A member of the Moroccan special operations forces employs a Next Generation Loudspeaker System during training focused on military information support operations, March 6, 2017 in Tifnit, Morocco. MISO instructors from Special Operations Command Forward Northwest Africa partnered with critical skills operators from Marine Corps Forces, Special Operations Command and their Moroccan counterparts for Exercise Filntlock 2017, the tenth iteration of Africa's largest special operations exercise. Flintlock provides opportunities for SOF partners from 24 nations to improve their interoperability and build capacity in the fight against trans-regional threats and violet extremist organizations. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Brian Hardy/Released)
A member of the Moroccan special operations forces employs a Next Generation Loudspeaker System during training focused on military information support operations, 6 March 2017 in Tifnit, Morocco. MISO instructors from Special Operations Command Forward Northwest Africa partnered with critical skills operators from Marine Corps Forces, Special Operations Command and their Moroccan counterparts for Exercise Filntlock 2017, the tenth iteration of Africa's largest special operations exercise. Flintlock provides opportunities for SOF partners from 24 nations to improve their interoperability and build capacity in the fight against trans-regional threats and violet extremist organizations. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Brian Hardy/Released)
AFRICOM Commander Gen. Thomas Waldhauser (right) and CENTCOM Commander Gen. Joseph Votel, appear before the SASC, Mar. 9, 2017, Washington. Waldhauser appeared before the committee for an annual session that allows members the opportunity receive updates from commanders and ask questions that inform decisions. During the hearing, Waldhauser submitted U.S. AFRICOM’s official annual posture statement and answered questions related to the command’s area of responsibility on topics ranging from counter-terrorism initiatives to the influence of other countries upon the African continent. (Courtesy image)
Commander delivers annual statement to the Senate House Services Committee
11:50 PM3/9/2017
AFRICOM Commander Gen. Thomas Waldhauser (right) and CENTCOM Commander Gen. Joseph Votel, appear before the SASC, Mar. 9, 2017, Washington. Waldhauser appeared before the committee for an annual session that allows members the opportunity receive updates from commanders and ask questions that inform decisions. During the hearing, Waldhauser submitted U.S. AFRICOM’s official annual posture statement and answered questions related to the command’s area of responsibility on topics ranging from counter-terrorism initiatives to the influence of other countries upon the African continent. (Courtesy image)
Commander delivers annual statement to the Senate House Services Committee
10:39 PM3/9/2017
SASC Ranking Member, Sen. Jack Reed at hearing on AFRICOM and CENTCOM, Mar. 9, 2017, in Washington. Gen. Thomas Waldhauser, AFRICOM commander, appeared before the committee for an annual session that allows members the opportunity receive updates from commanders and ask questions that inform decisions. During the hearing, Waldhauser submitted U.S. AFRICOM’s official annual posture statement and answered questions related to the command’s area of responsibility on topics ranging from counter-terrorism initiatives to the influence of other countries upon the African continent. (Courtesy image)
Commander delivers annual statement to the Senate House Services Committee
10:33 PM3/9/2017
Gen. Joseph Votel, U.S. CENTCOM commander, appeared before the committee for an annual session that allows members the opportunity receive updates from commanders and ask questions that inform decisions. During the hearing, Votel submitted U.S. CENTCOM’s official annual posture statement and answered questions related to the command’s area of responsibility on topics ranging from counter-terrorism initiatives to the influence of other countries in the CENTCOM area of operations. (Courtesy image)
Commander delivers annual statement to the Senate House Services Committee
10:31 PM3/9/2017
Commander U.S. Africa Command General Thomas Waldhauser provides information to members of the U.S. Senate Committee on Armed Services (SASC) during a hearing held on March 9, 2017 in Washington DC.
Waldhauser appeared before the committee for an annual session that allows members the opportunity receive updates from commanders and ask questions that inform decisions. During the hearing, Waldhauser submitted U.S. AFRICOM’s official annual posture statement and answered questions related to the command’s area of responsibility on topics ranging from counter-terrorism initiatives to the influence of other countries upon the African continent. (Courtesy image)
Commander delivers annual statement to the Senate House Services Committee
10:29 PM3/9/2017
SASC Chairman, Sen. John McCain at hearing on AFRICOM and CENTCOM, Mar. 9, 2017, in Washington. Gen. Thomas Waldhauser, AFRICOM commander, appeared before the committee for an annual session that allows members the opportunity receive updates from commanders and ask questions that inform decisions. During the hearing, Waldhauser submitted U.S. AFRICOM’s official annual posture statement and answered questions related to the command’s area of responsibility on topics ranging from counter-terrorism initiatives to the influence of other countries upon the African continent. (Courtesy image)
Commander delivers annual statement to the Senate House Services Committee
10:29 PM3/9/2017
SASC hearing on AFRICOM and CENTCOM, Mar. 9, 2017, Washington. Gen. Thomas Waldhauser, AFRICOM commander, appeared before the committee for an annual session that allows members the opportunity receive updates from commanders and ask questions that inform decisions. During the hearing, Waldhauser submitted U.S. AFRICOM’s official annual posture statement and answered questions related to the command’s area of responsibility on topics ranging from counter-terrorism initiatives to the influence of other countries upon the African continent. (Courtesy image)
Commander delivers annual statement to the Senate House Services Committee
10:28 PM3/9/2017
Commander U.S. Africa Command General Thomas Waldhauser provides information to members of the U.S. Senate Committee on Armed Services (SASC) during a hearing held on March 9, 2017 in Washington, DC.
Waldhauser appeared before the committee for an annual session that allows members the opportunity receive updates from commanders and ask questions that inform decisions. During the hearing, Waldhauser submitted U.S. AFRICOM’s official annual posture statement and answered questions related to the command’s area of responsibility on topics ranging from counter-terrorism initiatives to the influence of other countries upon the African continent. (Courtesy image)
Students in the February 13, 2017 Field Sanitation Team Training (FSTT) course at Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, learn the proper use of a wet bulb-globe temperature kit in order to determine the appropriate hydration requirements and work-rest cycle for troops operating in high temperatures. Injuries such as heat cramps, heat exhaustion and heat stroke are a serious threat to military personnel operating in warm climates, and one of many topics covered by the FSTT course in order to mitigate disease and non-battle related injuries. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Master Sgt. Paul Gorman)
U.S. and French military members demonstrate their ability to use a wet bulb-globe temperature (WBGT) kit during a Field Sanitation Team Training course at Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, Feb. 14, 2017. The WBGT kit is an instrument for providing information on hot weather risks to the health of troops undergoing training. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Master Sgt. Paul Gorman) (Foreign service members name tape has been obscured for OPSEC)
U.S. Army 1st Lt. Elizabeth Kim, officer in charge of environmental health for Camp Lemonnier, confers with U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Pauline Jones, noncommissioned officer in charge of preventative medicine, during a Field Sanitation Team Training course at Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, Feb. 14, 2017. As course instructors, Kim and Jones taught participating service members field sanitation practices proven to mitigate disease and non-battle related injuries. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Master Sgt. Paul Gorman)
Field sanitation skills build capacity to operate in austere environments
5:47 PM2/27/2017
U.S. Army 1st Lt. Elizabeth Kim, officer in charge of environmental health for Camp Lemonnier, confers with U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Pauline Jones, noncommissioned officer in charge of preventative medicine, during a Field Sanitation Team Training course at Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, Feb. 14, 2017. As course instructors, Kim and Jones taught participating service members field sanitation practices proven to mitigate disease and non-battle related injuries. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Master Sgt. Paul Gorman)
AFRICOM hosts former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright
8:07 PM2/22/2017
Jon Dahms, AFRICOM's Deputy for Public Affairs and Communication Synchronization division (center) introduces former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright to U.S. Army Colonel Kathy Graef, U.S. Special Operations Command-Africa's (USSOCAF) Director of Logistics (right), Feb. 16, 2017. Albright traveled to U.S. Africa Command to learn about the command's programs and mission in Africa. (USAFRICOM photo by Brenda Law/Released)
AFRICOM hosts former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright
8:05 PM2/22/2017
Jehan Jones-Radgowski, political advisor for AFRICOM's Public Affairs and Communication Synchronization division (left) directs a question to former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright during her visit to AFRICOM on Feb. 16, 2017. Albright met with career Foreign Service officers currently assigned to AFRICOM and EUCOM and praised them for their contribution to American diplomacy (USAFRICOM photo by Brenda Law/Released)
AFRICOM hosts former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright
8:04 PM2/22/2017
During her visit to AFRICOM, former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright poses for a group photo with U.S. State Department Foreign Service officers currently assigned to U.S. Africa and U.S. European Commands, Feb. 16, 2017. Albright praised the Foreign Service officers for their contribution to American diplomacy and expressed the importance of “working across the aisle” to get things done. (USAFRICOM photo by Brenda Law/Released)
AFRICOM hosts former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright
8:00 PM2/22/2017
Amb. Susan Elliott, Civilian Deputy to the Commander, U.S. European Command (left) and former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright meet with career Foreign Service officers currently assigned to AFRICOM and EUCOM during Albright’s visit to AFRICOM, Feb. 16, 2017. Albright praised attendees for their contribution to American diplomacy and expressed the importance of “working across the aisle” to get things done. (USAFRICOM photo by Brenda Law/Released)
AFRICOM hosts former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright
7:57 PM2/22/2017
Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright addresses career Foreign Service officers currently assigned to AFRICOM and U.S. European Command during her visit to AFRICOM, Feb. 16, 2017. Sharing her experiences and wisdom in diplomacy for America, Albright expressed the importance of “working across the aisle” to get things done. (USAFRICOM photo by Brenda Law/Released)