12:00 AM5/4/2011

The crackling sound that accompanied a thick layer of smoke was refreshingly not part of a training day for the marines of second platoon, Ground Combat Element (GCE), Security Cooperation Task Force Africa Partnership Station 2011, as the juices

12:00 AM5/4/2011

Team members from the Intelligence and Knowledge Development Directorate (IKD-M) at Royal Air Force Molesworth raised almost 700 pounds (1200 dollars) during a two day fundraiser on April 19 and 20, 2011 to assist with relief efforts after the

12:00 AM5/4/2011

Legal experts from Africa, the United States, and Europe shared ideas and national strategies to countering piracy during the second day of U.S. Africa Command's Military Legal Conference, May 3, 2011.

Piracy, a growing concern to

12:00 AM5/4/2011

USS Robert G. Bradley (FFG 49) completed exercise Saharan Express with the Cape Verdean Navy April 27, 2011.

Saharan Express is a multinational exercise which focuses on counter narcotics and proliferation training and is a part of

12:00 AM5/4/2011

Bridging the gap between the military and civilians in order to democratize Africa was the topic of discussion by Dr. Mathurin C. Houngnikpo, who spoke to U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM) headquarters staff April 27, 2011, on Kelley Barracks.  Read more

12:00 AM5/3/2011

The Maritime Civil Affairs Team (MCAT) 208 from Manda Bay, Kenya, spent a week visiting health dispensaries in the Tana Delta region to conduct assessments, and speak with nurses, community health workers and locals in preparation for a future

12:00 AM5/3/2011

U.S. Navy Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) technicians, from Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa, teamed with the Namibian Defense Force and Namibian Explosive Control Unit police officers in Arandis, Namibia, recently for Explosive

12:00 AM5/3/2011

Before the day's festivities can begin, the marines of second platoon, Ground Combat Element, Security Cooperation Task Force, Africa Partnership Station 2011 are all business. Standing at attention alongside Nigerian Navy Special Boat Service

12:00 AM5/3/2011

Regional and international cooperation is critical in the development and enforcement of legal measures to combat maritime crimes off the coast of Africa, according to legal experts at a three-day conference in Balaclava, Mauritius, May 1-5,

12:00 AM5/3/2011

The Maritime Civil Affairs Team (MCAT) 208 from Manda Bay, Kenya, spent a week visiting health dispensaries in the Tana Delta region to conduct assessments, and speak with nurses, community health workers and locals in preparation for a future

12:00 AM5/2/2011

Building partnership capacity and leveraging existing programs throughout U.S. governmental agencies along with western partners was a consistent theme at this year''s Trans Sahara Counterterrorism Partnership (TSCTP) conference hosted by

12:00 AM5/2/2011

For a change of pace at the MEDLITE 11 medical exercise training, members of the Democratic Republic of the Congo's military medical group took the podium April 28, 2011, and trained U.S. service members about the dangers of tropical diseases

12:00 AM5/2/2011

During his visit to various units around East Africa, Chaplain (U.S. Air Force Lieutenant Colonel) David Terrinoni celebrated Christian Holy Week with Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA) personnel beginning with a Palm Sunday

12:00 AM5/2/2011

A team of U.S. Army soldiers from Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa recently concluded a month-long operation in concert with the Kenyan Army to develop a counter-Improvised Explosive Device (counter-IED) training program for East African

12:00 AM5/2/2011

12:00 AM4/30/2011

A group of about 20 servicemembers stationed at Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, partnered with a local church to set up a makeshift clinic and treat minor wounds in nearby Djibouti city April 30.

The clinic staff was comprised of volunteer

12:00 AM4/29/2011

A team of soldiers from the U.S. Army's 402nd Civil Affairs Battalion teamed up with townspeople in Dikhil, Djibouti, this month to renovate the region's only high school.

The goal of the two-month project, which began April

12:00 AM4/29/2011

A special review ceremony in FORT MYER, Va. April 27, 2011, honored Army General William E. "Kip" Ward for a career that has spanned four decades and saw him rise through the ranks to be the first commander of U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM).  Read more

12:00 AM4/29/2011

Sailors at Commander, U.S. 6th Fleet (C6F) headquarters are hard at work creating the qualifications for the Enlisted Information Dominance Warfare Specialist (EIDWS) program.

A core group of 20 Information Dominance Corps (IDC) rated

12:00 AM4/29/2011

(Photo Only) Tennessee Army National Guard Operational Support Airlift Detachment 25, currently assigned to Combined Joint Task Force – Horn of Africa, poses for a group photo in front of their C-12 fixed-wing aircraft after recently receiving the