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Africa Symposium at U.S. Army War College, February 2011

12:00 AM2/17/2011
The U.S. Army War College dedicated two days to bring together government, civilian and military experts to talk over the issues, challenges and potential success stories for the African continent during a regional symposium February 1-2, 2011.  Read more
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U.S. Ambassador to Gabon, Sao Tome and Principe Discusses Priorities, Engagements with AFRICOM Leaders

12:00 AM2/16/2011

U.S. Ambassador Eric Benjaminson said military cooperation and capacity building are chief priorities in Gabon during a two-day visit with U.S. Africa Command leaders in Stuttgart, Germany February 14-15, 2011.

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USS Stephen W. Groves Exercise with South African Navy Submarine

12:00 AM2/15/2011
The Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate USS Stephen W. Groves (FFG 29) participated in a joint-maneuvering exercise with the South African Heroine-class submarine SAS Charlotte Maxeke (S-102) off the coast of South Africa, February 10, 2011.  Read more
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U.S. Africa Command Staff Meet with Ambassador to the Central African Republic

12:00 AM2/11/2011
Ambassador Laurence D. Wohlers visited U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM) headquarters in Stuttgart February 7, 2011, in order to learn more about the command and to explore other options for the command to work with the government and military forces
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CNE Jazz Combo Fuses with Ethiopian Land Forces Band

12:00 AM2/11/2011
The U.S. Naval Forces Europe Band Jazz Combo performed with members of the Ethiopian Land Forces band at the U.S. Embassy dedication ceremony, February 8, 2011, in Addis Ababa.
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AFRICOM Commander Visits Robert G. Bradley, APS

12:00 AM2/9/2011

Commander of U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM) General William E. "Kip" Ward spoke to African partners and U.S. sailors aboard USS Robert G. Bradley (FFG 49) February 7, 2011, during the first of many port visits of Africa Partnership

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Joint Civil Affairs Team Helps Rebuild Children's School in Comoros

12:00 AM2/8/2011

The children of Chomoni, Comoros, once had a broken building of a school with holes in the walls, corroded interiors and desks with jagged edges.

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Second Annual AFRICOM C4ISR Senior Leaders Conference Concludes in Vicenza, Italy

12:00 AM2/8/2011

U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM) hosted its second annual C4ISR Senior Leaders Conference February 2-4, 2011 at Caserma Ederle, headquarters of U.S. Army Africa, in Vicenza, Italy.

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Nigerians Receive First C-130 after PDM

12:00 AM2/4/2011
After more than a year of major repairs and maintenance, the U.S. Air Force helped return to operational service the first of five C-130 Hercules aircraft to Nigeria January 21, 2011.

Seventeenth Air Force (Air Forces Africa) is
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Tanzanian Medical Personnel Visit Camp Lemonnier, Share Best Practices

12:00 AM2/4/2011
Six medical representatives from the Tanzanian People's Defence Force (TPDF) visited with representatives from Camp Lemonnier and the Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa (CJTF - HOA) in Djibouti, January 31 and February 1, 2011 to engage
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CJTF-HOA Presents Flight Medic Seminar to Rwanda Defense Force

12:00 AM2/4/2011
A two soldier traveling contact team from the 402nd Civil Affairs Battalion Functional Specialty Team (FxSp), assigned to Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa, traveled to Kigali, Rwanda, January 2011, to facilitate a flight medic operations
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JCAT 101, Fisherman Share Sea Survival Techniques

12:00 AM2/4/2011
Locals from the city of Moroni, Comoros, visited the Cosep Learning Center to share sea survival skills and lifesaving techniques with the Joint Civil Affairs Team (JCAT) 101, January 26, 2011.

The team, assigned to Combined Joint
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Flintlock 11 Kicks Off February 21 in Senegal/Media Opportunities

12:00 AM2/3/2011
Flintlock 11, the latest iteration of U.S. Africa Command's premier Special Operations Forces exercise, kicks off February 21, 2011 in Thies, Senegal, and runs through March 11.

Conducted by Special Operations Command Africa,
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U.S. Army Africa Supports Military Medical Exchange in Mauritania

12:00 AM2/2/2011
Three soldiers from 3rd Medical Command (Deployment Support), based in Atlanta, Georgia conducted military medical exchanges with approximately 25 soldiers of the Mauritanian Medical Services in Nouakchott, Mauritania, January 10-20, 2011.  Read more
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Presidential Proclamation--National African American History Month

12:00 AM2/2/2011
The great abolitionist and orator Frederick Douglass once told us, "If there is no struggle, there is no progress." Progress in America has not come easily, but has resulted from the collective efforts of generations. For centuries,
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U.S. Africa Command Staff Get a Taste of the DRC through Music and Dance

12:00 AM2/1/2011
U.S. Africa Command staff listened and watched as musicians, artists, and citizens of Kinshasa, told their story through music and dance during a documentary film which was featured as part of AFRICOM's Educational Movie Series, January 31,
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U.S. Africa Command's civilian deputy attends education-themed events in Nigeria

12:00 AM2/1/2011
Ambassador J. Anthony Holmes, U.S. Africa Command's deputy to the commander for civil-military activities, represented U.S. Africa Command at two education-themed events during his four-day visit to Nigeria from Jan. 25-28, 2011.
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USS Robert G. Bradley Jump Starts APS 2011

12:00 AM2/1/2011
USS Robert G. Bradley (FFG 49) jump started the fifth iteration of Africa Partnership Station (APS) with a port visit to Lome, Togo, February 1, 2011.

Robert G. Bradley brings with her a team of maritime professionals to provide
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Canada's CEFCOM and U.S. AFRICOM Looking to Increase Cooperation

12:00 AM2/1/2011
Canadian Air Force Major General Alain Parent, Canadian Expeditionary Force Command (CEFCOM) deputy commander, visited U.S. Africa Command Headquarters January 25, 2011 to identify potential areas of partnership on the African continent following
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The Many Faces of Fasnet

12:00 AM1/31/2011
The carnival celebrated in the southwest region of Germany and in parts of northern Switzerland is called the Schwäbisch-Alemannische Fasnet. Literally translated, "Fasnet" means carnival.

It differs from the other forms of
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