AFRICOM commander meets Tunisian military leaders aboard the USS Eisenhower
11:54 AM3/26/2021
U.S. Army Gen. Stephen Townsend, commander, U.S. Africa Command met with several Tunisian military leaders aboard the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) aircraft carrier, March 25, to discuss joint efforts to enhance Tunisia’s maritime security.
USS Winston S. Churchill conducts port visit to Sudan
3:52 PM3/1/2021
The USS Winston Churchill arrived at Port Sudan on March 1, and was welcomed by an official reception from the Sudanese Naval Forces. The visit of the Winston Churchill falls on the heels of the visit of the USNS Carson City, which visited Port Sudan from Feb 24-26, as the first U.S. Navy ships to visit Sudan in at least 25 years.
USS Winston S. Churchill conducts port visit to Sudan
3:51 PM3/1/2021
The USS Winston Churchill arrived at Port Sudan on March 1, and was welcomed by an official reception from the Sudanese Naval Forces. The visit of the Winston Churchill falls on the heels of the visit of the USNS Carson City, which visited Port Sudan from Feb 24-26, as the first U.S. Navy ships to visit Sudan in at least 25 years.
USS Winston S. Churchill conducts port visit to Sudan
3:50 PM3/1/2021
The USS Winston Churchill arrived at Port Sudan on March 1, and was welcomed by an official reception from the Sudanese Naval Forces. The visit of the Winston Churchill falls on the heels of the visit of the USNS Carson City, which visited Port Sudan from Feb 24-26, as the first U.S. Navy ships to visit Sudan in at least 25 years.
USS Winston S. Churchill conducts port visit to Sudan
3:46 PM3/1/2021
The USS Winston Churchill arrived at Port Sudan on March 1, and was welcomed by an official reception from the Sudanese Naval Forces. The visit of the Winston Churchill falls on the heels of the visit of the USNS Carson City, which visited Port Sudan from Feb 24-26, as the first U.S. Navy ships to visit Sudan in at least 25 years.
USS Winston S. Churchill conducts port visit to Sudan
3:43 PM3/1/2021
The USS Winston Churchill arrived at Port Sudan on March 1, and was welcomed by an official reception from the Sudanese Naval Forces. The visit of the Winston Churchill falls on the heels of the visit of the USNS Carson City, which visited Port Sudan from Feb 24-26, as the first U.S. Navy ships to visit Sudan in at least 25 years.
USS Winston S. Churchill conducts port visit to Sudan
3:41 PM3/1/2021
The visit of the Winston Churchill falls on the heels of the visit of the USNS Carson City, which visited Port Sudan from Feb 24-26, as the first U.S. Navy ships to visit Sudan in at least 25 years.
U.S. Army Gen. Stephen Townsend, commander, U.S. Africa Command, wrapped up a three-day West African visit Feb. 22-25 with a stop in Nigeria yesterday to meet with the nation’s leaders and further the long-standing partnership and security cooperation between the two nations. As part of the visit, Townsend participated in a wreath-laying ceremony at the Nigeria Military National Cemetery to honor those who have given their lives in the service of their nation. During the visit, the delegation expressed their condolences for the seven service members killed in the crash of a Nigerian Air Force aircraft in Abuja earlier this week.
U.S. Army Gen. Stephen Townsend, commander, U.S. Africa Command, wrapped up a three-day West African visit Feb. 22-25 with a stop in Nigeria yesterday to meet with the nation’s leaders and further the long-standing partnership and security cooperation between the two nations. As part of the visit, Townsend participated in a wreath-laying ceremony at the Nigeria Military National Cemetery to honor those who have given their lives in the service of their nation. During the visit, the delegation expressed their condolences for the seven service members killed in the crash of a Nigerian Air Force aircraft in Abuja earlier this week.
U.S. Army Gen. Stephen Townsend, commander, U.S. Africa Command, wrapped up a three-day West African visit Feb. 22-25 with a stop in Nigeria to meet with the nation’s leaders and further the long-standing partnership and security cooperation between the two nations. During the visit, Townsend met with the Nigerian President’s Chief of Staff, Ibrahim Gambari, and National Security Adviser, Babagan Monguno, to discuss regional security issues and to express the command’s gratitude for the assistance provided during a hostage rescue operation last year.
U.S. Army Gen. Stephen Townsend, commander, U.S. Africa Command, wrapped up a three-day West African visit Feb. 22-25 with a stop in Nigeria to meet with the nation’s leaders and further the long-standing partnership and security cooperation between the two nations. During the visit, Townsend met with the Nigerian President’s Chief of Staff, Ibrahim Gambari, and National Security Adviser, Babagan Monguno, to discuss regional security issues and to express the command’s gratitude for the assistance provided during a hostage rescue operation last year.
U.S. Army Gen. Stephen Townsend, commander, U.S. Africa Command, wrapped up a three-day West African visit Feb. 22-25, 2021, with a stop in Nigeria to meet with the nation’s leaders and further the long-standing partnership and security cooperation between the two nations.
U.S. Navy Rear Adm. Heidi Berg, U.S. Africa Command director of intelligence, meets senior Sudanese officials of Sudan during a series of meetings the week of Jan. 25, 2021. “This week is a significant moment in the resumption of a relationship between our two countries, a relationship based on trust and a mutual commitment to ensuring peace and prosperity in Eastern Africa,” said Berg.
U.S. Navy Rear Adm. Heidi Berg, U.S. Africa Command director of intelligence, meets senior Sudanese officials of Sudan during a series of meetings the week of Jan. 25, 2021. “This week is a significant moment in the resumption of a relationship between our two countries, a relationship based on trust and a mutual commitment to ensuring peace and prosperity in Eastern Africa,” said Berg.
U.S. Navy Rear Adm. Heidi Berg, U.S. Africa Command director of intelligence, meets Maj. Gen. Osman Siraj, commander of the Sudanese Armed Forces Fitness and Sports Directorate, before a series of meetings the week of Jan. 25, 2021. Siraj was the senior Sudanese defense official as part of the meetings, which included Deputy to the Commander for Civil-Military Engagement Ambassador Andrew Young, to discuss shared objectives including security and stability in East Africa.
U.S. Africa Command’s Deputy to the U.S. Africa Command Commander for Civil-Military Engagement, Ambassador Andrew Young, and Director of Intelligence, Rear Adm. Heidi Berg, conducted a historic visit to Sudan to foster cooperative engagement and expand partnership development, Jan. 25-27.
Partnerships Key to Lasting Security and Stability
4:08 PM1/27/2021
Ambassador Andrew Young, deputy to the commander for Civil-Military Engagement, meets with Maj. Gen. Yassin Ibrahim Yassin during a series of meetings with key military and government officials the week of Jan. 25, 2021. Young and U.S. Navy Rear Adm. Heidi Berg, U.S. Africa Command director of intelligence, conducted the trip following Sudan’s historic peace agreement signed on Oct. 3, 2020, to pursue new opportunities for U.S.-Sudanese partnership.
Partnerships Key to Lasting Security and Stability
12:00 AM1/25/2021
Ambassador Andrew Young, deputy to the commander for Civil-Military Engagement, is greeted upon arrival in Sudan for a series of meetings with key military and government officials the week of Jan. 25, 2021. Young and U.S. Navy Rear Adm. Heidi Berg, U.S. Africa Command director of intelligence, conducted the trip following Sudan’s historic peace agreement signed on Oct. 3, 2020, to pursue new opportunities for U.S.-Sudanese partnership.
USS Makin Island ARG/15th MEU arrives off Somali Coast
1:54 PM12/22/2020
The Makin Island Amphibious Ready Group, consisting of USS Makin Island (LHD8), USS Somerset (LPD 25), USS San Diego (LPD 22), and embarked 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit; and USS Hershel “Woody” Williams (ESB 4) conduct maritime operations off the coast of Mogadishu, Somalia in support of Operation Octave Quartz (OOQ). The OOQ mission is to reposition U.S. Department of Defense personnel from Somalia to other locations in East Africa.