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AFRICOM delegation visits Namibia to develop security cooperation, partnership efforts

AFRICOM delegation visits Namibia to develop security cooperation, partnership efforts

AFRICOM delegation visits Namibia to develop security cooperation, partnership efforts

2:21 PM9/7/2022

Amb. Andrew Young (right), U.S. Africa Command deputy to the commander for civil-military engagement, and U.S. Air Force Brig. Gen. Peter Bailey, U.S. Africa Command deputy director for Strategy, Engagement and Programs, meet with representatives of the KP Clinic during a visit to Katutura in Windhoek, Namibia, on Aug. 30, 2022. The clinic assists individuals in key populations who, due to specific higher risk behaviors, are at increased risk of HIV.

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U.S. Africa Command Special Operations Forces train alongside partners in Benin

U.S. Africa Command Special Operations Forces train alongside partners in Benin

U.S. Africa Command Special Operations Forces train alongside partners in Benin

12:00 AM9/7/2022

Beninese soldiers from the 1st Commando Parachute Battalion provide security for the Alpha platoon during a Joint Combined Exercise Training in Ouassa, Benin, on Sept. 7, 2022. International engagement is necessary to counter violent extremism, and our military engagements are just one way we support African partners as part of an international community.

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Langley makes first visit to Africa as commander

Langley makes first visit to Africa as commander

Langley makes first visit to Africa as commander

12:00 AM8/30/2022

U.S. Marine Corps Gen. Michael Langley, commander, U.S. Africa Command, U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Jami Shawley, commanding general of the Combined Joint Task Force – Horn of Africa, and Sgt. Maj. Richard Thresher, AFRICOM senior enlisted advisor, assess security and force protection measures at Manda Bay Airfield, Kenya, on Aug. 30, 2022. "Cooperative Security Location-Manda Bay is an important operational base for U.S. Africa Command forces in the region. The missions here are possible thanks to the exceptional relationship we have with our Kenyan partners and their commitment to regional security and stability," Langley said.

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Langley makes first visit to Africa as commander

Langley makes first visit to Africa as commander

Langley makes first visit to Africa as commander

12:00 AM8/29/2022

Amb. Larry André, U.S. Embassy in Somalia, greets U.S. Marine Corps Gen. Michael Langley, commander, U.S. Africa Command, on Aug. 29 in Somalia as part of visits in East Africa. Meetings here stressed a whole-of-government approach to support security assistance/training programs that build capacity for partners to achieve regional stability.

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Langley makes first visit to Africa as commander

Langley makes first visit to Africa as commander

Langley makes first visit to Africa as commander

12:00 AM8/28/2022

U.S. Army Maj. Gen. David Francis, director of operations for U.S. Africa Command; U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Maj. Richard Thresher, command senior enlisted leader, U.S. Africa Command; U.S. Marine Corps Gen. Michael Langley, commander, U.S. Africa Command; U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Jami Shawley, commanding general of Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa; and U.S. Air Force Chief Master Sgt. Jason P. Colón, command senior enlisted leader of CJTF-HOA, pose for a photo on Aug. 28, 2022. The engagement was part of a four-day trip by senior leaders to Djibouti, Somalia, and Manda Bay, Kenya, from August 28-31, 2022, to meet with host nation leaders, senior interagency officials, and deployed troops to better understand the political and military situation in East Africa, discuss shared concerns and priorities, and see ongoing operations firsthand.

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Langley makes first visit to Africa as commander

Langley makes first visit to Africa as commander

Langley makes first visit to Africa as commander

12:00 AM8/28/2022

U.S. Marine Corps Gen. Michael Langley, right, commander, U.S. Africa Command, greets Sadie Tucker, foreign policy advisor for Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa, Aug. 28, 2022. The visit came as part of a four-day trip to Djibouti, Somalia, and Manda Bay, Kenya, from August 28-31, 2022, to meet with host nation leaders, senior interagency officials, and deployed troops to better understand the political and military situation in East Africa, discuss shared concerns and priorities, and see ongoing operations firsthand.

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Langley makes first visit to Africa as commander

Langley makes first visit to Africa as commander

Langley makes first visit to Africa as commander

12:00 AM8/28/2022

U.S. Marine Corps Gen. Michael Langley, commander, U.S. Africa Command, and Sgt. Maj. Richard Thresher, command senior enlisted leader, U.S. Africa Command, speak with Sgt. Jeffrey Powell, Marine Security Guard Detachment Djibouti, Aug. 28, 2022, as part of a troop engagement for Langley’s first visit to Africa as U.S. Africa Command’s commanding general. The visit came as part of a four-day trip to Djibouti, Somalia, and Manda Bay, Kenya, from August 28-31, 2022, to meet with host nation leaders, senior interagency officials, and deployed troops to better understand the political and military situation in East Africa, discuss shared concerns and priorities, and see ongoing operations firsthand.

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Langley makes first visit to Africa as commander

Langley makes first visit to Africa as commander

Langley makes first visit to Africa as commander

12:00 AM8/28/2022

U.S. Army Maj. Christian Gehrels, acting defense attaché for the U.S. Embassy Djibouti, greets U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Maj. Richard Thresher, command senior enlisted leader, U.S. Africa Command, as he arrives at Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, Aug. 28, 2022. The greeting came on the front-end of a four-day trip by senior leaders to Djibouti, Somalia, and Manda Bay, Kenya, from August 28-31, 2022, to meet with host nation leaders, senior interagency officials, and deployed troops to better understand the political and military situation in East Africa, discuss shared concerns and priorities, and see ongoing operations firsthand.

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Leadership by example: AFRICOM hosts senior enlisted conference

Leadership by example: AFRICOM hosts senior enlisted conference

Leadership by example: AFRICOM hosts senior enlisted conference

12:00 AM8/24/2022

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Maj. Richard Thresher, command senior enlisted leader, U.S. Africa Command, poses with African partners during the Africa Senior Enlisted Leader Conference in Rome, Italy, from Aug. 22-23. The conference serves as a venue for all participating nations to collaborate with and learn from each other while discussing key challenges faced across the continent and avenues to discuss how we can best work together to address those challenges.

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Faces of AFRICOM | Office of Legal Counsel

Faces of AFRICOM | Office of Legal Counsel

Faces of AFRICOM | Office of Legal Counsel

8:25 AM8/23/2022

The "Faces of AFRICOM" project is a recurring series that aims to provide greater insight to different positions across U.S. Africa Command and how those roles support U.S. and African partner shared goals. This edition sheds light on the role of the Office of Legal Counsel from the perspective of Sandra Franzblau, a civilian attorney at U.S. Africa Command. Legal advisors are essential to U.S. Africa Command as they guide commanders and their staff on making informed decisions in accordance with the law. Their goal is to provide advice in a timely and accurate manner to ensure operations and missions are rewarding for both the U.S. military and its partners. "We are not like a traditional legal office, where we are providing legal opinions on other staff's plans. Instead, we are working as staff officers ourselves, providing guidance to the command on security cooperation activities designed to address our partner's capacity and capability gaps," Franzblau said. The Office of Legal Counsel provides legal guidance in various areas, including international law, operational law, administrative law, legal engagements, military justice, ethics/ standards of conduct, personnel matters, fiscal law, and contract law. Almost everything at U.S. Africa Command goes through the Office of Legal Counsel. "We provide essential support to the exercise program, engaging with African military legal partners on how they exercise consistent with the law. We have our own two signature legal engagements - the African Military Law Forum and the Accountability Colloquium. It is one of the most gratifying professional positions that I have ever held," said Franzblau. U.S. Africa Command is one of seven U.S. Department of Defense geographic combatant commands. The command is responsible for all U.S. military operations, exercises, security cooperation, and conducts crisis response on the African continent in order to advance U.S. interests and promote regional security, stability, and prosperity.

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Leadership by example: AFRICOM hosts senior enlisted conference

Leadership by example: AFRICOM hosts senior enlisted conference

Leadership by example: AFRICOM hosts senior enlisted conference

12:00 AM8/23/2022

African partners pose during the Africa Senior Enlisted Leader Conference in Rome, Italy, from Aug. 22-23. The conference serves as a venue for all participating nations to collaborate with and learn from each other while discussing key challenges faced across the continent and avenues to discuss how we can best work together to address those challenges.

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Leadership by example: AFRICOM hosts senior enlisted conference

Leadership by example: AFRICOM hosts senior enlisted conference

Leadership by example: AFRICOM hosts senior enlisted conference

12:00 AM8/23/2022

The 2022 Africa Senior Enlisted Leaders Conference, held in Rome, Italy, from Aug. 22-23, serves as a venue for all participating nations to collaborate with and learn from each other while discussing key challenges faced across the continent and avenues to discuss how we can best work together to address those challenges.

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Leadership by example: AFRICOM hosts senior enlisted conference

Leadership by example: AFRICOM hosts senior enlisted conference

Leadership by example: AFRICOM hosts senior enlisted conference

12:00 AM8/23/2022

Senior Enlisted leaders from various African partners, U.S. National Guards, U.S. Africa Command, and its components gathered to discuss the way ahead to build partner capacity, enhance regional cooperation, and increase interoperability during the Africa Senior Enlisted Leader Conference in Rome, Italy, from Aug. 22-23. The conference serves as a venue for all participating nations to collaborate with and learn from each other while discussing key challenges faced across the continent and avenues to discuss how we can best work together to address those challenges.

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Leadership by example: AFRICOM hosts senior enlisted conference

Leadership by example: AFRICOM hosts senior enlisted conference

Leadership by example: AFRICOM hosts senior enlisted conference

12:00 AM8/23/2022

Tanzania's Sergeant Major Aabdallah Kitema (left) and Liberia's Forces Sergeant Major Cooper Manqueh pose during the Africa Senior Enlisted Conference held in Rome, Italy, from Aug. 22-23. The conference serves as a venue for all participating nations to collaborate with and learn from each other while discussing key challenges faced across the continent and avenues to discuss how we can best work together to address those challenges.

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Faces of AFRICOM | U.S. Coast Guard

Faces of AFRICOM | U.S. Coast Guard

Faces of AFRICOM | U.S. Coast Guard

12:00 AM8/18/2022

The "Faces of AFRICOM" project is a recurring series that aims to provide greater insight to different positions across U.S. Africa Command and how those roles support U.S. and African partner shared goals. This edition sheds light on the role of the U.S. Coast Guard from the perspective of U.S. Coast Guard Codr. Danielle Shupe. The eight U.S. Coast Guard members stationed at U.S. Africa Command provide expertise including protecting living marine resources, environmental protection, law enforcement, drug interdiction, search and rescue, and defense operations. "African partners often tell us that the U.S. Coast Guard is their partner of choice when it comes to maritime training and development," Shupe said. U.S. Coast Guard objectives in Africa include exercising maritime security agreements, enhancing partner nation capacities and promoting the US partnership. This is achieved through joint maritime exercises, engagements, and real-world operations conducted with African partners. "In reality, most African navies are more similar to the Coast Guard than the Navy as they work to enforce national sovereignty in their territorial seas and exclusive economic zones," said Shupe. A stable and sustainable Africa reduces illicit maritime activity and prevents the spread of Violent Extremist Organizations. The U.S. Coast Guard with U.S. Africa Command is helping partner nations develop robust networks to stop illicit activities - such as illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing, illegal trafficking, and piracy - at the strategic and operational levels. U.S. Africa Command is one of seven U.S. Department of Defense geographic combatant commands. The command is responsible for all U.S. military operations, exercises, security cooperation, and conducts crisis response on the African continent in order to advance U.S. interests and promote regional security, stability, and prosperity.

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Faces of AFRICOM | Exercise Planner

Faces of AFRICOM | Exercise Planner

Faces of AFRICOM | Exercise Planner

9:44 AM8/17/2022

This edition sheds light on the role of Joint Training, Readiness and Exercises directorate with the help of U.S. Army Lt. Col. Adam McCombs. "A lot of the exercises focus not only on countering VEOs (violent extremist organizations) on the continent, a threat that we both share, but also promoting stability and regional security within the host nations and the surrounding nations for the objectives we are looking to achieve within the exercise program," explained McCombs. "We take a big account to what our partner nation's objectives are and making sure that the exercise also meets those ideas." The main objectives when planning exercises are to take the combatant commander's guidance for the operations and align the program in a way that achieves the campaign strategy, assists in countering threats, strengthens alliances, and increases the overall joint readiness of the force. Exercises are a necessary part of how the command operates in Africa by incorporating all lines of effort by gaining access and influence, countering threats, incorporating crisis mitigation and response, and coordinating with allies and partners. U.S. Africa Command is one of seven U.S. Department of Defense geographic combatant commands. The command is responsible for all U.S. military operations, exercises, security cooperation, and conducts crisis response on the African continent in order to advance U.S. interests and promote regional security, stability, and prosperity.

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U.S. Africa Command welcomes new leader

U.S. Africa Command welcomes new leader

U.S. Africa Command welcomes new leader

2:12 PM8/9/2022

Gen. Stephen Townsend, outgoing commander, U.S. Africa Command, passes the guidon to The Honorable Lloyd Austin III, secretary of defense, during a change of command ceremony in Stuttgart, Germany, on Aug. 9, 2022. Austin presided over the ceremony at Kelley Barracks, where nearly 400 guests from around the world gathered for the change of command.

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U.S. Africa Command welcomes new leader

U.S. Africa Command welcomes new leader

U.S. Africa Command welcomes new leader

2:02 PM8/9/2022

Gen. Christopher Cavoli, commander, U.S. European Command, meets with Gen. Thierry Burkhard, French chief of defense, following a U.S. Africa Command change of command ceremony in Stuttgart, Germany, on Aug. 9, 2022. The ceremony, held for Gen. Stephen Townsend (not pictured) to transfer command to Gen. Michael Langley (not pictured), was attended by nearly 400 guests including international, partner-nation and interagency dignitaries and leaders.

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U.S. Africa Command welcomes new leader

U.S. Africa Command welcomes new leader

U.S. Africa Command welcomes new leader

1:39 PM8/9/2022

Gen. Michael Langley, incoming commander, U.S. Africa Command, speaks with Ms. Chidi Blyden, deputy assistant secretary of defense for African Affairs, before a change of command ceremony in Stuttgart, Germany, on Aug. 9. Core to U.S. Africa Command’s mission is to work with allies and partners in a whole-of-government approach where defense supports diplomatic and development efforts to address shared security threats.

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U.S. Africa Command welcomes new leader

U.S. Africa Command welcomes new leader

U.S. Africa Command welcomes new leader

1:39 PM8/9/2022

Distinguished guests for the U.S. Africa Command change of command ceremony included international and partner-nation chiefs of defense, German officials and fellow service and component leadership.

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