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African Flag Officer Pins Former USARAF Soldier with Meritorious Service Medal
12:00 AM10/18/2011
For soldiers, receiving a Meritorious Service Medal is a special if not fairly rare occasion. For Staff Sergeant Piedad Garcia, earning the MSM was coupled with an additional honor: Garcia's award was presented by Brigadier General Joseph
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State Department's Johnnie Carson Travels to Africa
12:00 AM10/18/2011
U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Johnnie Carson travels to the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda and Niger October 17-26, 2011 the State Department announced.
Carson, who is the assistant secretary of state for African affairs,
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U.S. Africa Command Donates Medical Supplies to Djiboutian Military Training School
12:00 AM10/17/2011
On October 3, 2011, several members of the U.S. Embassy's Office of Security Cooperation (OSC) traveled to the Djiboutian Armed Forces military training center at Holhol to provide approximately 200 pounds of medical supplies donated by U.S.
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TEXTS AND FACT SHEET: U.S. Support to Regional Efforts to Counter the Lord's Resistance Army
12:00 AM10/15/2011
President Obama on October 14, 2011, notified U.S. Congress that he is deploying a small number of military personnel to central Africa to assist regional militaries in confronting the Lord's Resistance Army, whose two decades of atrocities
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Forty-third Annual Pfenning Bazaar Kicks Off
12:00 AM10/14/2011
The 43rd annual Pfenning Bazaar started on 14 October 2011 with speeches by the Corinne Walker, the German president and Laurie Menzel, the American president of the German American Womens' Club and Stuttgart Army Garrison Commander, COL. Carl
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Obama Sends U.S. Forces to Help African Troops Confront Lord's Resistance Army
12:00 AM10/14/2011
President Barack Obama has authorized the deployment to central Africa of 100 combat-equipped U.S. forces whose mission is to help regional forces fight the notorious Lord's Resistance Army and its leader, Joseph Kony.
In a letter
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Futbol and Folk Dancing: NMCB 5 Experience African Culture
12:00 AM10/13/2011
As the four-wheel drive vehicles shuddered and lurched over the rocky dirt road, Seabees of Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 5 caught a glimpse of the Kontali village as it appeared on the horizon, nearly hidden by the mid-day sun, October
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There’s a First for Everything: Airman Earns Navy Honor
12:00 AM10/13/2011
Beyond the pride one carries by simply being a member in today's all-volunteer U.S. military, there is no greater honor for a service member than accomplishing a challenge in an expeditionary environment, especially when that achievement is
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French, Djiboutian, US Service Members Survive the Desert
12:00 AM10/11/2011
A Photo Essay by U.S. Navy Lieutenant Mark Jackson.
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Tanzania, US Come Together For Animal Education
12:00 AM10/11/2011
A Photo Essay by U.S. Army by Major Gregg A. Tooley.
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Clearing the Way for Big Cats
12:00 AM10/11/2011
A Photo Essay by USAF Staff Sergeant Stephen Linch.
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Volunteers Needed: Pfennig Bazaar Truck Unloading
12:00 AM10/11/2011
WE NEED YOU!!!!
Wednesday, October 12, 2011
0800-1200 or 1200-1800
Where: Liederhalle, Berliner Platz 1-3, Stuttgart
Wednesday and Thursday: Dress comfortably - you will get dirty.
Friday and Saturday:
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Presidential Proclamation--National Disability Employment Awareness Month
12:00 AM10/7/2011
A PROCLAMATION
Utilizing the talents of all Americans is essential for our Nation to out-innovate, out-educate, and out-build the rest of the world. During National Disability Employment Awareness Month, we recognize the skills that
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AFRICOM Commander Highlights Priorities, Concerns at CSIS Strategy Talk
12:00 AM10/7/2011
During a military strategy forum October 4, 2011, General Carter F. Ham, commander of U.S. Africa Command, emphasized the importance of strengthening African military capabilities to address some of Africa's current security challenges while
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TRANSCRIPT: General Ham Discusses "AFRICOM Perspectives" at CSIS Military Strategy Forum
12:00 AM10/7/2011
On October 4, 2011, General Carter F. Ham, commander of U.S. Africa Command, spoke on "AFRICOM Perspectives" at a military strategy forum at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) in Washington, D.C.
He
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Some Guidelines Met for Ending Libya Mission, Official Says
12:00 AM10/7/2011
Three of the four guidelines laid out this week by Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta for ending Operation Unified Protector in Libya have been met, a senior defense official said October 7, 2011.
At Panetta's final news conference
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South African Army Soldiers visit U.S. Army Africa
12:00 AM10/6/2011
Chief Warrant Officer Charles Laubscher and Master Chief Warrant Officer Ketshwerebothata R. Boikanyo from the South African Army took part in a U.S. Army Africa command visit September 26-29, 2011.
Laubscher and Boikanyo were engaged
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Stuttgart Community Run for Life Raises Cancer Awareness
12:00 AM10/6/2011
On October 1, 2011, 600 members from the Stuttgart Army Garrison community met on Patch Barracks to take part in the community's second Run for Life.
The event is designed to raise Cancer awareness, support community members
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Kenya, US Build, Dedicate School
12:00 AM10/5/2011
A year of anticipation gave way to children dancing and singing during the Mkokoni Primary School dedication at Mkokoni, Kenya, September 21.
"Our children will now be afforded a better education," said Charles Mzee Joseph,
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Kenya, U.S. Build, Dedicate School
12:00 AM10/5/2011
A year of anticipation gave way to children dancing and singing during the Mkokoni Primary School dedication at Mkokoni, Kenya, September 21, 2011.
"Our children will now be afforded a better education," said Charles Mzee Joseph,
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