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US, UK Royal Marines work with West African partners during Africa Partnership Station

11:54 AM11/27/2015

U.S. Marines and U.K. Royal Marine Commandos teach Ghanaian Navy sailors room-clearing techniques, Oct. 22, in Sekondi, Ghana. U.S. Marines and U.K. Royal Marine Commandos trained the Ghanaian Navy sailors as part of the Africa Partnership Station, which is a U.S. Naval Forces Africa initiative that aims to increase the maritime safety and security capacity of African partners through collaboration and regional cooperation through engagement exercises that build toward self-sustained African security of the maritime domain.

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US, UK Royal Marines work with West African partners during Africa Partnership Station

11:54 AM11/27/2015

U.S. Marines and U.K. Royal Marine Commandos teach Nigerian sailors weapons handling skills and marksmanship, Oct. 22, in Sekondi, Ghana. U.S. Marines and U.K. Royal Marine Commandos trained the Nigerian sailors as part of the Africa Partnership Station, which is a U.S. Naval Forces Africa initiative that aims to increase the maritime safety and security capacity of African partners through collaboration and regional cooperation through engagement exercises that build toward self-sustained African security of the maritime domain.

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2:11 PM11/3/2015

U.S. Marine Capt. Jeremy Phillips, the intelligence security cooperation Officer with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response-Africa, discusses intelligence gathering with Ghanaia Navy intelligence at Ghana’s Navy Trade Training School in Sekondi, Ghana, Oct. 19. U.S. forces completed a Tactical Intelligence Support To Maritime Operations Centers “train-the-trainer” course for the Ghanaian Navy from Oct. 12-23. This two-week introduction to intelligence was the first of four planned for the fiscal year. U.S. Navy and Marine Corps service members taught Sixteen Ghanaian sailors, along with two senior members of Ghana’s Marine Police Unit of the Ghana Police Service. The course was designed as both an introduction to the intelligence process, particularly in support of their MOCs, and to prepare the students to become intelligence instructors for the Ghanaian Navy’s internal intelligence courses.

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US, Ghana strengthen maritime intelligence

2:10 PM11/3/2015

U.S. service members completed a Tactical Intelligence Support To Maritime Operations Centers for the Ghanaian Navy Oct. 12-23 at Ghana’s Navy Trade Training School here.

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WADPI Graduates from Nigeria and Liberia

6:48 PM10/6/2015

WADPI Graduates: Mr. Mohammed Sani Sidi (left),Director General of the National Emergency Management Agency in Nigeria, in a dialogue with the National Coordinator of National Disaster Management Organization (NADMO) in Ghana, Brig. Gen. Francis Vib-Sanziri. Both men attended the graduation ceremony of the 7th West African Disaster Preparedness Initiative class of nearly 120 people from Nigeria and Liberia, at the Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Training Centre (KAIPTC) in Accra, Ghana, Sept. 18, 2015. Funded by U.S. AFRICOM and executed by KAIPTC, the National Disaster Management Organization (NADMO) of Ghana, and the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), WADPI aims to strengthen national capacities in disaster preparedness, response and management among 17 African Partner Nations, primarily ECOWAS member states, and Mauritania, Chad and Cameroon. (Photo by the KAIPTC-WADPI Communications Team/Released)

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WADPI Graduates from Nigeria and Liberia

6:35 PM10/6/2015

WADPI Graduates: Senior officials from Liberia and Nigeria attend graduation ceremony of the 7th West African Disaster Preparedness Initiative. L-R: Director General of the Nigerian Centre for Disease Control, Dr. Abdulsalam Nasidi; Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Hans Barchue; Deputy Commandant of KAIPTC, Air Commodore Julius Dzamefe; and WADPI Course Director, Colonel Kennedy Osemwegie present certificates to a Nigerian and Liberian graduates at the Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Training Centre (KAIPTC) in Accra, Ghana, Sept. 18, 2015. Funded by U.S. AFRICOM and executed by KAIPTC, the National Disaster Management Organization (NADMO) of Ghana, and the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), WADPI aims to strengthen national capacities in disaster preparedness, response and management among 17 African Partner Nations, primarily ECOWAS member states, and Mauritania, Chad and Cameroon. (Photo by the KAIPTC-WADPI Communications Team/Released)

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WADPI Graduates

3:35 PM10/6/2015

Graduates of the 7th West Africa Disaster Preparedness Initiative (WADPI) course pose with faculty and senior government officials from Liberia, Nigeria and Ghana at the Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Training Centre (KAIPTC) in Accra, Ghana, Sept. 18, 2015. Funded by U.S. AFRICOM and executed by KAIPTC, the National Disaster Management Organization (NADMO) of Ghana, and the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), WADPI aims to strengthen national capacities in disaster preparedness, response and management among 17 African Partner Nations, primarily ECOWAS member states, and Mauritania, Chad and Cameroon. (Photo by the KAIPTC-WADPI Communications Team/Released)

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3:34 PM10/6/2015

WADPI Graduates: Senior officials from Liberia and Nigeria attend graduation ceremony of the 7th West African Disaster Preparedness Initiative. L-R: Director General of the Nigerian Centre for Disease Control, Dr. Abdulsalam Nasidi; Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Hans Barchue; Deputy Commandant of KAIPTC, Air Commodore Julius Dzamefe; and WADPI Course Director, Colonel Kennedy Osemwegie present certificates to a Nigerian and Liberian graduates at the Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Training Centre (KAIPTC) in Accra, Ghana, Sept. 18, 2015. Funded by U.S. AFRICOM and executed by KAIPTC, the National Disaster Management Organization (NADMO) of Ghana, and the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), WADPI aims to strengthen national capacities in disaster preparedness, response and management among 17 African Partner Nations, primarily ECOWAS member states, and Mauritania, Chad and Cameroon. (Photo by the KAIPTC-WADPI Communications Team/Released)

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Nigeria and Liberia Pledge to Collaborate on Disaster Preparedness

1:28 PM10/6/2015

A West Africa Disaster Preparedness Initiative course graduation ceremony provides an opportunity for officials to agree to promote regional collaboration on disaster preparedness.

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Medical Training Benefits U.S. and Ghanaians (1) of (3)

10:36 AM9/8/2015

U.S. Army Maj. Warren Johnson, an emergency room physician with the 30th Medical Brigade and along with medical students make their patient rounds in the emergency room at the 37th Military Hospital in Accra, Ghana on Aug. 3, during Medical Readiness Training Exercise (MEDRETE) 15-2. MEDRETE 15-2 is part of a series of exercises designed to build the medical capacity of partner nation militaries in Africa. (U.S. Army Africa photo by Capt. Charles An)

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Medical Training Benefits U.S. and Ghanaians (3) of (3)

10:36 AM9/8/2015

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Adrian Elisondo, an operating room technician with the 30th Medical Brigade, demonstrates procedures prior to surgery during a class with medical students at the 37th Military Hospital in Accra, Ghana on Aug. 3, 2015 during Medical Readiness Training Exercise (MEDRETE) 15-2. MEDRETE 15-2 is part of a series of exercises designed to build the medical capacity of partner nation militaries in Africa. (U.S. Army Africa photo by Capt. Charles An)

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Medical Training Benefits U.S. and Ghanaians (2) of (3)

10:36 AM9/8/2015

Lt. Col. Sean Burke, an anesthesia provider with the 30th Medical Brigade, explains procedures with Ghanaian medical personnel prior to a craniotomy at the 37th Military Hospital in Accra, Ghana on Aug. 3, during Medical Readiness Training Exercise (MEDRETE) 15-2. MEDRETE 15-2 is part of a series of exercises designed to build the medical capacity of partner nation militaries in Africa. (U.S. Army Africa photo by Capt. Charles An)

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APORA Supports Fight Against Infectious Diseases in Africa

4:39 PM8/17/2015

OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso - Alliance members listen to a presentation from Cmdr. Edward Nyarko, Ghana Armed Forces, during the second African Partner Outbreak Response Alliance meeting held in Burkina Faso.

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APORA Supports Fight Against Infectious Diseases in Africa

4:39 PM8/17/2015

OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso - Brig. Gen. Mahama Alhassan, APORA chair and director of Ghana Armed Forces Military Health Services, delivers opening remarks.

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AFRICOM Supports Disaster Preparedness Initiative (1) of (3)

3:05 PM7/21/2015

C. Patricia Alsup, left, chargé d’affairs, United States Embassy – Accra, greets Lt. Col. Sueann Ramsey, chief of health force protection for U.S. Africa Command, prior to the commissioning of the Republic of Ghana National Emergency Operations Center in Accra July 13, 2015.

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AFRICOM Supports Disaster Preparedness Initiative (3) of (3)

3:04 PM7/21/2015

Erik Threet, left, disaster preparedness program manager with U.S. Africa Command, presents an award for service to Sir Ebeneezer Kofi Portuphy, former national coordinator for Ghana's National Disaster Management Organization, in Accra, Ghana July 13, 2015.

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AFRICOM Supports Disaster Preparedness Initiative (2) of (3)

3:00 PM7/21/2015

Dr. Barbara Sotirin, deputy director for programs at U.S. Africa Command, provides remarks during the opening ceremony for the the West Africa Disaster Preparedness Initiative at the Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Training Center in Accra, Ghana July 13, 2015.

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African Partner Outbreak Response Alliance meets in Ghana (5) of (5)

4:47 PM4/22/2015

Maj. Gen. Worthe Holt, special advisor to the commander, U.S. Africa Command, delivers opening remarks during the first African Partner Outbreak Response Alliance meeting in Accra, Ghana, April 20, 2015. Military and civilian doctors and medical practitioners from 12 African nations attended the three-day meeting. (U.S. AFRICOM photo by Tech. Sgt. Olufemi A Owolabi)

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African Partner Outbreak Response Alliance meets in Ghana (4) of (5)

3:07 PM4/21/2015

Participants take notes during the lesson-learned presentation by members of the Liberian Armed Forces during the first African Partner Outbreak Response Alliance meeting in Accra, Ghana, April 20, 2015. More than 60 military and civilian doctors and medical practitioners from 12 African nations attended the meeting to discuss the capabilities of African partner nations to respond to a disease outbreak. (U.S. Africa Command photo by Tech. Sgt. Olufemi A Owolabi)

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African Partner Outbreak Response Alliance meets in Ghana (3) of (5)

3:06 PM4/21/2015

U.S. Navy Capt. David Weiss, command surgeon for U.S. Africa Command, addresses the 60 participants of the first ever African Partner Outbreak Response Alliance meeting in Accra, Ghana, April 20, 2015. More than 60 military and civilian doctors and medical practitioners from 12 African nations attended the meeting to discuss the capabilities of African partner nations to respond to a disease outbreak. (U.S. Africa Command photo by Tech. Sgt. Olufemi A Owolabi)

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