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U.S. Africa Command and Zambia CIV-MIL Partnership Brings Mobile Laboratories to Southern Africa: A Game Changer for Infectious Disease Outbreak Response

U.S. Africa Command and Zambia CIV-MIL Partnership Brings Mobile Laboratories to Southern Africa: A Game Changer for Infectious Disease Outbreak Response

U.S. Africa Command and Zambia CIV-MIL Partnership Brings Mobile Laboratories to Southern Africa: A Game Changer for Infectious Disease Outbreak Response

3:29 PM9/26/2025

Three state-of-the-art mobile biological threat detection laboratories arrived in Zambia at the end of September and are poised to modernize infectious disease outbreak response across nine southern African nations. This vital initiative, a collaborative effort between Zambia’s National Public Health Institute under the Ministry of Health, U.S. Africa Command’s Office of the Command Surgeon, and the U.S. Embassy in Zambia, is set to dramatically shorten response times and improve the overall capacity to combat and contain potentially devastating outbreaks.

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U.S. Africa Command and Zambia CIV-MIL Partnership Brings Mobile Laboratories to Southern Africa: A Game Changer for Infectious Disease Outbreak Response

U.S. Africa Command and Zambia CIV-MIL Partnership Brings Mobile Laboratories to Southern Africa: A Game Changer for Infectious Disease Outbreak Response

U.S. Africa Command and Zambia CIV-MIL Partnership Brings Mobile Laboratories to Southern Africa: A Game Changer for Infectious Disease Outbreak Response

3:29 PM9/26/2025

Three state-of-the-art mobile biological threat detection laboratories arrived in Zambia at the end of September and are poised to modernize infectious disease outbreak response across nine southern African nations. This vital initiative, a collaborative effort between Zambia’s National Public Health Institute under the Ministry of Health, U.S. Africa Command’s Office of the Command Surgeon, and the U.S. Embassy in Zambia, is set to dramatically shorten response times and improve the overall capacity to combat and contain potentially devastating outbreaks.

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U.S. Africa Command and Zambia CIV-MIL Partnership Brings Mobile Laboratories to Southern Africa: A Game Changer for Infectious Disease Outbreak Response

U.S. Africa Command and Zambia CIV-MIL Partnership Brings Mobile Laboratories to Southern Africa: A Game Changer for Infectious Disease Outbreak Response

U.S. Africa Command and Zambia CIV-MIL Partnership Brings Mobile Laboratories to Southern Africa: A Game Changer for Infectious Disease Outbreak Response

3:29 PM9/26/2025

Three state-of-the-art mobile biological threat detection laboratories arrived in Zambia at the end of September and are poised to modernize infectious disease outbreak response across nine southern African nations. This vital initiative, a collaborative effort between Zambia’s National Public Health Institute under the Ministry of Health, U.S. Africa Command’s Office of the Command Surgeon, and the U.S. Embassy in Zambia, is set to dramatically shorten response times and improve the overall capacity to combat and contain potentially devastating outbreaks.

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U.S. Africa Command and Zambia CIV-MIL Partnership Brings Mobile Laboratories to Southern Africa: A Game Changer for Infectious Disease Outbreak Response

U.S. Africa Command and Zambia CIV-MIL Partnership Brings Mobile Laboratories to Southern Africa: A Game Changer for Infectious Disease Outbreak Response

U.S. Africa Command and Zambia CIV-MIL Partnership Brings Mobile Laboratories to Southern Africa: A Game Changer for Infectious Disease Outbreak Response

2:39 PM9/26/2025

In a significant boost to regional health security, three state-of-the-art mobile biological threat detection laboratories are arriving in Zambia and poised to modernize infectious disease outbreak response across nine southern African nations—Zambia, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Angola, Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Malawi, and Tanzania.

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U.S. Naval Forces Europe-Africa/

U.S. Naval Forces Europe-Africa/

U.S. Naval Forces Europe-Africa/

11:02 AM5/13/2024

240509-N-NS135-1003 (May 9, 2024) TAKORADI, Ghana – Greek Navy Ens. Spyridon Papadakis from the NATO Maritime Interdiction Operations Training Centre (NMIOTC) gives Ghana Navy and Ghana Police Service personnel feedback after a maritime crime scene investigation drill during Obangame Express 2024 at Ghana Western Naval Headquarters. Papadakis is part of a two-man mobile training team from NMIOTC providing instruction on tactical combat casualty care and maritime interdiction. During Exercise Obangame Express 2024, the 13th rendition of the exercise, partner and allied forces collaborate to enhance collective maritime law enforcement capabilities, bolster national and regional security in West Africa, and foster greater interoperability among U.S., African, and multinational partners. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Adriones Johnson)

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U.S. Army Southern European Task

U.S. Army Southern European Task

U.S. Army Southern European Task

10:21 AM5/19/2023

U.S. Marines, soldiers and Tunisian Armed Forces advance through a valley at a rehearsal for a live-fire exercise as a part of African Lion 22 in the Ben Ghilouf Training Area, Tunisia, June 23, 2022. African Lion 2022 is U.S. Africa Command's largest, premier, joint, annual exercise hosted by Morocco, Ghana, Senegal and Tunisia, June 6 - 30. More than 7,500 participants from 28 nations and NATO train together with a focus on enhancing readiness for U.S. and partner nation forces. AL22 is a joint all-domain, multi-component, and multinational exercise, employing a full array of mission capabilities to strengthen interoperability among participants and set the theater for strategic access. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Brandon Jacobs, 105th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment)

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NAVAF, MARFORAF engineers kick off deployment to Ghana

NAVAF, MARFORAF engineers kick off deployment to Ghana

NAVAF, MARFORAF engineers kick off deployment to Ghana

12:00 AM9/30/2022

Seabees and Marine Engineers work together to perform tests on the soil for the DNK Mobile Training Campsite.

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NAVAF, MARFORAF engineers kick off deployment to Ghana

NAVAF, MARFORAF engineers kick off deployment to Ghana

NAVAF, MARFORAF engineers kick off deployment to Ghana

12:00 AM9/30/2022

With support from Royal Danish Defense forces, the joint and combined team will also make critical construction builds or repairs to a mobile camp facility at the Ghana Navy Training command (NAVTRAC) in preparation for the NAVAF-led exercise Obangame Express 2023 and the U.S. Special Operations Command Africa-led exercise Flintlock.

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U.S., Tunisian forces rehearse live-fire exercise at African Lion 2022

U.S., Tunisian forces rehearse live-fire exercise at African Lion 2022

U.S., Tunisian forces rehearse live-fire exercise at African Lion 2022

6:00 PM6/29/2022

U.S. Marines and Tunisian Armed Forces go over their battle plan as part of a rehearsal of a live-fire exercise during African Lion 22 in the Ben Ghilouf Training Area, Tunisia, June 24, 2022. African Lion 2022 is U.S. Africa Command's largest, premier, joint, annual exercise hosted by Morocco, Ghana, Senegal and Tunisia from June 6 - 30, 2022.

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U.S., Tunisian forces rehearse live-fire exercise at African Lion 2022

U.S., Tunisian forces rehearse live-fire exercise at African Lion 2022

U.S., Tunisian forces rehearse live-fire exercise at African Lion 2022

6:00 PM6/29/2022

U.S. Marines and Tunisian Armed Forces go over their battle plan as part of a rehearsal of a live-fire exercise during African Lion 22 in the Ben Ghilouf Training Area, Tunisia, June 24, 2022. African Lion 2022 is U.S. Africa Command's largest, premier, joint, annual exercise hosted by Morocco, Ghana, Senegal and Tunisia from June 6 - 30, 2022.

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U.S. Army Southern European Task

U.S. Army Southern European Task

U.S. Army Southern European Task

6:00 PM6/29/2022

U.S. Marines and Tunisian Armed Forces go over their battle plan as part of a rehearsal of a live-fire exercise during African Lion 22 in the Ben Ghilouf Training Area, Tunisia, June 24, 2022. African Lion 2022 is U.S. Africa Command's largest, premier, joint, annual exercise hosted by Morocco, Ghana, Senegal and Tunisia from June 6 - 30, 2022.

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Donated field hospital increases care capacity in Agadez, Niger

Donated field hospital increases care capacity in Agadez, Niger

Donated field hospital increases care capacity in Agadez, Niger

12:00 AM3/23/2022

Nigerien workers build a mobile field hospital financed by U.S. Africa Command through the Overseas Humanitarian, Disaster Assistance, and Civic Aid program in Agadez, Niger, March 22, 2022. Subject matter experts taught Nigerien workers how to construct and maintain the field hospital autonomously, allowing the facility to be repurposed by the Government of Niger once the COVID-19 threat subsides

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Spc. Gauret Stearns

Spc. Gauret Stearns

Spc. Gauret Stearns

9:26 AM2/10/2022

Members of the Djiboutian Gendarmerie load a simulated casualty onto a truck during a medical knowledge exchange at the Gendarmerie compound in Djibouti City, Djibouti, Jan. 17, 2022. Civil Affairs Soldiers from Combined Joint Task Force – Horn of Africa partnered with the Gendarmerie at their mobile unit for a four-day event which allowed both parties to share their medical practices and tactics through educational comparisons and hands-on practical application. CJTF-HOA, operating from Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, regularly trains with and works alongside allied and partner nations, coalition forces and interagency/intergovernmental organizations to achieve a unified effort in East Africa. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Spc. Gauret Stearns)

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Spc. Gauret Stearns

Spc. Gauret Stearns

Spc. Gauret Stearns

9:26 AM2/10/2022

A member of the Djiboutian Gendarmerie provides simulated security during a training lane at a medical knowledge exchange at the Gendarmerie compound in Djibouti City, Djibouti, Jan. 17, 2022. Civil Affairs Soldiers from Combined Joint Task Force – Horn of Africa partnered with the Gendarmerie at their mobile unit for a four-day event which allowed both parties to share their medical practices and tactics through educational comparisons and hands-on practical application. CJTF-HOA, operating from Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, regularly trains with and works alongside allied and partner nations, coalition forces and interagency/intergovernmental organizations to achieve a unified effort in East Africa. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Spc. Gauret Stearns)

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Spc. Gauret Stearns

Spc. Gauret Stearns

Spc. Gauret Stearns

9:26 AM2/10/2022

A member of the Djiboutian Gendarmerie self-applies a tourniquet during a medical knowledge exchange at the Gendarmerie compound in Djibouti City, Djibouti, Jan. 17, 2022. Civil Affairs Soldiers from Combined Joint Task Force – Horn of Africa partnered with the Gendarmerie at their mobile unit for a four-day event which allowed both parties to share their medical practices and tactics through educational comparisons and hands-on practical application. CJTF-HOA, operating from Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, regularly trains with and works alongside allied and partner nations, coalition forces and interagency/intergovernmental organizations to achieve a unified effort in East Africa. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Spc. Gauret Stearns)

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Combined Joint Task Force - Horn

Combined Joint Task Force - Horn

Combined Joint Task Force - Horn

9:26 AM2/10/2022

A member of the Djiboutian Gendarmerie applies a tourniquet to a simulated injured individual during a medical knowledge exchange event at the Gendarmerie compound in Djibouti City, Djibouti, Jan. 17, 2022. Civil Affairs Soldiers from Combined Joint Task Force – Horn of Africa partnered with the Gendarmerie at their mobile unit for a four-day event which allowed both parties to share their medical practices and tactics through educational comparisons and hands-on practical application. CJTF-HOA, operating from Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, regularly trains with and works alongside allied and partner nations, coalition forces and interagency/intergovernmental organizations to achieve a unified effort in East Africa. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Spc. Gauret Stearns)

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Spc. Gauret Stearns

Spc. Gauret Stearns

Spc. Gauret Stearns

9:26 AM2/10/2022

A member of the Djiboutian Gendarmerie provides simulated security during a training lane at a medical knowledge exchange at the Gendarmerie compound in Djibouti City, Djibouti, Jan. 17, 2022. Civil Affairs Soldiers from Combined Joint Task Force – Horn of Africa partnered with the Gendarmerie at their mobile unit for a four-day event which allowed both parties to share their medical practices and tactics through educational comparisons and hands-on practical application. CJTF-HOA, operating from Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, regularly trains with and works alongside allied and partner nations, coalition forces and interagency/intergovernmental organizations to achieve a unified effort in East Africa. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Spc. Gauret Stearns)

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Spc. Gauret Stearns

Spc. Gauret Stearns

Spc. Gauret Stearns

9:26 AM2/10/2022

Members of the Djiboutian Gendarmerie observe a tourniquet application demonstration during a medical knowledge exchange at the Gendarmerie compound in Djibouti City, Djibouti, Jan. 17, 2022. Civil Affairs Soldiers from Combined Joint Task Force – Horn of Africa partnered with the Gendarmerie at their mobile unit for a four-day event which allowed both parties to share their medical practices and tactics through educational comparisons and hands-on practical application. CJTF-HOA, operating from Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, regularly trains with and works alongside allied and partner nations, coalition forces and interagency/intergovernmental organizations to achieve a unified effort in East Africa. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Spc. Gauret Stearns)

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Combined Joint Task Force - Horn

Combined Joint Task Force - Horn

Combined Joint Task Force - Horn

9:26 AM2/10/2022

Members of the Djiboutian Gendarmerie and a U.S. Army Soldier from the 404th Civil Affairs Battalion (Airborne), Civil Affairs East Africa, talk through a specific training lane during a medical knowledge exchange at the Gendarmerie compound in Djibouti City, Djibouti, Jan. 17, 2022. Civil Affairs Soldiers from Combined Joint Task Force – Horn of Africa partnered with the Gendarmerie at their mobile unit for a four-day event which allowed both parties to share their medical practices and tactics through educational comparisons and hands-on practical application. CJTF-HOA, operating from Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, regularly trains with and works alongside allied and partner nations, coalition forces and interagency/intergovernmental organizations to achieve a unified effort in East Africa. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Spc. Gauret Stearns)

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Combined Joint Task Force - Horn

Combined Joint Task Force - Horn

Combined Joint Task Force - Horn

9:26 AM2/10/2022

Members of the Djiboutian Gendarmerie and U.S. Army Civil Affairs Soldiers practice a two-person carry together during a medical knowledge exchange at the Gendarmerie compound in Djibouti City, Djibouti, Jan. 17, 2022. Civil Affairs Soldiers from Combined Joint Task Force – Horn of Africa partnered with the Gendarmerie at their mobile unit for a four-day event which allowed both parties to share their medical practices and tactics through educational comparisons and hands-on practical application. CJTF-HOA, operating from Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, regularly trains with and works alongside allied and partner nations, coalition forces and interagency/intergovernmental organizations to achieve a unified effort in East Africa. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Spc. Gauret Stearns)

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