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Fallen WWII American service members remembered for bravery, sacrifice during Memorial Day ceremony in North Africa

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Gen. David Rodriguez lays wreath during Memorial Day ceremony at the North Africa American Cemetery and Memorial in Carthage, Tunisia.
Partnerships
ceremony North Africa Security AFRICOM Africa Libya Commander Tunisia us army africa U.S. State Department Rodriguez military Africa Command US Navy US Marine Corps Memorial Day 2016 North Africa American Cemetery and Memorial American Battle Monuments Commission WWII World War II Tunisian military US Army US Air Force Honor the Fallen missing in action

Djiboutian Armed Forces soldiers finish a five-month training course

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90 soldiers of the Djibouti army complete multi-faceted logistics training conduct by U.S. military personnel.
Readiness
African Union Camp Lemonnier Training AFRICOM Africa Djibouti Somalia Logistics Marksmanship military maintenance Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa Horn of Africa Soldier Army Regionally Aligned Forces Djiboutian Defence Forces FAD

Africa Partnership Program planning conference focuses on maritime security

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The four-day conference focused on a Global Network of Navies approach to enhancing collaborative efforts to achieve maritime security in the maritime domain around Africa.
Partnerships
Gulf of Guinea Maritime security Belgium United Kingdom Italy France The Netherlands AFRICOM Africa Ghana Kenya Djibouti Tanzania Cameroon Gabon Uganda Senegal Liberia Mozambique Seychelles Benin Togo Tunisia Cote d'Ivoire partnership sierra leone Madagascar Comoros Cabo Verde Portugal NAVAF Mauritius ECOWAS Norway Brazil Partner Provider Consortium San Tome & Principe

Phoenix Express 2016 Commences

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Maritime forces from Europe, North Africa, and the U.S. began the tenth iteration of the multinational maritime Exercise Phoenix Express, May 17, 2016.
Readiness

AFRICOM Commander discusses mission to build partner capability

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Senior military leaders meet at NATO forum in Brussels
Partnerships
NATO Nigeria AFRICOM Africa Libya WHO Somalia Eastern Accord European Union Rodriguez 3rd Infantry Division Boko Haram African partners ISIL Dunford 2nd Brigade Combat Team Peacekeeping Army

Desert survival training to benefit French, U.S. forces

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U.S infantry and French cadets negotiate French Desert Survival Course
Readiness
Training Djibouti Operations infantry French military U.S. military French Legionnaires desert survival training French desert survival course

Coalition partners study tropical medicine to fight global illnesses

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Medical teams from coalition and East African partner nations discuss regional and global diseases at Camp Lemonnier in Djibouti.
Partnerships
medical Camp Lemonnier AFRICOM Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa Djibouti Malaria Coalition Partners African Partner Nations military medicine French military Coalition German military Italian military

Eastern Accord 2016 final planning event builds partnership, readiness

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During a weeklong collaborative event, 1-9 FA leaders and planners participated in the U.S. Army Africa-led final planning event for exercise Eastern Accord 2016 in Dar es Salaam, May 2-6.
Readiness
exercise Training AFRICOM Africa Operations Eastern Accord partnership military Peacekeeping peacekeeping operations readiness

UN, ECOWAS partners kick-off Western Accord 16

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Western Accord 16 is underway in Burkina Faso
Readiness
AFRICOM Africa Burkina Faso U.S. Army Africa Western Accord USARAF infantry ECOWAS military Army U.S. Embassy Ouagadougou

Uganda Provides Support to AMISOM in Somalia

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In late March the east African country of Uganda took ownership of equipment from the United States as part of an ongoing mission to build international peacekeeping capacity and promote regional security operations in nearby Somalia.
Partnerships
AMISOM Security Africa Somalia Uganda Mission regional security United States Peacekeeping Peacekeeping

U.S. Africa Command and partners learn valuable lessons at Epic Guardian 16

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Epic Guardian 16 unites US and African partners in annual exercise to test crises response.
Partnerships
exercise Security AFRICOM Africa Ghana Djibouti Crisis Response Seychelles partnership U.S. State Department Cabo Verde military African partners U.S. Special Operations Command - Africa U.S. Transportation Command U.S. Africa Command Epic Guardian Epic Guardian 16
PARTNERSHIPS OPERATIONS READINESS