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NAVAF, MARFORAF engineers kick off deployment to Ghana
12:00 AM9/30/2022
With support from Royal Danish Defense forces, the joint and combined team will also make critical construction builds or repairs to a mobile camp facility at the Ghana Navy Training command (NAVTRAC) in preparation for the NAVAF-led exercise Obangame Express 2023 and the U.S. Special Operations Command Africa-led exercise Flintlock.
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U.S., Tunisia sign the 35th annual Joint Military Commission
10:02 AM9/29/2022
The Joint Military Commission reaffirmed the importance of the U.S.-Tunisia bilateral defense and security partnership.
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U.S. Africa Command Special Operations Forces train alongside partners in Benin
12:00 AM9/29/2022
Special Operations Command Africa JCETs enhance U.S. relationships with partner nations by developing and maintaining critical military-to-military connections and improving joint and allied readiness and interoperability.
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U.S. Africa Command Special Operations Forces host medical civic action program in Ghana
12:00 AM9/28/2022
U.S. Army Civil Affairs members, assigned to the 91st Civil Affairs Battalion, and Ghanaian soldiers provided a range of medical services to a diverse set of patients to include young children and the elderly. The team performed medical examinations and diagnostic care, and prescribed medications.
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Readout of the 2022 U.S.-Mauritania Country Coordination Meeting
1:57 PM9/19/2022
The engagement reinforced the strength of the U.S.-Mauritania defense partnership, and provided a forum to discuss advancing partnership, security assistance and military cooperation activities.
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Africa Distribution Network Forum expands transportation options for multinational partners
2:24 PM9/16/2022
The ADNF is a multinational network of 28 partner nations that collaborate to synchronize logistics efforts, reducing demand on fiscal and personnel resources while building relationships and interoperability.
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ROC Congolese government, military and community leaders join HWW port visit
12:00 PM9/14/2022
The USS Hershel “Woody” Williams arrived in Pointe Noire, Republic of the Congo, for a scheduled port visit, Sept. 12, 2022.
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USS Hershel “Woody” Williams crew calls port in Namibia
1:43 PM9/7/2022
The USS Hershel “Woody” Williams, the first U.S. Navy vessel to be assigned to the United States Africa Command area of responsibility, last visited Walvis Bay from Sept. 16-18, 2021, when the crew conducted exchanges and participated in joint training with the Namibian Navy.
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Pan-African air mobility unit plans developed
7:31 AM9/6/2022
The Air Transport Sharing Mechanism capstone was held during the 5th Liaison Officer Working Group hosted by U.S. Air Forces Africa and Botswana Defence Force in Kasane, Botswana, Aug. 22-26, 2022.
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Leadership by example: AFRICOM hosts senior enlisted conference
1:29 PM8/29/2022
Participants used the forum to discuss security cooperation, and the importance of leadership and professional military education.
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Association of African Air Forces: twenty-seven African nations come together
8:01 AM8/24/2022
The event allows action officer-level personnel designated by their respective Air Forces to collaborate.
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Langley succeeds Townsend as U.S. Africa Command commander
12:16 PM8/11/2022
U.S. Africa Command is a small combatant command with a large mission that they are doing deftly, Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III said during the ceremony at the command's headquarters in Stuttgart, Germany.
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U.S. Africa Command special operations forces train alongside partners in Malawi
12:00 AM8/11/2022
Monkey Bay, Malawi -- Special Operations Command Africa forces partnered with members of the Malawian Maritime Force in a Joint Combined Exchange Training in Monkey Bay, Malawi that concluded June 24, 2022.
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U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Mohawk crew calls port in The Gambia, Sierra Leone
12:58 PM8/2/2022
Mohawk’s parent command is U.S. Coast Guard Atlantic Area, and is currently forward-deployed to the U.S. Naval Forces Africa area of operations to promote maritime security and law enforcement.
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U.S. Africa Command Special Operations Forces train alongside partners in Kenya
8:53 AM7/28/2022
The JCET program’s primary purpose is to provide partner nation special operations units specific training to promote security and stability in Africa.
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The United States takes a stand against illegal fishing
1:15 PM7/20/2022
IUU fishing undermines scientific fisheries management, disadvantages legitimate producers and can infringe on the sovereign rights of coastal states.
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Nigerien Armed Forces, U.S. Air Force discuss security in region
12:00 AM7/19/2022
During the roundtable July 12, 2022, the partners discussed their strong relationship as well as the shared interests within the Agadez community.
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U.S. Army helps improve South African schools, clinics
12:00 AM7/19/2022
The facility will go a long way toward reducing overcrowding, with classrooms previously overflowing with nearly 100 students in a single class.
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U.S., Moroccan special forces team up for inaugural cyber training
9:48 AM7/14/2022
The cyber training collaboration was the first of its kind and sought to discover how low equity cyber solutions can expand options for key decision makers at the tactical, operational and strategic levels.
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Southern European Task Force - Africa gets new commanding general
12:00 AM7/14/2022
Before arriving to Vicenza in July 2022, Maj. Gen. Wasmund served as the deputy commanding general of operations for France’s Third Armored Division in Marseilles, France.
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