations and approximately 8,000 personnel will participate in African Lion 2023, U.S. Africa Command's largest annual combined, joint exercise that will take place in Ghana, Morocco, Senegal and Tunisia from May 13-June 18, 2023.(U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Natalie Pantalos)
15 NY Army, Air Guardsmen compete in South African event
12:00 AM10/6/2023
Fifteen New York National Guard Soldiers and Airmen, who traveled to South Africa in September for a military skills competition, took home a team second place and some individual awards at the end of the week-long event.
The South African National Defence Force Military Skills Competition, held at a at a South African Army base in Potchefstroom from Sept. 9 to 16, tested competitors’ skills in rifle and pistol marksmanship, land and water obstacle courses, grenade throwing, and a eight kilometer combat run through the rugged landscape.
The event was started by the South African military Reserve Forces Council in 2006 and is open to teams from other nations.
This year marks the twentieth anniversary of the African Lion exercise series. What started as a bilateral exercise between the U.S. Marines and the Moroccan Army has grown every year to include three additional African host nations, multiple African and European partners and allies, and the entire U.S. joint and total force.
SETAF-AF and North Dakota NG highlight National Guard SPPs in Africa
12:00 AM10/5/2023
Gen. Daniel Hokanson, Chief of the National Guard, will introduce the National Guard’s State Partnership Program. Maj. Gen. Todd Wasmund, SETAF-AF Commanding General, will discuss the Army’s support U. S. Africa Command's campaign in Africa and where it interfaces with SPPs in Africa, before turning over to Maj. Gen. Alan Dohrmann, The Adjutant General for the North Dakota National Guard, state partner to Ghana, Benin and Togo to discuss his state’s individual partnership.
VMM-364 (REIN) transfers mission to VMM-261 (REIN)
12:00 AM10/3/2023
Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 364 reinforced (VMM-364) handed off their mission as the Aviation Combat Element in the Horn of Africa to VMM-261 (REIN) following a transfer of authority ceremony at Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, Oct. 1.
U.S. Army Spc. Phantajia Smith, Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa radio maintenance specialist, configures a radio antenna during a communications exercise at Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, Sept. 27, 2023. Communications specialists are functional experts in the realms of fixing and providing the technology for anyone leaving the confines of Camp Lemonnier.
U.S. Africa Command, Côte d’Ivoire Armed Forces host the West Africa Logistics Conference in Abidjan
3:23 PM9/19/2023
The West Africa Logistics Conference offers an opportunity for logisticians from 12 West African nations, as well as the African Union and ECOWAS, to discuss shared challenges, collaborate, and work toward solutions together, and I look forward to continuing our partnerships.
United States Announces Donation of Helicopters to Zambia Air Force
11:11 AM9/14/2023
On September 11, the United States announced an $80 million (1.6 billion Kwacha) grant to Zambia that will supply four Bell 412EP helicopters to the Zambia Air Force with three years of service, parts, and training for the helicopters.
The U.S. Army Center for Military History’s The Staff Ride: Fundamentals, Experiences, and Techniques describes a Staff Ride as an educational tool whose, “purpose is achieved through the development of critical thinking, creative problem-solving and decision-making skills.”
A panel of key leaders in Africa’s counter-Malaria efforts answer questions from entomologists and medical professionals at the Africa Malaria Task Force (AMTF) conference, July 17, 2023.
3:04 PM8/11/2023
ACCRA, GHANA –– A panel of key leaders in Africa’s counter-Malaria efforts answer questions from entomologists and medical professionals at the Africa Malaria Task Force (AMTF) conference, July 17, 2023. The AMTF brought experts together from 25 partner nations to address best practices for detection and eradication of malaria throughout Africa, with a specific focus on the emerging threat from the invasive malaria-causing species, Anopheles stephensi.