10:53 AM1/16/2018

ATLANTIC OCEAN (Jan. 10, 2018) Sailors aboard the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Ross (DDG 71) clean the ship during a fresh-water wash down Jan. 10, 2018. Ross, forward-deployed to Rota, Spain, is on its sixth patrol in the U.S. 6th Fleet area of operations in support of regional allies and partners and U.S. national security interests in Europe and Africa. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Kyle Steckler/Released)

10:15 AM1/16/2018

The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Ross (DDG 71) arrived in Agadir, Morocco for a scheduled port visit

9:59 AM1/16/2018

Fourteen service members assisted the Task Force Darby Civil Affairs Team with delivering food, soccer nets and soccer balls to the Saare Jabbama youth rehabilitation center, Dec. 23, Garoua, Cameroon. TF Darby soldiers are serving in a support role for the Cameroon military’s fight against the violent extremist organization Boko Haram. (U.S. Army Africa Photo by Staff Sgt. Christina Turnipseed/Released)

9:58 AM1/16/2018

Spc. Ryan Worwood of Task Force Darby and 1st Battalion, 87th Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division, plays soccer with the boys of the Saare Jabbama youth rehabilitation center, Dec. 23, Garoua, Cameroon. Fourteen service members assisted the TF Darby Civil Affairs Team with delivering food, soccer nets and soccer balls. TF Darby soldiers are serving in a support role for the Cameroon military’s fight against the violent extremist organization Boko Haram. (U.S. Army Africa Photo by Staff Sgt. Christina Turnipseed/Released)

9:58 AM1/16/2018

Fourteen service members assisted the Task Force Darby Civil Affairs Team with delivering food, soccer nets and soccer balls to the Saare Jabbama youth rehabilitation center, Dec. 23, Garoua, Cameroon. TF Darby soldiers are serving in a support role for the Cameroon military’s fight against the violent extremist organization Boko Haram. (U.S. Army Africa Photo by Staff Sgt. Christina Turnipseed/Released)

9:58 AM1/16/2018

Sgt. Adrian Cordova, Task Force Darby mail clerk, and a young boy of the Saare Jabbama youth rehabilitation center for boys carry food donated by American soldiers and civilians, Dec. 23, Garoua, Cameroon. Fourteen service members assisted the TF Darby Civil Affairs Team with delivering food, soccer nets and soccer balls. TF Darby soldiers are serving in a support role for the Cameroon military’s fight against the violent extremist organization Boko Haram. (U.S. Army Africa Photo by Staff Sgt. Christina Turnipseed/Released)

9:58 AM1/16/2018

Spc. Ryan Worwood of Task Force Darby and 1st Battalion, 87th Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division, plays soccer with the boys of the Saare Jabbama youth rehabilitation center, Dec. 23, Garoua, Cameroon. Fourteen service members assisted the TF Darby Civil Affairs Team with delivering food, soccer nets and soccer balls. TF Darby soldiers are serving in a support role for the Cameroon military’s fight against the violent extremist organization Boko Haram. (U.S. Army Africa Photo by Staff Sgt. Christina Turnipseed/Released)

9:38 AM1/16/2018

Service Members provide food, soccer balls and moral support to the boys of Saare Jabbama

12:26 PM1/11/2018

WPS fundamental to security cooperation effort

12:46 PM1/9/2018

Capt. Milton Kwayon of the Armed Forces of Liberia presents the Basic American Language Curriculum to members of the Economic Community of West African States Advisory Team Jan. 8, 2018 during the dedication of the new Liberian Armed Forces English Language Center.

12:44 PM1/9/2018

Maj. Michael Miller, Office of Security Cooperation Chief, U.S. Embassy Monrovia, gives welcome remarks during the dedication ceremony of the Armed Forces of Liberia English Language Center Jan 8, 2018.

12:44 PM1/9/2018

Liberian Deputy Minister of National Defense for Operations, Honorable St. Jerome Larblee, and Liberian Col. Davison Forleh, Commander, 23rd Infantry Brigade, cut the ribbon Jan. 8, 2018 formally opening the Armed Forces of Liberia’s English Language Center.

12:32 PM1/9/2018

The Liberian Ministry of National Defense dedicated the first-ever Armed Forces of Liberia English Language Center in Monrovia, Liberia Jan. 8, 2018.

3:54 PM1/5/2018

PAMBALA 2017, which took place Dec. 4-15, 2017, in the Republic of Angola, was a two-phase combined medical engagement and marked the first time the U.S. was invited to participate in the exercise, through a trilateral agreement between the Angolan Armed Forces, Serbian Armed Forces and Ohio National Guard. The first-of-its-kind engagement provided mutually beneficial training and experience to Angola, Serbia and the ONG and helped to forge some lasting friendships. (Ohio National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Wendy Kuhn)

3:54 PM1/5/2018

PAMBALA 2017, which took place Dec. 4-15, 2017, in the Republic of Angola, was a two-phase combined medical engagement and marked the first time the U.S. was invited to participate in the exercise, through a trilateral agreement between the Angolan Armed Forces, Serbian Armed Forces and Ohio National Guard. The first-of-its-kind engagement provided mutually beneficial training and experience to Angola, Serbia and the ONG and helped to forge some lasting friendships. (Ohio National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Wendy Kuhn)

3:54 PM1/5/2018

PAMBALA 2017, which took place Dec. 4-15, 2017, in the Republic of Angola, was a two-phase combined medical engagement and marked the first time the U.S. was invited to participate in the exercise, through a trilateral agreement between the Angolan Armed Forces, Serbian Armed Forces and Ohio National Guard. The first-of-its-kind engagement provided mutually beneficial training and experience to Angola, Serbia and the ONG and helped to forge some lasting friendships. (Ohio National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Wendy Kuhn)

3:43 PM1/5/2018

PAMBALA 2017, a two-phase combined medical engagement, is an inaugural joint effort with Ohio National Guard, Serbia and Angola

11:30 AM1/3/2018

In coordination with the Federal Government of Somalia, U.S. forces conducted an airstrike against al-Shabaab militants on Jan. 2, 2018, approximately 50 kilometers west of the capital, killing two terrorists and destroying one vehicle-borne improvised explosive device, preventing it from being used against the people in Mogadishu.

5:50 PM1/2/2018

12:21 PM12/28/2017

In coordination with the Federal Government of Somalia, U.S. forces conducted an airstrike against al-Shabaab militants Dec. 27, 2017, approximately 25 kilometers west of the capital, killing four terrorists and destroying one vehicle-borne improvised explosive device, preventing it from being used against the people in Mogadishu.