Fallen Soldier memorialized at contingency locations
11:26 AM6/2/2020
U.S. Army soldiers prepare to unveil the Henry Mayfield Jr. Dining Facility during the building’s grand opening and dedication ceremony at Baledogle Military Airfield (BMA), Somalia, May 1, 2020. Mayfield, a Chicago native, was deployed to Kenya with the 1st Battalion, 58th Aviation Regiment, 164th Theater Airfield Operations Group, from Fort Rucker, Alabama.
Fallen Soldier memorialized at contingency locations
11:26 AM6/2/2020
Personnel at Manda Bay Airfield, Kenya, held a dedication ceremony to rename the location’s morale, welfare and recreation facility the Spc. Henry J. Mayfield Jr. Recreation Center at Manda Bay Airfield, Kenya, May 21, 2020. Mayfield, a Chicago native, was deployed to Kenya with the 1st Battalion, 58th Aviation Regiment, 164th Theater Airfield Operations Group, from Fort Rucker, Alabama.
U.S. Marines support Uganda People's Defence Force
10:33 AM6/2/2020
A U.S. Marine with Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force - Crisis Response - Africa 20.1, Marine Forces Europe and Africa, and members of the Uganda People’s Defence Force drink purified water from Lake Victoria after using a lightweight water purification system in Camp Jinja, Uganda, Feb. 10, 2020. SPMAGTF-CR-AF is deployed to conduct crisis-response and theater-security operations in Africa and promote regional stability by conducting military-to-military training exercises throughout Europe and Africa. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by 2nd Lt. Grace Jenkins)
Lana. J.Marks, the United States Ambassador to South Africa, bumps elbows with South African Deputy Health Minister Dr. Joe Phaala, as they mark the delivery of 720,000 FFP2 protective masks to to South Africa's National Department of Heatlh from the U.S. Department of Defense Threat Reduction Agency’s (DTRA) Biological Threat Reduction Program at the U.S. Embassy in Pretoria, South Africa on May 15, 2020. Photo by Army Lt. Col. Al Phillips, U.S. Embassy Pretoria.
Lana. J.Marks, center left, the United States Ambassador to South Africa, joins South African Deputy Health Minister Dr. Joe Phaala, center right, in marking the delivery of 720,000 FFP2 protective masks to to South Africa's National Department of Heatlh from the U.S. Department of Defense Threat Reduction Agency’s (DTRA) Biological Threat Reduction Program at the U.S. Embassy in Pretoria, South Africa on May 15, 2020. Also pictured are U.S. Navy Capt. Steven Morgenfeld, the Senior Defense Attache at the U.S. Embassy, far left, and Lt. Col. Darrick Mosley, the U.S. Office of Defense Cooperation Chief in South Africa. Photo by Army Lt. Col. Al Phillips, U.S. Embassy Pretoria.
Air Forces Africa delivers medical supplies to Ghana
12:00 AM4/25/2020
The medical supplies included extraction kits, viral collection swabs, universal and viral transport media to collect and store specimens, and the replenishment of other consumable lab supplies.
Legal Colloquium strengthens relationships between African commanders and legal advisors
11:35 PM4/21/2020
PRETORIA, South Africa-- More than 110 African participants from nearly 40 AU member militaries were represented at the 2020 Colloquium, states met to discuss the important role legal advisors provide operational commanders as they addressed issues on the battlefield. The event, held March 3-5 in Pretoria, South Africa, is the only military conference that exclusively brings together military commanders and legal advisors from across the African Union (AU). (Photo courtesy of U.S. Embassy South Africa)
Legal Colloquium strengthens relationships between African commanders and legal advisors
11:35 PM4/21/2020
PRETORIA, South Africa-- More than 110 African participants from nearly 40 AU member militaries were represented at the 2020 Colloquium; states met to discuss the important role legal advisors provide operational commanders as they addressed issues on the battlefield. The event, held March 3-5 in Pretoria, South Africa, is the only military conference that exclusively brings together military commanders and legal advisors from across the African Union (AU). (Photo courtesy of U.S. Embassy South Africa)
Legal Colloquium strengthens relationships between African commanders and legal advisors
11:35 PM4/21/2020
PRETORIA, South Africa-- More than 110 African participants from nearly 40 AU member militaries were represented at the 2020 Colloquium. The event, held March 3-5 in Pretoria, South Africa, is the only military conference that exclusively brings together military commanders and legal advisors from across the African Union (AU). (Photo courtesy of U.S. Embassy South Africa)
Legal Colloquium strengthens relationships between African commanders and legal advisors
11:34 PM4/21/2020
More than 110 African participants from nearly 40 AU member militaries were represented at the 2020 Colloquium. Delegates from the British Army, AFRICOM headquarters and its component units, and the Legal Counsel from the African Union attended the event, with commanders and legal advisors discussing military-legal issues that arise in a wide variety of military operations.
Narration by U.S. Army Gen. Stephen Townsend, with excerpts taken from testimony Townsend provided to the Senate Armed Services Committee Jan. 30, 2020. United States Africa Command is one of six of the U.S. Defense Department's geographic combatant commands and is responsible to the Secretary of Defense for military relations with African nations, the African Union, and African regional security organizations.
Humanitarian assistance provided to Seychelles, Mauritius to combat COVID-19
12:00 AM4/20/2020
The U.S. Embassy in Mauritius and Seychelles and U.S. Africa Command donated 2000 N95 masks, 21,000 gloves, 1,100 shoe covers, and 875 protective suits to the Mauritius Ministry of Health and Wellness on April 20. The donation is the first part of additional assistance from the U.S. Government to address the Covid-19 outbreak in Mauritius. (Photo courtesy U.S. Embassy in Mauritius and Seychelles)
It takes a village: military medical in East Africa coordinate response to COVID-19
12:00 AM4/16/2020
U.S. Navy personnel, from left, Hospital Corpsmen 2nd Class Jerry Marquez and Wickbol Monno, Lt. Gail Evangelista, nurse, and Cmdr. Hillary Meyer, nurse anesthetist, assigned to Naval Hospital Rota, Spain, stand in front of Michaud Expeditionary Medical Facility (EMF) at Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, April 16, 2020. The four-member team augments critical positions within the EMF during the COVID-19 pandemic, enabling existing EMF staff to execute their primary mission of treating trauma patients. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Dylan Murakami)
It takes a village: military medical in East Africa coordinate response to COVID-19
12:00 AM4/9/2020
Staff from the Expeditionary Medical Facility (EMF), demonstrate medical equipment used to stabilize patients at the COVID-19 Intensive Care Unit (ICU) facility at Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, April 9, 2020. The COVID-19 ICU is located separately from the EMF to prevent potential cross-contamination of the virus. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Kristen A. Heller)
It takes a village: military medical in East Africa coordinate response to COVID-19
12:00 AM4/9/2020
Staff from the COVID-19 Intensive Care Unit (ICU), part of the Expeditionary Medical Facility (EMF), demonstrate its medical and equipment capabilities at Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, April 9, 2020. The creation of the COVID-19 ICU aligns with coordinated preventive measures developed to mitigate the potential spread of COVID-19. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Kristen A. Heller)
U.S. Army Sgt. Langat Enock, medical logistics noncommissioned officer-in-charge with the Medical Logistics Facility at Combined Joint Task Force – Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA), inspects lot numbers and expiration dates of the three solutions used during the deglycerolization process at Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, March 11, 2020. Deglycerolization is the process of removing glycerol from previously frozen red blood cells, for medical use. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Gage Daniel)
U.S. Army Master Sgt. Malika Sharif, Surgeon Cell senior enlisted leader with the Medical Logistics Center at Combined Joint Task Force – Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA), collects a unit of frozen blood for thawing to begin deglycerolization, the process of removing glycerol from previously frozen red blood cells, for medical use, at Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, March 11, 2020. The facility inaugurated its blood storage and distribution center, providing blood delivery capabilities for service members throughout the area of operation on the African continent. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Gage Daniel)