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West African Nations Collaborate in Pandemic Influenza Planning Workshop

West African Nations Collaborate in Pandemic Influenza Planning Workshop

West African Nations Collaborate in Pandemic Influenza Planning Workshop

12:00 AM12/16/2009

During a recent pandemic influenza planning workshop, representatives from 16 West African nations joined with personnel from the United Nations (UN), International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, World Health Organization

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U.S. Sailors Celebrate the Holidays at Seychelles Orphanage

U.S. Sailors Celebrate the Holidays at Seychelles Orphanage

U.S. Sailors Celebrate the Holidays at Seychelles Orphanage

12:00 AM12/15/2009

More than 70 sailors from Patrol Squadron 26 (VP-26) 'Tridents' participated in a community relations project, December 11, 2009, ensuring that children from the St. Elizabeth Orphanage on Mahe Island, Seychelles had a special holiday

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Uganda Logistics Capabilities Enhanced Through U.S. Army Africa Mentorship

Uganda Logistics Capabilities Enhanced Through U.S. Army Africa Mentorship

Uganda Logistics Capabilities Enhanced Through U.S. Army Africa Mentorship

12:00 AM12/10/2009

Thirteen troops from the Uganda People's Defence Force (UPDF) earned entry-level certification in aircraft load planning following a recent U.S. Army Africa-led mentorship program.

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General Discusses Humanitarian and Disaster Relief Exercise in Africa

General Discusses Humanitarian and Disaster Relief Exercise in Africa

General Discusses Humanitarian and Disaster Relief Exercise in Africa

12:00 AM12/10/2009

The largest U.S. Defense Department-sponsored exercise in Africa this year yielded many important lessons, the commander of U.S. Army Africa said yesterday.

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Eastern Africa Standby Force Reaches Milestones at Conclusion of Exercise

Eastern Africa Standby Force Reaches Milestones at Conclusion of Exercise

Eastern Africa Standby Force Reaches Milestones at Conclusion of Exercise

12:00 AM12/7/2009

A closing ceremony in Grand Bara, Djibouti capped off a four-day field training exercise conducted by the newly forged Eastern African Standby Force (EASF), December 4, 2009.

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Eastern African Forces Practice Emergency Response During Field Training Exercise

Eastern African Forces Practice Emergency Response During Field Training Exercise

Eastern African Forces Practice Emergency Response During Field Training Exercise

12:00 AM12/3/2009

During the third day of the Eastern Africa Standby Brigade Field Training Exercise, approximately 1,500 participants from 10 countries of East Africa worked together on various fictional scenarios, December 2, 2009, in Djibouti.

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U.S. Soldiers Facilitate Malaria Laboratory Training in Tanzania

U.S. Soldiers Facilitate Malaria Laboratory Training in Tanzania

U.S. Soldiers Facilitate Malaria Laboratory Training in Tanzania

12:00 AM12/3/2009

A team of U.S. Army instructors from Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa provided malaria microscopy training to 20 Tanzanian medical laboratory technicians, November 23 - December 4, 2009.

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U.S. Africa Command Hosts 3rd Annual HIV/AIDS Awareness Program

U.S. Africa Command Hosts 3rd Annual HIV/AIDS Awareness Program

U.S. Africa Command Hosts 3rd Annual HIV/AIDS Awareness Program

12:00 AM12/1/2009

U.S. Africa Command health specialists, doctors, and staff members discussed the latest trends in HIV/AIDS at the AFRICOM headquarters in Stuttgart, Germany, November 30, 2009, in recognition of World HIV/AIDS Awareness Day on December 1.
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Eastern African Forces Work Together in Historical Field Exercise

Eastern African Forces Work Together in Historical Field Exercise

Eastern African Forces Work Together in Historical Field Exercise

12:00 AM12/1/2009

The multinational Eastern Africa Standby Force (EASF) Field Training Exercise began November 29, 2009 with an opening ceremony in Djibouti. The historical exercise brought approximately 1,500 troops, police and civilian staff together from 10

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WARD SENDS: Giving Thanks for our Families and Friends

WARD SENDS: Giving Thanks for our Families and Friends

WARD SENDS: Giving Thanks for our Families and Friends

12:00 AM11/26/2009

Thanksgiving is the special time to celebrate the many blessings in our lives. It is typically spent with loved ones, carrying on old family traditions and creating new ones.

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Local Vendors Invited For Bazaar at Camp Lemonnier

Local Vendors Invited For Bazaar at Camp Lemonnier

Local Vendors Invited For Bazaar at Camp Lemonnier

12:00 AM11/23/2009

For the first time in more than two years, Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti (CLDJ), invited various local Djiboutian vendors onto camp for the opportunity to sell items and build relationships with American consumers during a three-day bazaar November

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Horn of Africa Service Members Bring Donations to Djiboutians

Horn of Africa Service Members Bring Donations to Djiboutians

Horn of Africa Service Members Bring Donations to Djiboutians

12:00 AM11/20/2009

A contingent of the U.S. Army's 4/78th Battalion, Delta Company Civil Affairs and volunteers from Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa, visited a small village called Camel Douda in Djibouti to provide clothes, soccer balls, and a movie

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STATEMENT: U.S. Aircraft Makes Emergency Landing in Mali, No Fatalities

STATEMENT: U.S. Aircraft Makes Emergency Landing in Mali, No Fatalities

STATEMENT: U.S. Aircraft Makes Emergency Landing in Mali, No Fatalities

12:00 AM11/20/2009

A U.S. military aircraft supporting the U.S. Africa Command (U.S. AFRICOM) made an emergency landing in Mali just north of the capital, Bamako, November 19, 2009.

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Africans Join CJTF-HOA Chaplain to Help Disabled Man

Africans Join CJTF-HOA Chaplain to Help Disabled Man

Africans Join CJTF-HOA Chaplain to Help Disabled Man

12:00 AM11/18/2009

It is not unusual for a Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA) chaplain and team to travel more than 1,000 miles to minister to forward-deployed troops, but at the end of one particular trip to Uganda, the chaplain's team members

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Africa Command Begins its Premier Security Cooperation Conference

Africa Command Begins its Premier Security Cooperation Conference

Africa Command Begins its Premier Security Cooperation Conference

12:00 AM11/17/2009

U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM) opened its annual Theater Security Cooperation Conference November 16, 2009, a premier event that builds the foundation for the command's activities with its African partners over the next three years.
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'Paying It Forward' - New Orleans Congregation's Outreach Benefits Ethiopian Children

'Paying It Forward' - New Orleans Congregation's Outreach Benefits Ethiopian Children

'Paying It Forward' - New Orleans Congregation's Outreach Benefits Ethiopian Children

12:00 AM11/17/2009

In late August of 2005, the St. Paul's Episcopal Church and School in the Lakeview community of New Orleans was under 10 feet of stagnant water in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. The historic brick church, with its 15-foot, 150-year-old

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Ethiopian Veterans Share Korean Experience with U.S. Army Instructors

Ethiopian Veterans Share Korean Experience with U.S. Army Instructors

Ethiopian Veterans Share Korean Experience with U.S. Army Instructors

12:00 AM11/17/2009

U.S. Army Africa officers assigned to the Ethiopian Defense Command and Staff College (EDCSC) spent an afternoon, November 3, 2009, with veterans of the Kagnew Battalion -- an Ethiopian unit that fought alongside U.S. troops during the Korean

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Ceremony Honours Veterans' Sacrifice

Ceremony Honours Veterans' Sacrifice

Ceremony Honours Veterans' Sacrifice

12:00 AM11/12/2009

The Stuttgart military community gathered to honour U.S. service men and women, past and present, during a Veterans Day ceremony November 11, 2009 at Patch Barracks' Washington Field. Sponsored by the American Legion Stuttgart Post 6, the

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U.S. PATRIOTS CLUB DONATES BANNER TO U.S. AFRICA COMMAND

U.S. PATRIOTS CLUB DONATES BANNER TO U.S. AFRICA COMMAND

U.S. PATRIOTS CLUB DONATES BANNER TO U.S. AFRICA COMMAND

12:00 AM11/10/2009

KAMPALA, Uganda - U.S. children living in Kampala, Uganda presented a banner to General William E. Ward, commander of U.S. Africa Command, during his visit to Uganda for a military training exercise in October 2009.

The

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WARD SENDS: Veterans Day 2009

WARD SENDS: Veterans Day 2009

WARD SENDS: Veterans Day 2009

12:00 AM11/10/2009

Americans celebrated Armistice Day on November 11, 1919, commemorating the first anniversary of the end of World War 1 by honoring the nation’s fallen warriors and calling for a lasting peace. Soon veterans became part of the annual event,

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