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NCO Starts Children's Pen Pal Program
12:00 AM4/29/2010
Ask a group of 3rd grade children to read a geography book and you would likely see their arms crossing and bottom lips sticking out. However, ask that same group if they want to be pen pals with kids their age in Africa and they will become
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U.S. Marine Making a Difference in Liberia
12:00 AM4/29/2010
U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sergeant Gary Morris' time in Liberia, which originally began as a voluntary six-month assignment, will end in August 2010, 20 months later.
The U.S. military has been providing mentors and advisors to
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Statement by Secretary Clinton: Togo's National Day
12:00 AM4/28/2010
AFRICOM PAO Note: This statement by Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is being posted on the U.S. Africa Command website in the interest of explaining U.S. foreign policy with African nations. The role of U.S. Africa Command is to
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North Dakota Military Police Partner with Ghanaian Military Leadership
12:00 AM4/28/2010
As part of a State Partnership Program visit, Lieutenant General Peter Blay, Ghanaian Armed Forces, and Major General David Sprynczynatyk, North Dakota adjutant general, and other key staff members spent time with soldiers from Detachment 2 of the
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Army Medical Researchers in Kenya Mark World Malaria Day 2010
12:00 AM4/27/2010
Hundreds of local people in Kisumu, Kenya gathered April 25, 2010 at Kit Mikayi primary school to mark World Malaria Day with educational skits, songs and dance.
Among them was Lieutenant Colonel Maria Bovill, director of U.S. Army
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Medical Personnel, Marines Lend a Hand in Senegal
12:00 AM4/23/2010
"Quick – get him inside, he's bleeding!"
With those words, an elderly Senegalese man, standing quietly amongst a pressing throng of villagers, was hurriedly ushered inside the village health post compound. He sat patiently while
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AFRICOM Planners Study WWII Italian Campaign
12:00 AM4/23/2010
Members of U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM) and its components visited various battlefields throughout Italy to conduct a historical study of the WWII Italian Campaign March 23-27, 2010.
The group's study, known as a staff ride, is
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Department of State: Joint Statement on the First U.S.-A.U. High-Level Bilateral Meetings
12:00 AM4/23/2010
The United States and the nations of the African Union share deep ties, both historical and modern, and have concluded first-ever high-level talks to discuss mutual interests and strategic partnership, the U.S. Department of State said in a
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Kelley Mailroom Seeks Volunteers
12:00 AM4/23/2010
The mailroom at Kelley Barracks is looking for volunteers to help sort mail and conduct other mailroom tasks, starting April 26, 2010.
Due to recent airline flight cancellations and delays from the volcanic ash cloud, mail has been
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Under Secretary William J. Burns Travels to Africa
12:00 AM4/22/2010
AFRICOM PAO note: The following article, by the U.S. Department of State, is provided for public awareness of U.S. policy in Africa. As a military organization, U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM) does not lead U.S. foreign policy, but instead
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Senegalese, Spanish and U.S. Ships Work Together to Train African Sailors
12:00 AM4/22/2010
African sailors received daily training across the decks of three partner country ships from Senegal, Spain, and the United States April 17-20, 2010, as part of Africa Partnership Station (APS) West.
The daily at-sea training was
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First U.S.–African Union Talks Open in Washington
12:00 AM4/22/2010
The first U.S.-African Union High Level Bilateral Meetings opened at the U.S. Department of State April 21, 2010, with the goal of broadening the U.S.-African Union (AU) relationship and deepening the level of engagement between both parties.
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Camp Lemonnier Conducts First Physical Fitness Assessment
12:00 AM4/20/2010
Sailors deployed in the Horn of Africa at Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti (CLDJ), were able to overcome the desert heat and avoid treacherous mosquitoes while participating in the 2010 Spring command physical fitness Assessment (PFA), the first PFA ever
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SCMAGTF Splits Forces, Begins Familiarization Events in Senegal, Liberia
12:00 AM4/19/2010
Marines of the Security Cooperation Marine Air Ground Task Force, Africa Partnership Station 10, came ashore at Guerero Beach, Senegal, April 6, 2010, to begin military-to-military familiarization events with their partner nation.
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APS Ship Riders Program Brings Shipmates Together
12:00 AM4/19/2010
Twenty African sailors are building partnerships on both professional and personal levels by participating in a "ship rider" program as part of Africa Partnership Station (APS) West aboard USS Gunston Hall (LSD 44).
The program pairs
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U.S. Africa Command DCMA Stresses Diplomacy at U.S. Army Africa Seminar
12:00 AM4/16/2010
Soldiers and civilians from U.S. Army Africa must act as ambassadors, U.S. Africa Command's senior civilian leader told attendees of the Great Lakes Seminar held this week in Vicenza.
Ambassador J. Anthony Holmes, AFRICOM's
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IMET Building Block for Partnership
12:00 AM4/16/2010
When Major Generals Ronald Ladnier and T.M. Paledi met in Gaborone, Botswana, March 10, 2010, for a senior leader engagement, it was about strengthening the partnership between the Botswana Defence Force and 17th Air Force (Air Forces Africa).
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Re-entering the Water: Liberia's New Coast Guard
12:00 AM4/16/2010
A small team from the newly formed Liberian Coast Guard successfully launched, for the first time, a Zodiac boat off of Bushrod Island, the historic home of the Liberian maritime forces, March 25, 2010.
The event was historic for the
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Flintlock 10 Offers Media Opportunities
12:00 AM4/16/2010
Flintlock 10, the latest iteration of U.S. Africa Command’s premier Special Operations Forces exercise, kicks off May 2, 2010, in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, and runs through May 23.
Accredited media representatives may request a
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USO in a Box: A Mobile Recreation Center
12:00 AM4/15/2010
It comes in a box the size of a small living room, the Expandable Light Air Mobile Shelter is designed to fit everything from X-Boxes and a surround sound theater to wireless high-speed internet and satellite phones. The USO in a box will build
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