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ALFS Commanders discuss Complexities of Africa
5:03 PM2/17/2015
U.S. Army Gen. David G. Perkins knows a thing or two about complex environments. He’s the commander of Training and Doctrine Command, the command developing the Army Operating Concept. The AOC, as it’s known, is about winning in a complex environment.
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African Partnership Flight builds Relations, Interoperability
10:14 AM2/17/2015
Closing ceremonies commenced African Partnership Flight–Djibouti for more than 80 Airmen from six nations at Djibouti Air Base, Feb.11, 2015.
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Cutlass Express ’15: US, Djibouti Building Partnerships
9:30 AM2/17/2015
Piracy, illegal fishing, and other maritime threats are rising around the world, presenting even more of a need for properly trained forces in Visit, Board, Search and Seizure procedures (VBSS) in the East African Nations.
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AU Media Delegation concludes
4:37 AM2/17/2015
AU Media Delegation visit concludes with interview of AFRICOM's Deputy to the Commander for Military Operations, U.S. Marine Corps Lt. Gen. Steven Hummer
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AFRICOM welcomes African Union journalists
7:19 PM2/10/2015
AFRICOM hosts AU media delegation visit, Feb. 9-12, 2015.
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Army Africa conducts MEDRETE 15-1 in Burundi
12:22 PM2/9/2015
Eleven U.S. Army Soldiers from the William Beaumont Army Medical Center Fort Bliss, Texas and three U.S. Army Reserve Soldiers from the 7th Civil Support Command’s 2500th Digital Liaison Detachment partnered with Burundi National Defense Force doctors and medical support staff at the Kamenge Military Hospital during a U.S. Army Africa/U.S. Embassy-Burundi joint Medical Readiness and Training Exercise Jan. 19-30.
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Six nations stand together during African Partnership Flight-Djibouti
8:51 AM2/9/2015
About 80 Airmen from Burundi, Djibouti, Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania and the United States stood together for African Partnership Flight opening ceremonies on Djibouti Air Base Feb. 7, 2015.
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US, Germany provide Equipment, Training for Tanzania Rangers
12:16 PM2/6/2015
Government officials from the United States and Germany attended a media event to present new field equipment to Tanzania rangers at the Selous Game Reserve, Tanzania on Jan. 21, 2015.
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Mauritius President Tours USS Simpson
8:14 AM2/5/2015
The President of Mauritius, Kailash Purryag, visited the guided-missile frigate USS Simpson (FFG 56), while it’s moored in Port Louis, Mauritius taking part in Exercise Cutlass Express 2015, Feb. 3.
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New Crisis Response Marines continue operations in Africa, Europe
11:12 AM2/4/2015
A five-day certification exercise for more than a thousand new Marines and sailors deploying during January and February in support of crisis and contingency response in the European and Africa Commands’ areas of responsibility concluded on Dec. 18, 2014.
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Army EOD troops train with Congolese forces
1:20 PM2/3/2015
U.S. Army Explosive Ordnance Disposal Soldiers trained Congolese military and law enforcement units to identify explosive hazards in December.
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Initial planning begins for Tanzania gender integration seminar
1:43 PM2/2/2015
Recently, U.S. Army Africa’s Col. Frances Hardison and Capt. Christian Smith traveled to Dar Es Salaam and Arusha, Tanzania to plan a gender integration seminar co-hosted by the Tanzanian Peoples Defense Forces.
The event is tentatively scheduled for May. During planning, Hardison and Smith discussed the proposed events and activities with the TPDF’s highest ranking female. Hardison is the director of USARAF’s G-1, Personnel.
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Opening Ceremony Cutlass Express 2015
10:56 AM1/29/2015
Maritime forces from East Africa, South Africa, Europe, Indian Ocean nations, the United States and several international organizations began the fourth iteration of the multinational maritime Exercise Cutlass Express, Jan. 28, 2015.
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Bilateral Efforts to Achieve Regional Effects
11:42 AM1/26/2015
Creating an open line of communication helps instill a regional approach and is vital to the success of any operation or organization. This concept is extremely important to the development of our East African partners.
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JFC-UA service members visit Liberian National Museum
2:45 PM1/23/2015
Joint Forces Command – United Assistance service members from the Barclay Training Center got to experience some Liberian culture, Jan. 20, when they took a quick bus ride to the Liberian National Museum. The museum is nestled near the center of Monrovia, the nation’s capital and after some research on the part of the JFC-UA civil affairs unit, a cross-cultural exchange trip was initiated for those Soldiers deployed to BTC.
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MRAPS enhance AMISOM operations
4:08 PM1/20/2015
As part of the Combined Joint Task Force–Horn of Africa’s mission to enable regional actors to neutralize violent extremist organizations and enable regional access and freedom of movement, Uganda and Burundi will receive a new mission asset.
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Exercise Obangame Express 2015 Nations Meet to Finalize Plans
10:09 AM1/20/2015
Maritime professionals from more than 20 maritime nations met in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany, to finalize plans for Exercise Obangame Express 2015, Jan. 12, 2015.
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Initial planning begins for Tanzania gender integration seminar
9:48 AM1/20/2015
Recently, U.S. Army Africa’s Col. Frances Hardison and Capt. Christian Smith traveled to Dar Es Salaam and Arusha, Tanzania to plan a gender integration seminar co-hosted by the Tanzanian Peoples Defense Forces.
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AFRICOM hosts World Malaria Day event April 25
1:14 PM4/22/2014
And yes, there will be food.Friday, April 25 is World Malaria Day. The Command Surgeon office of U.S. Africa Command is hosting a day of food and entertainment as an opportunity to learn how malaria, one of the most deadly diseases on Earth,
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Making a Difference in Djibouti One Class at a Time
11:19 AM4/17/2014
At the top of a hill overlooking the Gulf of Tadjoura, sits the hotel trade school, Lycee Hotelier d’Arta. The school provides Djiboutian teens the opportunity to learn skills for the restaurant and hospitality industry.Nearly 100 students attend
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