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'Nobody Told Me the War Wouldn't Be Easy'

12:00 AM7/29/2011

After two straight days of almost nonstop rain about 225 South African National Defence Force (SANDF) soldiers and U.S. Light Armored Reconnaissance (LAR) marines wait to begin a company-sized assault on a barren ridge populated by imaginary enemy

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Hundreds Receive Medical Care as Part of Exercise Shared Accord

12:00 AM7/29/2011

It was a wet and cold Sunday afternoon when Elsie VanWyk entered the Kleinskool Sports Complex in South Africa. She had walked a long distance to get here, despite the adverse weather.

She, like many of her peers, had a single focus:

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Dentists Partner to Bring Smiles in South Africa

12:00 AM7/29/2011

Most people don't look forward to going to the dentist, but clients at the Medical Civic Action Program (MEDCAP) at the Kleinskool Sports Complex in South Africa were.

U.S. and South African dentists worked side-by-side to assist

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SHARED ACCORD 11: Engineering Project Improves Conditions for Livestock

12:00 AM7/29/2011

"What they are doing is not worth money -- it's worth gold!"

That is how Koos Croukamp, manager of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA) in Uitenhage, South Africa, enthusiastically describes the work by the

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Crises Level Rises in Senegalese Tabletop Exercise and Logistics is Viewed as Critical Component of Response

12:00 AM7/28/2011

July 27, 2011 marked the midpoint of the weeklong Senegalese National Government Pandemic Disaster Response Tabletop Exercise. The day was dedicated to sessions two and three of this five-session tabletop exercise. This is a simulated exercise so

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Foreign Partners Meet, Discuss Engagement with AFRICOM HQ Staff

12:00 AM7/28/2011

U.S. Africa Command hosted 11 coalition officers assigned to Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA) in Djibouti for their first visit to the command's headquarters in Stuttgart, Germany July 19-20, 2011.

The two-day

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U.S. Army Africa to Help Assess Small Water Purification Device

12:00 AM7/27/2011

Water, water, everywhere - but it's not safe to drink. That's a scenario that many U.S. Army Africa (USARAF) personnel traveling to the continent face.

When traveling to Africa, USARAF personnel should carry a small survival

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AFRICOM Sponsor Training Aug. 3

12:00 AM7/27/2011

Become a sponsor for incoming U.S. AFRICOM personnel with the help of training offered from 9 to 9:30 a.m. Aug. 3 in building 3306, room 119. To attend this training, e-mail Sponsorship@africom.mil with a reservation request.

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Ugandan Press Delegation Visits U.S. Africa Command Headquarters

12:00 AM7/27/2011

Ugandan television and newspaper reporters got an in-depth look at the mission of U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM) during a week-long visit to Germany, July 18-22, 2011.

Seven journalists from Kampala, Uganda, representing four

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Huddleston Says AFRICOM Empowering African Development as Well as Security

12:00 AM7/27/2011

The U.S. military's Africa Command (AFRICOM) is building the capacity of partner nations to counter extremist threats, respect civilian control and respond more effectively to humanitarian and security needs across the continent, a senior U.S.

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Stuttgart Health Clinic Annex at Kelley Expands Hours

12:00 AM7/27/2011

New hours of operations are from 7:50 a.m. to 4 p.m. Mondays through Thursdays. Contact the Central Appointments line at DSN 371-2622 or civilian: 06221-17-2622 for all appointments. Walk-in care and emergency services are not available. Eligible

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Patch Subway Restaurant to Close July 27-28

12:00 AM7/27/2011

The Exchange has announced that the Subway Restaurant in Building 2353 on Patch Barracks will close for business July 27-28 in order to relocate its operations to the Patch Food Court. The Patch Theater pizza and Burger King mobile operations will

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Senegalese Civilian and Military Personnel Prepare to Exercise Pandemic Response Plan

12:00 AM7/26/2011

Nearly 100 civilian and military representatives primarily from Senegal and the United States came together in Saly for a weeklong exercise to prepare for a potential pandemic, July 25-29, 2011.

The Senegalese National Government

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Largest African Communications Exercise Concludes in The Gambia

12:00 AM7/26/2011

The Gambian Army band played their national anthem followed by the U.S. national anthem on the parade grounds in Banjul, July 21, 2011, bringing to a close the largest communications and interoperability exercise on the African continent. Read more

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Samuel B. Roberts Departs Kenya

12:00 AM7/25/2011

USS Samuel B. Roberts (FFG 58) (Sammy B) departed from Mombasa after a five-day port call in support of Africa Partnership Station (APS), July 23, 2011.

Sammy B played a vital role in the hub's success, which saw the graduation of

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Johannesburg Born Marine Returns to South Africa for Exercise

12:00 AM7/25/2011

There's the English spoken in South Africa, and then there's the English spoken in Southern California.

When Lance Corporal Kyle W. Smith moved from Johannesburg to Orange County following his step-father's job transfer in

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Port Elizabeth Ceremony Kicks Off Largest Ever Joint U.S.-South African Military Exercise

12:00 AM7/25/2011

U.S. service members and South African National Defence Force (SANDF) soldiers came together July 22, 2011 to mark the opening of Exercise Shared Accord 2011 with a brief ceremony.

Shared Accord is a bilateral military training and

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U.S. Army Doctors Join GAF at Local Clinics

12:00 AM7/22/2011

Soldiers from the 814th Medical Company of the North Dakota Army National Guard and the Ghana Armed Forces completed the last of three humanitarian civic assistant sites in Doryumu, Accra July 18, 2011 as part of MEDFLAG 11.

Soldiers

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USARAF's Forward Command Element Makes Fly-Away Worldwide Communications Kit Available

12:00 AM7/22/2011

When the U.S. Army Africa Forward Command Element (USARAF FCE) rolls onto a C-130 to head to Aviano in August, it will be with state-of-the-art electronics allowing worldwide communications.

The USARAF FCE, similar to a tactical

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Samuel B. Roberts Sailors Participate in Kenyan COMREL

12:00 AM7/22/2011

Sailors from USS Samuel B. Roberts (FFG 58) (Sammy B) built and painted blackboards for a community relations (COMREL) project at Marenje Primary School, July 21, 2011.

This project is just one of the many ways Sammy B is

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