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UK High Command and Staff College Students Visit AFRICOM
4:01 PM3/13/2015
Students of the United Kingdom's High Command and Staff College visit the command's headquarters in Stuttgart, Germany, March 13, 2015. The students, consisting of 34 student military officers and their teaching and civilian support staff learned about AFRICOM’s roles and mission on the African continent, and they also had the opportunity to interact with senior staff from the command during their visit.
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USNS Spearhead Completes Angolan Phase of Africa Partnership Station 2015
2:34 PM3/10/2015
U.S., British and Spanish Marines embarked aboard Military Sealift Command joint, high-speed vessel USNS Spearhead conducted a full schedule of weapons and tactics training alongside Angolan military personnel as part of Africa Partnership Station 2015 in the port of Luanda, Angola, March 2-7.
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Flintlock ’15 wraps up in N’Djamena, Chad
3:52 PM3/9/2015
More than 1,000 troops from 20 countries participated in the annual exercise.
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Soldier earns direct commission, gives back to his new country
3:48 PM3/5/2015
The U.S. is known as “the land of opportunity.” American history has many stories of people who immigrated with little or nothing in search of a better life. For one man, the tales of the American dream inspired him to do just that.
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United Kingdom Defence Academy students learn role, mission of U.S. Africa Command
9:11 AM3/5/2015
“We just had an event we called the Africa Strategic Dialogue, where we created an opportunity to spend time with counterparts from the State Department to discuss respective priorities, and to find ways to work more efficiently and effectively in
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Flintlock: 400 patients treated by medical professionals from 23 countries
9:00 AM3/4/2015
Training enables medical treatment to continue after exercise.
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Military Naval leaders gather for week long maritime summit
4:22 PM3/3/2015
U.S. Naval course brings 33 naval leaders from Africa and Europe to discuss maritime issues of mutual concern in effort to improve war-fighting capability.
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Close Air Support Training in Djibouti
1:59 PM2/24/2015
French and U.S. coalition forces conducted live and simulated close air support exercise in Arta.
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African Land Forces Summit 15 ends with a beginning
1:25 PM2/19/2015
It was about advancing friendship, partnership and building trust. That is according to Maj. Gen. Darryl A. Williams, commander, U.S. Army Africa upon the close of the African Land Forces Summit in Dakar, Senegal.
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Soldier-Scientists begin closure of Ebola testing labs
1:11 PM2/19/2015
As the mission of Joint Forces Command – United Assistance comes to an end, there are a few more tasks that service members, deployed in support of Operation United Assistance, have to complete.
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African Partnership Flight builds Relations Interoperability
11:29 AM2/19/2015
Closing ceremonies commenced African Partnership Flight–Djibouti for more than 80 Airmen from six nations at Djibouti Air Base, Feb.11, 2015.
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Building Stability through Health - AFRICOM Partners Health Engagement Forum
10:43 AM2/18/2015
With the goal to build stability through health, more than 35 medical practitioners and health specialists are taking part in the AFRICOM Partners Health Engagement Forum, a three-day event conducted at the U.S. Army Garrison Stuttgart, Germany at Kelley Barracks, Feb. 18-20, 2015.
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CSAR: A Legacy Continues
8:42 AM2/18/2015
Time is of the essence when it comes to someone sustaining life-threatening injuries in a deployed location. With the capabilities provided by a combat search and rescue team, time is on their side knowing they are there when we need them the most.
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ALFS Commanders discuss Complexities of Africa
5:03 PM2/17/2015
U.S. Army Gen. David G. Perkins knows a thing or two about complex environments. He’s the commander of Training and Doctrine Command, the command developing the Army Operating Concept. The AOC, as it’s known, is about winning in a complex environment.
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African Partnership Flight builds Relations, Interoperability
10:14 AM2/17/2015
Closing ceremonies commenced African Partnership Flight–Djibouti for more than 80 Airmen from six nations at Djibouti Air Base, Feb.11, 2015.
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Cutlass Express ’15: US, Djibouti Building Partnerships
9:30 AM2/17/2015
Piracy, illegal fishing, and other maritime threats are rising around the world, presenting even more of a need for properly trained forces in Visit, Board, Search and Seizure procedures (VBSS) in the East African Nations.
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AU Media Delegation concludes
4:37 AM2/17/2015
AU Media Delegation visit concludes with interview of AFRICOM's Deputy to the Commander for Military Operations, U.S. Marine Corps Lt. Gen. Steven Hummer
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AFRICOM welcomes African Union journalists
7:19 PM2/10/2015
AFRICOM hosts AU media delegation visit, Feb. 9-12, 2015.
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Army Africa conducts MEDRETE 15-1 in Burundi
12:22 PM2/9/2015
Eleven U.S. Army Soldiers from the William Beaumont Army Medical Center Fort Bliss, Texas and three U.S. Army Reserve Soldiers from the 7th Civil Support Command’s 2500th Digital Liaison Detachment partnered with Burundi National Defense Force doctors and medical support staff at the Kamenge Military Hospital during a U.S. Army Africa/U.S. Embassy-Burundi joint Medical Readiness and Training Exercise Jan. 19-30.
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Six nations stand together during African Partnership Flight-Djibouti
8:51 AM2/9/2015
About 80 Airmen from Burundi, Djibouti, Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania and the United States stood together for African Partnership Flight opening ceremonies on Djibouti Air Base Feb. 7, 2015.
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