Tanzania, U.S. Conduct Explosive Ordnance Disposal Training
4:10 PM2/26/2016
Members of Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit 1, assigned to Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa, recently wrapped up a 25-day Humanitarian Mine Action Level 1 training class hosted by the Tanzania People's Defense Force in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
Task Force 68 Shares Tactical Processes with Cameroonian Forces
9:31 AM10/21/2015
Commander Task Force 68 provided training on basic tactical intelligence processes to Cameroon forces, Sept. 19-25, at Douala Naval Headquarters Base in Cameroon.
Surgeons From African Partner Nations Meet in Germany (3) of (3)
3:07 PM9/24/2015
Djibouti Armed Forces Lt. Amina Ahmed Farah, Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa Capt. Roland Powers and U.S. Air National Guard Col. Mike Cooper, discuss priorities in medical training at Ramstein AB, Germany, Aug. 25, 2015. The goal of this symposium was for African partners to possess greater medical support capacity and the ability to sustain medical readiness through African institutions. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Charlene M. Spade/released)
Surgeons From African Partner Nations Meet in Germany (2) of (3)
3:07 PM9/24/2015
African Partnership Flights Surgeon General Symposium attendees learn tactical casualty combat care procedures during a demonstration at Ramstein AB, Germany, Aug. 25, 2015. This event focused on strengthening U.S. strategic partnerships with leading nations in Africa to enhance regional cooperation and interoperability. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Charlene M. Spade/released)
Surgeons From African Partner Nations Meet in Germany (1) of (3)
3:05 PM9/24/2015
African Partnership Flights Surgeon General Symposium attendees watch a field care condition demonstration at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, Aug. 25, 2015. This event focused on strengthening U.S. strategic partnerships with leading nations in Africa to enhance regional cooperation and interoperability. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Charlene M. Spade/released)
Course Prepares Multinational Partners for Somalia Mission (6) of (6)
11:39 AM9/1/2015
U.S. Army Capt. Daniel Brown, Africa Contingency Operations Training & Assistance (ACOTA) African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) Force Headquarters training public affairs mentor, left, and Edward Wilson, ACOTA instructor, right, act as media during a mock press conference at the International Peace Support Training Center in Nairobi, Kenya, Aug. 25, 2015. The course was designed to prepare staff officers from AMISOM contributing countries for possible assignment to AMISOM Force Headquarters, and the public affairs mentors questioned AMISOM PA representatives to prepare them for the significant media presence in Somalia. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Nathan Maysonet/released)
Course Prepares Multinational Partners for Somalia Mission (5) of (6)
11:39 AM9/1/2015
Kenyan Defense Force Col. Shadrack Othieno, Africa Contingency Operations Training & Assistance (ACOTA) African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) Force Headquarters training course attendee, briefs the media during a mock press conference at the International Peace Support Training Center in Nairobi, Kenya, Aug. 25, 2015. The course was designed to prepare staff officers from AMISOM contributing countries for possible assignment to AMISOM Force Headquarters, the public affairs training is to prepare PA teams for the significant media presence in Somalia. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Nathan Maysonet/released)
Course Prepares Multinational Partners for Somalia Mission (2) of (6)
11:38 AM9/1/2015
Kenyan Defense Force Maj. Balata Kotea, Africa Contingency Operations Training & Assistance (ACOTA) African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) Force Headquarters training course attendee, updates a map of Somalia with the latest AMISOM and Al-Shabaab troop movements at the International Peace Support Training Center in Nairobi, Kenya, Aug. 25, 2015. Kenya is one of the AU countries contributing to the forces in Somalia battling Al-Shabaab and the ACOTA course helps familiarize the attending officers with the military decision making process, so they can better advise and prepare solutions to the problems they might face in the field. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Nathan Maysonet/released)
The Southern African Development Community Spiritual and Moral Services Work Group met in Zambia from 21-24 April 2015. Participants pose for a photo in Livingstone, Zambia April 22, 2015. Over 25 military chaplains from seven different nations attended the conference to discuss resiliency and its impact on military personnel. (Photo by Zambia Defence Force Public Affairs Office)
Military officers from Saudi Arabia listen to a presentation about U.S. Africa Command. The 25 officers are participants in the year-long Saudi Arabia War Course, a professional development program designed for those with potential for high level leadership opportunities within the Saudi Arabian military. The course was developed some years ago using the U.S. Army War College as a model to help the Saudis develop their own program. Past classes have heard from EUCOM, but this was the first year that AFRICOM was added to the agenda, based on a desire by the Saudi Arabia War Course leaders for their officers to learn more about the command’s mission and programs in Africa, U.S. Army Garrison Stuttgart, April 16, 2015. (U.S. Africa Command photo by Brenda Law/RELEASED)
And yes, there will be food.Friday, April 25 is World Malaria Day. The Command Surgeon office of U.S. Africa Command is hosting a day of food and entertainment as an opportunity to learn how malaria, one of the most deadly diseases on Earth,
Gulf of Guinea nations held a planning conference July 23-25 to set in motion objectives and initial concepts for what will be the fourth iteration of Obangame Express, a multinational maritime exercise which is set to take place in spring 2014.
U.S. Launches Two New Food Security Partnerships with Africa
6:51 AM7/29/2013
The top U.S. aid official announced two new partnerships July 25 aimed at improving crop production and reducing hunger in Africa.U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Administrator Rajiv Shah launched two new innovation labs to improve
U. S. Africa Command Enlisted Professional Development Seminar, Feb., 25, 2013
4:40 PM2/27/2013
U.S. Africa Command conducts its first ever Enlisted Professional Development Seminar at the headquarters in Stuttgart, Germany, February, 25, 2013. Twenty-two enlisted personnel graduated from the class. (Photos by Adam Gramarossa, AFRICOM VI
U.S. Marines Employ New Mortar System with French in Djibouti
12:00 AM9/28/2012
Marines and Sailors with India Battery, the artillery attachment for Battalion Landing Team 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, conducted bilateral training with French Marines in Djibouti Aug. 25-27 to integrate and
A total of 60 Special Forces soldiers from the United States and Botswana came together for the first combined field training exercise in 10 years, June 1-25, 2012.
U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen. Craig A. Franklin, 3rd Air Force commander, visited airmen assigned to Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa and other U.S. Air Force assets here June 25-26.
U.S. Africa Command is stepping up efforts to prevent one of the biggest killers in Africa with the establishment of the East African Malaria Task Force, April 25, 2012.
AFRICOM epidemiologist Dr. Refaat Hanaa, said the task force formed in
U.S., African Forces Mitigate Terror Group's Impact
12:00 AM2/23/2012
U.S. special operations forces are helping four Central African nations reduce the size and lethality of the Lord's Resistance Army, a group that has terrorized the region for 25 years, U.S. officials said February 22, 2012.