U.S. Tri-maritime Services and Cabo Verde authorities interdict large trans-oceanic cocaine shipment

Boatswain's Mate Seaman Samuel Martyka, from Joliet, Illinois, signals for a crane hook to lower to a rigid-hull inflatable boat in preparation for small boat operations, aboard the Expeditionary Sea Base USS Hershel "Woody" Williams (ESB 4), April 6, 2022. Hershel "Woody" Williams is on a scheduled deployment in the U.S. Sixth Fleet area of operations in support of U.S. national interests and security in Europe and Africa.

By MC1 Fred Gray IV , U.S. Navy Atlantic Ocean Apr 06, 2022

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Cabo Verde

U.S. Naval Forces Europe and Africa

U.S. Forces Conclude Operation Targeting ISIS-Somalia

U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM), in coordination with the Federal Government of Somalia, concluded a two-week operation Aug. 23, 2025, that included multiple airstrikes targeting ISIS-Somalia in the Puntland region of Somalia.

U.S. Africa Command Quarterly Civilian Harm Assessment Report

U.S. Forces Conduct Series of Strikes Supporting Somali National Army, Targeting al Shabaab

(this is an update to the previous August 1, 2025 press release)

U.S. Forces Conclude Operation Targeting ISIS-Somalia

U.S. Africa Command Quarterly Civilian Harm Assessment Report

U.S. Forces Conduct Series of Strikes Supporting Somali National Army, Targeting al Shabaab

(this is an update to the previous August 1, 2025 press release)

U.S. Forces Conclude Operation Targeting ISIS-Somalia

U.S. Africa Command Quarterly Civilian Harm Assessment Report

U.S. Forces Conduct Series of Strikes Supporting Somali National Army, Targeting al Shabaab

(this is an update to the previous August 1, 2025 press release)

United States Africa Command

U.S. Tri-maritime Services and Cabo Verde authorities interdict large trans-oceanic cocaine shipment