12:57 PM1/17/2018

U.S. Marines assigned to Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force-Crisis Response-Africa verifies documents from a notional evacuee during non-combatant evacuation operation training aboard Naval Air Station Sigonella, Italy, on Nov. 17, 2017. SPMAGTF-CR-AF deployed to conduct limited crisis-response and theater-security operation in Europe and Africa. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Patrick Osino/Released)

12:57 PM1/17/2018

Explosive Ordnance Disposal technicians assigned to Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force-Crisis Response-Africa inspect a suspicious object during non-combatant evacuation operation training aboard Naval Air Station Sigonella, Italy, on Nov. 17, 2017. SPMAGTF-CR-AF deployed to conduct limited crisis-response and theater-security operation in Europe and Africa. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Patrick Osino/Released)

12:56 PM1/17/2018

An Explosive Ordnance Disposal technician assigned to Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force-Crisis Response-Africa controls a bomb disposal robot during non-combatant evacuation operation training aboard Naval Air Station Sigonella, Italy, on Nov. 17, 2017. SPMAGTF-CR-AF deployed to conduct limited crisis-response and theater-security operation in Europe and Africa. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Patrick Osino/Released)

12:56 PM1/17/2018

U.S. Marines assigned to Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force-Crisis Response-Africa conduct a search during non-combatant evacuation operation training aboard Naval Air Station Sigonella, Italy, on Nov. 17, 2017. SPMAGTF-CR-AF deployed to conduct limited crisis-response and theater-security operation in Europe and Africa. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Patrick Osino/Released)

12:56 PM1/17/2018

An Explosive Ordnance Disposal technician assigned to Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force-Crisis Response-Africa inspect suspicious luggage during non-combatant evacuation operation training aboard Naval Air Station Sigonella, Italy, on Nov. 17, 2017. SPMAGTF-CR-AF deployed to conduct limited crisis-response and theater-security operation in Europe and Africa. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Patrick Osino/Released)

12:56 PM1/17/2018

A bomb disposal robot inspects a suspicious object during non-combatant evacuation operation training aboard Naval Air Station Sigonella, Italy, on Nov. 17, 2017. SPMAGTF-CR-AF deployed to conduct limited crisis-response and theater-security operation in Europe and Africa. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Patrick Osino/Released)

12:55 PM1/17/2018

A U.S. Marine assigned to Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force-Crisis Response-Africa processes a notional evacuee during non-combatant evacuation operation training aboard Naval Air Station Sigonella, Italy, on Nov. 17, 2017. SPMAGTF-CR-AF deployed to conduct limited crisis-response and theater-security operation in Europe and Africa. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Patrick Osino/Released)

12:55 PM1/17/2018

U.S. Marines assigned to Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force-Crisis Response-Africa verifies documents from a notional evacuee during non-combatant evacuation operation training aboard Naval Air Station Sigonella, Italy, on Nov. 17, 2017. SPMAGTF-CR-AF deployed to conduct limited crisis-response and theater-security operation in Europe and Africa. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Patrick Osino/Released)

11:33 AM1/16/2018

Scenarios help test a unit’s capability to work with the base in conducting non-combatant evacuations

10:58 AM1/16/2018

ATLANTIC OCEAN (Jan. 10, 2018) Sailors aboard the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Ross (DDG 71) clean the ship during a fresh-water wash down Jan. 10, 2018. Ross, forward-deployed to Rota, Spain, is on its sixth patrol in the U.S. 6th Fleet area of operations in support of regional allies and partners and U.S. national security interests in Europe and Africa. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Kyle Steckler/Released)

10:53 AM1/16/2018

ATLANTIC OCEAN (Jan. 10, 2018) Sailors aboard the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Ross (DDG 71) clean the ship during a fresh-water wash down Jan. 10, 2018. Ross, forward-deployed to Rota, Spain, is on its sixth patrol in the U.S. 6th Fleet area of operations in support of regional allies and partners and U.S. national security interests in Europe and Africa. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Kyle Steckler/Released)

9:59 AM1/16/2018

Fourteen service members assisted the Task Force Darby Civil Affairs Team with delivering food, soccer nets and soccer balls to the Saare Jabbama youth rehabilitation center, Dec. 23, Garoua, Cameroon. TF Darby soldiers are serving in a support role for the Cameroon military’s fight against the violent extremist organization Boko Haram. (U.S. Army Africa Photo by Staff Sgt. Christina Turnipseed/Released)

9:58 AM1/16/2018

Spc. Ryan Worwood of Task Force Darby and 1st Battalion, 87th Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division, plays soccer with the boys of the Saare Jabbama youth rehabilitation center, Dec. 23, Garoua, Cameroon. Fourteen service members assisted the TF Darby Civil Affairs Team with delivering food, soccer nets and soccer balls. TF Darby soldiers are serving in a support role for the Cameroon military’s fight against the violent extremist organization Boko Haram. (U.S. Army Africa Photo by Staff Sgt. Christina Turnipseed/Released)

9:58 AM1/16/2018

Fourteen service members assisted the Task Force Darby Civil Affairs Team with delivering food, soccer nets and soccer balls to the Saare Jabbama youth rehabilitation center, Dec. 23, Garoua, Cameroon. TF Darby soldiers are serving in a support role for the Cameroon military’s fight against the violent extremist organization Boko Haram. (U.S. Army Africa Photo by Staff Sgt. Christina Turnipseed/Released)

9:58 AM1/16/2018

Sgt. Adrian Cordova, Task Force Darby mail clerk, and a young boy of the Saare Jabbama youth rehabilitation center for boys carry food donated by American soldiers and civilians, Dec. 23, Garoua, Cameroon. Fourteen service members assisted the TF Darby Civil Affairs Team with delivering food, soccer nets and soccer balls. TF Darby soldiers are serving in a support role for the Cameroon military’s fight against the violent extremist organization Boko Haram. (U.S. Army Africa Photo by Staff Sgt. Christina Turnipseed/Released)

9:58 AM1/16/2018

Spc. Ryan Worwood of Task Force Darby and 1st Battalion, 87th Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division, plays soccer with the boys of the Saare Jabbama youth rehabilitation center, Dec. 23, Garoua, Cameroon. Fourteen service members assisted the TF Darby Civil Affairs Team with delivering food, soccer nets and soccer balls. TF Darby soldiers are serving in a support role for the Cameroon military’s fight against the violent extremist organization Boko Haram. (U.S. Army Africa Photo by Staff Sgt. Christina Turnipseed/Released)

9:38 AM1/16/2018

Service Members provide food, soccer balls and moral support to the boys of Saare Jabbama

11:30 AM1/3/2018

In coordination with the Federal Government of Somalia, U.S. forces conducted an airstrike against al-Shabaab militants on Jan. 2, 2018, approximately 50 kilometers west of the capital, killing two terrorists and destroying one vehicle-borne improvised explosive device, preventing it from being used against the people in Mogadishu.

5:50 PM1/2/2018

12:21 PM12/28/2017

In coordination with the Federal Government of Somalia, U.S. forces conducted an airstrike against al-Shabaab militants Dec. 27, 2017, approximately 25 kilometers west of the capital, killing four terrorists and destroying one vehicle-borne improvised explosive device, preventing it from being used against the people in Mogadishu.