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AFRICOM Imam leads first Iftar with U.S., SNA leaders

11:32 AM6/13/2017
Religious celebration observed with US military and African partners
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U.S. strike against al-Shabaab logistics node

6:17 PM6/11/2017
On June 11, 2017, U.S. forces conducted a precision airstrike in southern Somalia.
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African partners hold fourth APORA conference in Gabon.

3:52 PM6/8/2017
LIBREVILLE, Gabon – Lt. Col. Laurette Magouka, internal medicine specialist, Gabonese Army, addresses participants of the 4th conference of the African Partner Outbreak Response Alliance, May 31, 2017, at the School of Applied Military Health Service compound, Libreville, Gabon. (Photo by Staff Sgt. Grady Jones, Public Affairs, U.S. AFRICOM)
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African partners hold fourth APORA conference in Gabon.

3:51 PM6/8/2017
LIBREVILLE, Gabon – Dr. Charles Beadling, associate professor of military and emergency medicine, Uniformed Services University Of The Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland, addresses participants of the 4th conference of the African Partner Outbreak Response Alliance at the School of Applied Military Health Service compound, Libreville, Gabon. (Photo by Staff Sgt. Grady Jones, Public Affairs, U.S. AFRICOM)
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African partners hold fourth APORA conference in Gabon.

3:50 PM6/8/2017
LIBREVILLE, Gabon – Cynthia Akuetteh, U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of Gabon, and Sao Tome and Principe, addresses participants of the fourth African Partner Outbreak Response Alliance conference, May 31, 2017, at the School of Applied Military Health Service compound, Libreville, Gabon. (Photo by Staff Sgt. Grady Jones, Public Affairs, U.S. AFRICOM)
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African partners hold fourth APORA conference in Gabon.

3:43 PM6/8/2017
LIBREVILLE, Gabon – Gen. Jean Raymond Nzenze, surgeon general, Gabonese Army, addresses participants of the 4th conference of the African Partner Outbreak Response Alliance, May 31, 2017, at the School of Applied Military Health Service compound, Libreville, Gabon. (Photo by Staff Sgt. Grady Jones, Public Affairs, U.S. AFRICOM)
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African partners hold fourth APORA conference in Gabon.

3:40 PM6/8/2017
LIBREVILLE, Gabon – Col. Malick Diene, assistant director of military health, Senegal Armed Forces and Lt. Col. Gado Mahamadou, physician, Nigerien Armed Forces, together during a capstone exercise, June 2, 2017, at the School of Applied Military Health Service compound, as a part of the fourth African Partner Outbreak Response Alliance conference, May 31-June 2, 2017, Libreville, Gabon. (Photo by Staff Sgt. Grady Jones, AFRICOM Public Affairs)
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African partners hold fourth APORA conference in Gabon.

1:51 PM6/8/2017
African Partner Outbreak Response Alliance conference held in Libreville, Gabon, May 31-June 2, 2017.
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Fleet Anti-Terrorism Security Team completes first exercise in Africa

2:31 PM6/6/2017
170524-N-UJ417-011 RABAT, Morocco (May 24, 2017) Marines from Alpha Company 1st Platoon Fleet Anti-terrorism Security Team, Company Europe (FASTEUR), take a break from an embassy engagement exercise with Moroccan Police to take some pictures in Rabat, Morocco. FASTEUR was in Rabat conducting an embassy training exercise to strengthen interoperability with host nation response forces and prepare a coordinated response for any unforeseen emergency. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Russell R. Rhodes Jr./Released)
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Fleet Anti-Terrorism Security Team completes first exercise in Africa

2:31 PM6/6/2017
170525-N-UJ417-060 RABAT, Morocco (May 25, 2017) Marine Lance Corporal Samuel Shearer, second team leader, first squad in Alpha Company 1st Platoon Fleet Anti-terrorism Security Team, Company Europe (FASTEUR), forms up a column of Marines during a Non-Lethal Combatant techniques demonstration for Moroccan police in Rabat, Morocco. FASTEUR was in Rabat training with Moroccan Police during the first embassy training exercise within AFRICOM to strengthen interoperability with host nation response forces and prepare a coordinated response plan for any unforeseen emergency. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Russell R. Rhodes Jr./Released)
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Fleet Anti-Terrorism Security Team completes first exercise in Africa

2:31 PM6/6/2017
170525-N-UJ417-150RABAT, Morocco (May 25, 2017) Marines from Alpha Company 1st Platoon Fleet Anti-terrorism Security Team, Company Europe (FASTEUR), learn a traditional Moroccan dance from Moroccan police during a training exercise in Rabat, Morocco. FASTEUR was in Rabat conducting an embassy engagement exercise to strengthen interoperability with host nation response forces and prepare a coordinated response plan for any unforeseen emergency. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Russell R. Rhodes Jr./Released)
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Fleet Anti-Terrorism Security Team completes first exercise in Africa

2:30 PM6/6/2017
170524-N-UJ417-005 RABAT, Morocco (May 24,2017) Marine Sergeant Anthony King, first squad leader with Alpha Company 1st Platoon Fleet Anti-terrorism Security Team, Company Europe (FASTEUR), oversees Moroccan Police as they execute various Close Quarters Battle techniques in Rabat, Morocco. FASTEUR was in Rabat to train with Moroccan Police and U.S. Embassy Security during the first embassy training exercise within AFRICOM to strengthen interoperability and prepare a coordinated response plan for any unforeseen emergency. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Russell R. Rhodes Jr./Released)
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Fleet Anti-Terrorism Security Team completes first exercise in Africa

1:56 PM6/6/2017
FASTEUR embassy engagement conducted in Morocco
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U.S. Coast Guard Academy cadets’ research seeks ways to improve anti-trafficking efforts in Gulf of Guinea

11:39 AM6/2/2017
1st Class Cadet Samuel Wood, 1st Class Cadet Erin Reynolds, and 1st Class Cadet John Roddy pose for a photo during a maritime workshop in Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire Feb. 15, 2017.
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U.S. Coast Guard Academy cadets’ research seeks ways to improve anti-trafficking efforts in Gulf of Guinea

11:39 AM6/2/2017
Brian Lisko, U.S. Africa Command Maritime Programs, Capt. Brigid Pavilonis, Chair of the U.S. Coast Guard Academy Department of Humanities, 1st Class Cadet John Roddy, 1st Class Cadet Samuel Wood, 1st Class Cadet Erin Reynolds, Lt. Cmdr. Todd Behney, U.S. Africa Command Maritime Programs, and Dr. Ginger Denton, research team advisor, post for a photo during the U.S. Coast Guard Academy Research Symposium March 27, 2017 at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy
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U.S. Coast Guard Academy cadets’ research seeks ways to improve anti-trafficking efforts in Gulf of Guinea

11:29 AM6/2/2017
Three cadets from the U.S. Coast Guard Academy completed a research project examining ways to improve anti-trafficking efforts in the Gulf of Guinea
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United Accord 2017 concludes

4:43 PM6/1/2017
U.S. Soldiers assigned to the 1st Battalion, 506th Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division give their unit patches to Ghana Armed Forces soldiers during United Accord 2017 at Bundase Training Camp, Bundase, Ghana, May 29, 2017. United Accord (formerly Western Accord) 2017 is an annual, combined, joint military exercise that promotes regional relationships, increases capacity, trains U.S. and Western African forces, and encourages cross training and interoperability. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Victor Perez Vargas/Released)
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Year in Review - a look back at AFRICOM's top stories in 2017

4:42 PM6/1/2017
U.S. Soldiers assigned to the 1st Battalion, 506th Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division and Ghana Armed Forces soldiers participate in a farewell event during United Accord 2017 at Bundase Training Camp, Bundase, Ghana, May 29, 2017. United Accord (formerly Western Accord) 2017 is an annual, combined, joint military exercise that promotes regional relationships, increases capacity, trains U.S. and Western African forces, and encourages cross training and interoperability. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Victor Perez Vargas/Released)
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United Accord 2017 enhances readiness from private to general

2:12 PM6/1/2017
Jungle warfare school marks the first time African partner nation trained U.S. Army Africa regionally aligned forces
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AFRICOM leadership participate in Memorial Day ceremony in Tunisia

2:02 PM6/1/2017
More than 6,500 U.S. service members are laid to rest or listed as missing in action at the North Africa American Cemetery and Memorial in Carthage, Tunisia. U.S. Africa Command leadership and U.S. Embassy officials participated in a Memorial Day ceremony May 29, 2017. (U.S. Embassy Tunis photo by Zouhair Sfaxi/Released)
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