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CJTF-HOA Assists with Djiboutian Medical Needs

12:00 AM6/20/2012

Soldiers of Task Force Raptor, 3rd Squadron, 124th Cavalry Regiment, Texas Army National Guard, 448th and 490th Civil Affairs Battalions and other members stationed at Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, facilitated a Medical Civic Action Program with

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Security Leaders Briefed on New U.S. Africa Strategy at Africa Center Seminar

12:00 AM6/20/2012

The Africa Center for Strategic Studies (ACSS) opened its annual Senior Leaders Seminar on June 18, 2012, in Arlington, Virginia, during which keynote speaker Amanda J. Dory, the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Africa Policy, for the

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Basketball Unites Djiboutian, U.S. People

12:00 AM6/20/2012

Sports can bring people together and help them get to know one another through a common interest. That's been the case for a group of soldiers assigned to Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa and some Djiboutians.

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West African Animal Health Specialists Deepen Skills in First Joint USDA-USAID-AFRICOM Workshop

12:00 AM6/19/2012

In the first such workshop hosted jointly by U.S. Africa Command, U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), lab technicians and epidemiologists from five West African nations gathered June 4-8,

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AFRICOM Forms Military Relationship With Libya

12:00 AM6/19/2012

Operation Odyssey Dawn, the U.S. Africa Command-led U.S. mission in Libya last year, imparted important lessons the Defense Department's newest combatant command is applying as it welcomes a new African partner to the fold while still dealing

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U.S. Marines and Sailors Participate in Crisis Response Training, Prepare to Support U.S. Africa Command

12:00 AM6/19/2012

Reserve Marines and sailors with Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force-12.2 prepared to provide limited support in the event of a crisis in the U.S. Africa Command area of responsibility as part of a two-day exercise, June 8-9, 2012. Read more

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Strategy Guides Africa Engagement, Defense Official Says

12:00 AM6/19/2012

The U.S. military is working with partner forces in Africa to build security on the continent, the Pentagon's senior Africa expert said, June 18, 2012.

In her keynote speech, Amanda J. Dory, deputy assistant secretary of defense

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NCIS Port Security Exchange with Mozambicans Held on HSV 2

12:00 AM6/18/2012

Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS) personnel embarked on board High Speed Vessel Swift (HSV 2) shared port security tactics and training with civilian and military members from Mozambique, graduating eight students June 14, 2012, during an

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MCAT 112 Connects Two Continents

12:00 AM6/18/2012

Projected on a white wall of the Kenyan schoolhouse was a live video feed of American high school students in their classroom. A Kenyan student walked to the camera and started to converse with a girl her age on a different continent.
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U.S. Navy Maritime Civil Affairs Team Connects Students in Two Continents

12:00 AM6/18/2012

Projected on a white wall of the Kenyan schoolhouse was a live video feed of American high school students in their classroom. A Kenyan student walked to the camera and started to converse with a girl her age on a different continent.
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U.S. Navy Personnel Help Kenyans Invest in the Future

12:00 AM6/18/2012

Members of Maritime Civil Affairs Team 112, Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa, celebrated World Environment Day with their east Africa partners in Kenya. MCAT 112 and other U.S. and African organizations planted nearly 600 Casuarina tree

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U.S. Bets on Bright Future for Africa, Clinton Says

12:00 AM6/15/2012

Speaking before an audience of young Africans pursuing success in many career fields, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton laid down a bet June 13, 2012.

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Sierra Leone Troops Complete Deployment Training

12:00 AM6/15/2012

Nearly 1,000 Republic of Sierra Leone Armed Forces (RSLAF) personnel completed training for an upcoming African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) deployment, in May 2012.

U.S. Army Africa Commander, Major General David R. Hogg and

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US Navy Personnel Help Kenyans Invest in the Future

12:00 AM6/15/2012

Members of Maritime Civil Affairs Team 112, Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa, celebrated World Environment Day with their east Africa partners in Kenya. MCAT 112 and other U.S. and African organizations planted nearly 600 Casuarina tree

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FACT SHEET: The New Strategy Toward Sub-Saharan Africa

12:00 AM6/15/2012

On June 14, 2012, the White House announced a new U.S. Strategy Toward Sub-Saharan Africa that provides a proactive and forward looking vision grounded in partnership. The new strategy sets forth four strategic objectives, as described below, and

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Army Birthday message from CJTF-HOA

12:00 AM6/14/2012

On June 14th, 237 years ago, the Continental Army was established, beginning a tremendous legacy of successfully defending our great nation. Since our beginnings we have had the finest soldiers in the world. Soldiers who made tremendous sacrifices

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New Malaria Task Forces Will Address Top Africa Killer

12:00 AM6/14/2012

Two new task forces being stood up by U.S. Africa Command have set their sights on one of the biggest killers on the continent: the mosquito.

Malaria -- that same affliction that decimated Roman legions, Revolutionary War and Civil War

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Ugandan Students Participate in 448th Civil Affairs Battalion Veterinary Program

12:00 AM6/14/2012

Forty Ugandan students came together to attend a two-week Veterinary Civic Action Program training session in Matany, Uganda, April 24, 2012, organized by the U.S. Army 448th Civil Affairs Battalion.

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AFRICOM Will Maintain;Light Footprint; in Africa

12:00 AM6/13/2012

The United States has no plans to seek permanent bases in Africa, and, in the spirit of the new defense strategic guidance, will continue to maintain a "light footprint" on the continent, the top U.S. Africa Command officer said. Read more

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Priorities Set U.S. Africa Command's Agenda

12:00 AM6/12/2012

After a year of significant change sweeping the African continent -- a wave of democratic movements, the emergence of South Sudan as the world's newest nation and an increase in violent extremism, among them -- U.S. Africa Command is using the

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