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Botswana Defence Force, N.C. Guard Legal Experts Conduct Joint Mock Courts-Martial during Workshop
12:00 AM8/22/2011
Legal experts from the North Carolina National Guard and Botswana Defence Force (BDF) held their first joint mock courts-martial as part of a trial advocacy workshop in Gaborone, Botswana August 15-19, 2011.
The event, coordinated
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Swift Completes APS Visit to Nigeria
12:00 AM8/19/2011
High Speed Vessel Swift (HSV 2) departed Lagos, Nigeria, August 13, 2011 after a two-week visit in support of Africa Partnership Station (APS) West.
While in port, Rear Admiral Kenneth "K.J." Norton, U.S. Naval Forces Europe-Africa
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Seventeen CAPSTONE Fellows Visit U.S. Africa Command Headquarters
12:00 AM8/19/2011
A group of newly selected U.S. flag and general officers, known as CAPSTONE Fellows, visited U.S. Africa Command headquarters August 12, 2011, to discuss their recent visits to the African countries of Morocco, South Africa, Uganda and Djibouti,
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Executive Order--Establishing a Coordinated Government-wide Initiative to Promote Diversity and Inclusion in the Federal Workforce
12:00 AM8/19/2011
The White House
Office of the Press Secretary
For Immediate Release
August 18, 2011
Executive Order--Establishing a Coordinated Government-wide Initiative to Promote Diversity and Inclusion in the Federal
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USS Samuel B. Roberts Departs Seychelles
12:00 AM8/19/2011
USS Samuel B. Roberts (FFG 58) departed Seychelles August 18, 2011, after six-days of training in support of Africa Partnership Station (APS) East.
During the visit, sailors from Samuel B. Roberts hosted a damage control course
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AFRICOM Celebrates Hispanic Heritage Month
12:00 AM8/19/2011
AFRICOM is proud to host and celebrate the achievements of Hispanic Americans during Hispanic Heritage Month September 15 to October 15. The theme for this year’s observance is "Many Backgrounds, Many Stories...One American Spirit." Next
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2nd Annual Run4life Event
12:00 AM8/19/2011
The Stuttgart military community is preparing to celebrate once again cancer awareness with the 2nd Annual Run4Life event. U.S. Africa Command was a big supporter of last year’s event; let us once more support this great cause and relay for the
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Libyan Rebels Advance Against Qadhafi Regime
12:00 AM8/18/2011
Moammar Qadhafi's regime is on its last legs, and what happens after the Libyan dictator is gone is up to the people of that country, Pentagon Press Secretary George Little said in Washington, D.C., August 17, 2011.
Libyan rebels
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USS Samuel B. Roberts Arrives in Seychelles
12:00 AM8/16/2011
USS Samuel B. Roberts (FFG 58) (Sammy B.) arrived in Victoria, Seychelles to begin involvement with Africa Partnership Station (APS) East's Hub, August 12, 2011.
The Seychelles Hub will feature students from East African partner
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A New Perspective: Djiboutian Military Tours EMF
12:00 AM8/15/2011
Service members from the Djiboutian Military Medical Service Corps were given the unique opportunity of touring the Michaud Expeditionary Medical Facility on Camp Lemonnier, August 9, 2011.
The tour of the facility was conducted as
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Ceremony Marks Significant Historical Event for U.S. Army Africa
12:00 AM8/15/2011
More than 350 soldiers, civilians and family members gathered August 12, 2011, at Hoekstra Field in Vicenza, Italy, for an exciting and historic event for U.S. Army Africa - one that highlighted the distinguished history of Headquarters Support
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A New Perspective: Djiboutian Military Tours EMF
12:00 AM8/12/2011
Service members from the Djiboutian Military Medical Service Corps were given the unique opportunity of touring the Michaud Expeditionary Medical Facility on Camp Lemonnier, August 9, 2011.
The tour of the facility was conducted as
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U.S. Delegates Mobilize Global Response to Horn of Africa Crisis
12:00 AM8/10/2011
Dr. Jill Biden, wife of Vice President Biden, has led a U.S. delegation to the Horn of Africa to mobilize a global response to the region's worst drought in more than 60 years, which the United Nations estimates has left at least 12.4 million
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African Soldiers Earn Hall of Fame Honors
12:00 AM8/10/2011
Two senior non-commissioned officers from African nations were inducted into the U.S. Army Sergeants Major Academy's (USASMA) International Military Student Hall of Fame July 2011.
Master Warrant Officer Dickson Owusu, sergeant
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Newly Appointed U.S. Ambassador to the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria Makes First Visit to AFRICOM.
12:00 AM8/10/2011
STUTTGART, Germany – U.S. Ambassador to the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria, Henry S. Ensher, made his first visit to U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM) on August 2, 2011.
During Ensher's visit, he met with AFRICOM officials
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Obama Approves $105 Million More for Horn of Africa
12:00 AM8/9/2011
President Obama has approved an additional $105 million for urgent humanitarian relief efforts across the Horn of Africa, where the United Nations estimates that more than 12.4 million people are in urgent need as a result of the region's worst
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Top U.S. Officials Heading to Kenya; Refugee Numbers Rise
12:00 AM8/8/2011
The wife of the U.S. vice president, Jill Biden, will travel to Kenya in the near future to assess the humanitarian disaster unfolding in the Horn of Africa. She'll accompany Rajiv Shah, who, as administrator of the U.S. Agency for
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Morocco Receives First F-16s
12:00 AM8/8/2011
Morocco is the latest partner nation to receive the F-16 Fighting Falcon, a historic event marked by a ceremony at Ben Guerrir Air Base in Morocco, August 4, 2011.
The new Block 52 aircraft will supplement the Royal Moroccan Air
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Chaplain Meets with Tanzanian Religious Leaders
12:00 AM8/8/2011
Rabbi (U.S. Navy Captain) Jon Cutler, director of Religious Affairs for Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA), traveled to Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, July 18 to 21, 2011, to meet with religious leaders and discuss a future trip and a
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Samuel B. Roberts Crew Cleans, Paints Classrooms in Dar es Salaam
12:00 AM8/8/2011
Sailors from USS Samuel B. Roberts (FFG-58) participated in a community relations project cleaning and painting classrooms at Makongo Primary School, August 4 -5, 2011, as part of Africa Partnership Station (APS) East's Tanzania Hub.
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