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West Point Cadets Take Development Trip to Ghana

West Point Cadets Take Development Trip to Ghana

West Point Cadets Take Development Trip to Ghana

12:00 AM8/24/2010

In support of U.S. Africa Command's mission and cadet personal development, Major Crystal M. Hills, assistant professor of English, planned an Advance Individual Academic Development (AIAD) trip to Ghana, West Africa, to enhance West Point

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Jambo! Bonjour! Hoo-rah! Quantico greets African Enlisted Leaders

Jambo! Bonjour! Hoo-rah! Quantico greets African Enlisted Leaders

Jambo! Bonjour! Hoo-rah! Quantico greets African Enlisted Leaders

12:00 AM8/12/2010

United States Africa Command welcomed a group of African sergeants major to Marine Base Quantico as part of the Africa Defense Sergeants Major Symposium, a "real eye-opener for leadership," according to Liberian Reg. Sgt. Major Bamidele

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First USARAF Reserve Sourcing Conference a Success

First USARAF Reserve Sourcing Conference a Success

First USARAF Reserve Sourcing Conference a Success

12:00 AM7/20/2010

"We cannot do our mission without you and your troops supporting the command," Major General David Hogg, commander of U.S. Army Africa (USARAF) told visiting Army Reserve representatives who attended the first USARAF - United States Army

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APS Main Planning Conference Kicks Off

APS Main Planning Conference Kicks Off

APS Main Planning Conference Kicks Off

12:00 AM6/24/2010

PARIS – More than 200 military, government and civilian personnel from 21 African countries, six European countries and the United States met in Paris, June 22, to begin planning for Africa Partnership Station (APS) initiatives to take place in

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Combating Desertification and Drought in Africa

Combating Desertification and Drought in Africa

Combating Desertification and Drought in Africa

12:00 AM6/17/2010

In recognition of the United Nations (UN)-designated "World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought," June 17, 2010, a U.S. Africa Command senior Meteorological and Oceanographic

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AFRICOM: Legal Conference

AFRICOM: Legal Conference

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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Phoenix Express Kicks Off in Souda Bay

Phoenix Express Kicks Off in Souda Bay

Phoenix Express Kicks Off in Souda Bay

12:00 AM5/19/2010

Phoenix Express 2010 (PE-10), a two-week, two-phase, multinational, maritime exercise among regional partners from Africa, Europe, and the United States, is set to conduct its kickoff pre-sail conference and conclude its in port training portion of

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Flintlock 2010: Hundreds of Malians receive medical care

Flintlock 2010: Hundreds of Malians receive medical care

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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Wyoming State Legislators Visit National Guardsmen in Northern Africa

Wyoming State Legislators Visit National Guardsmen in Northern Africa

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

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

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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House Speaker Pelosi Visits U.S. Africa Command, Discusses Security in Africa

House Speaker Pelosi Visits U.S. Africa Command, Discusses Security in Africa

House Speaker Pelosi Visits U.S. Africa Command, Discusses Security in Africa

12:00 AM5/11/2010

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, the third-highest ranking leader in the U.S. government, visited U.S. Africa Command on May 10, 2010, and said a stable and secure Africa helps to improve the stability and security of the United States. Read more

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Flintlock 2010

12:00 AM5/10/2010

A U.S. Army veterinarian assigned to Joint Special Operations Task Force-Trans Sahara inoculates a goat with dewormer as part of a Veterinary Civil Action Program conducted during the Flintlock 10 exercise in Mali. Both U.S. and Malian veterinarians inoculated nearly 500 cattle and goats belonging to farmers in the Jiwoyo community with dewormer medication.

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Senegalese, Spanish and U.S. Ships Work Together to Train African Sailors

Senegalese, Spanish and U.S. Ships Work Together to Train African Sailors

Senegalese, Spanish and U.S. Ships Work Together to Train African Sailors

12:00 AM4/22/2010

African sailors received daily training across the decks of three partner country ships from Senegal, Spain, and the United States April 17-20, 2010, as part of Africa Partnership Station (APS) West.

The daily at-sea training was

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AFRICOM Denies Press Report that U.S. Troops on Alert for Nigeria

AFRICOM Denies Press Report that U.S. Troops on Alert for Nigeria

AFRICOM Denies Press Report that U.S. Troops on Alert for Nigeria

12:00 AM3/19/2010

The United States is not preparing for any possible intervention in Nigeria, as was erroneously reported in the Nigerian Compass newspaper, a spokesman for U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM) said March 19, 2010.

"I have seen the news

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Ward: U.S. Military Seeks Ways to Support African Union Peace and Security Comission

Ward: U.S. Military Seeks Ways to Support African Union Peace and Security Comission

Ward: U.S. Military Seeks Ways to Support African Union Peace and Security Comission

12:00 AM2/12/2010

The United States military is seeking ways to support the African Union and the AU's Peace and Security Commission, U.S. General William Ward, commander of U.S. Africa Command (U.S. AFRICOM) said in a Voice of America interview February 9,

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U.S. Military to Participate in Morocco's Aeroexpo

U.S. Military to Participate in Morocco's Aeroexpo

U.S. Military to Participate in Morocco's Aeroexpo

12:00 AM1/27/2010

Approximately 50 U.S. service members and four aircraft from bases in the United States and Europe will participate in the Aeroexpo Marrackech 2010 international air/trade show in Morocco, January 27-30, 2010.

Static display aircraft

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African Counterterrorism Gets Greater Focus

African Counterterrorism Gets Greater Focus

African Counterterrorism Gets Greater Focus

12:00 AM1/8/2010

Counterterrorism in Africa has come into greater focus since the United States cited five African countries on a list of nations deserving more scrutiny amid heightened airport security following a botched terrorist attack on a Christmas Day

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West African Nations Collaborate in Pandemic Influenza Planning Workshop

West African Nations Collaborate in Pandemic Influenza Planning Workshop

West African Nations Collaborate in Pandemic Influenza Planning Workshop

12:00 AM12/16/2009

During a recent pandemic influenza planning workshop, representatives from 16 West African nations joined with personnel from the United Nations (UN), International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, World Health Organization

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U.S. Mission to African Union Shows Commitment to Africa

U.S. Mission to African Union Shows Commitment to Africa

U.S. Mission to African Union Shows Commitment to Africa

12:00 AM10/28/2009

The United States was the first major non-African country to appoint a full-time ambassador to the African Union (AU), and that shows the importance the people of the United States attach to their partnership with the people of Africa, says the

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U.S. Africa Command Sergeant Major Welcomed by Natural Fire 10 Partner Nations

U.S. Africa Command Sergeant Major Welcomed by Natural Fire 10 Partner Nations

U.S. Africa Command Sergeant Major Welcomed by Natural Fire 10 Partner Nations

12:00 AM10/26/2009

Senior enlisted advisors from the United States and five African partner nations in Exercise Natural Fire 10 met with Command Sergeant Major Mark Ripka, senior enlisted advisor for U.S. Africa Command, during his visit to Task Force Kitgum in

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