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Chiefs Issue Strategic Direction to Combat Sexual Assault

12:00 AM5/8/2012
Despite years of concerted effort, the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the commandant of the Coast Guard are dissatisfied with progress made in reducing sexual assault in the military, and have released strategic direction to increase the emphasis on
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General Dempsey Blogs about the New Strategic Direction on Sexual Assault Prevention & Response

12:00 AM5/8/2012
To read the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff's message on DoD Live, click here: Strategic Direction to the Joint
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Ali Sabieh Community, CAT 4903 Team Up to Clean Up

12:00 AM5/8/2012
Encouraging people to care and take action in their community-that's what elected officials in Ali Sabieh wanted to foster and what U.S. Army Civil Affairs Team 4903 helped them nurture.

Citizens of Ali Sabieh conducted a community
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77 Nations Share Best Practices at HIV/AIDS Conference

12:00 AM5/7/2012
More than 445 military and civilian delegates from 77 nations gathered in Maputo, Mozambique, May 7, 2012, to share best practices in HIV prevention, care and treatment.

The Armed Forces for the Defense of Mozambique, in cooperation
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Camp Lemonnier Volunteer Group Distributes School Supplies to Djiboutian Kids

12:00 AM5/7/2012
U.S. service members from the U.S. Army Civil Affairs Team 4903, Combined Joint Task Force – Horn of Africa, partnered with from Camp Lemonnier’s community volunteer group to deliver school supplies and T-shirts to children at the village school
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Representatives from 30 African Nations Meet to Finalize Planning for Africa Endeavor 12

12:00 AM5/4/2012
Participants from more than 30 African nations met with their Western counterparts from the United States, Canada, and the Netherlands this week in Accra, Ghana, to finalize planning for Exercise Africa Endeavor 2012.

The final
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Embarkation Specialists Begin Retrograde Port Operations after African Lion 2012

12:00 AM5/4/2012
Service members began hosing down military equipment in preparation for the retrograde portion of Exercise African Lion 12 at the port of Agadir, Morocco, April 16, 2012.

Three-hundred fifteen vehicles, generators, flood lights and
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US, Tanzania Military Attorneys Find More Similarities Than Differences in Military Law

12:00 AM5/4/2012
Two members of the Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa legal staff and one U.S. Army Africa legal staff member recently attended the Military Law Symposium at the Peacekeeping Training Center here as part of a traveling contact team.  Read more
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USS Simpson Concludes Participation in Saharan Express 2012

12:00 AM5/2/2012
Sailors aboard the guided-missile frigate USS Simpson (FFG 56) concluded their participation in exercise Saharan Express 2012 while underway off the coast of West Africa, April 30, 2012.

Saharan Express, one of four express series
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US, Rwandan Defense Force Personnel Exchange Best Practices

12:00 AM4/30/2012
Five personnel assigned to Combined Joint Task Force – Horn of Africa exchanged best practices with soldiers from the Rwandan Defense Force here April 2-14.
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Grand Bara Desert Century Bike Ride

12:00 AM4/30/2012
A photo essay.
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CJTF-HOA, Rwandan Defense Force Personnel Exchange Best Practices

12:00 AM4/27/2012
Five personnel assigned to Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa exchanged best practices with soldiers from the Rwandan Defense Force here April 2-14.
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Toby Keith Visits Camp Lemonnier

12:00 AM4/27/2012
A photo essay by U.S. Navy Senior Chief Mass Communication Specialist (EXW) Maria R. Escamilla.
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Defense Strategy Pertains Directly to Horn of Africa, Senior Official Says

12:00 AM4/27/2012
Many of the focus areas outlined in the nation's defensive strategic guidance, released in January, go beyond Asia-Pacific and pertain to the Horn of Africa, a senior defense official said April 26, 2012.
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U.S. Urges Sudan, South Sudan to Cease Hostilities, Resume Talks

12:00 AM4/27/2012
The United States urges the governments of Sudan and South Sudan to cease attacking each other across their undemarcated border to avert an all-out war and a looming humanitarian disaster.
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U.S. Supports Pushback Against Lord's Resistance Army

12:00 AM4/26/2012
For more information on U.S. policy to counter the Lord's Resistance Army, see video and testimony transcripts at  Read more
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TACNET Technicians Ensure Constant Communication

12:00 AM4/26/2012
Far from camp here, U.S. service members stationed in austere conditions in forward operating areas around Africa have regular access to communications, thanks to the Tactical Networking team of the Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa's
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For African Anti-Terrorism, Region Must Lead, but U.S. Is Helping

12:00 AM4/26/2012
Porous borders and weak security institutions have heightened the threat posed by violent groups in East and West Africa, and the United States is working with countries in both regions to counter the threats, not only by empowering their security
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Senior Chief, Master Chief Frocked in Djibouti

12:00 AM4/25/2012
A photo essay by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Geronimo Aquino.
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U.S. Africa Command Observes World Malaria Day

12:00 AM4/25/2012
U.S. Africa Command is stepping up efforts to prevent one of the biggest killers in Africa with the establishment of the East African Malaria Task Force, April 25, 2012. AFRICOM epidemiologist Dr. Refaat Hanaa, said the task force formed in
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