Military and academic legal experts from around the world discuss issues in the law of armed conflict during the 4th annual Maj. Gen. John L. Fugh and Multinational Interoperability Symposium, conducted at The Judge Advocate General Legal Center and School in Charlottesville, Va., May 28-29, 2018. (Photo courtesy of The Judge Advocate General Legal Center and School (TJAGLCS))

Military and academic legal experts from around the world discuss issues in the law of armed conflict during the 4th annual Maj. Gen. John L. Fugh and Multinational Interoperability Symposium, conducted at The Judge Advocate General Legal Center and School in Charlottesville, Va., May 28-29, 2018. (Photo courtesy of The Judge Advocate General Legal Center and School (TJAGLCS))

AFRICOM delegation from left to right: Mr. Mark "Max" Maxwell, AFRICOM Deputy Legal Counsel OLC; Brig. Gen. Thipe Setsemo, MATJILA, South Africa; Col. Godard BUSINGYE, Uganda; Col. Floribet NJAKO, Cameroon; Lt. Gen. Charles Pede, U.S. Army Judge Advocate General; Brig. Gen. Moses Kofi Gyeke ASANTE, Ghana; Brig. Gen. Mahmood Umaru WAMBAI, Nigeria; Ms. Debora ALBERSTADT, AFRICOM OLC-LCE; Brig. Gen. Daniel KUWALI, Malawi; U.S. Army Col. Karen Carlisle, U.S. Army Africa Staff Judge Advocate; U.S. Coast Guard Cdr. Trent Warner, AFRICOM OLC-LCE. The delegation were among the military and academic legal experts from around the world who were invited to discuss issues in the law of armed conflict at the 4th annual Maj. Gen. John L. Fugh and Multinational Interoperability Symposium, conducted at The Judge Advocate General Legal Center and School in Charlottesville, Va., May 28-29, 2018. (Photo courtesy of The Judge Advocate General Legal Center and School (TJAGLCS))

New York Army National Guard Command Sgt. Major David Piwowarski, meets with Cadet T. Seiso at the Military Academy of South Africa in Saldanha, Western Cape Province, South Africa on May 8, 2018. German was speaking at the Academy as part of an exchange program executed as part of the New York National Guard State Partnership Program relationship with the South African National Defense Force. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Major Al Philips.)

Major General Anthony German, the Adjutant General of New York, ( second from left) and New York Army National Guard Command Sgt. Major David Piwowarski ( second from right) pose with students at the Military Academy of South Africa in Saldanha, Western Cape Province, South Africa on May 8, 2018. German was speaking at the Academy as part of an exchange program executed as part of the New York National Guard State Partnership Program relationship with the South African National Defense Force. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Major Al Philips.)

New York Army National Guard Command Sgt. Major David Piwowarski, meets with Cadet T. Seiso at the Military Academy of South Africa in Saldanha, Western Cape Province, South Africa on May 8, 2018. German was speaking at the Academy as part of an exchange program executed as part of the New York National Guard State Partnership Program relationship with the South African National Defense Force. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Major Al Philips.)

Major General Anthony German, the Adjutant General of New York, meets with cadets at the Military Academy of South Africa in Saldanha, Western Cape Province, South Africa on May 8, 2018. German was speaking at the Academy as part of an exchange program executed as part of the New York National Guard State Partnership Program relationship with the South African National Defense Force. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Major Al Philips.)

Stephanie Williams, Chargé d'Affaires, a.i. for the U.S. Department of State’s Libya External Office, and U.S. Marine Corps Gen. Thomas Waldhauser, Commander, U.S. Africa Command, met with Libya’s Government of National Accord Prime Minister Fayez al-Sarraj in Tripoli on May 31, 2018.

U.S. Marine Corps Gen. Thomas Waldhauser, Commander, U.S. Africa Command, meets with Libya’s Government of National Accord Prime Minister Fayez al-Sarraj in Tripoli May 31, 2018.

U.S. Army Africa chaplains joined forty Ghanaian chaplains, imams and religious specialists at a military-to-military chaplain engagement at the Ghana Naval Headquarters in Accra, Ghana, April 23-26, 2018. The purpose of the event, which culminated in a day of preparatory exercise interaction, was to plan and prepare for the United Accord training series, scheduled to take place in July. (Courtesy photo)

Members of a local Girl Scout troop look out across the graves of American servicemen who are laid to rest at the North Africa American Cemetery and Memorial, just prior to the Memorial Day ceremony in Carthage, Tunisia, May 28, 2018. (Photo by Zouhaier SFAXI, U.S. Embassy Tunis)

U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen. James C. Vechery, Deputy to the Commander for Military Operations, U.S. Africa Command lays a wreath to honor American servicemen during the Memorial Day ceremony in Carthage, Tunisia, May 28, 2018. (Photo by Zouhaier SFAXI, U.S. Embassy Tunis)

A U.S. Marine Corps honor guard stands in formation as part of the Memorial Day ceremony in Carthage, Tunisia, May 28, 2018. (Photo by Zouhaier SFAXI, U.S. Embassy Tunis)

Members of a local Girl Scout troop lay flowers in honor of American servicemen as part of the Memorial Day ceremony in Carthage, Tunisia, May 28, 2018. (Photo by Zouhaier SFAXI, U.S. Embassy Tunis)

U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen. James C. Vechery, Deputy to the Commander for Military Operations, U.S. Africa Command receives a tour of the North Africa American Cemetery and Memorial prior to the Memorial Day ceremony in Carthage, Tunisia, May 28, 2018. (Photo by Zouhaier SFAXI, U.S. Embassy Tunis)

A Tunisian military honor guard stands in formation as part of the Memorial Day ceremony in Carthage, Tunisia, May 28, 2018. (Photo by Zouhaier SFAXI, U.S. Embassy Tunis)

A U.S. Marine Corps honor guard passes in formation as part of the Memorial Day ceremony in Carthage, Tunisia, May 28, 2018. (Photo by Zouhaier SFAXI, U.S. Embassy Tunis)

U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen. James C. Vechery, Deputy to the Commander for Military Operations, U.S. Africa Command (right), and Amb. Daniel Rubinstein, U.S. Ambassador to Tunisia, salute the military honor guard as it passes in formation as part of the Memorial Day ceremony in Carthage, Tunisia, May 28, 2018. (Photo by Zouhaier SFAXI, U.S. Embassy Tunis)

STUTTGART, Germany – Lt. Col. Stephanie Mont, chief of medical plans, engagements, and exercises, U.S. Africa Command, addresses attendees of the annual AFRICOM Command Surgeon Synchronization Conference, May 22-24, 2018, at the Kelly Special Events Center. Led by the AFRICOM command surgeon’s office, or J004, the purpose was to bring medical professionals from across the command, and interagency and foreign partners, to discuss challenges and concerns within the medical enterprise in Africa. (Photo by Army Staff Sgt. Grady Jones, U.S. Africa Command Public Affairs)

STUTTGART, Germany – U.S. Africa Command hosted an annual Command Surgeon Synchronization Conference, May 22-24, 2018, at the Kelly Special Events Center. Led by the AFRICOM Command surgeon’s office the purpose was to bring medical professionals from across the command, and interagency and foreign partners, to discuss challenges and concerns within the medical enterprise in Africa. (Photo by Army Staff Sgt. Grady Jones, U.S. Africa Command Public Affairs)

STUTTGART, Germany – Ambassador Alexander Laskaris, deputy to the commander for civil-military engagement, U.S. Africa Command addresses attendees of the annual AFRICOM Command Surgeon Synchronization Conference, May 22-24, 2018, at the Kelly Special Events Center. Led by the AFRICOM Command surgeon’s office, or J004, the purpose was to bring medical professionals from across the command, and interagency and foreign partners, to discuss challenges and concerns within the medical enterprise in Africa. (Photo by Army Staff Sgt. Grady Jones, U.S. Africa Command Public Affairs)

STUTTGART, Germany – U.S. Africa Command hosted an annual Command Surgeon Synchronization Conference, May 22-24, 2018, at the Kelly Special Events Center. Led by the AFRICOM Command surgeon’s office the purpose was to bring medical professionals from across the command, and interagency and foreign partners, to discuss challenges and concerns within the medical enterprise in Africa. (Photo by Army Staff Sgt. Grady Jones, U.S. Africa Command Public Affairs)

STUTTGART, Germany – U.S. Africa Command hosted an annual Command Surgeon Synchronization Conference, May 22-24, 2018, at the Kelly Special Events Center. Led by the AFRICOM Command surgeon’s office the purpose was to bring medical professionals from across the command, and interagency and foreign partners, to discuss challenges and concerns within the medical enterprise in Africa. (Photo by Army Staff Sgt. Grady Jones, U.S. Africa Command Public Affairs)

STUTTGART, Germany – Col. Michael Weber, command surgeon, U.S. Africa Command, addresses attendees of the annual AFRICOM Command Surgeon Synchronization Conference, May 22-24, 2018, at the Kelly Special Events Center. Led by the AFRICOM command surgeon’s office, or J004, the purpose was to bring medical professionals from across the command, and interagency and foreign partners, to discuss challenges and concerns within the medical enterprise in Africa. (Photo by Army Staff Sgt. Grady Jones, U.S. Africa Command Public Affairs)