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AFRICOM hosts Infectious Disease Strategic Planning Workshop
The AFRICOM Office of the Command Surgeon invited various U.S. agencies to participate in the first ever Infectious Disease Strategic Planning Workshop on Patch Barracks, in Stuttgart, Germany, from Sept. 4-6, 2019.
Shared Accord 19 Emphasis, Rule of Law
Secretary of Defense Meets with AFRICOM Leadership
AFRICOM Commander visits U.S. Embassy Tunis, Armed Forces in Tunisia
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Africa Endeavor 2019 Participants visit Ghanaian communications firms
African and U.S. Senior Enlisted Leaders Discuss NCO Empowerment, Development
Africa Endeavor 2019: Women's Signal Forum
AFRICOM Commander Meets with African Chiefs of Defense
Senior African Military Intelligence Directors Discuss Lake Chad Region Threat Environment
USNS Carson City Departs Mindelo, Cabo Verde
Symposium brings together interagency communicators to discuss collaboration
Townsend Visits Djibouti, Meets with troops, Embassy, Host Nation
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AFRICOM hosts the annual Accountability Colloquium
African Partner Outbreak Response Alliance 2018 in Cameroon
Flintlock 2018 orphanage visit
Flintlock 2018 Women, Peace, and Security Seminar
Flintlock 2018 Women's Peace and Security Seminar (social media)
U.S. AFRICOM Commander's Top Priorities
Thomas Staal from USAID well wishes for U.S. AFRICOM's 10 year anniversary
U.S. Ambassador Mushingi addresses AFRICOM's 10 year anniversary
U.S. Africa Command Year In Review 2017
General and Mrs. Waldhauser Holiday Message
Tunisians participate at the Joint Readiness Training Center
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Symposium brings together interagency communicators to discuss collaboration
Symposium brings together interagency communicators to discuss collaboration
Symposium brings together interagency communicators to discuss collaboration
Symposium brings together interagency communicators to discuss collaboration
Symposium brings together interagency communicators to discuss collaboration
New Commander Takes the Reins at U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Europe and Africa
AFRICOM Holds Annual Command Surgeon Conference
AFRICOM Holds Annual Command Surgeon Conference
AFRICOM Holds Annual Command Surgeon Conference
AFRICOM Holds Annual Command Surgeon Conference
Speaker of the House Pelosi visits U.S. Africa Command
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Commander Reinforces U.S. Commitment and Support to Burkina Faso
Somali, U.S. forces engage insurgents in support of the Federal Government of Somalia
AFRICOM Commander Visits Mali as Part of Regional Visit
U.S., Federal Government of Somalia target al-Shabaab terrorist with airstrike
Commander, Ambassador Meet with Libyan PM
U.S., Federal Government of Somalia target al-Shabaab with airstrike
AFRICOM, Ghanaian Armed Forces Commence Africa Endeavor 2019
New AFRICOM Commander Visits Somalia
U.S. airstrike targets ISIS-Somalia in support of the Federal Government of Somalia
U.S. Africa Command to Conduct Change of Command July 26
Exercise Upward Minuteman Begins in Botswana
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AVIP Educational Institution Acknowledgement Letter 2019
United States Africa Command: The First Ten Years
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USAFRICOM Polio Vaccine Update, FEB 2017
USAFRICOM Yellow Fever Update, JUL 2017
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GEN. JOSEPH VOTEL, GEN. THOMAS WALDHAUSER, AND ACTING ASD FOR INTERNATIONAL SECURITY AFFAIRS KATHRYN WHEELBARGER AT HASC HEARING ON U.S. MILITARY ACTIVITIES IN MIDDLE EAST AND AFRICA
TRANSCRIPT: Gen. Thomas Waldhauser and Adm. Craig Faller Remarks at Senate Armed Services Committee Hearing on AFRICOM and SOUTHCOM
Gen. Thomas D. Waldhauser at HASC Hearing on National Security Challenges and U.S. Military Activities in Africa
TRANSCRIPT: Telephonic Press Briefing with AFRICOM Commander Gen. Waldhauser and Commanders of the African Union Mission in Somalia and Lake Chad Basin Multi-National Task Force
TRANSCRIPT: AFRICOM Commander delivers 2017 annual posture statement to the SASC
TRANSCRIPT: DoD Press Briefing on Ebola Response with GEN Rodriguez (Dec. 3, 2014)
Pentagon Briefing On DoD Response to Ebola with GEN Rodriguez
General Rodriguez Ebola Press Conference Oct 3, 2014
PAO Symposium: Press Conference with General David Rodriguez
General David Rodriguez Addresses Media Delegates from Angola ad Mozambique
Pentagon Press Briefing: 2Sept14 with Comments on Events in Somalia
TRANSCRIPT: U.S. Africa Policy
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