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MEDRETE 18-1: Closing ceremony highlights strengthened US, Senegalese partnership
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Medical Readiness Training Exercise 2018-1
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MEDRETE 18-1: Closing ceremony highlights strengthened US, Senegalese partnership
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U.S. Army Africa begins first MEDRETE for 2018: American, Senegalese medical professionals treat patients, hone skills
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U.S. Army Africa begins first MEDRETE for 2018: American, Senegalese medical professionals treat patients, hone skills
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U.S. Army Africa begins first MEDRETE for 2018: American, Senegalese medical professionals treat patients, hone skills
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Zambia Defense Force, U.S. Army Africa chaplains discuss deployment cycle support, combat stresses
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Zambia Defense Force, U.S. Army Africa chaplains discuss deployment cycle support, combat stresses
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Zambia Defense Force, U.S. Army Africa chaplains discuss deployment cycle support, combat stresses
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Zambia Defense Force, U.S. Army Africa chaplains discuss deployment cycle support, combat stresses
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SECDEF visits AFRICOM Headquarters; holds town hall
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U.S. Senator Jack Reed Visits AFRICOM
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Somali maritime police hone skills in Djibouti during Cutlass Express 18
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AFRICOM Completes Regional All-Female Military Intelligence Professionals Course
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AFRICOM Completes Regional All-Female Military Intelligence Professionals Course
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AFRICOM Completes Regional All-Female Military Intelligence Professionals Course
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AFRICOM Completes Regional All-Female Military Intelligence Professionals Course
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635th MMS Assists Chadian Air Force to overcome windstorm damage to aircraft
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635th MMS Assists Chadian Air Force to overcome windstorm damage to aircraft
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635th MMS Assists Chadian Air Force to overcome windstorm damage to aircraft
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Exercise Cutlass Express 2018 Closes
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Exercise Cutlass Express 2018 Closes
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Exercise Cutlass Express 2018 Closes
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Exercise Cutlass Express 2018 Closes
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Task Force Darby Completes Road Construction
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Task Force Darby Completes Road Construction
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AFRICOM donates patrol boats to Senegal, Cabo Verde
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AFRICOM donates patrol boats to Senegal, Cabo Verde
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AFRICOM donates patrol boats to Senegal, Cabo Verde
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AFRICOM donates patrol boats to Senegal, Cabo Verde
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AFRICOM donates patrol boats to Senegal, Cabo Verde
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AFRICOM Donates Patrol Boats to Senegal, Cabo Verde
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635th MMS Assists Chadian Air Force to overcome windstorm damage to aircraft
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635th MMS Assists Chadian Air Force to overcome windstorm damage to aircraft
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635th MMS Assists Chadian Air Force to overcome windstorm damage to aircraft
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DoD, U.N. Hold Inaugural Training for Peacekeeping Investigators
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Exercise Cutlass Express 2018 Begins
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MEDRETE 18-1: Closing ceremony highlights strengthened US, Senegalese partnership
U.S. Army Sgt. Maj. Michael Davis and Maj. Richard Delaney recognize Senegalese Commandant Balla Diop, Feb. 22, 2018, for his assistance in coordinating MEDRETE 18-1, during a ceremony held at Hospital Militaire De Ouakam, Dakar, Senegal. MEDRETE is a combined effort between the Senegalese government, U.S. Army Africa, and the Vermont National Guard. MEDRETE 18-1 is the first in a series of medical readiness training exercises that U.S. Army Africa is scheduled to facilitate within various countries in Africa, and serves as an opportunity for the partnered militaries to hone and strengthen their general surgery and trauma skills while reinforcing the partnership between the countries. The mutually beneficial exercise brings together Senegalese military and U.S. Army medical professionals to foster cooperation while conducting medical specific tasks. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Micah Merrill)
Photo by: Sgt. Micah Merrill, Ft. Carson, Colorado, United States
Medical Readiness Training Exercise 2018-1
U.S. Army and Senegalese leaders pose for a photo following a brief recognition of their partnership during MEDRETE 18-1 on Feb. 22, 2018, in, Dakar, Senegal. MEDRETE is a combined effort between the Senegalese government, U.S. Army Africa, and the Vermont National Guard thatd serves as an opportunity for partnered militaries to hone and strengthen their general surgery and trauma skills.
Photo by: Sgt. Micah Merrill, Ft. Carson, Colorado
MEDRETE 18-1: Closing ceremony highlights strengthened US, Senegalese partnership
U.S. Army Col. Marvin Emerson, U.S. Army Africa deputy command surgeon, recognizes Senegalese Col. Abdou Rajack Ndiaye, Feb. 22, 2018, for his assistance and coordination during MEDRETE 18-1, at Hopital Principal De Dakar, Dakar, Senegal. MEDRETE is a combined effort between the Senegalese government, U.S. Army Africa, and the Vermont National Guard. MEDRETE 18-1 is the first in a series of medical readiness training exercises that U.S. Army Africa is scheduled to facilitate within various countries in Africa, and serves as an opportunity for the partnered militaries to hone and strengthen their general surgery and trauma skills while reinforcing the partnership between the countries. The mutually beneficial exercise brings together Senegalese military and U.S. Army medical professionals to foster cooperation while conducting medical specific tasks. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Micah Merrill)
Photo by: Sgt. Micah Merrill, Ft. Carson, Colorado, United States
U.S. Army Africa begins first MEDRETE for 2018: American, Senegalese medical professionals treat patients, hone skills
U.S. Army and Senegalese medical personnel provide lifesaving care, during MEDRETE 18-1, for a high-risk newborn at the Hospital De Militaire Ouakam, Dakar, Senegal, Feb. 8, 2018. MEDRETE is a combined effort between the Senegalese government, U.S. Army Africa., and the Vermont National Guard. MEDRETE 18-1 is the first in a series of medical readiness training exercises that U.S. Army Africa is scheduled to facilitate within various countries in Africa, and serves as an opportunity for the partnered militaries to hone and strengthen their general surgery and trauma skills while reinforcing the partnership between the countries. The mutually beneficial exercise brings together Senegalese military and U.S. Army medical professionals to foster cooperation while conducting medical specific tasks. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Micah Merrill)
Photo by: Sgt. Micah Merrill
U.S. Army Africa begins first MEDRETE for 2018: American, Senegalese medical professionals treat patients, hone skills
U.S. Army and Senegalese medical personnel deliver a high-risk newborn via cesearean section, during MEDRETE 18-1, at the Hospital De Militaire Ouakam, Dakar, Senegal, Feb. 8, 2018. MEDRETE is a combined effort between the Senegalese government, U.S. Army Africa, and the Vermont National Guard. MEDRETE 18-1 is the first in a series of medical readiness training exercises that U.S. Army Africa is scheduled to facilitate within various countries in Africa, and serves as an opportunity for the partnered militaries to hone and strengthen their general surgery and trauma skills while reinforcing the partnership between the countries. The mutually beneficial exercise brings together Senegalese military and U.S. Army medical professionals to foster cooperation while conducting medical specific tasks. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Micah Merrill)
Photo by: Sgt. Micah Merrill
U.S. Army Africa begins first MEDRETE for 2018: American, Senegalese medical professionals treat patients, hone skills
Veronique Sagna, holds her unborn child just prior to a cesearean section delivery due to a rare occurrence known as abdominal pregnancy, Feb. 8, 2018, at Hospital Militaire De Ouakam, Dakar, Senegal. Abdominal pregnancy is a rare form of ectopic pregnancy with very high chance of mortality for both the mother and the fetus. Sagna's delivery was performed by U.S. Army and Senegalese medical personnel during MEDRETE 18-1. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Micah Merrill)
Photo by: Sgt. Micah Merrill
Zambia Defense Force, U.S. Army Africa chaplains discuss deployment cycle support, combat stresses
Sgt. 1st Class George L. Butler, the U.S. Army Africa senior religious affairs noncommissioned officer in charge, speaks during a seminar attended by USARAF and Zambian Defense Force chaplains in Lusaka, Zambia, Jan. 23-25, 2018. During the seminar, the chaplains discussed peacekeeping operations deployment cycle support and the emotional and spiritual stresses of combat on the African continent. (U.S. Army photo/Chaplain (Col.) David Lile)
Photo by: U.S. Army Chaplain (Col.) David Lile, Lusaka, Zambia
Zambia Defense Force, U.S. Army Africa chaplains discuss deployment cycle support, combat stresses
U.S. Army Africa and Zambian Defense Force chaplains attended a seminar in Lusaka, Zambia, Jan. 23-25, 2018. The event, hosted by Zambian Defense Force Chief of Chaplains Brig. Gen. Vincent Mwenya, was part of the ZDF chaplain corps multi-year developmental plan and a continuation of USARAF and Zambian chaplain collaboration. During the seminar, the chaplains discussed peacekeeping operations deployment cycle support and the emotional and spiritual stresses of combat on the African continent. (Courtesy photo)
Photo by: Courtesy Photo, Lusaka, Zambia
Zambia Defense Force, U.S. Army Africa chaplains discuss deployment cycle support, combat stresses
Warrant Officer Class 1 Wirgan Mwape from the Zambian Defense Force, left, and Chaplain (Col.) David Lile, the U.S. Army Africa command chaplain, right, participate in a suicide prevention training exercise during a seminar attended by USARAF and Zambian Defense Force chaplains in Lusaka, Zambia, Jan. 23-25, 2018. During the seminar, the chaplains discussed peacekeeping operations deployment cycle support and the emotional and spiritual stresses of combat on the African continent. (Courtesy photo)
Photo by: Courtesy Photo, Lusaka, Zambia
Zambia Defense Force, U.S. Army Africa chaplains discuss deployment cycle support, combat stresses
Sgt. 1st Class George L. Butler, the U.S. Army Africa senior religious affairs non-commissioned officer in charge, speaks during a seminar attended by USARAF and Zambian Defense Force chaplains in Lusaka, Zambia, Jan. 23-25, 2018. During the seminar, the chaplains discussed peacekeeping operations deployment cycle support and the emotional and spiritual stresses of combat on the African continent. (U.S. Army photo/Chaplain (Col.) David Lile)
Photo by: U.S. Army Chaplain (Col.) David Lile, Lusaka, Zambia
SECDEF visits AFRICOM Headquarters; holds town hall
STUTTGART, Germany--Secretary of Defense James Mattis led a town hall meeting with military and civilian members of U.S. Africa Command, at Kelly Fitness Center during his visit to the command headquarters, Feb. 16, 2018. Secretary Mattis held a Q&A session following his address to attendees.
(U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Grady Jones, U.S. AFRICOM Public Affairs
Photo by: U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Grady Jones
U.S. Senator Jack Reed Visits AFRICOM
STUTTGART, Germany - U.S. Sen. Jack Reed (D-RI), ranking member, Senate Armed Forces Committee, visited the U.S. Africa Command headquarters in Stuttgart, Germany Feb. 23, 2018. During the visit, he met with senior command leadership and received updates and briefings about AFRICOM's missions and operations.
Photo by: U.S. Africa Command Public Affairs, Stuttgart, Germany
Somali maritime police hone skills in Djibouti during Cutlass Express 18
Mohamed Moalin Hassan, state minister for the ministry of internal security, Federal Government of Somalia, gives remarks during the opening ceremony for exercise Cutlass Express 2018 Jan. 31 in Djibouti, Djibouti. Cutlass Express is designed to improve regional cooperation, maritime domain awareness and information sharing practices to increase capabilities between the U.S., East African and Western Indian Ocean nations. (U.S. Air National Guard Photo by SSgt Allyson Manners / Released)
Photo by: U.S. Airforce Staff Sgt. Allyson Manners, , , Djibouti
AFRICOM Completes Regional All-Female Military Intelligence Professionals Course
Students from Mali attending the U.S. Africa Command’s Intelligence Directorate (J2) regional all-female Military Intelligence Professionals Course had the opportunity to meet Malian President Ibrahim Keita, who was in Dakar, Senegal for an unrelated event.
AFRICOM Completes Regional All-Female Military Intelligence Professionals Course
Students from Niger attending the U.S. Africa Command’s Intelligence Directorate (J2) regional all-female Military Intelligence Professionals Course had the opportunity to meet Nigerien President Mahamadou Issoufou, who was in Dakar, Senegal for an unrelated event.
AFRICOM Completes Regional All-Female Military Intelligence Professionals Course
Students and instructors from the U.S. Africa Command’s Intelligence Directorate (J2) regional all-female Military Intelligence Professionals Course pose for a group photo during the course graduation.
AFRICOM Completes Regional All-Female Military Intelligence Professionals Course
Students and instructors from the U.S. Africa Command’s Intelligence Directorate (J2) regional all-female Military Intelligence Professionals Course pose for a group photo during a visit to a local village where they learned how females have made a difference in their community.
635th MMS Assists Chadian Air Force to overcome windstorm damage to aircraft
N’DJAMENA, Chad -- Airmen from 635th Material Maintenance Squadron, Holloman Air Force Base deployed to N'Djamena on Jan. 7, 2018, to assist the Chadian Air Force to erect providing aircraft maintenance shelters and maintenance training for their critical aircraft. This effort was initiated due to a large-scale wind storm last summer that destroyed many aircraft and maintenance shelters located in the main airfield in N’Djamena. (U.S. Air Force photo)
635th MMS Assists Chadian Air Force to overcome windstorm damage to aircraft
N’DJAMENA, Chad -- Airmen from 635th Material Maintenance Squadron, Holloman Air Force Base deployed to N'Djamena on Jan. 7, 2018, to assist the Chadian Air Force to erect providing aircraft maintenance shelters and maintenance training for their critical aircraft. This effort was initiated due to a large-scale wind storm last summer that destroyed many aircraft and maintenance shelters located in the main airfield in N’Djamena. (U.S. Air Force photo)
635th MMS Assists Chadian Air Force to overcome windstorm damage to aircraft
N’DJAMENA, Chad -- Airmen from 635th Material Maintenance Squadron, Holloman Air Force Base deployed to N'Djamena on Jan. 7, 2018, to assist the Chadian Air Force to erect providing aircraft maintenance shelters and maintenance training for their critical aircraft. This effort was initiated due to a large-scale wind storm last summer that destroyed many aircraft and maintenance shelters located in the main airfield in N’Djamena. (U.S. Air Force photo)
Exercise Cutlass Express 2018 Closes
180131-N-JI086-114 VICTORIA, Seychelles (Jan. 31, 2018) Sailors from participating countries pose for a group photo after the opening ceremony of exercise Cutlass Express 2018 Jan. 31 in Victoria, Seychelles. Cutlass Express is designed to improve regional cooperation, maritime domain awareness and information sharing practices to increase capabilities of East African and Western Indian Ocean nations. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Ford Williams/Released)
Photo by: MC3 Ford Williams
Exercise Cutlass Express 2018 Closes
VICTORIA, Seychelles (Jan. 31, 2018) Sailors from participating countries pose for a group photo after the opening ceremony of exercise Cutlass Express 2018 Jan. 31 in Victoria, Seychelles. Cutlass Express is designed to improve regional cooperation, maritime domain awareness and information sharing practices to increase capabilities of East African and Western Indian Ocean nations. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Ford Williams/Released)
Photo by: MC3 Ford Williams, Victoria, Seychelles
Exercise Cutlass Express 2018 Closes
VICTORIA, Seychelles (Feb. 7, 2018) Senior leaders from Cutlass Express 2018 attend the closing ceremony of the exercise in Victoria, Seychelles, Feb. 7.
Cutlass Express is designed to improve regional cooperation, maritime domain awareness and information sharing practices to increase capabilities between the U.S., East African and Western Indian Ocean nations. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Ford Williams/Released)
Photo by: MC3 Ford Williams, VICTORIA, Seychelles
Exercise Cutlass Express 2018 Closes
David Reimer, U.S. Ambassador to Seychelles and Mauritius, gives remarks during the closing ceremony of Cutlass Express 2018 in Victoria, Seychelles, Feb. 7, 2018. Cutlass Express is designed to improve regional cooperation, maritime domain awareness and information sharing practices to increase capabilities between the U.S., East African and Western Indian Ocean nations. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Ford Williams/Released)
Photo by: MC3 Ford Williams, Victoria, Seychelles
Task Force Darby Completes Road Construction
Task Force Darby soldiers of1st Battalion, 87th Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division, TF Darby Airmen and Cameroonian Air Base 301 Airmen participate in the Do-Nou Road Project January 25, near Contingency Location Garoua, Cameroon. The project uses sandbags to repair roads that tend to wash out during the rainy season. Local leaders also witness the project to see if the Do-Nou method can be useful to their own road repair projects. TF Darby soldiers are serving in a support role for the Cameroon military’s fight against the violent extremist organization Boko Haram.
Photo by: Staff Sgt. Christina Turnipseed, Garoua, Cameroon
Task Force Darby Completes Road Construction
Task Force Darby soldiers of 1st Battalion, 87th Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division, TF Darby Airmen and Cameroonian Air Base 301 Airmen participate in the Do-Nou Road Project January 25, near Contingency Location Garoua, Cameroon. The project uses sandbags to repair roads that tend to wash out during the rainy season. Local leaders also witness the project to see if the Do-Nou method can be useful to their own road repair projects. TF Darby soldiers are serving in a support role for the Cameroon military’s fight against the violent extremist organization Boko Haram.
Photo by: Staff Sgt. Christina Turnipseed, Garoua, Cameroon
AFRICOM donates patrol boats to Senegal, Cabo Verde
Cabo Verde Maritime Police personnel conduct a patrol boat demonstration in December 2017. U.S. Africa Command Counternarcotic and Transnational Threats Programs Division donated five 21 foot Relentless class patrol craft to the Cabo Verde Maritime Police and has plans to donate 10 more by 2019.
AFRICOM donates patrol boats to Senegal, Cabo Verde
Cabo Verde Maritime Police personnel conduct a patrol boat demonstration in December 2017. U.S. Africa Command Counternarcotic and Transnational Threats Programs Division donated five 21 foot Relentless class patrol craft to the Cabo Verde Maritime Police and has plans to donate 10 more by 2019.
AFRICOM donates patrol boats to Senegal, Cabo Verde
Senegalese Navy personnel participate in a handover ceremony of two 38 foot Defiant class patrol boat donated to the Senegalese by the U.S. Africa Command Counternarcotic and Transnational Threats Programs Division Feb. 8, 2018 in Dakar, Senegal.
Photo by: Marie Blanchard
AFRICOM donates patrol boats to Senegal, Cabo Verde
Senegalese Navy personnel participate in a handover ceremony of two 38 foot Defiant class patrol boat donated to the Senegalese by the U.S. Africa Command Counternarcotic and Transnational Threats Programs Division Feb. 8, 2018 in Dakar, Senegal.
Photo by: Marie Blanchard
AFRICOM donates patrol boats to Senegal, Cabo Verde
Senegalese Navy personnel conduct a demonstration of a 38 foot Defiant class patrol boat during a handover ceremony Feb. 8, 2018 in Dakar, Senegal. The boats were donated and funded by the U.S. Africa Command Counternarcotic and Transnational Threats Programs Division.
Photo by: Marie Blanchard
AFRICOM Donates Patrol Boats to Senegal, Cabo Verde
Senegalese Navy personnel board a 38 foot Defiant class patrol boat donated to the Senegalese by the U.S. Africa Command Counternarcotic and Transnational Threats Programs Division during a handover ceremony Feb. 8, 2018 in Dakar, Senegal.
Photo by: Marie Blanchard
635th MMS Assists Chadian Air Force to overcome windstorm damage to aircraft
N’DJAMENA, Chad -- Airmen from 635th Material Maintenance Squadron, Holloman Air Force Base deployed to N'Djamena on Jan. 7, 2018, to assist the Chadian Air Force to erect providing aircraft maintenance shelters and maintenance training for their critical aircraft. This effort was initiated due to a large-scale wind storm last summer that destroyed many aircraft and maintenance shelters located in the main airfield in N’Djamena. (U.S. Air Force photo)
Photo by: U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Grady Jones
635th MMS Assists Chadian Air Force to overcome windstorm damage to aircraft
N’DJAMENA, Chad -- Airmen from 635th Material Maintenance Squadron, Holloman Air Force Base deployed to N'Djamena on Jan. 7, 2018, to assist the Chadian Air Force to erect providing aircraft maintenance shelters and maintenance training for their critical aircraft. This effort was initiated due to a large-scale wind storm last summer that destroyed many aircraft and maintenance shelters located in the main airfield in N’Djamena. (U.S. Air Force photo)
Photo by: U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Grady Jones
635th MMS Assists Chadian Air Force to overcome windstorm damage to aircraft
N’DJAMENA, Chad -- Airmen from 635th Material Maintenance Squadron, Holloman Air Force Base deployed to N'Djamena on Jan. 7, 2018, to assist the Chadian Air Force to erect providing aircraft maintenance shelters and maintenance training for their critical aircraft. This effort was initiated due to a large-scale wind storm last summer that destroyed many aircraft and maintenance shelters located in the main airfield in N’Djamena. (U.S. Air Force photo)
Photo by: U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Grady Jones
DoD, U.N. Hold Inaugural Training for Peacekeeping Investigators
The director of the Defense Institute of International Legal Studies, Air Force Col. Kirk Davies, provides instruction at the inaugural training course for national investigative officers for U.N. peacekeeping operations, aimed at holding peacekeepers accountable for abuses such as sexual misconduct and preventing further crimes, Entebbe, Uganda, Jan. 16, 2018. More than two dozen participants from 11 African nations were in the course, which was held in Entebbe from Jan. 15-24. DoD photo
Photo by: Lisa Ferdinando, Fort Meade, Maryland
Exercise Cutlass Express 2018 Begins
180131-N-JI086-114 VICTORIA, Seychelles (Jan. 31, 2018) Sailors from participating countries pose for a group photo after the opening ceremony of exercise Cutlass Express 2018 Jan. 31 in Victoria, Seychelles. Cutlass Express is designed to improve regional cooperation, maritime domain awareness and information sharing practices to increase capabilities of East African and Western Indian Ocean nations. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Ford Williams/Released)
Photo by: Petty Officer 3rd Class Ford Williams and Petty Officer 2nd Class Alyssa Weeks
Exercise Cutlass Express 2018 Begins
180131-N-KP948-180 DJIBOUTI (Jan. 31, 2018) Rear Adm. Shawn E. Duane, vice commander, U.S. 6th Fleet, gives remarks during the opening ceremony for exercise Cutlass Express 2018 Jan. 31 in Djibouti, Djibouti. Cutlass Express is designed to improve regional cooperation, maritime domain awareness and information sharing practices to increase capabilities between the U.S., East African and Western Indian Ocean nations. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Alyssa Weeks / Released)
Photo by: Petty Officer 3rd Class Ford Williams and Petty Officer 2nd Class Alyssa Weeks
