U.S. Africa Command Web Editor's Note: The following op-ed on food security by U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is posted on the U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM) website in recognition of World Food Day, October 16, 2009. The op-ed was
U.S. Africa Command Admiral Speaks at Maritime Security Conference
12:00 AM10/14/2009
Vice Admiral Robert T. Moeller, U.S. Africa Command's deputy to the commander for military operations, spoke at the inaugural conference on Maritime Security at the Radisson Blu Hotel in Cape Town, South Africa, October 13, 2009.
U.S., African Partners Celebrate Successful Conclusion of Africa Endeavor 2009
12:00 AM10/13/2009
Representatives from U.S. Africa Command and 26 African nations commemorated the closing Exercise Africa Endeavor 2009 with a series of speeches, a parade and a small reception in Libreville, Gabon, October 9, 2009.
Botswana Defence Command and Staff College Adds to Library
12:00 AM10/6/2009
A donation of more than 700 textbooks and reference books delivered to the library of the Botswana Defence Force (BDF) Defence Command and Staff college (DCSC) in Gaborone, Botswana, is helping improve the availability of study and research
Africa Endeavor 09 Builds Relationships, Strengthens Communications
12:00 AM10/5/2009
Almost 200 people from 26 countries and three international organizations came together in Gabon, September 29, 2009, to participate in Exercise Africa Endeavor, an annual U.S. Africa Command-sponsored initiative to assist African militaries with
WASHINGTON, Sept. 30, 2009 – U.S. Africa Command is a “listening command” that has added value to U.S. government programs on the continent, the command’s top military officer told the Atlantic Council here last night. Read more
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U.S., Ugandan Senior Enlisted Leaders Meet to Prepare for Exercise Natural Fire
12:00 AM10/1/2009
When the command sergeant major of the 21st Theater Sustainment Command (TSC) arrived in Uganda and met with the top enlisted soldiers from the Ugandan Peoples Defense Force (UPDF), their main focus was making Natural Fire 10 a success.
Exercise Africa Endeavor Brings Together 25 African Nations
12:00 AM10/1/2009
A mid-morning ceremony September 29, 2009, marked the beginning of Africa Endeavor 2009, an annual joint combined communications exercise sponsored by U.S. Africa Command, supported by the African Union and, this year, hosted by the Armed Forces of
Libyan Delegation Makes Historic Visit to Africa Command
12:00 AM9/28/2009
A delegation of three senior Libyan military officers visited U.S. Africa Command headquarters as part of an orientation program to explain the command's mission, Sept. 21-24, 2009, as the two countries continue to build their military
Command Hosts Visit by Cameroon Journalists to Stuttgart
12:00 AM9/23/2009
U.S. Africa Command hosted a visit to Germany by four Cameroon journalists and a college dean September 14-17, 2009, providing briefings and meetings with senior staff, an office call with General William Ward and an on-the-record interview
U.S. Marine Corps Forces Europe and U.S. Marine Corps Forces Africa received a new commander September 10, 2009. Brigadier General Paul W. Brier assumed command of the two units from Major General (Sel) Tracy L. Garrett during a brief change of
U.S. Army Reserve soldiers Colonel Morgan M. Gray, commander of the Medical Support Unit-Europe (MSU-E) in Mannheim, Germany, and Captain Charles A. Pastor, a medical doctor assigned to the MSU-E, took part in an exercise designed to share the
U.S. Africa Command opened its doors to business, government and regional civic leaders in the Stuttgart area to learn more about the command during an open house event September 10, 2009.
Navy Rear Admiral Scott Sanders, vice commander for U.S. Naval Forces Central Command, and British Royal Navy Captain Keith Blount, the task force's chief of staff, discussed counter-piracy operations in the Gulf of Aden and the Internationally
Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa Hosts Ugandan Senior Command and Staff College Officers
12:00 AM9/14/2009
Officers of the Ugandan Senior Command and Staff College visited Camp Lemonnier from September 7 to 11, 2009 to learn about Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa's staff, coalition and regional partners' missions, operations, and
Nigerian Delegation Assists U.S. Africa Command in Engagement Planning Process
12:00 AM9/11/2009
A Nigerian delegation met with representatives from U.S. Africa Command and its component organizations, September 10, 2009 in Stuttgart, Germany to discuss their goals and objectives for the coming year.
September 11th, 2001 is a day we will never forget. As a nation, we remember and honor those whose lives were ended prematurely when jetliners struck the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, and we remember and mourn those who died aboard Flight
U.S. Africa Command Conducts First Regional Pandemic Response Program Workshop in Nairobi
12:00 AM9/8/2009
Disaster and Health experts from nine African nations came together in Nairobi, Kenya for a five-day planning workshop on Pandemic Influenza Response, August 31-September 4, 2009.
The event was sponsored and facilitated by U.S. Africa
WARD SENDS: Honoring the American Worker – Labor Day
12:00 AM9/4/2009
Labor Day is a timeless holiday in celebration of American workers, both past and present. The holiday was initially conceived in the late 19th century as an act of reconciliation between the U.S. government and organized labor. The turmoil of that
U.S. Africa Command Wraps-up Second Academic Conference with Closing Ceremony
12:00 AM9/3/2009
U.S. Africa Command hosted 36 academic professionals from 17 different African nations during its second annual academic symposium at the Sheraton Hotel in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia August 21, 2009.