160517-N-VK993-001 SOUDA BAY, Greece (May 17, 2016) Rear Adm. Kevin Kovacich, Director of Strategy, Plans, and programs, U.S. Africa Command, and Italian Navy Rear Adm. Alberto Maffeis, Commander Patrol Forces Italy joined with Hellenic Navy Commodore Georgios Tsogkas, Commandant of NATO Maritime Interdiction Operational Training Center for a tour of Naval Support Activity Souda Bay as part of 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 Lieutenant Junior Grade Jill Brown/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)
Gen. David Rodriguez, Commander U.S. Africa Command and en. Samora Yunis, Chief of Staff Ethiopian National Defense Force sign the summary of conclusions after a Bilateral Defense Committee (BDC) meeting in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, March 31, 2016. The new agreement out lines the cross-exchange of logistics, services, supplies and support, as well as a way forward for the Africa Data-Sharing Network and combat engineering. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Dan DeCook)
French Army Capt. Emilie Javelle, Internal medicine clinician, teaches medical professionals about the Chikungunya virus during the Military Tropical Medicine seminar May 11, 2016 at Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti. Javelle talked about the symptoms and treatments of Chikungunya as there is currently no vaccine for the disease. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Benjamin Raughton/Released)
Capt. Bryan Neal, operations planner for 1st Battalion, 9th Field Artillery Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, discusses training priorities for exercise Eastern Accord 2016 with Lt. Col. Hozza, a Tanzanian People’s Defense Force officer, during the final planning event site visit to the Tanzanian Peacekeeping Training Center in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, May 3. Soldiers of 1-9 FA are supporting EA 2016 this summer as part of the regionally allocated force for U.S. Army Africa and U.S. Africa Command. (U.S. Army Africa photo by Capt. Jarrod Morris)
Tanzanian People’s Defense Force Lt. Col. Hozza teaches a popular Tanzanian handshake to Capt. Bryan Neal, operations planner for 1st Battalion, 9th Field Artillery Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, during the exercise Eastern Accord 2016 final planning event site visit to the Tanzanian Peacekeeping Training Center in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, May 3. Soldiers of 1-9 FA are supporting EA 2016 this summer as part of the regionally allocated force for U.S. Army Africa and U.S. Africa Command. (U.S. Army Africa photo by Capt. Jarrod Morris)
Tanzanian People’s Defense Force Lt. Col. Hozza teaches a popular Tanzanian handshake to Capt. Bryan Neal, operations planner for 1st Battalion, 9th Field Artillery Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, during the exercise Eastern Accord 2016 final planning event site visit to the Tanzanian Peacekeeping Training Center in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, May 3. Soldiers of 1-9 FA are supporting EA 2016 this summer as part of the regionally allocated force for U.S. Army Africa and U.S. Africa Command. (U.S. Army Africa photo by Capt. Jarrod Morris)
Sgt. Zachery Bunting, a communications sergeant for 1st Battalion, 9th Field Artillery Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, and Capt. Mhelela, a Tanzanian People's Defense Force communications officer, discuss signals requirements for exercise Eastern Accord 2016 during the final planning event in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, May 3. EA 2016 is an annual, combined, joint military exercise bringing together partner nations to practice and demonstrate proficiency in conducting peacekeeping operations. (U.S. Army Africa photo by Capt. Jarrod Morris)
Capt. Joshua Dickinson, operational law attorney with U.S. Army Africa and Tanzanian People’s Defense Force attorney Capt. Mbwambo discuss work on the exercise support agreement during the final planning event for exercise Eastern Accord 2016 in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, May 2. EA 2016 is an annual, combined, joint military exercise bringing together partner nations to practice and demonstrate proficiency in conducting peacekeeping operations. (U.S. Army Africa photo by Capt. Jarrod Morris)
Eastern Accord 2016 final planning event builds partnership, readiness
4:18 PM5/11/2016
During a weeklong collaborative event, 1-9 FA leaders and planners participated in the U.S. Army Africa-led final planning event for exercise Eastern Accord 2016 in Dar es Salaam, May 2-6.
Service members, diplomats and multi-national guests applaud during a change of command ceremony April 13, 2016, at Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti. Sonntag is now in command of CJTF-HOA and responsible for its impact on the East African region. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Kate Thornton/Released)
U.S., Ethiopia Sign New Agreement, Enhance Security Partnership
11:24 AM4/7/2016
Gen. David Rodriguez, Commander U.S. Africa Command and en. Samora Yunis, Chief of Staff Ethiopian National Defense Force sign the summary of conclusions after a Bilateral Defense Committee (BDC) meeting in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 31 March, 2016. The new agreement out lines the cross-exchange of logistics, services, supplies and support, as well as a way forward for the Africa Data-Sharing Network and combat engineering. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Dan DeCook)(U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Dan DeCook)
U.S., Ethiopia Sign New Agreement, Enhance Security Partnership
11:23 AM4/7/2016
Gen. Samora Yunis, Chief of Staff Ethiopian National Defense Force, and Siraj Fergessa the Ethiopian Minister of Defense, host a traditional Ethiopian coffee ceremony with Amanda Dory, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for African Affairs, U.S. Ambassador to Ethiopia Patricia Haslach, Gen. David Rodriguez, Commander U.S. Africa Command, and Maj. Gen. Mark Stammer, Commanding General Combined Joint Task Force – Horn of Africa before the 6th Annual Bilateral Defense Committee (BDC) meeting in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 31 March, 2016. The BDC is a ministerial level event in which high ranking civilian and military leaders from both countries come together in order to create a signed document which outlines both parties mutually agreed upon future cooperation. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Dan DeCook)
U.S., Ethiopia Sign New Agreement, Enhance Security Partnership
11:23 AM4/7/2016
Gen. David Rodriguez, Commander U.S. Africa Command and en. Samora Yunis, Chief of Staff Ethiopian National Defense Force sign the summary of conclusions after a Bilateral Defense Committee (BDC) meeting in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 31 March, 2016. The new agreement out lines the cross-exchange of logistics, services, supplies and support, as well as a way forward for the Africa Data-Sharing Network and combat engineering. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Dan DeCook)
U.S., Ethiopia Sign New Agreement, Enhance Security Partnership
9:33 AM4/7/2016
Senior defense and government officials from the U.S. and Ethiopia held the sixth annual Bilateral Defense Committee March 31, 2016, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
Joint Intelligence Training with US, Morocco, Mauritania Strengthen Tactical Level Intelligence
3:25 PM4/5/2016
U.S. service members completed a Basic Intelligence Course for members of the Moroccan Royal Armed Forces and the Armed Forces of Mauritania, March 3-25, at the Moroccan Southern Zone headquarters in Agadir, Morocco.