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U.S. Dedicates C-130 Hangar to Nigerien Air Force
The U.S. conducted a turnover and dedication ceremony of a new C-130 hangar to the Nigerien Air Force at Nigerien Air Base 201, Jan. 22. Several prominent civic leaders from the surrounding community, including the governor, mayor, and sultan of Agadez, attended the ceremony alongside both Department of State and U.S. Africa command leadership. (Released by Samantha Reho, U.S. Africa Command)
U.S. Dedicates C-130 Hangar to Nigerien Air Force
The U.S. conducted a turnover and dedication ceremony of a new C-130 hangar to the Nigerien Air Force at Nigerien Air Base 201, Jan. 22. The new hangar is comprised of approximately 58 tons of steel and measures 2,800 square meters with a taxiway and apron measuring almost 13,000 square meters. (Released by Samantha Reho, U.S. Africa Command)
2020 Posture Statement to Congress
2020 Posture Statement to Congress
2020 Posture Statement to Congress
411th CAB veterinarians host seminar for Djiboutian veterinarians and sanitary inspectors
U.S. Army Lt. Col. Eugene Johnson, veterinarian with the 411th Civil Affairs Battalion Functional Specialty Team, assigned to Combine Joint Task Force – Horn of Africa, gives a presentation on Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HAACP) to members of the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries Djibouti Veterinary Services Division, in Djibouti City, Djibouti, Jan. 30, 2020. HACCP is an internationally recognized system for reducing the risk of safety hazards in food. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Ashley Nicole Taylor)
Photo by: Tech. Sgt. Ashley Taylor
411th CAB veterinarians host seminar for Djiboutian veterinarians and sanitary inspectors
U.S. Army Sgt. Macila Arnold, veterinary cell noncommissioned officer in charge of the 411th Civil Affairs Battalion Functional Specialty Team, assigned to Combined Task Force – Horn of Africa, demonstrates how to properly heat a meal, ready to eat during a seminar with veterinarians and sanitary inspectors from the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries Djibouti, Veterinary Services Division, in Djibouti City, Djibouti, Jan. 30, 2020. Food handling safety was one of the topics of the seminar, which included Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HAACP.) (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Ashley Nicole Taylor)
Photo by: Tech. Sgt. Ashley Taylor
411th CAB veterinarians host seminar for Djiboutian veterinarians and sanitary inspectors
U.S. Army Maj. Stephanie Wire, veterinarian of the 411th Civil Affairs Battalion Functional Specialty Team, assigned to Combined Joint Task Force – Horn of Africa, demonstrates how to conduct a food surface swab test during a seminar with members from the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries Djibouti Veterinary Services Division, in Djibouti City, Djibouti, Jan. 30, 2020. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Ashley Nicole Taylor)
Photo by: Tech. Sgt. Ashley Taylor
411th CAB veterinarians host seminar for Djiboutian veterinarians and sanitary inspectors
U.S. Army Lt. Col. Eugene Johnson, veterinarian of the 411th Civil Affairs Battalion Functional Specialty Team, assigned to Combined Joint Task Force – Horn of Africa, demonstrates how to use different types of meat thermometers during a seminar with veterinarians and sanitary inspectors from the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries Djibouti, Veterinary Services Division, in Djibouti City, Djibouti, Jan. 30, 2020. The seminar was the first of a monthly series for this year, with plans to conduct field training as well. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Ashley Nicole Taylor)
Photo by: Tech. Sgt. Ashley Taylor
411th CAB veterinarians host seminar for Djiboutian veterinarians and sanitary inspectors
Service members of the 411th Civil Affairs Battalion Functional Specialty Team, assigned to Combined Joint Task Force – Horn of Africa, and members from the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries Djibouti Veterinary Services Division, gather for a photo following a two-day seminar, in Djibouti City, Djibouti, Jan. 30, 2020. The seminar provided an opportunity for the ongoing collaboration between CJTF-HOA and the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries Djibouti Veterinary Services Division as they work together to strengthen their partnership. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Ashley Nicole Taylor)
Photo by: Tech. Sgt. Ashley Taylor
411th CAB veterinarians host seminar for Djiboutian veterinarians and sanitary inspectors
Dr. Saad Okie, a veterinarian with the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries Djibouti, Veterinary Services Division, gives a presentation to members of the 411th Civil Affairs Battalion Functional Specialty Team, assigned to Combined Task Force – Horn of Africa, during a seminar in Djibouti City, Jan. 30, 2020. Subject matter experts exchanged their knowledge during the two-day seminar on topics ranging from food handling safety to bacteriology. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Ashley Nicole Taylor)
Photo by: Tech. Sgt. Ashley Taylor
AFRICOM CSEL Leadership Engagement
Senior USG delegation RADM Morley and Command Master Chief Burton meet with Senegal's Chief of Defense Staff, General Birame Diop for an office call.
Photo by: Staff Sgt. Flor Gonzalez
AFRICOM CSEL Leadership Engagement
The U.S. Delegation represented at the 45th Navy's birthday celebration.
RADM Frank "Spanky" Morley, Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy
International Programs; Colonel Gwyn A. Carver, U.S. Army Senior Defense
Official & Defense Attaché to Senegal, Cape Verde, The Gambia, and
Guinea-Bissau; Ryan P. Burton, Command Master Chief, USN, U.S. AFRICOM, CSEL (Acting), heading up the delegations for the engagements.
Photo by: Staff Sgt. Flor Gonzalez
AFRICOM CSEL Leadership Engagement
The Senegal Special forces performance exhibition of the Rigid-Hulled
Inflatable Boat (RIHB) during the 45th Navy Day celebration.
Photo by: Staff Sgt. Flor Gonzalez
AFRICOM CSEL Leadership Engagement
The Senegal Special Forces during the pass and review of the 45th
Navy Day Anniversary Parade
Photo by: Staff Sgt. Flor Gonzalez
AFRICOM CSEL Leadership Engagement
General Cheikh WADE - Deputy Chiefs D'Etat Major General Des Armees (AFRICOM
CSEL discussed the upcoming Key Leadership Engagement with the Deputy Chiefs
D'Etat Major General Des Armess and the Senegalese Armed Forces service
chiefs)
Photo by: Staff Sgt. Flor Gonzalez
AFRICOM CSEL Leadership Engagement
The Senegal Navy divers exhibition during the 45th Navy Day celebration.
Photo by: Staff Sgt. Flor Gonzalez
U.S. Africa Command trains on humanitarian assistance
STUTTGART, Germany— Staff members from U.S. Africa Command attended the Humanitarian Assistance Response Training Course that contains a total of 14 modules that focused on providing Department of Defense doctrinal knowledge and lectures, as well as, how to respond to a disaster appropriately, at Kelley Barracks on Jan. 22-23. The two-day course is designed to prepare AFRICOM's workforce to respond more effectively during civilian-led humanitarian assistance and foreign disaster response missions. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Flor Gonzalez/Released)
Photo by: Staff Sgt. Flor Gonzalez
U.S. Africa Command trains on humanitarian assistance
STUTTGART, Germany— Ryan McGovern, an instructor from the Center for Excellence, Disaster Management and Humanitarian Assistance, explains Department of Defense response fundamentals at the Humanitarian Assistance Response Training Course at Kelley Barracks on Jan. 22-23. The two-day course is designed to prepare AFRICOM's workforce to respond more effectively during civilian-led humanitarian assistance and foreign disaster response missions. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Flor Gonzalez/Released)
Photo by: Staff Sgt. Flor Gonzalez
U.S. Africa Command trains on humanitarian assistance
STUTTGART, Germany— Ryan McGovern, an instructor from the Center for Excellence, Disaster Management and Humanitarian Assistance, explains coordination principles well as the guidelines for using foreign military assets at the Humanitarian Assistance Response Training Course, at Kelley Barracks on Jan. 22-23. The two-day course is designed to prepare AFRICOM's workforce to respond more effectively during civilian-led humanitarian assistance and foreign disaster response missions. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Flor Gonzalez/Released)
Photo by: Staff Sgt. Flor Gonzalez
U.S. Africa Command trains on humanitarian assistance
STUTTGART, Germany— Staff members from U.S. Africa Command receive training on the different types of foreign assistance at the Humanitarian Assistance Response Training Course, at Kelley Barracks on Jan. 22-23. The two-day course is designed to prepare AFRICOM's workforce to respond more effectively during civilian-led humanitarian assistance and foreign disaster response missions. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Flor Gonzalez/Released)
Photo by: Staff Sgt. Flor Gonzalez
Militaries make final preparations for African Lion 20
U.S. Army Africa and Moroccan Armed Forces planners discuss coordination for African Lion 20 in Agadir, Morocco, Jan. 15, 2020
Photo by: U.S. Army Africa Public Affairs
USAFE-AFAFRICA A1 Force Development shares best practices with Malawi
MSgt. Brandon Owens, superintendent, 86th Mission Support Group Detachment 1, Air Force Deployment Transition Center, briefs members of the Malawian air force on the U.S. Air Force’s sole third location decompression program at Lilongwe Air Base, Malawi, Jan. 16, 2020. Rodriguez went to Malawi in support of the USAFE-AFAFRICA force development team that has been working with the Malawian air force since 2018 to build partnership capability in the region. (U.S. Air Force photo by Capt. Korey Fratini)
Photo by: Capt. Korey Fratini
USAFE-AFAFRICA A1 Force Development Malawi
An Airmen from the Malawian air force briefs members of the U.S. Air Forces in Europe and Air Forces Africa Manpower, Personnel and Services Directorate, Force Development team at Lilongwe Air Base, Malawi, Jan. 14, 2020. The USAFE-AFAFRICA force development team has been working with the Malawian air force since 2018 to build partnership capacity in the region. (U.S. Air Force photo by Capt. Korey Fratini)
Photo by: Capt. Korey Fratini
USAFE-AFAFRICA A1 Force Development Malawi
Noel Fachi, U.S. Air Forces in Europe and Air Forces Africa Manpower, Personnel and Services Directorate, Force Development team, briefs continuous process improvement to members of the Malawian air force at Lilongwe Air Base, Malawi, Jan. 14, 2020. Fachi leads a force development team that has been working with the Malawian air force since 2018 to build partnership capacity in the region. (U.S. Air Force photo by Capt. Korey Fratini)
Photo by: Capt. Korey Fratini
USAFE-AFAFRICA A1 Force Development Malawi
Lydia Bradley, U.S. Air Forces in Europe and Air Forces Africa Manpower, Personnel and Services Directorate, Force Development team, briefs continuous process improvement to members of the Malawian air force at Lilongwe Air Base, Malawi, Jan. 14, 2020. Bradley is part of a force development team that has been working with the Malawian air force since 2018 to build partnership capacity in the region. (U.S. Air Force photo by Capt. Korey Fratini)
Photo by: Capt. Korey Fratini
Military leaders recognize partnership, regional security
U.S. Marines and U.S. Navy Sailors with Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force - Crisis Response - Africa 20.1, Marine Forces Europe and Africa, and members of the Uganda People's Defence Force train together in Camp Singo, Uganda, Feb. 7, 2020.
Photo by: 2nd Lt. Grace Jenkins, Camp Singo, Uganda
Military leaders recognize partnership, regional security
U.S. Marines and U.S. Navy Sailors with Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force - Crisis Response - Africa 20.1, Marine Forces Europe and Africa, and members of the Uganda People's Defence Force train together in Camp Singo, Uganda, Feb. 7, 2020.
Photo by: 2nd Lt. Grace Jenkins, Camp Singo, Uganda
All-female military-intelligence training in Nigeria supports peace, security initiatives
Students, instructors and dignitaries following completion of the Intermediate Intelligence Course, comprised of nearly 20 West African female intelligence officers, non-commissioned officers, and civilians at the Nigerian Defense Intelligence College, near Abuja, Nigeria, Dec. 20. The ceremony recognized those service members from Cameroon, Chad, Niger, Nigeria, Mali, and Senegal having completed the course with the goal of creating a cadre of intelligence professionals using a common framework and terminology to enable multinational coordination in shared missions.
All-female military-intelligence training in Nigeria supports peace, security initiatives
From left, U.S. Ambassador to the Federal Republic of Nigeria Mary Beth Leonard, U.S. Navy Rear Adm. Heidi Berg, U.S. Africa Command director of intelligence, and Nigerian Commodore Abdulmajid Majidadi Ibrahim, Commandant of the Nigerian Defense Intelligence College, near Abuja, Nigeria, Dec. 20, following completion of the Intermediate Intelligence Course, comprised of nearly 20 West African female intelligence officers, non-commissioned officers, and civilians at the Nigerian Defense Intelligence College, near Abuja, Nigeria, Dec. 20.
All-female military-intelligence training in Nigeria supports peace, security initiatives
U.S. Navy Rear Adm. Heidi Berg, U.S. Africa Command director of intelligence, with Nigerian Commodore Abdulmajid Majidadi Ibrahim, Commandant of the Nigerian Defense Intelligence College, near Abuja, Nigeria, Dec. 20. “I want to thank our Nigerian partners – with whom we share a long-standing and well-established relationship – for stepping-up and hosting this training event,” Berg said. “It is a true testament to Nigeria’s role as a strong leader in Africa, committed to provide security, adhere to the rule of law, provide good governance, and promote economic prosperity.”
All-female military-intelligence training in Nigeria supports peace, security initiatives
Students await their graduation ceremony following completion of the Intermediate Intelligence Course, comprised of nearly 20 West African female intelligence officers, non-commissioned officers, and civilians at the Nigerian Defense Intelligence College, near Abuja, Nigeria, Dec. 20. The ceremony recognized those service members from Cameroon, Chad, Niger, Nigeria, Mali, and Senegal having completed the course with the goal of creating a cadre of intelligence professionals using a common framework and terminology to enable multinational coordination in shared missions.
All-female military-intelligence training in Nigeria supports peace, security initiatives
Students await their graduation ceremony following completion of the Intermediate Intelligence Course, comprised of nearly 20 West African female intelligence officers, non-commissioned officers, and civilians at the Nigerian Defense Intelligence College, near Abuja, Nigeria, Dec. 20. The ceremony recognized those service members from Cameroon, Chad, Niger, Nigeria, Mali, and Senegal having completed the course with the goal of creating a cadre of intelligence professionals using a common framework and terminology to enable multinational coordination in shared missions.
All-female military-intelligence training in Nigeria supports peace, security initiatives
U.S. Ambassador to the Federal Republic of Nigeria Mary Beth Leonard (right) with U.S. Navy Rear Adm. Heidi Berg, U.S. Africa Command director of intelligence, at the U.S. Embassy in Abuja, Nigeria, Dec. 19, 2019. The meeting was the first of several for Berg during a multi-day trip to Nigeria that included visits with Nigerian Intelligence Agency officials to enhance U.S. and Nigerian intelligence sharing and regional intelligence capability.
All-female military-intelligence training in Nigeria supports peace, security initiatives
Brian Adiele, one-of-two U.S. Africa Command instructors for the Intermediate Intelligence Course, prepares his class of nearly 20 West African female intelligence officers, non-commissioned officers, and civilians for their graduation ceremony from the month-long course at the Nigerian Defense Intelligence College, near Abuja, Nigeria, Dec. 20. The ceremony recognized those service members from Cameroon, Chad, Niger, Nigeria, Mali, and Senegal having completed the course with the goal of creating a cadre of intelligence professionals using a common framework and terminology to enable multinational coordination in shared missions.
United States delivers HMMWVs to armed forces of Djibouti
Right to Left: Djiboutian Lt. Goulad, Djiboutian Armed Forces (FAD) logistics, a representative from the US Embassy, U.S. Army Maj. Jonathan Holliday, Djiboutian Lt. Col. Mohamed Kayad, FAD logistics, Djiboutian Maj. Mohamed Assoweh, Rapid Intervention Battalion commander, U.S. Army Capt. Michael Simpson, Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa. Courtesy Photo
Photo by: Senior Airman Codie Trimble
U.S. delivers Humvees to Djiboutian Armed Forces' Rapid Intervention Battalion
U.S. Marine Corps Capt. Adrian Lopez, Rapid Intervention Battalion (RIB) project officer assigned to CJTF-HOA, discusses the capabilities of a Humvee's engine with Djiboutian Armed Forces Maj. Mohamed Assowen, RIB commander, during the delivery of the Humvees to the RIB outside Djibouti City, Djibouti, on Dec. 26th. The U.S. delivered 54 Humvees to the RIB as part of a $31 million train-and-equip partnership between the U.S. government and the Djiboutian military. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Senior Airman Codie Trimble)
Photo by: Senior Airman Codie Trimble
U.S. delivers Humvees to Djiboutian Armed Forces' Rapid Intervention Battalion
U.S. Marine Corps Capt. Adrian Lopez, Rapid Intervention Battalion (RIB) project officer assigned to CJTF-HOA, meets with Djiboutian Armed Forces Maj. Mohamed Assowen, RIB commander, during the delivery of Humvees to the RIB outside Djibouti City, Djibouti, on Dec. 26th. The U.S. delivered 54 Humvees to the RIB as part of a $31 million train-and-equip partnership between the U.S. government and the Djiboutian military. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Senior Airman Codie Trimble)
Photo by: Senior Airman Codie Trimble
U.S. delivers Humvees to Djiboutian Armed Forces' Rapid Intervention Battalion
U.S. Marine Corps Capt. Adrian Lopez, Rapid Intervention Battalion (RIB) project officer assigned to CJTF-HOA, meets with Djiboutian Armed Forces Maj. Mohamed Assowen, RIB commander, during the delivery of Humvees to the RIB outside Djibouti City, Djibouti, on Dec. 26th. The U.S. delivered 54 Humvees to the RIB as part of a $31 million train-and-equip partnership between the U.S. government and the Djiboutian military. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Senior Airman Codie Trimble)
Photo by: Senior Airman Codie Trimble
U.S. delivers Humvees to Djiboutian Armed Forces' Rapid Intervention Battalion
A Humvee is delivered to the Djiboutian Armed Forces' Rapid Intervention Battalion (RIB) compound outside Djibouti City, Djibouti, on Dec. 26th. The U.S. delivered 54 Humvees to the RIB as part of a $31 million train-and-equip partnership between the U.S. government and the Djiboutian military. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Senior Airman Codie Trimble)
Photo by: Senior Airman Codie Trimble
