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Teaching a Headquarters to Fish
12:00 AM7/19/2011
Signal Squadron soldiers from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Combat Forces are being trained and equipped to participate in U.S. Africa Command's Africa Endeavor 2011 military-to-military multilateral communications
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1st Rwandan Pandemic Disaster Response Exercise Takes 'Whole of Society Approach'
12:00 AM7/19/2011
Rwanda hosted its first pandemic disaster response tabletop exercise on the shores of Lake Kivu July 11-15, 2011. Using a scenario involving the international spread of a hypothetical avian virus called "H5N1," civilian and military authorities
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Africa Endeavor Links AU, ECOWAS, The Gambia
12:00 AM7/18/2011
This year, one of the biggest technical hurdles facing the Africa Endeavor 2011 (AE11) exercise participants has been to establish connectivity from the main exercise site in Banjul, The Gambia, with participants at two remote sites, the Economic
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Communications Critical in Building Regional Headquarters
12:00 AM7/18/2011
According to the scenario of a pan-African military communications exercise, a major earthquake has struck near the fictitious nation-state of Carana earlier today, causing extensive damage to coastal cities, especially the capital Galasi. The
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Ghana, U.S. Share Knowledge, Experience during MEDFLAG 11
12:00 AM7/18/2011
MEDFLAG 11, a bilateral exercise sponsored by U.S. Army Africa, has finished the first of two stages in Accra, Ghana July 15, 2011.
The first portion of MEDFLAG 11 has strengthened the relationship between the U.S. and Ghana through
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Ghanaian, U.S. NCOs Connect in Promotion Ceremony, Exercise
12:00 AM7/18/2011
Ghana and U.S. military members participated together in a joint noncommissioned officer (NCO)-led promotion ceremony July 14, 2011, at Burma Camp, Accra, Ghana, for U.S. Army Staff Sergeant Jennifer Shook.
The ceremony was just one
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Gambia Links to ECOWAS and the AU During Commo Excercise
12:00 AM7/15/2011
This year, one of the biggest technical hurdles facing the Africa Endeavor 2011 (AE11) exercise participants has been to establish connectivity from the main exercise site in Banjul with the two remote sites, the Economic Community of West African
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Kenyan Chaplains Visit Camp Lemonnier
12:00 AM7/15/2011
Chaplains from the Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA) Religious Affairs office welcomed three Kenyan Ministry of Defense (KMoD) chaplains to Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, July 5, 2011, during a U.S. military professional chaplaincy
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Future U.S. officers, TPDF Navy Find Common Ground
12:00 AM7/15/2011
Cadets from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point and midshipmen from the U.S. Naval Academy at Annapolis visited the Tanzanian People's Defense Force (TPDF) Naval Command Training Center in Dar Es Salaam, for training in June.
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Djiboutians, U.S. Servicemembers Facilitate Joint Medical Training Seminar Medical Professionals Share Experiences
12:00 AM7/15/2011
Djiboutian military medical professionals joined their Combined Joint Task Force Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA) counterparts for a week-long medical seminar to share basic lifesaving skills at the Djibouti Ministry of Defense Health Service facility in
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405th Brigade Support Battalion supports joint Ghana-U.S. exercise
12:00 AM7/14/2011
The 405th Brigade Support Battalion of North Riverside, Illinois, continues to play an active role in MEDFLAG 11 in Accra, Ghana, by providing support to other units participating in the event.
Sponsored by U.S. Army Africa, the
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Ghana-Born U.S. Soldier Supports MEDFLAG 11
12:00 AM7/13/2011
U.S. soldiers from several active, guard and reserve units visited Accra, Ghana for a 10-day medical exercise called MEDFLAG 11 which began July 11, 2011. For some U.S. soldiers, it is their first or even second visit to this country. But for
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Ghanaian, U.S. Troops Partner for MEDFLAG 11
12:00 AM7/12/2011
MEDFLAG 11, a joint humanitarian assistance exercise between U.S. and Ghana Armed Forces, kicked off, July 12, 2011, with an opening ceremony at the nearby Ghanaian army base, Burma Camp.
Sponsored by U.S. Army Africa, the bilateral
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Africa Endeavor 2011 Kicks Off in Banjul
12:00 AM7/12/2011
Africa Endeavor (AE) 2011, the largest communications interoperability exercise on the African continent, kicked off on Monday, July 11 in Banjul with hundreds of observers on the parade grounds witnessing the opening ceremony.
The
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Sixth Fleet Visits Luanda during 35th Angolan Navy Celebration
12:00 AM7/12/2011
Vice Admiral Harry B. Harris Jr., commander of U.S. 6th Fleet, arrived in Luanda, Angola, July 9, 2011, to celebrate the 35th anniversary of the Angolan Navy during a five-day visit to Africa.
The ceremony commemorated the Angolan
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Cadets, Midshipmen, UPDF Partner throughout Uganda
12:00 AM7/11/2011
Cadets from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point and midshipmen from the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, participated in a weeklong leadership training workshop June 2011 in cities throughout Uganda with the Ugandan Peoples Defense Force
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AFRICOM, Rwandan Soldiers Promote Regional Stability with Training Exchange
12:00 AM7/8/2011
U.S. soldiers attached to Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA) have recently supported a series of missions to exchange soldiering skills with their Rwandan Defense Force (RDF) counterparts and fellow partner nation members June 30,
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AFRICOM’s Environmental Security Program Brings USDOD and Botswana Defense Forces together for Workshop
12:00 AM7/8/2011
Environmental considerations in military operations was the focus of a U.S. Africa Command environmental security workshop held jointly with the Botswana Defense Forces (BDF) June 28-30, 2011, in Gaborone, Botswana.
The conference, led
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Wyoming National Guard hosts Tunisian Army
12:00 AM7/8/2011
Two members of the Tunisian army were guests of the Wyoming Army National Guard from June 28-July 1, 2011, as part of the State Partnership Program.
Helicopter pilots, Lieutenant Colonel Slaheddine Essoussi and Major Abdessalam Sghaier
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Swift Brings APS to Ghana; Prepares for MEDFLAG
12:00 AM7/1/2011
High Speed Vessel Swift (HSV 2) made a brief stop in Ghana to deliver goodwill materials and medical supplies that will be used for the upcoming bilateral medical exercise MEDFLAG 11 in support of Africa Partnership Station (APS) 2011, June
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