USAFRICOM hosts newly promoted brigadier generals & rear admirals as a part of the CAPSTONE program.

Gen. Thomas Waldhauser, U.S. Africa Command commander, meets with newly-promoted brigadier generals and rear admirals visiting U.S. AFRICOM as part of the CAPSTONE program, on Kelly Barracks, Stuttgart, Germany, Feb. 24, 2017. CAPSTONE is a course conducted by the National Defense University to help senior officers gain a better understanding of national and international security issues from both the U.S. and host nation perspective. (USAFRICOM photo by Army Staff Sgt. Grady Jones / Released)



Feb 24, 2017
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