Africa Partnership Station 2016 planning conference
10:13 PM6/7/2016
Twenty-two African partner nations and nine international partners gathered in Naples, Italy for the 2016 Africa Partnership Station Annual Planning Conference held from 3-6 May. Commander, Naval Forces Africa (NAVAF) hosted the event, which enables coastal African participants to build maritime security capacity through security force assistance events and engagements. (AFRICOM photo by U.S. Navy Cdr. Robert Bulatao, AFRICOM Maritime Programs Officer/Released)
U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Raul Lopez, East African Response Force, takes accountability as Soldiers board a U.S. Air Force C-130J Hercules May 27, 2016, at Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti. Composed primarily of Soldiers, the EARF functions as a joint response unit, employing troops from across the services to accomplish the mission. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Eric Summers, Jr./Released)
CAMP CHEIK OSMAN, Djibouti – Djiboutian Armed Forces (FAD) Soldiers prepare their Humvee for the final test after completing a five-month training course instructed by the U.S. Army Regionally Aligned Forces Soldiers, May 16, 2016, at Camp Cheik Osman, Djibouti. The FAD soldiers tested the skills they learned by demonstrating their reactions to various mock situations from convoying through a road block, identifying mock roadside bombs, medical care, and vehicle recovery. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Tiffany DeNault/Released)
CAMP CHEIK OSMAN, Djibouti – Djiboutian Armed Forces (FAD) Soldiers prepare their convoy for the final test after completing a five-month training course instructed by the U.S. Army Regionally Aligned Forces Soldiers, May 16, 2016, at Camp Cheik Osman, Djibouti. The three-phased training was completed demonstrating their reactions to various mock situations from convoying through a road block, identifying mock roadside bombs, medical care, and vehicle recovery. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Tiffany DeNault/Released)
CAMP CHEIK OSMAN, Djibouti – Djiboutian Armed Forces(FAD) Soldiers demonstrate the collective skills they learned from a five month area logistics training instructed by U.S. Army Regionally Aligned Forces Soldiers at their training graduation, May 19, 2016, at Camp Cheik Osman, Djibouti. Beginning in January 2016, the FAD Soldiers learned basic logistics functions, supply, economy, warehouse operations, maintenance along with rifle marksmanship, convoy operations and heavy weapons. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Tiffany DeNault/Released)
CAMP CHEIK OSMAN, Djibouti – U.S. Army Sgt. Robert Shelton, U.S. Army Regionally Aligned Forces instructor, throws dirt at a Humvee to simulate a roadside detonation causing immobility during Area Logistics Training final with Djiboutian Armed Forces (FAD) soldiers, May 16, 2016, at Camp Cheik Osman, Djibouti. The FAD soldiers tested combat skills they learned throughout the five month course demonstrating their reactions to various mock situations from convoying through a road block, identifying mock roadside bombs, medical care, and vehicle recovery. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Tiffany DeNault/Released)
160517-N-XT273-415 SOUDA BAY, Greece (May 17, 2016) Rear Adm. Kevin J. Kovacich, Director of Strategy, Plans and Programs U. S. Africa Command, receives a gift from Hellenic Navy Commodore Georgics Tsogkas, NATO Maritime Interdiction Operations Training Center Commandant, during the opening ceremony of exercise Phoenix Express 2016, May 17. Phoenix Express 2016, sponsored and facilitated by U.S Africa Command, is designed to improve regional cooperation, increase maritime domain awareness, information-sharing practices, and operational capabilities to enhance efforts to achieve safety and security in the Mediterranean Sea. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Justin Stumberg/Released)
160517-N-XT273-320 SOUDA BAY, Greece (May 17, 2016) Maritime professionals from North Africa, Europe and the U.S. take a tour of Naval Support Activity Souda Bay on a Hellenic rigid hull inflatable boat after the Exercise Phoenix Express 2016 opening ceremony May 17. Phoenix Express 2016, sponsored and facilitated by U.S Africa Command, is designed to improve regional cooperation, increase maritime domain awareness, information-sharing practices, and operational capabilities to enhance efforts to achieve safety and security in the Mediterranean Sea. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Justin Stumberg/Released)
160307-N-OX801-025 NAVAL SUPPORT ACTIVITY NAPLES, Italy (March 7, 2016) Commander, U.S. 6th Fleet, Vice Adm. James Foggo III, right, welcomes attending senior leaders from maritime forces at the Phoenix Express 2016 planning conference at Naval Support Activity Naples, Italy, March 7, 2016. U.S. 6th Fleet, headquartered in Naples, Italy, conducts the full spectrum of joint and naval operations, often in concert with allied, joint, and interagency partner, in order to advance U.S. national interests and security and stability in Europe and Africa. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Daniel P. Schumacher/Released)
160517-N-XT273-424 SOUDA BAY, Greece (May 17, 2016) Senior leaders from North Africa, Europe and the U.S. pose for a group photo in front of the NATO Maritime Interdiction Operational Training Center after the Exercise Phoenix Express 2016 opening ceremony May 17. Phoenix Express 2016, sponsored and facilitated by U.S Africa Command, is designed to improve regional cooperation, increase maritime domain awareness, information-sharing practices, and operational capabilities to enhance efforts to achieve safety and security in the Mediterranean Sea. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Justin Stumberg/Released)
160517-N-XT273-101 SOUDA BAY, Greece (May 17, 2016) Distinguished visitors from North Africa, Europe, and the U.S. take a tour on a Hellenic rigid hull inflatable boat following the Exercise Phoenix Express 2016 opening ceremony May 17. Phoenix Express 2016, sponsored and facilitated by U.S Africa Command, is designed to improve regional cooperation, increase maritime domain awareness, information-sharing practices, and operational capabilities to enhance efforts to achieve safety and security in the Mediterranean Sea. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Justin Stumberg/Released)
Maritime forces from Europe, North Africa, and the U.S. began the tenth iteration of the multinational maritime Exercise Phoenix Express, May 17, 2016.
A U.S. Army soldier swings from a ledge to a rope ladder during the French Desert Survival Course, May 6, 2015, at Arta Plage, Djibouti. The mountain obstacle course is the final test, requiring nearly every skill set learned in training, and must be completed in a strict 25-minute time limit to graduate the course. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Benjamin Raughton/Released)
U.S. Navy Commander Ryan Maves, physician of infectious diseases, teaches medical professionals about illnesses during the Military Tropical Medicine seminar May 11, 2016 at Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti. Medical specialists from the U.S., France, Germany, Italy and Djibouti attended the seminar to learn about treating tropical illnesses and diseases and how they affect military personnel in a contingency environment. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Benjamin Raughton/Released)
U.S. Army Gen. David M. Rodriguez, U.S. Africa Command commanding general, passes the Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa flag to Brig. Gen. Kurt Sonntag during a change of command ceremony April 13, 2016, at Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti. The passing of the flag signified the change of command from Maj. Gen. Mark Stammer to Sonntag, as the CJTF-HOA commanding general. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Kate Thornton/Released)
U.S. Soldiers present donated educational supplies to Cameroonian school children
8:38 AM4/19/2016
"Education is fundamental to the development of the country," said Sgt. Eunice Tahsoh, a supply technician assigned to 2nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division while speaking to children from Ecole Maternelle Base Aerienne 301 Garoua (government nursery school) April 8. Soldiers from 3rd Inf. Div. provide non-lethal support to their Cameroonian hosts as part of U.S. Africa Command. (U.S. Army Africa photo by Spc. Jonathan Singletary/Released)
U.S. Soldiers present donated educational supplies to Cameroonian school children
8:36 AM4/19/2016
Soldiers from 2nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division stationed in Garoua, Cameroon, present school supplies purchased with Spirit of America funding to the Cameroon Air Base 301 Pre-School on April 8. Soldiers from 3rd Inf. Div. provide non-lethal support to their Cameroonian hosts as part of U.S. Africa Command. (U.S. Army Africa photo by Spc. Jonathan Singletary/Released)
U.S. Soliders present donated educaitonal supplies to Cameroonian school children
8:33 AM4/19/2016
Soldiers from 2nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division stationed in Garoua, Cameroon, present school supplies purchased with Spirit of America funding to the Cameroon Air Base 301 Pre-School on April 8. Soldiers from 3rd Inf. Div. provide non-lethal support to their Cameroonian hosts as part of U.S. Africa Command. (U.S. Army Africa photo by Spc. Jonathan Singletary/Released)