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Second Annual AFRICOM C4ISR Senior Leaders Conference Concludes in Vicenza, Italy

12:00 AM2/8/2011

U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM) hosted its second annual C4ISR Senior Leaders Conference February 2-4, 2011 at Caserma Ederle, headquarters of U.S. Army Africa, in Vicenza, Italy.

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Nigerians Receive First C-130 after PDM

12:00 AM2/4/2011
After more than a year of major repairs and maintenance, the U.S. Air Force helped return to operational service the first of five C-130 Hercules aircraft to Nigeria January 21, 2011.

Seventeenth Air Force (Air Forces Africa) is
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Tanzanian Medical Personnel Visit Camp Lemonnier, Share Best Practices

12:00 AM2/4/2011
Six medical representatives from the Tanzanian People's Defence Force (TPDF) visited with representatives from Camp Lemonnier and the Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa (CJTF - HOA) in Djibouti, January 31 and February 1, 2011 to engage
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CJTF-HOA Presents Flight Medic Seminar to Rwanda Defense Force

12:00 AM2/4/2011
A two soldier traveling contact team from the 402nd Civil Affairs Battalion Functional Specialty Team (FxSp), assigned to Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa, traveled to Kigali, Rwanda, January 2011, to facilitate a flight medic operations
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JCAT 101, Fisherman Share Sea Survival Techniques

12:00 AM2/4/2011
Locals from the city of Moroni, Comoros, visited the Cosep Learning Center to share sea survival skills and lifesaving techniques with the Joint Civil Affairs Team (JCAT) 101, January 26, 2011.

The team, assigned to Combined Joint
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Flintlock 11 Kicks Off February 21 in Senegal/Media Opportunities

12:00 AM2/3/2011
Flintlock 11, the latest iteration of U.S. Africa Command's premier Special Operations Forces exercise, kicks off February 21, 2011 in Thies, Senegal, and runs through March 11.

Conducted by Special Operations Command Africa,
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U.S. Army Africa Supports Military Medical Exchange in Mauritania

12:00 AM2/2/2011
Three soldiers from 3rd Medical Command (Deployment Support), based in Atlanta, Georgia conducted military medical exchanges with approximately 25 soldiers of the Mauritanian Medical Services in Nouakchott, Mauritania, January 10-20, 2011.  Read more
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Presidential Proclamation--National African American History Month

12:00 AM2/2/2011
The great abolitionist and orator Frederick Douglass once told us, "If there is no struggle, there is no progress." Progress in America has not come easily, but has resulted from the collective efforts of generations. For centuries,
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U.S. Africa Command Staff Get a Taste of the DRC through Music and Dance

12:00 AM2/1/2011
U.S. Africa Command staff listened and watched as musicians, artists, and citizens of Kinshasa, told their story through music and dance during a documentary film which was featured as part of AFRICOM's Educational Movie Series, January 31,
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U.S. Africa Command's civilian deputy attends education-themed events in Nigeria

12:00 AM2/1/2011
Ambassador J. Anthony Holmes, U.S. Africa Command's deputy to the commander for civil-military activities, represented U.S. Africa Command at two education-themed events during his four-day visit to Nigeria from Jan. 25-28, 2011.
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USS Robert G. Bradley Jump Starts APS 2011

12:00 AM2/1/2011
USS Robert G. Bradley (FFG 49) jump started the fifth iteration of Africa Partnership Station (APS) with a port visit to Lome, Togo, February 1, 2011.

Robert G. Bradley brings with her a team of maritime professionals to provide
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Canada's CEFCOM and U.S. AFRICOM Looking to Increase Cooperation

12:00 AM2/1/2011
Canadian Air Force Major General Alain Parent, Canadian Expeditionary Force Command (CEFCOM) deputy commander, visited U.S. Africa Command Headquarters January 25, 2011 to identify potential areas of partnership on the African continent following
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The Many Faces of Fasnet

12:00 AM1/31/2011
The carnival celebrated in the southwest region of Germany and in parts of northern Switzerland is called the Schwäbisch-Alemannische Fasnet. Literally translated, "Fasnet" means carnival.

It differs from the other forms of
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U.S. Army Africa Commander Attends Second Annual Marrakech Security Forum

12:00 AM1/31/2011
Dozens of scholars, politicians and soldiers gathered in Marrakech, Morocco, January 20-22, 2011, for the second annual convocation of the Marrakech Security Forum.

U.S. Army Africa (USARAF) Commander, Major General David R. Hogg,
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Africa Endeavor Main Planning Conference Concludes in Bamako

12:00 AM1/31/2011
U.S. Africa Command concluded the main planning conference for Africa Endeavor 2011 in Bamako, Mali January 27, 2011 after four days of deliberation and exercise planning sessions.

Africa Endeavor is an annual multinational
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Gabon Base Commanders Visit German Bases for Security Familiarization

12:00 AM1/28/2011
When it comes to air base defense, airmen in Germany share many challenges with their partners in the African nation of Gabon. Two Gabonese air base commanders came to this conclusion as they visited Ramstein, Sembach and Spangdahlem air bases
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3rd Annual Women's Leadership Forum: "Inspiring, Motivating and Mentoring the Leaders of the 21st Century"

12:00 AM1/28/2011
The United States Army Garrison Stuttgart Equal Employment Office and Special Emphasis Program Committee will host the 3rd Annual Women's Leadership Forum: "Inspiring, Motivating and Mentoring the Leaders of the 21st Century."  Read more
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U.S. Embassy in Kenya Participate in Dedication Ceremony

12:00 AM1/28/2011
Representatives to the U.S. Embassy in Kenya attended the dedication ceremony of the Muungano Women's Group vocational training center January 17, 2011, in Matadoni, Kenya.
The U.S. Ambassador to Kenya Michael Ranneberger's self-help
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U.S. Africa Command builds on local rapport while highlighting "It's not about Africa Command"

12:00 AM1/26/2011
STUTTGART - General William "Kip" Ward and his U.S. Africa Command Staff hosted a group of honorary consuls general and local German media at the AFRICOM Headquarters on Kelley Barracks January 21, 2011.

The event served to inform
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U.S. Embassy in Kenya participate in dedication ceremony

12:00 AM1/26/2011
Representatives to the U.S. Embassy in Kenya attended the dedication ceremony of the Muungano Women’s Group vocational training center January 17, 2011, in Matadoni, Kenya.

The U.S. Ambassador to Kenya Michael Ranneberger’s
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