United States Africa Command

Gen. Langley makes first visit to North Africa

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Ghanaian military train on base camp design

U.S. Africa Command Special Operations Forces host medical civic action program in Ghana

U.S. Africa Command Special Operations Forces host medical civic action program in Ghana

U.S. Africa Command Special Operations Forces host medical civic action program in Ghana

U.S. Africa Command Special Operations Forces host medical civic action program in Ghana

U.S. Africa Command Special Operations Forces host medical civic action program in Ghana

NAVAF, MARFORAF engineers kick off deployment to Ghana

U.S. Partnering with Benin to combat piracy in Gulf of Guinea

U.S. Partnering with Benin to combat piracy in Gulf of Guinea

Indiana Guard, Nigerien Medics Bond Over Lifesaving Skills

Indiana Guard, Nigerien Medics Bond Over Lifesaving Skills

Indiana Guard, Nigerien Medics Bond Over Lifesaving Skills

Indiana Guard, Nigerien Medics Bond Over Lifesaving Skills

Gen. Langley makes first visit to the Sahel as commander

Gen. Langley makes first visit to the Sahel as commander

Gen. Langley makes first visit to the Sahel as commander

Gen. Langley makes first visit to the Sahel as commander

Gen. Langley makes first visit to the Sahel as commander

2022 U.S.-Mauritania country coordination meeting

2022 U.S.-Mauritania country coordination meeting

2022 U.S.-Mauritania country coordination meeting

ROC Congolese government, military and community leaders join HWW port visit

U.S. Africa Command Special Operations Forces train alongside partners in Benin

AFRICOM delegation visits Namibia to develop security cooperation, partnership efforts

AFRICOM delegation visits Namibia to develop security cooperation, partnership efforts

Planning for crisis response: personnel recovery professionals collaborate, train for recovery operations

Planning for crisis response: personnel recovery professionals collaborate, train for recovery operations

U.S. Africa Command’s Personnel Recovery Branch strengthened partnerships and enhanced crisis response by hosting the first-ever Personnel Recovery Table Top Exercise Rodeo at the Edelweiss Resort and Conference Center in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany, from Oct. 16-20, 2022.

Photo by: Julia Langston, GARMISCH-PARTENKIRCHEN, Germany

Gen. Langley makes first visit to North Africa

Gen. Langley makes first visit to North Africa

U.S. Marine Corps Gen. Michael Langley, commander, U.S. Africa Command, greets General Belkhir El Farouk, inspector general of the Moroccan Armed Forces and commander of the Southern Zone, to discuss shared security interests and future areas of potential cooperation, in Rabat, Morocco, Oct. 17, 2022. The visit in Morocco, which was followed by a stop in Tunisia, was Langley's third to Africa since taking command.

Photo by: Courtesy photo, RABAT, Morocco

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Ghanaian military train on base camp design

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Ghanaian military train on base camp design

Engineers from the Ghanaian Army join with U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the U.S. Embassy in Accra, U.S. Security Forces Assistance Brigade and U.S. Army Southern European Task Force - Africa for a photo Oct. 14, 2022, at the schoolhouse where the engineers trained on base camp development. The training is part of the larger African Peacekeeping Rapid Response Partnership Program.

Photo by: courtesy photo, Accra, Ghana

U.S. Africa Command Special Operations Forces host medical civic action program in Ghana

U.S. Africa Command Special Operations Forces host medical civic action program in Ghana

Members of the U.S. Army, Ghanaian army, and Northern Regional Peace council speak to locals during a medical civic action program (MEDCAP) in Yendi, Ghana, August 31, 2022. MEDCAPs serve as temporary field clinics to provide limited medical treatment to the local population.

Photo by: Senior Airman Cydnie Williams, Yendi, Ghana

U.S. Africa Command Special Operations Forces host medical civic action program in Ghana

A Ghanaian nurse assigned to the 6th Infantry Battalion works with a translator to treat a patient during a medical civic action program (MEDCAP) in Yendi, Ghana, August 31, 2022. MEDCAPs serve as temporary field clinics to provide limited medical treatment to the local population.

Photo by: Senior Airman Cydnie Williams, Yendi, Ghana

U.S. Africa Command Special Operations Forces host medical civic action program in Ghana

Soldiers assigned to the 91st Civil Affairs Battalion speak to local children during a medical civic action program (MEDCAP) in Yendi, Ghana, August 31, 2022. MEDCAPs serve as temporary field clinics to provide limited medical treatment to the local population.

Photo by: Senior Airman Cydnie Williams, Yendi, Ghana

U.S. Africa Command Special Operations Forces host medical civic action program in Ghana

A Ghanaian nurse assigned to the 6th Infantry Battalion conducts a preliminary eye exam during a medical civic action program (MEDCAP) in Yendi, Ghana, August 31, 2022. MEDCAPs serve as temporary field clinics to provide limited medical treatment to the local population.

Photo by: Senior Airman Cydnie Williams, Yendi, Ghana

U.S. Africa Command Special Operations Forces host medical civic action program in Ghana

A Soldier assigned to the 91st Civil Affairs Battalion consults with a Ghanaian soldier from the 6th Infantry Battalion during a medical civic action program (MEDCAP) in Yendi, Ghana, September 01, 2022. MEDCAPs serve as temporary field clinics to provide limited medical treatment to the local population.

Photo by: Senior Airman Cydnie Williams, Yendi, Ghana

CJTF-HOA, partners build school library

Japanese Self-Defense Force Col. Takahiro Yoshida, Japanese installation commander, shakes hands with a member of the Djiboutian Ministry of Education at an opening ceremony for a Library at the Balbala 7 School in Balbala, Djibouti, Oct. 4, 2022. The Library was built and furnished through collaborative support from U.S. partners and allies.

Photo by: Staff Sgt. Thomas Johns, Balbala, Djibouti

CJTF-HOA, partners build school library

Books line the shelves in a new Library at the Balbala 7 School built and furnished by coalition partners from the U.S. Military, U.S. State Department, Japanese, Italian, and Spanish militaries at Balabala, Djibouti, Oct. 4 2022. Spanish military members provided books and reading materials, and the Japanese and Italian military members provided furniture for the interior.

Photo by: Staff Sgt. Thomas Johns, Balbala, Djibouti

CJTF-HOA, partners build school library

Brig. Gen. Steven Case, Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa deputy commanding general, speaks at an opening ceremony for a Library at the Balbala 7 School in Balbala, Djibouti, Oct. 4, 2022. The Library is the first of many construction projects Civil Affairs, CJTF-HOA Army Engineers and U.S. partners and allies will work on across Djibouti and East Africa.

Photo by: Staff Sgt. Thomas Johns, Balbala, Djibouti

CJTF-HOA, partners build school library

Japanese Takio Drummers bow after a performance during the opening ceremony of a Library at the Balbala 7 School in Balabala, Djibouti, Oct. 4, 2022. The opening ceremony consisted of many multinational speeches and events.

Photo by: Staff Sgt. Thomas Johns, Balbala, Djibouti

CJTF-HOA, partners build school library

Adbi Dirir, Djibouti Ministry of Education secretary general, speaks during an opening ceremony for a Library at the Balbala 7 School in Balbala, Djibouti, Oct. 4, 2022. The Balbala 7 Library is a combined project that provides education opportunities to local children and gives thanks to the local community.

Photo by: Staff Sgt. Thomas Johns, Balbala, Djibouti

CJTF-HOA, partners build school library

The international team that contributed to building and furnishing the Library at the Balbala 7 School poses together for a photo after an opening ceremony at Balbala, Djibouti, Oct 4, 2022. The Balbala 7 Library will allow Djiboutian students to learn and grow, and give them a place to excel in reading skills and other educational pursuits.

Photo by: Staff Sgt. Thomas Johns, Balbala, Djibouti

CJTF-HOA, partners build school library

Andrea Tomaszewicz, U.S. Embassy Djibouti Deputy Chief of Mission, speaks during an opening ceremony for a Library at the Balbala 7 School in Balbala, Djibouti, Oct. 4, 2022. The project took four weeks to complete, with the 319th Engineer Support Company, assigned to CJTF-HOA, building the structure, Spanish military members providing books and reading materials, and the Japanese and Italian military members providing furniture for the interior.

Photo by: Staff Sgt. Thomas Johns, Balbala, Djibouti

NAVAF, MARFORAF engineers kick off deployment to Ghana

NAVAF, MARFORAF engineers kick off deployment to Ghana

Seabees and Marine Engineers work together to perform tests on the soil for the DNK Mobile Training Campsite.

Photo by: U.S. Naval Forces Europe and Africa / U.S. Sixth Fleet Public Affairs, SOGAKOPE, Ghana

U.S. Partnering with Benin to combat piracy in Gulf of Guinea

U.S. Partnering with Benin to combat piracy in Gulf of Guinea

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Europe District Project Engineer Chris De Pooter measures the width of a newly constructed boat launch in Cotonou, Benin, on Sept. 29, 2022. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers delivered the project as part of a larger program led by the U.S. Africa Command and the U.S. Embassy in Benin in support of bolstering Beninese maritime policing capabilities as they play a key role in combatting regional piracy in the Gulf of Guinea.

Photo by: Capt. Ben Ketchum, Cotonou, Benin

U.S. Partnering with Benin to combat piracy in Gulf of Guinea

The local Beninese construction site lead and the contractor site supervisor pose with U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Europe District Project Engineer Chris De Pooter and Europe District Project Engineer Capt. Ben Ketchum after an inspection of the recently completed boat launch project in Cotonou, Benin, on Sept. 29, 2022. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers delivered the project as part of a larger program led by the U.S. Africa Command and the U.S. Embassy in Benin in support of bolstering Beninese maritime policing capabilities as they play a key role in combatting regional piracy in the Gulf of Guinea.

Photo by: courtesy photo, Cotonou, Benin

Tunisian delegation visits U.S. Africa Command

Tunisian delegation visits U.S. Africa Command

Lt. Gen. Kirk Smith, deputy commander, U.S. Africa Command addresses the Tunisian delegation as part of the 35th U.S.-Tunisia Joint Military Commission held Sept. 27-28, 2022, at U.S. Africa Command headquarters in Stuttgart, Germany. Participants from the Department of Defense, the Department of State, and the Tunisian Ministry of Defense discussed security cooperation, institutional capacity building, and Tunisia's role as a regional security leader.

Photo by: Chris Lenhart, Stuttgart, Germany

Tunisian delegation visits U.S. Africa Command

Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs Dr. Celeste Wallander, and Tunisian Minister of National Defense Imed Memmiche, sign a memorandum of understanding during the 35th U.S.-Tunisia Joint Military Commission held Sept. 27-28, 2022, at U.S. Africa Command headquarters in Stuttgart, Germany. The U.S. and Tunisia agreed to continue to work closely together to strengthen their bilateral strategic partnership and achieve mutual strategic interests in accordance with goals of the U.S-Tunisian Roadmap for Defense Cooperation.

Photo by: Chris Lenhart, Stuttgart, Germany

Tunisian delegation visits U.S. Africa Command

Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs Dr. Celeste Wallander with the Tunisian delegation as part of the 35th U.S.-Tunisia Joint Military Commission held Sept. 27-28, 2022, at U.S. Africa Command headquarters in Stuttgart, Germany. Participants from the Department of Defense, the Department of State, and the Tunisian Ministry of Defense discussed security cooperation, institutional capacity building, and Tunisia's role as a regional security leader.

Photo by: Chris Lenhart, Stuttgart, Germany

Tunisian delegation visits U.S. Africa Command

U.S. and Tunisian civilian and military leaders take part in the 35th U.S.-Tunisia Joint Military Commission held Sept. 27-28, 2022, at U.S. Africa Command headquarters in Stuttgart, Germany. Participants from the Department of Defense, the Department of State, and the Tunisian Ministry of Defense discussed security cooperation, institutional capacity building, and Tunisia's role as a regional security leader.

Photo by: Chris Lenhart, Stuttgart, Germany

Tunisian delegation visits U.S. Africa Command

Photo by: Patrick Loch, Stuttgart, Germany

Tunisian delegation visits U.S. Africa Command

Lt. Gen. Kirk Smith, deputy commander, U.S. Africa Command, and Tunisian Minister of National Defense Imed Memmiche, during the 35th U.S.-Tunisia Joint Military Commission held Sept. 27-28, 2022, at U.S. Africa Command headquarters in Stuttgart, Germany. Participants from the Department of Defense, the Department of State, and the Tunisian Ministry of Defense discussed security cooperation, institutional capacity building, and Tunisia's role as a regional security leader.

Photo by: Patrick Loch, Stuttgart, Germany

Indiana Guard, Nigerien Medics Bond Over Lifesaving Skills

Indiana Guard, Nigerien Medics Bond Over Lifesaving Skills

Indiana National Guard and Nigerien medical professionals discuss behavioral health treatment and techniques, Sept. 22, 2022 in Niamey, Niger. The Indiana National Guard state partnership medical team spent more than two weeks in Niamey, Niger during the month of September working alongside the Niger armed forces’ first combat medic team to provide instruction in tactical combat casualty care and behavioral health.

Photo by: Sgt. Hannah Clifton, Niamey, Niger

Indiana Guard, Nigerien Medics Bond Over Lifesaving Skills

The Indiana National Guard state partnership medical team spent more than two weeks in Niamey, Niger during the month of September working alongside the Niger armed forces’ first combat medic team to provide instruction in tactical combat casualty care and behavioral health.

Photo by: Sgt. Hannah Clifton, Niamey, Niger

Indiana Guard, Nigerien Medics Bond Over Lifesaving Skills

Photo by: Sgt. Hannah Clifton, Niamey, Niger

Indiana Guard, Nigerien Medics Bond Over Lifesaving Skills

Indiana National Guard medics assist Nigerien medics with IV training Sept. 26, 2022 in Niamey, Niger. The Indiana National Guard state partnership medical team spent more than two weeks in Niamey, Niger during the month of September working alongside the Niger armed forces’ first combat medic team to provide instruction in tactical combat casualty care and behavioral health.

Photo by: Sgt. Hannah Clifton, Niamey, Niger

Gen. Langley makes first visit to the Sahel as commander

Gen. Langley makes first visit to the Sahel as commander

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Maj. Richard Thresher, Command Senior Enlisted Leader, U.S. Africa Command, speaks to Airmen and Soldiers stationed at Nigerien Air Base 201, Niger, Sept. 18, 2022. The visit here was one stop on a three-day trip to Niger and Chad from Sept. 18-21.

Photo by: Staff Sgt. Alexandra Longfellow, Nigerien Air Base 201, Niger

Gen. Langley makes first visit to the Sahel as commander

U.S. Marine Corps Michael Langley, U.S. Africa Command commander, speaks to Airmen and Soldiers stationed at Nigerien Air Base 201, Niger, during his visit, Sept. 18, 2022. The visit here was one stop on a three-day trip to Niger and Chad from Sept. 18-21, Langley's second trip to Africa since taking command of U.S. Africa Command on Aug. 9.

Photo by: Staff Sgt. Alexandra Longfellow, Nigerien Air Base 201, Niger

Gen. Langley makes first visit to the Sahel as commander

U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Caleb Mack (right), 409th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron, Counter Small Unmanned Aerial System Operator, explains his mission at Nigerien Air Base 201, Niger to U.S. Marine Corps Michael Langley (left), U.S. Africa Command commander during his visit, Sept. 18, 2022. The visit here was one stop on a three-day trip to Niger and Chad from Sept. 18-21, Langley's second trip to Africa since taking command of U.S. Africa Command on Aug. 9.

Photo by: Staff Sgt. Alexandra Longfellow, Nigerien Air Base 201, Niger

Gen. Langley makes first visit to the Sahel as commander

U.S. Air Force Maj. Joseph M. Cortez, 409th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron commander, explains base defense postures to U.S. Marine Corps Michael Langley, U.S. Africa Command commander, during his visit at Nigerien Air Base 201, Niger, Sept. 18, 2022. The visit here was one stop on a three-day trip to Niger and Chad from Sept. 18-21, Langley's second trip to Africa since taking command of U.S. Africa Command on Aug. 9.

Photo by: Staff Sgt. Alexandra Longfellow, Nigerien Air Base 201, Niger

Gen. Langley makes first visit to the Sahel as commander

U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Codi Carter (left), 409th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron Air Advisor Program Manager, and U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Blake Burden (middle), 409th ESFS vehicle control officer, brief U.S. Marine Corps Michael Langley, U.S. Africa Command commander, during his visit at Nigerien Air Base 201, Niger, Sept. 18, 2022. The visit here was one stop on a three-day trip to Niger and Chad from Sept. 18-21, Langley's second trip to Africa since taking command of U.S. Africa Command on Aug. 9.

Photo by: Staff Sgt. Alexandra Longfellow, Nigerien Air Base 201, Niger

2022 U.S.-Mauritania country coordination meeting

2022 U.S.-Mauritania country coordination meeting

Personnel from U.S. Africa Command and the Mauritanian military held the 2022 U.S.-Mauritania Country Coordination Meeting at U.S. Africa Command headquarters near Stuttgart, Germany, from Sept. 13-15, 2022.

Photo by: Patrick Loch

2022 U.S.-Mauritania country coordination meeting

Photo by: Patrick Loch

2022 U.S.-Mauritania country coordination meeting

Photo by: Patrick Loch

ROC Congolese government, military and community leaders join HWW port visit

ROC Congolese government, military and community leaders join HWW port visit

Capt. Chad Graham, commanding officer of the USS Hershel "Woody" Williams, walks with Republic of Congo senior military leaders, embassy staff and dignitaries while visiting an Armed Forces of the Republic of Congo installation, Sep. 12, 2022.

Photo by: Staff Sgt. Dylan Murakami, POINTE NOIRE, Republic of the Congo

U.S. Africa Command Special Operations Forces train alongside partners in Benin

U.S. Africa Command Special Operations Forces train alongside partners in Benin

U.S. Army Green Berets assigned to 3rd Special Forces Group (Airborne) and Alpha platoon leader from the 1st Commando Parachute Battalion rally to discuss mission progress during a Joint Combined Exercise Training in Ouassa, Benin, on Sept. 7, 2022. Partnerships and alliances are the foundation of U.S. defense and diplomatic engagement.

Photo by: Staff Sgt. Jasmonet Holmes, OUASSA, Benin

AFRICOM delegation visits Namibia to develop security cooperation, partnership efforts

AFRICOM delegation visits Namibia to develop security cooperation, partnership efforts

Ms. Barbara Hughes, USAID senior development advisor to U.S. Africa Command, admires a young student’s seamstress design at the DREAMS Initiative during a U. S. Africa Command delegation visit to Windhoek, Namibia, on Aug. 30, 2022. The DREAMS (Determined, Resilient, Empowered, AIDS-free, Mentored, and Safe) Initiative seeks to reduce HIV infection among adolescence girls and young women, funded by the U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief program.

Photo by: DoD photo by Sgt. 1st Class Nicole Mejia

AFRICOM delegation visits Namibia to develop security cooperation, partnership efforts

U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. William Lange (right), senior defense official/defense attaché to Namibia, speaks with a doctor and superintendent during a visit to the Katutura State Hospital, in Windhoek Namibia, on Aug. 30, 2022. Lange was accompanied by Ambassador Andrew Young (middle), U.S. Africa Command deputy to the commander for civil-military engagement, and Ms. Barbara Hughes (not picutured), USAID senior development advisor to U.S. Africa Command, for the visit. to the U.S. President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief clinic that offers HIV testing and referral for treatment. These development efforts support defense to limit the HIV/AIDS impact on African militaries.