Search Results

Count: 1482

Article

STATEMENT: U.S. Aircraft Crashes in Djibouti, Four Fatalities

STATEMENT: U.S. Aircraft Crashes in Djibouti, Four Fatalities STATEMENT: U.S. Aircraft Crashes in Djibouti, Four Fatalities
12:00 AM2/19/2012
During a routine flight, a U.S. military aircraft crashed approximately six miles from the Djibouti International Airport, Djibouti, February 18, 2012.

All four U.S. military personnel on board died.

The accident
 Read more
Article

Africa Partnership Station 2012 Begins in Lagos, Nigeria

Africa Partnership Station 2012 Begins in Lagos, Nigeria Africa Partnership Station 2012 Begins in Lagos, Nigeria
12:00 AM2/15/2012
Sailors and coast guardsmen from several African nations gathered in Lagos, Nigeria, to participate in the start of Africa Partnership Station (APS), February 14, 2012.

APS is part of an ongoing international effort to assist African
 Read more
Article

Pandemic Disaster Response Exercise Wraps up in Ghana

Pandemic Disaster Response Exercise Wraps up in Ghana Pandemic Disaster Response Exercise Wraps up in Ghana
12:00 AM2/14/2012
Participants in Ghana's National Government Pandemic Disaster Response Tabletop Exercise summarized lessons learned, potential gaps in the current plan and made suggestions for improvement on February 10, 2012, the final day of the
 Read more
Article

Pandemic Influenza Table Top Exercise Kicks Off in Elmina, Ghana

Pandemic Influenza Table Top Exercise Kicks Off in Elmina, Ghana Pandemic Influenza Table Top Exercise Kicks Off in Elmina, Ghana
12:00 AM2/8/2012
Approximately 120 civilian and military representatives from five African nations and the United States came together in Elmina, Ghana on February 6, 2012 for a weeklong exercise to assess the current capability of the Ghanaian government to
 Read more
Article

Camp Lemonnier Public Works Department Partners to Save Energy, Lives

Camp Lemonnier Public Works Department Partners to Save Energy, Lives Camp Lemonnier Public Works Department Partners to Save Energy, Lives
12:00 AM2/2/2012
Saving energy on the battlefield saves lives and money.

That's how Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta described the importance of the Department of Defense (DoD) continuing to "develop innovative energy solutions to advance our
 Read more
Article

Save the Date/Make a Date: Spouses Meet and Greet at Kelley Barracks

Save the Date/Make a Date: Spouses Meet and Greet at Kelley Barracks Save the Date/Make a Date: Spouses Meet and Greet at Kelley Barracks
12:00 AM1/31/2012

When: Friday, March 23, 2012, 0930-1130

Where: Kelley Club on Kelley Barracks

 Read more
Article

Theater Clearance Mandatory for USAFRICOM, DoD-Sponsored Travel to Africa

Theater Clearance Mandatory for USAFRICOM, DoD-Sponsored Travel to Africa Theater Clearance Mandatory for USAFRICOM, DoD-Sponsored Travel to Africa
12:00 AM1/31/2012

Following an increase in uprisings and various crisis situations in parts of Africa, officials at U.S. Africa Command are taking steps to remind service members assigned to the command and other Department of Defense personnel that a theater

 Read more
Article

U.S. Forces Rescue Kidnapped American, Danish Humanitarian Workers in Somalia

U.S. Forces Rescue Kidnapped American, Danish Humanitarian Workers in Somalia U.S. Forces Rescue Kidnapped American, Danish Humanitarian Workers in Somalia
12:00 AM1/25/2012

(Editor's Note: This press release was published January 25, 2012. We have reposted due to interest from the recent 60 Minutes News story which recently aired.)

 Read more
Article

Socially Rewarding, Making a Difference for Wounded Warriors

Socially Rewarding, Making a Difference for Wounded Warriors Socially Rewarding, Making a Difference for Wounded Warriors
12:00 AM1/9/2012

Volunteers from U.S. Africa Command are regularly making a positive difference in the lives of wounded service members recovering at the Landstuhl Regional Medical Center.

 Read more
Article

AFRICOM-Funded Projects Assisting African Partners Develop Capacity to Counter Drug Trafficking

AFRICOM-Funded Projects Assisting African Partners Develop Capacity to Counter Drug Trafficking AFRICOM-Funded Projects Assisting African Partners Develop Capacity to Counter Drug Trafficking
12:00 AM1/6/2012

U.S. Africa Command's Counternarcotics and Law Enforcement Assistance Division (CN) provides about $20 million in annual assistance to African partner nations to help improve their capacity to combat transnational narcotics trafficking.

 Read more
Article

U.S. Army Africa Chaplains Lead Training in Burundi

U.S. Army Africa Chaplains Lead Training in Burundi U.S. Army Africa Chaplains Lead Training in Burundi
12:00 AM1/4/2012

Two U.S. Army Africa chaplains traveled to Bujumbura, Burundi in December 2011 to lead a five-day training symposium in partnership with Burundi Ministry of Defense medical providers and chaplains to develop strategies to reduce adverse

 Read more
Article

UN Forces Commander to South Sudan Speaks to Members of U.S. Africa Command.

UN Forces Commander to South Sudan Speaks to Members of U.S. Africa Command. UN Forces Commander to South Sudan Speaks to Members of U.S. Africa Command.
12:00 AM12/16/2011

Nigerian Army Major General Moses Bisong Obi, Force Commander of United Nations Mission (UNMISS) to South Sudan visited U.S. Africa Command Headquarters in Stuttgart Germany on 13 December 2011 as part of the AFRICOM Commander's Speakers

 Read more
Article

U.S. Military Advisers to Support African Fight Against LRA

U.S. Military Advisers to Support African Fight Against LRA U.S. Military Advisers to Support African Fight Against LRA
12:00 AM12/13/2011

U.S. troops serving as advisers in the fight against the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) are beginning to deploy from Uganda to LRA-affected areas to support ongoing regional military efforts to stop the organization's ability to terrorize

 Read more
Article

DoDEA Asks for Input on Draft Community Strategic Plan

DoDEA Asks for Input on Draft Community Strategic Plan DoDEA Asks for Input on Draft Community Strategic Plan
12:00 AM12/8/2011

DoDEA is now asking parents, students, principals, staff members, teachers, military leaders, students and any community member who interacts with the school system, such as child care or health care providers to provide comments and guidance on

 Read more
Article

Commander's Speaker Series: Waging Peace in Independent South Sudan

Commander's Speaker Series: Waging Peace in Independent South Sudan Commander's Speaker Series: Waging Peace in Independent South Sudan
12:00 AM12/5/2011

The Commander's Speaker Series presents Major General Moses Bisong Obi at

the Kelley Theater, Tuesday, 13 December 2011 from 1330-1500. The title of

Maj. Gen. Obi's lecture is "Waging Peace in Independent

 Read more
Article

NCO training program brings together African troops and communities

NCO training program brings together African troops and communities NCO training program brings together African troops and communities
12:00 AM12/5/2011

In an increasingly collaborative security environment, U.S. troops are finding more opportunities to train and mentor partner militaries on programs and techniques that make the U.S. military successful.

 Read more
Article

NAVEUR-NAVAF Hosts AFRICOM Conference

NAVEUR-NAVAF Hosts AFRICOM Conference NAVEUR-NAVAF Hosts AFRICOM Conference
12:00 AM12/2/2011

General Carter F. Ham, commander, U.S. Africa Command, met with AFRICOM component commanders from Europe and Africa for the semi-annual AFRICOM Component Commander's Conference on the Naval Support Activity in Naples, Italy, November 21,

 Read more
Article

Malaria Remains a Pronounced Threat to U.S. Service Members in Africa

Malaria Remains a Pronounced Threat to U.S. Service Members in Africa Malaria Remains a Pronounced Threat to U.S. Service Members in Africa
12:00 AM12/2/2011

He was attacked but he didn't know it; he didn't know he was dying. It took two days before he started feeling something might be wrong. A headache that wouldn't go away, an upset stomach. He was a bit warm, but who wouldn't be

 Read more
Article

U.S. AFRICOM and Canadian Expeditionary Force Command Collaborate on African Security Issues

U.S. AFRICOM and Canadian Expeditionary Force Command Collaborate on African Security Issues U.S. AFRICOM and Canadian Expeditionary Force Command Collaborate on African Security Issues
12:00 AM11/29/2011

Commander of the Canadian Expeditionary Force Command (CEFCOM), Lieutenant General Stuart Beare, visited U.S. Africa Command headquarters November 28, 2011 to discuss continued partnership between CEFCOM and AFRICOM on the African continent in

 Read more
Article

A Moroccan Native's Call to Duty

A Moroccan Native's Call to Duty A Moroccan Native's Call to Duty
12:00 AM11/23/2011

Mohammed Bouziane is a mountain of a man. Standing 6 foot 6 inches tall he can intimidate anyone, and yet it was the Moroccan native's soft spoken skills that made the Navy choose him for a recent Secretary of State-ordered medical

 Read more