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Kelley Barracks Town Hall Meeting Shares Plans, Hears Residents' Concerns

12:00 AM9/6/2011
The U.S. Africa Command Chief of Staff, Major General H.D. Polumbo, and senior members of the Stuttgart military community held a town hall meeting August 31, 2011, at the Kelley Theatre on Kelley Barracks to share future plans for base
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Force Protection Training Exercise

12:00 AM9/2/2011
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U.S. Army Africa sponsors security cooperation conference

12:00 AM9/1/2011
Nearly 150 military and civilian personnel representing organizations from throughout Africa, Europe and the U.S. participated in U.S. Army Africa's Theater Army Security Cooperation Conference held Aug. 29 to Sept. 2.

The Office
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Bond of Brotherhood: Firefighter Training Crosses Cultures

12:00 AM9/1/2011
As a pair of Nomex-gloved hands reached forward and pulled a pressurized lever, the normally dusty landscape of Camp Lemonnier was transformed into something resembling a winter wonderland during a recent training event.

The gloves
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Navy Surgical Team Lends Helping Hand to Happy Infant

12:00 AM9/1/2011
U.S. Navy healthcare providers from Camp Lemonnier's Michaud Expeditionary Medical Facility (EMF) recently teamed up with Djiboutian surgeons to successfully remove a large lymphatic cyst from the neck and shoulder of a local newborn infant,
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Car Pooling Spaces Hope to Alleviate Parking Problems on Kelley Barracks

12:00 AM8/31/2011
If you were to ask anyone working for U.S. Africa Command what is the biggest problem they face on Kelley Barracks, they will likely tell you it is the parking. In a joint effort to alleviate parking issues, the U.S. Army Garrison Stuttgart, along
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Senegalese Media Delegation Visits U.S. Africa Command Headquarters

12:00 AM8/31/2011
Members of the Senegalese media were given an in-depth look at the mission of U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM) during a week-long visit to Stuttgart, Germany, August 22-26, 2011.

The delegation, which consisted of five reporters, a
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USS Samuel B. Roberts Arrives in Mozambique

12:00 AM8/30/2011
USS Samuel B. Roberts (FFG 58) arrived in Maputo, Mozambique, August 26, 2011, for a four-day goodwill port visit after an underway period supporting maritime security operations and theater security cooperation in the region.

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Navy Surgical Team Lends Helping Hand to Happy Infant

12:00 AM8/30/2011
U.S. Navy healthcare providers from Camp Lemonniers' Michaud Expeditionary Medical Facility (EMF) recently teamed up with Djiboutian surgeons to successfully remove a large lymphatic cyst from the neck and shoulder of a local newborn infant.
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East African Navies, Coast Guards train in Mauritius during APS

12:00 AM8/30/2011
Sailors from East African navies and coast guards and the United States trained aboard two Mauritian coast guard vessels in the first of a two-part training engagement for Africa Partnership Station (APS) East, August 25, 2011.

During
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Famine Soon to Worsen in Somalia, Report Predicts

12:00 AM8/27/2011
A new analysis of food security in the Horn of Africa reports that the level of acute malnutrition for people in some areas of Somalia exceeds 50 percent. Food insecurity will worsen to become famine in most areas of southern Somalia within four to
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Contact Group Discusses Support for Libya's Transition

12:00 AM8/26/2011
Deputy Secretary of State William Burns says the departure of the Qadhafi regime opens the door to a new future for Libya.

Burns led the U.S. delegation to a crucial meeting of the Libya Contact Group August 25, 2011 in Istanbul where
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Building Esprit de Corps - CJTF-HOA Hosts Senior NCO Symposium

12:00 AM8/26/2011
For the first time in its nine-year history, the Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa hosted a senior enlisted conference, August 22 to 24, bringing together service members from 11 countries, spanning four continents, to enhance regional
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Building Esprit de Corps - CJTF-HOA Hosts Senior NCO Symposium

12:00 AM8/26/2011
For the first time in its nine-year history, the Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa hosted a senior enlisted conference, August 22 to 24, 2011, bringing together service members from 11 countries, spanning four continents, to enhance
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Stability Through Health: U.S. AFRICOM Hosts First HIV/AIDS Program Management Training

12:00 AM8/24/2011
Reducing the spread of HIV/AIDS is a priority for U.S. Africa Command because of the disease's destabilizing effect to African nations, according to AFRICOM's civilian deputy Ambassador J. Anthony Holmes, August 17, 2011.

U.S.
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NATO Partnership in Libya Serves as Model, Panetta Says

12:00 AM8/24/2011
Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta today called U.S. support for the NATO mission that's helping opposition forces make progress against Moammar Qadhafi's regime Libya an example of the international cooperation that will be critical in the
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Situation Fluid, But Qadhafi Regime Nears End, Obama Says

12:00 AM8/23/2011
Though the situation in Libya remains fluid, the country is at a tipping point and the last hours of Moammar Qadhafi's regime are at hand, President Barack Obama said August 22, 2011.

The president spoke from Blue Heron Farm on
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Libyans Have Shown Human Dignity is Stronger than Dictators

12:00 AM8/23/2011
President Obama said the 42-year reign of Muammar Qadhafi over Libya is coming to an end, and the country's future is now in the hands of the Libyan people.

Speaking in an August 22, 2011 audio statement from Martha's Vineyard,
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Food Insecurity in Eastern Africa Continent's Worst in 20 Years

12:00 AM8/23/2011
The worst drought in more than half a century in Eastern Africa has brought on the region's worst food insecurity in 20 years, according to an assessment of conditions in the region released by the Food Security and Nutrition Analysis
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Clinic Annex Expands Hours, Services for Kelley Patients

12:00 AM8/22/2011
The Stuttgart Clinic Kelley Annex has expanded its operating hours and services in order to assist more patients on Kelley Barracks.

Based on high demand for patient care, the clinic, which started operating in April, has quickly
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