United States Africa Command

Final installment of donated medical equipment reaches Namibia, Botswana

Final installment of donated medical equipment reaches Namibia, Botswana

Security Forces Assistance Brigade, Djiboutian Bataillon d'intervention rapide conduct joint training

U.S., Democratic Republic of the Congo relaunch military cooperation

USS Hershel “Woody” Williams Conducts Maneuvering Exercise, UAV Demonstration with Nigerian Navy

USS Hershel “Woody” Williams Conducts Tracking Exercise with Ghanaian, Italian Navies

USS Hershel “Woody” Williams Conducts Tracking Exercise with Ivoirian, Italian Navies

USS Roosevelt port visit in Algeria demonstrates global maritime partnership

USS Roosevelt port visit in Algeria demonstrates global maritime partnership

USS Roosevelt port visit in Algeria demonstrates global maritime partnership

Special Operations Command Afric

U.S. donates personal protective equipment to Zambian Ministry of Defense

U.S. donates personal protective equipment to Zambian Ministry of Defense

U.S. donates personal protective equipment to Zambian Ministry of Defense

United States delivers MD-530F helicopters to Kenya Defense Force

USS Hershel “Woody” Williams joins allies, partners for exercise Grand African NEMO

USS Hershel “Woody” Williams joins allies, partners for exercise Grand African NEMO

Nations of the African Outbreak Response Alliance conclude series of virtual symposiums on healthcare, COVID19 response

U.S., Senegalese naval leaders plan new Naval Infantry Symposium

U.S., Senegalese naval leaders plan new Naval Infantry Symposium

USS Hershel ‘Woody’ Williams operates with the Senegalese Navy

USS Hershel ‘Woody’ Williams operates with the Senegalese Navy

USS Hershel ‘Woody’ Williams operates with the Senegalese Navy

USS Hershel ‘Woody’ Williams operates with the Senegalese Navy

AFRICOM’s new director of operations visits Africa to engage with partners

AFRICOM’s new director of operations visits Africa to engage with partners

AFRICOM’s new director of operations visits Africa to engage with partners

U.S. Africa Command leaders meet with U.S. Coast Guard leadership

AFRICOM Commander visits Tunisia to discuss security

AFRICOM & SOCAF leaders visit East & West partner nations

AFRICOM & SOCAF leaders visit East & West partner nations

AFRICOM & SOCAF leaders visit East & West partner nations

U.S. Africa Command leaders meet with Algeria’s leadership

U.S. Army, Marine forces conduct response exercise in N. Africa

Soldiers from 173rd Airborne Brigade board a C-17 Globemaster III during Exercise Judicious Activation at Naval Air Station Sigonella, Italy, Nov. 9, 2020. The exercise tested the no-notice deployment capability of U.S. Africa Command’s North and West Africa Response Force, made up of elements of the 173rd Airborne Brigade and Southern European Task Force, from Vicenza, Italy, and Marine Corps and Air Force aviation elements from Spain and Germany respectively.

Photo by: Spc. Meleesa Gutierrez, Italy

Final installment of donated medical equipment reaches Namibia, Botswana

Army Lt. Col. Robert Hammack, the Office of Security Cooperation chief at the U.S. Embassy in Botswana, loads medical equipment being donated by the United States at the border crossing between Botswana and South Africa on Sept. 23, 2020.

Photo by: Lt. Col. Al Phillips, Botswana

Final installment of donated medical equipment reaches Namibia, Botswana

U.S. Ambassador to Botswana, Craig Cloud ( second from right) poses with Peggy Surame, Botswana’s Minister of Investment, Trade and Industry ( second from left) and Assistant Minister of Presidential Affairs Dumizweni Mthimkhula (center) during an official ceremony to mark the handover of medical equipment from the United States to Botswana in Gaborone, Botswana, on August 27, 2020. Also pictured are U.S. Army Lt. Col. Ravi Balaram and Lt. Col. Robert Hammack. The most recent transfer of medical equipment from the U.S. to Botswana took place on Sept. 23.

Photo by: Douglas Seremane, Gaborone, Botswana

Security Forces Assistance Brigade, Djiboutian Bataillon d'intervention rapide conduct joint training

The advanced infantry battalion's primary mission is to train and serve as a quick reaction force to accomplish specified tasks directed by its higher command in the Djiboutian army.

Photo by: U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Dana J. Cable, Djibouti

U.S., Democratic Republic of the Congo relaunch military cooperation

Ambassador Mike Hammer, U.S. ambassador to the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and DRC Minister of Defence Crispin Atama Tabe, sign a memorandum of understanding Oct. 28, 2020, to relaunch military cooperation between the two countries.

Photo by: U.S. Embassy for the Democratic Republic of the Congo

USS Hershel “Woody” Williams Conducts Maneuvering Exercise, UAV Demonstration with Nigerian Navy

Expeditionary Sea Base USS Hershel “Woody” Williams, right, conducts maneuvers during a maneuvering exercise with Nigerian Navy ships NNS Prosperity, center, and NNS Okpabana in the Gulf of Guinea, Sept. 30, 2020. Hershel “Woody” Williams is on its inaugural deployment in the U.S. Naval Forces Europe-Africa area of responsibility in support of maritime missions and special operations.

Photo by: Sgt Megan Roses, Gulf of Guinea

USS Hershel “Woody” Williams Conducts Tracking Exercise with Ghanaian, Italian Navies

An MH-60S Seahawk helicopter assigned to the "Ghost Riders" of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 28 takes off from the flight deck of the Expeditionary Sea Base USS Hershel "Woody" Williams during a tracking exercise between Hershel “Woody” Williams, the Italian Navy frigate ITS Federico Martinengo, and the Ghana Navy Snake-class patrol vessel Ehwor in the Gulf of Guinea, Sept. 28, 2020. Also pictured is an Italian NH 90 helicopter assigned to Federico Martinengo. Hershel "Woody" Williams is on its inaugural deployment in the U.S. Naval Forces Europe-Africa area of responsibility in support of maritime missions and special operations.

Photo by: MCSN Conner Foy, GULF OF GUINEA

USS Hershel “Woody” Williams Conducts Tracking Exercise with Ivoirian, Italian Navies

The Expeditionary Sea Base USS Hershel “Woody” Williams (ESB 4), right center, conducts a tracking exercise with Ivorian Navy ships OPV C.F. Sekongo and OPV L’Emergence and Italian Navy frigate ITS Federico Martinengo (F 596), right, in the Gulf of Guinea, Sept. 26, 2020. Hershel “Woody” Williams is on its inaugural deployment in the U.S. Naval Forces Europe-Africa area of responsibility in support of maritime missions and special operations.

Photo by: Sgt. Megan Roses, GULF OF GUINEA

USS Roosevelt port visit in Algeria demonstrates global maritime partnership

Rear Adm. Michael Baze, director of maritime headquarters, U.S. Naval Forces Africa, is greeted by Maj. Gen. Mohamed Larbi Haouli (far right), commander, Algerian Naval Forces, during military staff talks held in Algiers, Algeria, Oct. 18, 2020. The visit is the latest in a series of engagements with Algeria, including Oct. 1 by Secretary of Defense Mark Esper, and Sept. 23 by Gen. Stephen Townsend, commander, U.S. Africa Command.

Photo by: PO2 Class Debra Thomas, Algiers, Algeria

USS Roosevelt port visit in Algeria demonstrates global maritime partnership

Rear Adm. Michael Baze, director of maritime headquarters, U.S. Naval Forces Africa, meets with the Commander of Algerian Naval Forces and the Director of Naval Cooperation Oct. 18, 2020. The visit is the latest in a series of engagements with Algeria, including Oct. 1 by Secretary of Defense Mark Esper, and Sept. 23 by Gen. Stephen Townsend, commander, U.S. Africa Command.

Photo by: PO2 Debra Thomas, Algiers, Algeria

USS Roosevelt port visit in Algeria demonstrates global maritime partnership

The Oct. 18 visit by leaders with U.S. Naval Forces Africa and the Arleigh Burke guided-missile destroyer USS Roosevelt is the latest in a series of engagements with Algeria, including Oct. 1 by Secretary of Defense Mark Esper, and Sept. 23 by Gen. Stephen Townsend, commander, U.S. Africa Command.

Photo by: U.S. Embassy Algeria, Algiers, Algeria

Special Operations Command Afric

Chaplain Michael Smith meets with a Burkinabe counterpart during a meeting in Burkina Faso in January of 2020.

Photo by: U.S. Africa Command Public Affairs, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso

U.S. donates personal protective equipment to Zambian Ministry of Defense

At the behest of the Ministry of Defense, the U.S. government, through U.S. Africa Command, secured the PPE and other supplies in support of the Zambian government’s inter-ministerial measures to contain the spread of this unprecedented public health crisis. The Oct. 1 donation saw Defense Ministry Permanent Secretary Felix Phiri receive the PPE donation from Lt. Col. Erick Jordan, U.S. Embassy Defense Attaché.

Photo by: U.S. Embassy Zambia, Lusaka, Zambia

U.S. donates personal protective equipment to Zambian Ministry of Defense

At the behest of the Ministry of Defense, the U.S. government, through U.S. Africa Command, secured the PPE and other supplies in support of the Zambian government’s inter-ministerial measures to contain the spread of this unprecedented public health crisis. Before the Oct. 1 donation, U.S. Embassy Defense Attaché's Office inspects the donation with the Zambia Defense Force HIV Secretariat.

Photo by: U.S. Embassy Zambia, Lusaka, Zambia

U.S. donates personal protective equipment to Zambian Ministry of Defense

At the behest of the Ministry of Defense, the U.S. government, through U.S. Africa Command, secured the PPE and other supplies in support of the Zambian government’s inter-ministerial measures to contain the spread of this unprecedented public health crisis. The Oct. 1 donation included containers of chlorine as part of a PPE donation to the Defense Forces of Zambia in the fight against COVID-19.

Photo by: U.S. Embassy Zambia, Lusaka, Zambia

United States delivers MD-530F helicopters to Kenya Defense Force

The United States' delivery of six helicopters to the Kenya Defense Force demonstrates the importance of its partnership with Kenya and its commitment to providing relevant and timely training and equipment to bolster the KDF capabilities.

Photo by: U.S. Africa Command Public Affairs

USS Hershel “Woody” Williams joins allies, partners for exercise Grand African NEMO

An Italian NH 90 helicopter assigned to the Italian Navy frigate ITS Federico Martinengo, lands on the Martinengo during Grand African NEMO, in the Gulf of Guinea, Oct. 08. Hershel "Woody" Williams is on its inaugural deployment in the U.S. Naval Forces Europe-Africa area of responsibility in support of maritime missions and special operations.

Photo by: MCSN Conner Foy, Gulf of Guinea

USS Hershel “Woody” Williams joins allies, partners for exercise Grand African NEMO

The USS Hershel "Woody" Williams conducts exercises with Italian Navy frigate ITS Federico Martinengo, Nigerian Navy frigate NNS Thunder, patrol vessel NNS Ologbo, seaward defense boat NNS Andoni and the patrol vessel NNS Kyanwa, during Grand African NEMO, in the Gulf of Guinea, Oct. 08.

Photo by: MCSN Conner Foy, Gulf of Guinea

Nations of the African Outbreak Response Alliance conclude series of virtual symposiums on healthcare, COVID19 response

The 9th annual African Partnership Outbreak Response Alliance (APORA) conference, designed to support efforts to collectively respond to infectious disease outbreaks in Africa, concluded at the end of the third and final virtual seminar Oct. 7.

Photo by: U.S. Africa Command Public Affairs

U.S., Senegalese naval leaders plan new Naval Infantry Symposium

Maj. Gen. Stephen Neary, commander, U.S. Marine Corps Forces Europe and Africa, poses with Senegalese Naval Chief of Staff Rear Adm. Oumar Wade during a visit to Dakar, Senegal, Oct. 6, 2020. Neary traveled to Senegal to discuss future opportunities for collaboration with the head of Senegal’s Navy, visit to critical locations, and meet with U.S. Embassy officials.

Photo by: Staff Sgt. Brytani Musick, Dakar, Senegal

U.S., Senegalese naval leaders plan new Naval Infantry Symposium

Maj. Gen. Stephen Neary, commander, U.S. Marine Corps Forces Europe and Africa, takes a tour of the Cooperative Security Location in Dakar, Senegal, Oct. 6, 2020. Neary traveled to Senegal to discuss future opportunities for collaboration with the head of Senegal’s Navy, visit to critical locations, and meet with U.S. Embassy officials.

Photo by: Staff Sgt. Brytani Musick, Dakar, Senegal

USS Hershel ‘Woody’ Williams operates with the Senegalese Navy

The Expeditionary Sea Base USS Hershel “Woody” Williams conducts a passing exercise with Senegalese Navy patrol vessel Kedougou, in the Atlantic Ocean, Sept. 21. Hershel “Woody” Williams is on its inaugural deployment in the U.S. Naval Forces Europe-Africa area of responsibility in support of maritime missions and special operations.

Photo by: Sgt. Megan Roses, Atlantic Ocean

USS Hershel ‘Woody’ Williams operates with the Senegalese Navy

Photo by: Sgt. Megan Roses, Atlantic Ocean

USS Hershel ‘Woody’ Williams operates with the Senegalese Navy

Photo by: Sgt. Megan Roses, Atlantic Ocean

USS Hershel ‘Woody’ Williams operates with the Senegalese Navy

Photo by: Sgt. Megan Roses, Atlantic Ocean

AFRICOM’s new director of operations visits Africa to engage with partners

Djiboutian National Army’s Rapid Intervention Battalion (RIB) conducts a live-fire exercise in Djibouti, Africa, Sept. 28. The RIB’s mission is to serve as a reactionary force to accomplish specific tasks directed by their higher command in the Djiboutian army.

Photo by: Staff Sgt. Dana Cable, Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti

AFRICOM’s new director of operations visits Africa to engage with partners

U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Joel Tyler, director of operations, speaks with U.S. Army Capt. Michael Hoemke, Security Forces commander, at Chabelley Airfield, Sept. 28. Tyler visited East Africa to assess U.S. operations, force protection, and posture location support.

Photo by: Staff Sgt. Dana Cable, Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti

AFRICOM’s new director of operations visits Africa to engage with partners

U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Joel Tyler, director of operations, speaks with soldiers from the Djiboutian National Army’s Rapid Intervention Battalion (RIB) after watching a live-fire exercise Sept. 28. The RIB’s mission is to serve as a reactionary force to accomplish specific tasks directed by their higher command in the Djiboutian army.

Photo by: Staff Sgt. Dana Cable, Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti

U.S. increases engagements with African nations

Defense Secretary Dr. Mark Esper and Minister-Delegate for the Administration of National Defense Abdellatif Loudiyi sign a U.S.-Morocco defense cooperation road map in Rabat, Morocco, Oct. 2. Esper visited Tunisia, Algeria and Morocco from Sept. 30 to Oct. 4, highlighting America's long-term involvement in North Africa.

Photo by: Lisa Ferdinando, Morocco

U.S. increases engagements with African nations

Defense Secretary Dr. Mark Esper meets with Inspector General for the Kingdom of Morocco, Gen. Abdelfattah Louarak, at the Royal Moroccan Armed Forces Headquaters, Rabat, Morocco, Oct. 2. Esper visited Tunisia, Algeria and Morocco from Sept. 30 to Oct. 4, highlighting America's long-term involvement in North Africa.

Photo by: Lisa Ferdinando, Morocco

U.S. increases engagements with African nations

Defense Secretary Dr. Mark Esper lays a wreath at the Monument of the Martyr, Algiers, Algeria, Oct. 1. Esper visited Tunisia, Algeria and Morocco from Sept. 30 to Oct. 4, highlighting America's long-term involvement in North Africa.

Photo by: Lisa Ferdinando, Algiers, Algeria

U.S. increases engagements with African nations

Defense Secretary Dr. Mark Esper meets with Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune, at the presidential palace in Algiers, Algeria, Oct. 1. Esper visited Tunisia, Algeria and Morocco from Sept. 30 to Oct. 4, highlighting America's long-term involvement in North Africa.

Photo by: Lisa Ferdinando, Algiers, Algeria

U.S. increases engagements with African nations

Defense Secretary Dr. Mark Esper meets with Tunisian President Kais Saied, at Carthage Palace, Tunisia, Sept. 30. Esper visited Tunisia, Algeria and Morocco from Sept. 30 to Oct. 4, highlighting America's long-term involvement in North Africa.

Photo by: Lisa Ferdinando, Carthage Palace, Tunisia

U.S. increases engagements with African nations

Defense Secretary Dr. Mark Esper reviews the troops in a welcome ceremony with Tunisian Minister of Defense Ibraham Bartagi, Tunis, Tunisia, Sept. 30. Esper visited Tunisia, Algeria and Morocco from Sept. 30 to Oct. 4, highlighting America's long-term involvement in North Africa.

Photo by: Lisa Ferdinando, Tunis, Tunisia

U.S. Africa Command leaders meet with U.S. Coast Guard leadership

U.S. Africa Command leaders met with U.S. Coast Guard Commandant Admiral Karl Schultz Oct. 1 to discuss mutual efforts to enhance global safety, security, and stewardship of the maritime domain, including efforts to combat illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing.

Photo by: U.S. Africa Command Public Affairs, Stuttgart, Germany

AFRICOM Commander visits Tunisia to discuss security

Following his meetings with Tunisian government officials, Townsend participated in a donation ceremony of COVID-19 medical and personal protective equipment.

Photo by: U.S. Embassy Tunisia, Tunis, Tunisia

AFRICOM & SOCAF leaders visit East & West partner nations

During the trip, both Young and Anderson conducted key leader engagements with African and international partner civilian and military leaders. At trip stops, leaders focused on the regional VEO threats and collective solutions to degrade these terrorist networks.