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U.S. Africa Command Launches Warrant Officer/Non-Commissioned Officer Webpage

12:00 AM5/19/2010

U.S. Africa Command launched a new webpage geared towards warrant officer and non-commissioned officer development, May 18, 2010.

This page, accessible via a button on the main U.S. AFRICOM homepage (see photo to the right), contains

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AFRICOM: Legal Conference

12:00 AM5/19/2010

ACCRA, Ghana, May 19, 2010 — The first Africa Military Legal Conference to be hosted by U.S. Africa Command began May 18, 2010 at the Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Training Center in Accra, Ghana. The three-day conference brings together lawyers and other legal experts from nearly 15 African countries. During the conference, representatives from each country will provide information about their nations' military legal structures and their legal challenges. AFRICOM's Office of Legal Counsel intends to hold annual legal conferences, moving the location to aid in drawing participants from different regions. This year's conference has participants largely from west and central Africa.

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AFRICOM Hosts First Africa Military Legal Conference, Nearly 15 African Nations Participating

12:00 AM5/19/2010

The first Africa Military Legal Conference to be hosted by U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM) began May 18, 2010 at the Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Training Center in Accra, Ghana. The three-day conference brings together lawyers and other

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New York National Guard Hosts South African Defense Force Chief

12:00 AM5/18/2010

South Africa's top general visited New York National Guard headquarters in Latham, May 17, 2010, the second day of a week-long tour of U.S. military headquarters.

General Godfrey Ngwenya, chief of the South African National Defense

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Marines, Moroccans Grapple Toward Closer Ties during African Lion 2010

12:00 AM5/18/2010

U.S. Marines and their Moroccan Army counterparts conducted Marine Corps Martial Arts training together at Tifnit training area, May 16, 2010, as part of Exercise AFRICAN LION, a combined and joint exercise designed to enhance interoperability of

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African Lion 2010: Utah Air National Guard Conducts Chemical Training with Moroccan Counterparts

12:00 AM5/18/2010

Utah Air National Guard's 151st Expeditionary Medical Group (EMG) kicked off two weeks of mutual medical training with their Moroccan counterparts as part of Exercise AFRICAN LION 2010 by discussing chemical awareness and response at the

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Senegalese and Malian Soldiers Train with U.S. Special Forces in Mali

12:00 AM5/17/2010

Malian and Senegalese soldiers worked with their counterparts from the Special Operations Task Force (SOF) - 103, taking part in classes on small unit tactics, movements, and convoy vehicle recover drills, May 11, 2010 in Bamako.

The

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Ward Underscores America's Commitment to Advance Security, Stability and Peace in Africa

12:00 AM5/17/2010

General William E. "Kip" Ward, commander of U.S. Africa Command, told a gathering of senior military leaders from 32 nations across the African continent that America is committed to forming and maintaining partnerships that advance

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Commander CJTF-HOA Lauds U.S., Comorian Relationship During School Dedication in Comoros

12:00 AM5/17/2010

Comorian President Ahmed Abdallan Mohamed Sambi , U.S. Navy Rear Admiral Brian Losey, commander of Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA), U.S. Ambassador to the Comoros and Madagascar Niels Marquadt, and numerous Comorian government

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Flintlock 2010: Hundreds of Malians receive medical care

12:00 AM5/17/2010

A U.S. Army medic assigned to Joint Special Operations Task Force-Trans Sahara explains the daily dosage recommendations of medication to a female villager from the Jiwoyo community as part of triage during a Medical Civil Action Program conducted during the Flintlock 10 exercise in Mali in May, 2010. U.S. Army health care providers assigned to JSOTF-TS gave free medical care and medicine to nearly 400 local residents in the area who suffer from inadequate and lack of medical care.

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Flintlock 2010: Hundreds of Malians receive medical care

12:00 AM5/17/2010

The event included health care providers from the Malian Ministry of Health and Defense who treated nearly 700 local men, women and children at the Mali Army Noncommissioned Officers Academy outside the city of Segou.

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AFRICAN LION '10: Tennessee National Guardsmen Provide Heavy Equipment Transport System Course to Royal Moroccan Army Soldiers

12:00 AM5/17/2010

A class of 22 Royal Moroccan Army motor transportation drivers and mechanics participated in a course on Heavy Equipment Transport Systems during exercise AFRICAN LION, May 6, 2010.

The course was part of AFRICAN LION '10, an

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U.S. Service Members Arrive in Morocco for African Lion

12:00 AM5/17/2010

More than 150 members of the joint task force conducting Exercise AFRICAN LION '10 arrived in Agadir, Morocco, May 14, 2010, to mark the beginning of the exercise. The Marines, soldiers, sailors and airmen will be participating in the largest

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Miss America 2010 Caressa Cameron Visits AFRICOM, Discusses HIV/AIDS

12:00 AM5/14/2010

Miss America 2010 Caressa Cameron wrapped up a week-long visit to Germany May 13, 2010, with a visit to U.S. Africa Command headquarters where she participated in briefings, attended a luncheon with local volunteers, and expressed gratitude for

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Flintlock: Multi-National Forces Combine at Exercise Center in Burkina Faso

12:00 AM5/14/2010

Africans, Americans and Europeans united to form a Multi-National Coordination Center (MCC) as part of Exercise Flintlock May 10, 2010, at Camp Baangre in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso.

Flintlock 10, U.S. Africa Command's (AFRICOM)

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Wyoming State Legislators Visit National Guardsmen in Northern Africa

12:00 AM5/14/2010

Wyoming state legislators recently traveled with Wyoming National Guardsmen to Tunisia for a multi-national medical training exercise aimed at improving medical practices and ties between Tunisia and the United States.

The Medlite-10

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U.S. Ambassador Addresses African Land Forces Summit, Stresses Importance of Preventing Conflict

12:00 AM5/14/2010

The first plenary session of the African Land Forces Summit began with the U.S. Department of State's Principle Deputy Assistant Secretary, Ambassador Donald Y. Yamamoto, who spoke on the Obama administration's policy on relations with

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Flintlock 2010

12:00 AM5/12/2010

A member of the Marine Special Operations Command oversees a Malian fire team while conducting counter-terrorism operations in an urban terrain environment during Flintlock 10 in Theis, Senegal, on May 12, 2010. Flintlock 10 is a special operations forces exercise focused on military interoperability and capacity-building and is part of an U.S. Africa Command-sponsored annual exercise program with partner nations in Northern and Western Africa.

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Military Volunteers Improve Community for Djibouti Youth

12:00 AM5/11/2010

More than two dozen military volunteers piled into shuttles for the chance to improve a local community's facility and interact with Djiboutian youth May 8, 2010.

Camp Lemonnier's Community Assistance Volunteers (CAV)

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African Land Forces Summit Begins in Washington, D.C.

12:00 AM5/11/2010

General George W. Casey, U.S. Army Chief of Staff, welcomed nearly 100 senior military leaders from nations across the African continent to the inaugural African Land Forces Summit, May 10, 2010.

The summit is an annual event that

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