Planning for crisis response: personnel recovery professionals collaborate, train for recovery operations
12:00 AM10/17/2022
U.S. Africa Command’s Personnel Recovery Branch strengthened partnerships and enhanced crisis response by hosting the first-ever Personnel Recovery Table Top Exercise Rodeo at the Edelweiss Resort and Conference Center in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany, from Oct. 16-20, 2022.
U.S. Marine Corps Gen. Michael Langley, commander, U.S. Africa Command, greets General Belkhir El Farouk, inspector general of the Moroccan Armed Forces and commander of the Southern Zone, to discuss shared security interests and future areas of potential cooperation, in Rabat, Morocco, Oct. 17, 2022. The visit in Morocco, which was followed by a stop in Tunisia, was Langley's third to Africa since taking command.
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Ghanaian military train on base camp design
12:00 AM10/14/2022
Engineers from the Ghanaian Army join with U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the U.S. Embassy in Accra, U.S. Security Forces Assistance Brigade and U.S. Army Southern European Task Force - Africa for a photo Oct. 14, 2022, at the schoolhouse where the engineers trained on base camp development. The training is part of the larger African Peacekeeping Rapid Response Partnership Program.
CJTF-HOA, partners build school library in Djibouti
12:00 AM10/13/2022
The Balbala 7 Library is a combined project that provides education opportunities to local children and is designed to give back to the local community.
Naval Forces Africa joins allies, partners for Grand African NEMO 22
12:00 AM10/11/2022
During the week long exercise, USS Hershel “Woody” Williams will participate in maritime security scenarios that combat illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing, piracy, drug trafficking, pollution, and rescue at sea.
Blue to gold: USS Hershel “Woody” Williams swaps crew in Tema, Ghana
10:40 AM10/7/2022
The departing “Blue Crew” completed a five-month deployment to the Indian and Atlantic Ocean from May to October, 2022. During the rotation the crew conducted maritime security operations and built valued relationships with allies and partners.
African Lion is a U.S. Africa Command event, led by SETAF-AF in coordination with all U.S. joint forces, multiple U.S. government agencies and Allies and Partners.
U.S. Africa Command Special Operations Forces host medical civic action program in Ghana
9:47 AM10/5/2022
Members of the U.S. Army, Ghanaian army, and Northern Regional Peace council speak to locals during a medical civic action program (MEDCAP) in Yendi, Ghana, August 31, 2022. MEDCAPs serve as temporary field clinics to provide limited medical treatment to the local population.
U.S. Africa Command Special Operations Forces host medical civic action program in Ghana
9:47 AM10/5/2022
A Ghanaian nurse assigned to the 6th Infantry Battalion works with a translator to treat a patient during a medical civic action program (MEDCAP) in Yendi, Ghana, August 31, 2022. MEDCAPs serve as temporary field clinics to provide limited medical treatment to the local population.
U.S. Africa Command Special Operations Forces host medical civic action program in Ghana
9:47 AM10/5/2022
Soldiers assigned to the 91st Civil Affairs Battalion speak to local children during a medical civic action program (MEDCAP) in Yendi, Ghana, August 31, 2022. MEDCAPs serve as temporary field clinics to provide limited medical treatment to the local population.
U.S. Africa Command Special Operations Forces host medical civic action program in Ghana
9:47 AM10/5/2022
A Ghanaian nurse assigned to the 6th Infantry Battalion conducts a preliminary eye exam during a medical civic action program (MEDCAP) in Yendi, Ghana, August 31, 2022. MEDCAPs serve as temporary field clinics to provide limited medical treatment to the local population.
U.S. Africa Command Special Operations Forces host medical civic action program in Ghana
9:47 AM10/5/2022
A Soldier assigned to the 91st Civil Affairs Battalion consults with a Ghanaian soldier from the 6th Infantry Battalion during a medical civic action program (MEDCAP) in Yendi, Ghana, September 01, 2022. MEDCAPs serve as temporary field clinics to provide limited medical treatment to the local population.
Books line the shelves in a new Library at the Balbala 7 School built and furnished by coalition partners from the U.S. Military, U.S. State Department, Japanese, Italian, and Spanish militaries at Balabala, Djibouti, Oct. 4 2022. Spanish military members provided books and reading materials, and the Japanese and Italian military members provided furniture for the interior.
Japanese Self-Defense Force Col. Takahiro Yoshida, Japanese installation commander, shakes hands with a member of the Djiboutian Ministry of Education at an opening ceremony for a Library at the Balbala 7 School in Balbala, Djibouti, Oct. 4, 2022. The Library was built and furnished through collaborative support from U.S. partners and allies.
Brig. Gen. Steven Case, Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa deputy commanding general, speaks at an opening ceremony for a Library at the Balbala 7 School in Balbala, Djibouti, Oct. 4, 2022. The Library is the first of many construction projects Civil Affairs, CJTF-HOA Army Engineers and U.S. partners and allies will work on across Djibouti and East Africa.
Japanese Takio Drummers bow after a performance during the opening ceremony of a Library at the Balbala 7 School in Balabala, Djibouti, Oct. 4, 2022. The opening ceremony consisted of many multinational speeches and events.