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Former U.S. Coast Guard Ship Plays Critical Role in Ghana Navy

Former U.S. Coast Guard Ship Plays Critical Role in Ghana Navy

Former U.S. Coast Guard Ship Plays Critical Role in Ghana Navy

9:52 AM3/25/2015

TEMA, Ghana (March 19, 2015) – GNS Bonsu, a former U.S. Coast Guard ship sold to the Ghana navy in 2001, is moored at the port of Tema, Ghana, March 19, 2015. Bonsu is currently docked as it awaits repairs, and is scheduled to participate in work-up trials later this summer. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Luis R. Chavez Jr/Released)

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Former U.S. Coast Guard Ship Plays Critical Role in Ghana Navy

Former U.S. Coast Guard Ship Plays Critical Role in Ghana Navy

Former U.S. Coast Guard Ship Plays Critical Role in Ghana Navy

9:49 AM3/25/2015

On December 31, 1943, Marine Iron & Ship Builders of Duluth, Minn. launched the Sweetbrier, a 180-foot Balsam Class U.S. Coast Guard buoy tender. Nearly 72 years later, a multinational group of navies practiced visit, board, search and seizure (VBSS) operations on board the Sweetbrier, known since 2001 as the Ghana Naval Ship (GNS) Bonsu.

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Obangame Express Boarding Operations Enhance Gulf of Guinea

Obangame Express Boarding Operations Enhance Gulf of Guinea

Obangame Express Boarding Operations Enhance Gulf of Guinea

8:56 AM3/25/2015

Ivory Coast boarding team members establish perimeter security aboard the German navy vessel FGS Brandenburg (F215) March 21, 2015 during an illegal fishing training scenario as part of Obangame Express 2015. Obangame Express is a U.S. Africa Command-sponsored multinational maritime exercise designed to increase maritime safety and security in the Gulf of Guinea. (U.S. Army photo by Specialist Raul Pacheco/Released)

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12:20 PM3/19/2015

U.S. Navy Boatswain Mate 1st Class Anthony Al-Russan, Tactical Craft Crewman and Gunner, provides security watch from the bow of a Coastal Riverine Squadron One SeaArk 34-foot Dauntless patrol boat, while escorting USNS Laramie, Mar. 9. (U.S. Air Force photo Staff Sgt. Carlin Leslie)

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Securing USN Vessels and CJTF-HOA

Securing USN Vessels and CJTF-HOA

Securing USN Vessels and CJTF-HOA

12:00 PM3/19/2015

The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Cole (DDG 67) was attacked by suicide bombers on Oct. 12, 2000 in an explosives-laden boat on the port side of the ship while refueling in Aden, Yemen, killing 17 Sailors and wounding 37.

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4:38 PM3/18/2015

“The Rule of Law is our most important export.” – U.S. Marine Corps Lt. Gen. Steven Hummer, AFRICOM Dep. Cdr. for Military Operations. Military lawyers from 17 African nations have joined U.S. counterparts to discuss a variety of legal topics during a forum hosted by U.S. Africa Command, Mar. 17-19, 2015, at the U.S. Army Garrison Stuttgart, Kelley Barracks. (U.S. Africa Command photo by Brenda Law/RELEASED)

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AFRICOM hosting African Military Law Forum

AFRICOM hosting African Military Law Forum

AFRICOM hosting African Military Law Forum

4:12 PM3/18/2015

African military lawyers meet U.S. counterparts to discuss Rule of Law

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USAFRICOM Posture Statement 2015

USAFRICOM Posture Statement 2015

USAFRICOM Posture Statement 2015

10:07 AM3/17/2015

Posture Statement 2015

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CA Team Health Awareness in Petite Doudah, Djibouti

CA Team Health Awareness in Petite Doudah, Djibouti

CA Team Health Awareness in Petite Doudah, Djibouti

10:10 AM3/16/2015

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Rachelle Pasteris, Civil Affairs Functional Specialty Cell preventive health specialist assigned to Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa, teaches a Djiboutian woman about proper hand washing during a Basic Home Health Awareness event in Petite Doudah, Djibouti, Feb.3, 2015. CJTF-HOA and the Djibouti Social Development Agency worked together to create the Basic Home Health Awareness program as part of a broader Djiboutian government initiative to combat poverty and create self-sustainment projects throughout Djibouti. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Ian Dean)

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CA Team Raises Health Awareness in Djibouti

CA Team Raises Health Awareness in Djibouti

CA Team Raises Health Awareness in Djibouti

10:08 AM3/16/2015

Service members assigned to Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa, in cooperation with the government of Djibouti, recently kicked off a health awareness campaign in Petite Doudah, Djibouti. Soldiers with the 407th Civil Affairs Battalion functional specialty team and CJTF-HOA medical specialists are facilitating a 48-week Basic Home Health Awareness program to educate Djiboutians on issues essential to healthy living.

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4:07 PM3/13/2015

More than 40 participants from the UK High Command and Staff College visit the command's headquarters in Stuttgart, Germany, March 13, 2015. The students consisting of 34 student military officers and their teaching and civilian support staff learned about AFRICOM’s roles and mission on the African continent, and they also had the opportunity to interact with senior staff from the command. (U.S. Africa Command photo/Technical Sergeant Olufemi A. Owolabi)

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4:07 PM3/13/2015

Rear Adm. Kevin Kovacich, U.S. Africa Command’s Strategy, Plans, and Programs (J5) director, briefs students of the UK High Command and Staff College during their visit to the command's headquarters in Stuttgart, Germany, March 13, 2015. The students comprising of 34 student-military officers and their teaching and civilian support staff learned about AFRICOM’s roles and mission on the African continent, and they also had the opportunity to interact with senior staff from AFRICOM. (U.S. Africa Command photo/Technical Sergeant Olufemi A. Owolabi)

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4:07 PM3/13/2015

Rear Adm. Kevin Kovacich, U.S. Africa Command’s Strategy, Plans, and Programs (J5) director, briefs students of the UK High Command and Staff College during their visit to the command's headquarters in Stuttgart, Germany, March 13, 2015. The students comprising of 34 student-military officers and their teaching and civilian support staff learned about AFRICOM’s roles and mission on the African continent, and they also had the opportunity to interact with senior staff from AFRICOM. (U.S. Africa Command photo/Technical Sergeant Olufemi A. Owolabi)

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UK High Command and Staff College Students Visit AFRICOM

UK High Command and Staff College Students Visit AFRICOM

UK High Command and Staff College Students Visit AFRICOM

4:01 PM3/13/2015

Students of the United Kingdom's High Command and Staff College visit the command's headquarters in Stuttgart, Germany, March 13, 2015. The students, consisting of 34 student military officers and their teaching and civilian support staff learned about AFRICOM’s roles and mission on the African continent, and they also had the opportunity to interact with senior staff from the command during their visit.

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2:38 PM3/10/2015

A member of the Angolan marines escorts Lance Cpl. Micah Salmon during a training exercise aboard the Military Sealift Command’s joint high-speed vessel USNS Spearhead (JHSV 1) as part of Africa Partnership Station March 6, 2015. Spearhead is on a scheduled deployment to the U.S. 6th Fleet area of operations to support the international collaborative capacity-building program Africa Partnership Station. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Kenan O’Connor/Released)

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USNS Spearhead Completes Angolan Phase of Africa Partnership Station 2015

USNS Spearhead Completes Angolan Phase of Africa Partnership Station 2015

USNS Spearhead Completes Angolan Phase of Africa Partnership Station 2015

2:34 PM3/10/2015

U.S., British and Spanish Marines embarked aboard Military Sealift Command joint, high-speed vessel USNS Spearhead conducted a full schedule of weapons and tactics training alongside Angolan military personnel as part of Africa Partnership Station 2015 in the port of Luanda, Angola, March 2-7.

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4:43 PM3/9/2015

Special Operations Command Africa Commander General, U.S. Army Maj. Gen. James Linder, congratulates Tunisian special forces after a successful multi-national demonstration on Mar. 7, 2015 in the vicinity of Mao, Chad. The soldiers completed three weeks of training in austere conditions as part of the Flintlock 2015 exercise. (Photo by U.S. Air Force Maj. Nathan Broshear/RELEASED)

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4:37 PM3/9/2015

Flintlock 2015 Chadian Exercise Director, Brig. Gen. Zakaria Ngobongue (right) and U.S. Special Operations Command Africa Commanding General, U.S. Army Maj. Gen. James Linder at the closing ceremony for Flintlock in N'Djamena, Chad. (Photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Jessica Espinosa, U.S. Special Operations Command Africa/RELEASED)

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4:36 PM3/9/2015

Flintlock 2015 closing ceremony, N'Djamena, Chad. (Photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Jessica Espinosa, U.S. Special Operations Command Africa/RELEASED)

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Flintlock ’15 wraps up in N’Djamena, Chad

Flintlock ’15 wraps up in N’Djamena, Chad

Flintlock ’15 wraps up in N’Djamena, Chad

3:52 PM3/9/2015

More than 1,000 troops from 20 countries participated in the annual exercise.

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