10:39 AM4/18/2018

10:21 AM4/18/2018

Flintlock 2018 Women, Peace, and Security Seminar A Women, Peace and Security seminar was held April 13-14, 2018 in Niamey, Niger in conjunction with Flintlock 2018. Flintlock is U.S. Africa Command's premier and largest annual Special Operations Forces exercise.

4:43 PM4/17/2018

U.S. Africa Command senior enlisted advisor, Chief Master Sgt. Ramon “CZ” Colon-Lopez, speaks during a panel discussion with U.S. Ambassador to Liberia Christine Elder, and Lt. Col. Marc Saphir, U.S. Senior Defense Official/Defense Attaché , during a visit to the U.S. Embassy there, April 2, 2018. The engagement was a part of a site to Liberia to meet with Liberia’s military leadership in order to foster partnership between AFRICOM and the Armed Forces of Liberia, following the close of the United Nations Peacekeeping Mission in Liberia, after nearly 15 years in operation. (Photo by Army Staff Sgt. Grady Jones, AFRICOM Public Affairs)

4:43 PM4/17/2018

U.S. Africa Command senior enlisted advisor, Chief Master Sgt. Ramon “CZ” Colon-Lopez, speaks during a panel discussion with U.S. Ambassador to Liberia Christine Elder, and Lt. Col. Marc Saphir, U.S. Senior Defense Official/Defense Attaché , during a visit to the U.S. Embassy there, April 2, 2018. The engagement was a part of a site to Liberia to meet with Liberia’s military leadership in order to foster partnership between AFRICOM and the Armed Forces of Liberia, following the close of the United Nations Peacekeeping Mission in Liberia, after nearly 15 years in operation. (Photo by Army Staff Sgt. Grady Jones, AFRICOM Public Affairs)

3:33 PM4/17/2018

U.S. Africa Command senior enlisted advisor, Chief Master Sgt. Ramon “CZ” Colon-Lopez, met with U.S. Ambassador to Liberia, during a visit to the U.S. Embassy there, April 2, 2018. The engagement was a part of a site to Liberia to meet with Liberia’s military leadership in order to foster partnership between AFRICOM and the Armed Forces of Liberia, following the close of the United Nations Peacekeeping Mission in Liberia, after nearly 15 years in operation. (Photo by Army Staff Sgt. Grady Jones, AFRICOM Public Affairs)

3:33 PM4/17/2018

Lt. Col. Marc Saphir, U.S. Senior Defense Official/Defense Attaché, U.S. Ambassador to Liberia Christine Elder, and U.S. Africa Command senior enlisted advisor, Chief Master Sgt. Ramon “CZ” Colon-Lopez, pose for a photo, during a visit to the U.S. Embassy there, April 2, 2018. The engagement was a part of a site to Liberia to meet with Liberia’s military leadership in order to foster partnership between AFRICOM and the Armed Forces of Liberia, following the close of the United Nations Peacekeeping Mission in Liberia, after nearly 15 years in operation. (Photo by Army Staff Sgt. Grady Jones, AFRICOM Public Affairs)

2:57 PM4/17/2018

Enhancing partnership between AFRICOM and the Armed Forces of Liberia after the close of the 15-year United Nations Peacekeeping Mission in Liberia

4:22 PM4/16/2018

Soldiers assigned to the Forces Armees Nigeriennes raise the Nigerien and U.S. flags during an opening ceremony at the Joint Multinational Headquarters for Flintlock 2018 at Agadez, Niger, April 11, 2018. Flintlock is an annual, African-led, integrated military and law enforcement exercise that has strengthened key partner nation forces throughout North and West Africa as well as western Special Operations Forces since 2005. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. 1st Class Mary S. Katzenberger, 3rd Special Forces Group (Airborne)/Released)

4:13 PM4/16/2018

Soldiers assigned to the Forces Armees Nigeriennes raise the Nigerien and U.S. flags during an opening ceremony at the Joint Multinational Headquarters for Flintlock 2018 at Agadez, Niger, April 11, 2018. Flintlock is an annual, African-led, integrated military and law enforcement exercise that has strengthened key partner nation forces throughout North and West Africa as well as western Special Operations Forces since 2005. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. 1st Class Mary S. Katzenberger, 3rd Special Forces Group (Airborne)/Released)

3:27 PM4/16/2018

12:33 PM4/13/2018

In coordination with the Federal Government of Somalia, U.S. forces conducted an airstrike destroying an al-Shabaab vehicle-borne improvised explosive device near Jana Cabdalle, Somalia, on April 11, 2018.

11:54 AM4/12/2018

U.S. Africa Command and Ghana’s National Disaster Management Organization (NADMO) co-sponsored a natural disaster response forum in Accra. The event brought together experts in disaster management from multiple organizations in Ghana and the U.S. and was conducted at the Ghana Armed Forces Command and Staff College, March 12-15, 2018. (U.S. AFRICOM photo by Robin Cromer)

2:12 PM4/11/2018

U.S. Africa Command Foreign Policy Advisor Robin Cromer discusses embassy coordination during a tabletop exercise. AFRICOM and Ghana’s National Disaster Management Organization (NADMO) co-sponsored a natural disaster response forum in Accra. The event brought together experts in disaster management from multiple organizations in Ghana and the U.S. and was conducted at the Ghana Armed Forces Command and Staff College, March 12-15, 2018. (U.S. AFRICOM photo)

2:11 PM4/11/2018

U.S. Africa Command J5 Civil Affairs NCOIC Sgt. First Class S Rahsann Soumas speaks on civilian-military coordination. AFRICOM and Ghana’s National Disaster Management Organization (NADMO) co-sponsored a natural disaster response forum in Accra. The event brought together experts in disaster management from multiple organizations in Ghana and the U.S. and was conducted at the Ghana Armed Forces Command and Staff College, March 12-15, 2018. (U.S. AFRICOM photo)

2:08 PM4/11/2018

U.S. Africa Command personnel meet with Ghana's Minister of the Interior, the Honorable Ambrose Deby. AFRICOM and Ghana’s National Disaster Management Organization (NADMO) co-sponsored a natural disaster response forum in Accra. The event brought together experts in disaster management from multiple organizations in Ghana and the U.S. and was conducted at the Ghana Armed Forces Command and Staff College, March 12-15, 2018. (U.S. AFRICOM photo)

2:08 PM4/11/2018

NADMO Deputy Director General Joseph Ankrah discusses disaster preparedness. U.S. Africa Command and Ghana’s National Disaster Management Organization (NADMO) co-sponsored a natural disaster response forum in Accra. The event brought together experts in disaster management from multiple organizations in Ghana and the U.S. and was conducted at the Ghana Armed Forces Command and Staff College, March 12-15, 2018. (U.S. AFRICOM photo)

1:25 PM4/6/2018

In coordination with the Federal Government of Somalia, U.S. Forces conducted an airstrike against Al-Shabaab militants near Jilib, Somalia, on April 5, 2018, killing three terrorists and destroying one vehicle with a mounted heavy machine gun.

3:20 PM4/5/2018

Thirty-seven USAID mission civil-military coordinators representing more than 40 countries and agencies across Africa learned about the roles and responsibilities of DoD when in support of USAID missions on the continent. The training, a coordinated effort by AFRICOM J5 and USAID counterparts, was conducted March 20-23, 2018, Stuttgart, Germany. (Photo by Brenda Law, U.S. Africa Command Public Affairs/Released)

3:20 PM4/5/2018

Thirty-seven USAID mission civil-military coordinators representing more than 40 countries and agencies across Africa learned about the roles and responsibilities of DoD when in support of USAID missions on the continent. The training, a coordinated effort by AFRICOM J5 and USAID counterparts, was conducted March 20-23, 2018, Stuttgart, Germany. (Photo by Brenda Law, U.S. Africa Command Public Affairs/Released)

3:19 PM4/5/2018

Thirty-seven USAID mission civil-military coordinators representing more than 40 countries and agencies across Africa learned about the roles and responsibilities of DoD when in support of USAID missions on the continent. The training, a coordinated effort by AFRICOM J5 and USAID counterparts, was conducted March 20-23, 2018, Stuttgart, Germany. (Photo by Brenda Law, U.S. Africa Command Public Affairs/Released)