Algerian Ship Makes Historic Visit to United States
12:00 AM7/12/2012
The Algerian Navy ship ANS Soummam (937) arrived in New York City for a five-day port visit, marking the first time an Algerian Navy ship has ever visited the United States, July 9, 2012.
High Speed Vessel Swift Departs Kenya after APS Visit
12:00 AM7/10/2012
Military Sealift Command-chartered High Speed Vessel Swift (HSV 2) hosted training with Kenyan Sailors during a two-day port visit that ended July 7 in support of Africa Partnership Station (APS) East 2012.
AFRICOM Builds Logistics Capability in African Partners
12:00 AM7/5/2012
Several robust programs at U.S. Africa Command are helping to ensure that when African partners pull together to support shared security interests, they have the logistical capabilities they need to deploy and sustain their operations
As the Defense Department was embracing a counterinsurgency strategy that recognized the need for "whole-of-government" solutions in Iraq and then Afghanistan, U.S. Africa Command was busy putting the model into practice on the African
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Africa Partnership Station Promotes Security Cooperation
12:00 AM6/29/2012
An ongoing international effort to help African nations improve maritime safety and security in the Gulf of Guinea represents one of U.S. Africa Command's most successful programs while embodying the command's core principles, AFRICOM's
As part of an effort to regionally align Army forces with specific unified combatant commands, or COCOMs, a brigade will begin serving in March 2013 as the go-to force for U.S. Africa Command, or U.S. AFRICOM.
Eleven African defense attaches expanded their knowledge of U.S. Africa Command and its key programs and objectives during a familiarization visit to the command's headquarters in Stuttgart, Germany, June 21-22, 2012.
Largest African Military Communications Exercise Concludes
12:00 AM6/28/2012
U.S. Africa Command officials, U.S. officials and representatives to several African nations were pleased with the results of a joint military communications exercise, which concluded in Douala, Cameroon, June 27, 2012 .
U.S. Africa Command's top military officer detailed existing and emerging threats from extremist organizations on the continent in a speech at the Africa
National Guard Joins 36 Nations in Africa's Largest Military Communications Exercise
12:00 AM6/25/2012
Four National Guardsmen from two states and the District of Columbia are participating in Africa Endeavor, a joint training exercise sponsored by U.S. Africa Command which focuses on communications interoperability and information sharing among the
U.S. Marines and Sailors Participate in Crisis Response Training, Prepare to Support U.S. Africa Command
12:00 AM6/19/2012
Reserve Marines and sailors with Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force-12.2 prepared to provide limited support in the event of a crisis in the U.S. Africa Command area of responsibility as part of a two-day exercise, June 8-9, 2012.
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AFRICOM Forms Military Relationship With Libya
12:00 AM6/19/2012
Operation Odyssey Dawn, the U.S. Africa Command-led U.S. mission in Libya last year, imparted important lessons the Defense Department's newest combatant command is applying as it welcomes a new African partner to the fold while still dealing
West African Animal Health Specialists Deepen Skills in First Joint USDA-USAID-AFRICOM Workshop
12:00 AM6/19/2012
In the first such workshop hosted jointly by U.S. Africa Command, U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), lab technicians and epidemiologists from five West African nations gathered June 4-8,
The United States has no plans to seek permanent bases in Africa, and, in the spirit of the new defense strategic guidance, will continue to maintain a "light footprint" on the continent, the top U.S. Africa Command officer said. Read more
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Priorities Set U.S. Africa Command's Agenda
12:00 AM6/12/2012
After a year of significant change sweeping the African continent -- a wave of democratic movements, the emergence of South Sudan as the world's newest nation and an increase in violent extremism, among them -- U.S. Africa Command is using the
"Experiment" Designed to Link Civil Info to Better Decisions in Remote Areas
12:00 AM5/31/2012
Civil affairs specialists visit a village in a remote town in Africa and help install a water well for an overpopulated community - sounds like a great success story, right? But sometimes these missions have unseen consequences. In this scenario,