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Military Naval leaders gather for week long maritime summit
4:22 PM3/3/2015
U.S. Naval course brings 33 naval leaders from Africa and Europe to discuss maritime issues of mutual concern in effort to improve war-fighting capability.
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Black History Month celebrated with music, dance and food
3:56 PM2/27/2015
Feb. 26, 2015 Black History Month program at Kelley Theater, Kelley Barracks, U.S. Army Garrison Stuttgart
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Close Air Support Training in Djibouti
1:59 PM2/24/2015
French and U.S. coalition forces conducted live and simulated close air support exercise in Arta.
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African Land Forces Summit 15 ends with a beginning
1:25 PM2/19/2015
It was about advancing friendship, partnership and building trust. That is according to Maj. Gen. Darryl A. Williams, commander, U.S. Army Africa upon the close of the African Land Forces Summit in Dakar, Senegal.
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Soldier-Scientists begin closure of Ebola testing labs
1:11 PM2/19/2015
As the mission of Joint Forces Command – United Assistance comes to an end, there are a few more tasks that service members, deployed in support of Operation United Assistance, have to complete.
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African Partnership Flight builds Relations Interoperability
11:29 AM2/19/2015
Closing ceremonies commenced African Partnership Flight–Djibouti for more than 80 Airmen from six nations at Djibouti Air Base, Feb.11, 2015.
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Building Stability through Health - AFRICOM Partners Health Engagement Forum
10:43 AM2/18/2015
With the goal to build stability through health, more than 35 medical practitioners and health specialists are taking part in the AFRICOM Partners Health Engagement Forum, a three-day event conducted at the U.S. Army Garrison Stuttgart, Germany at Kelley Barracks, Feb. 18-20, 2015.
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CSAR: A Legacy Continues
8:42 AM2/18/2015
Time is of the essence when it comes to someone sustaining life-threatening injuries in a deployed location. With the capabilities provided by a combat search and rescue team, time is on their side knowing they are there when we need them the most.
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ALFS Commanders discuss Complexities of Africa
5:03 PM2/17/2015
U.S. Army Gen. David G. Perkins knows a thing or two about complex environments. He’s the commander of Training and Doctrine Command, the command developing the Army Operating Concept. The AOC, as it’s known, is about winning in a complex environment.
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African Partnership Flight builds Relations, Interoperability
10:14 AM2/17/2015
Closing ceremonies commenced African Partnership Flight–Djibouti for more than 80 Airmen from six nations at Djibouti Air Base, Feb.11, 2015.
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Cutlass Express ’15: US, Djibouti Building Partnerships
9:30 AM2/17/2015
Piracy, illegal fishing, and other maritime threats are rising around the world, presenting even more of a need for properly trained forces in Visit, Board, Search and Seizure procedures (VBSS) in the East African Nations.
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AU Media Delegation concludes
4:37 AM2/17/2015
AU Media Delegation visit concludes with interview of AFRICOM's Deputy to the Commander for Military Operations, U.S. Marine Corps Lt. Gen. Steven Hummer
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AFRICOM welcomes African Union journalists
7:19 PM2/10/2015
AFRICOM hosts AU media delegation visit, Feb. 9-12, 2015.
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Army Africa conducts MEDRETE 15-1 in Burundi
12:22 PM2/9/2015
Eleven U.S. Army Soldiers from the William Beaumont Army Medical Center Fort Bliss, Texas and three U.S. Army Reserve Soldiers from the 7th Civil Support Command’s 2500th Digital Liaison Detachment partnered with Burundi National Defense Force doctors and medical support staff at the Kamenge Military Hospital during a U.S. Army Africa/U.S. Embassy-Burundi joint Medical Readiness and Training Exercise Jan. 19-30.
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Six nations stand together during African Partnership Flight-Djibouti
8:51 AM2/9/2015
About 80 Airmen from Burundi, Djibouti, Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania and the United States stood together for African Partnership Flight opening ceremonies on Djibouti Air Base Feb. 7, 2015.
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US, Germany provide Equipment, Training for Tanzania Rangers
12:16 PM2/6/2015
Government officials from the United States and Germany attended a media event to present new field equipment to Tanzania rangers at the Selous Game Reserve, Tanzania on Jan. 21, 2015.
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Mauritius President Tours USS Simpson
8:14 AM2/5/2015
The President of Mauritius, Kailash Purryag, visited the guided-missile frigate USS Simpson (FFG 56), while it’s moored in Port Louis, Mauritius taking part in Exercise Cutlass Express 2015, Feb. 3.
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New Crisis Response Marines continue operations in Africa, Europe
11:12 AM2/4/2015
A five-day certification exercise for more than a thousand new Marines and sailors deploying during January and February in support of crisis and contingency response in the European and Africa Commands’ areas of responsibility concluded on Dec. 18, 2014.
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Army EOD troops train with Congolese forces
1:20 PM2/3/2015
U.S. Army Explosive Ordnance Disposal Soldiers trained Congolese military and law enforcement units to identify explosive hazards in December.
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Initial planning begins for Tanzania gender integration seminar
1:43 PM2/2/2015
Recently, U.S. Army Africa’s Col. Frances Hardison and Capt. Christian Smith traveled to Dar Es Salaam and Arusha, Tanzania to plan a gender integration seminar co-hosted by the Tanzanian Peoples Defense Forces.
The event is tentatively scheduled for May. During planning, Hardison and Smith discussed the proposed events and activities with the TPDF’s highest ranking female. Hardison is the director of USARAF’s G-1, Personnel.
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