621st Contingency Response Wing hosts African Partnership Flight program
7:59 PM4/26/2018
An Airman from the Uganda air force is briefed on KC-10 Extender capabilities during the African Partnership Flight engagement at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., April 20, 2018. This marks the 14th APF overall, and the second conducted at JB MDL. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Gustavo Gonzalez)
621st Contingency Response Wing hosts African Partnership Flight program
7:59 PM4/26/2018
Participants of the African Partnership Flight are briefed during a tour of a U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., April 20, 2018. APF is a venue for the exchange of experiences, ideas, and methodologies between US and African partner nations in order to improve professional air knowledge and skills while moving towards common goals on the continent. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Gustavo Gonzalez)
621st Contingency Response Wing hosts African Partnership Flight program
7:59 PM4/26/2018
Participants of the African Partnership Flight engagement listen to an operations briefing at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., April 17, 2018. U.S. Air Forces Africa has advocated increased air engagement in Africa and APF is the next step in providing persistent diplomatic, informational, humanitarian, economic and other non-threatening outreach efforts to support the diverse people and nations. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Gustavo Gonzalez)
621st Contingency Response Wing hosts African Partnership Flight program
7:59 PM4/26/2018
U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. David Atwell, 305th Maintenance Operations Squadron, briefs participants of the African Partnership Flight on refueling pods at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., April 18, 2018. APF creates partnerships among a myriad of organizations who have not traditionally worked with each other in the past to achieve common interests through collaboration. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Gustavo Gonzalez)
621st Contingency Response Wing hosts African Partnership Flight program
7:59 PM4/26/2018
Brig. Gen. William Knight, U.S. Air Force Expeditionary Center vice commander, speaks during the opening ceremony of the African Partnership Flight at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., April 16, 2018. Thirteen African countries participated in the week-long engagement. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Gustavo Gonzalez)
Truman Strike Group, Morocco Team Up for Lightning Handshake 2018
6:16 PM4/26/2018
Exercise Lightning Handshake provides U.S. and Moroccan maritime and aviation forces the opportunity to work together, exchange information and refine tactics, techniques and procedures. (USS Harry S. Truman - U.S. Navy courtesy photo)
Truman Strike Group, Morocco Team Up for Lightning Handshake 2018
5:22 PM4/26/2018
Exercise Lightning Handshake provides U.S. and Moroccan maritime and aviation forces the opportunity to work together, exchange information and refine tactics, techniques and procedures
UPDF Soldiers complete historic civil affairs operations training
5:10 PM4/26/2018
Uganda People’s Defense Force (UPDF) Soldiers and U.S. Army Soldiers from the 404th Civil Affairs Battalion, attached to the Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa, pose for a group photo after a graduation ceremony from a 10-week civil affairs operations course provided by members of the 404th at Camp Singo, Uganda, April 13, 2018. The civil affairs course is designed to enhance the UPDF's capability and capacity to support its enduring African Union peacekeeping force and African Union Mission in Somalia mandates through civil military cooperation. (U.S. Navy Photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Timothy M. Ahearn)
UPDF Soldiers complete historic civil affairs operations training
5:10 PM4/26/2018
Uganda People’s Defense Force (UPDF) Soldiers and U.S. Army Soldiers from the 404th Civil Affairs Battalion, attached to the Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa, pose for a group photo after a graduation ceremony from a 10-week civil affairs operations course provided by members of the 404th at Camp Singo, Uganda, April 13, 2018. The civil affairs course is designed to enhance the UPDF's capability and capacity to support its enduring African Union peacekeeping force and African Union Mission in Somalia mandates through civil military cooperation. (U.S. Navy Photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Timothy M. Ahearn)
UPDF Soldiers complete historic civil affairs operations training
5:07 PM4/26/2018
Uganda People’s Defense Force (UPDF) Brig. Gen. Jack Backasumba, Camp Singo Commandant, addresses UPDF soldiers during the graduation ceremony for a 10-week civil affairs operations course provided by U.S. Army Soldiers assigned to the 404th Civil Affairs Battalion, at Camp Singo, Uganda, April 13, 2018. The civil affairs course is designed to enhance the UPDF's capability and capacity to support its enduring African Union peacekeeping force and African Union Mission in Somalia mandates through civil military cooperation. (U.S. Navy Photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Timothy M. Ahearn)
UPDF Soldiers complete historic civil affairs operations training
5:06 PM4/26/2018
Uganda People’s Defense Force (UPDF) Brig. Gen. Jack Backasumba, Camp Singo Commandant, thanks U.S. Army Soldiers during the graduation ceremony for a 10-week civil affairs operations course provided by the 404th Civil Affairs Battalion, at Camp Singo, Uganda, April 13, 2018. The civil affairs course is designed to enhance the UPDF's capability and capacity to support its enduring African Union peacekeeping force and African Union Mission in Somalia mandates through civil military cooperation. (U.S. Navy Photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Timothy M. Ahearn)
Africa Logistics Symposium 2018 hosted in Addis Ababa
5:17 PM4/25/2018
Col. (ret.) Mor Ndiandame Mbow, chief of mission support operations, Peace and Support Operations Division, African Union, addresses attendees of the Africa Logistics Symposium 2018, African Union Compound, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, April 11, 2018, during the opening ceremony.
(Photos by Staff Sgt. Grady Jones, AFRICOM Public Affairs)
Senior enlisted leaders foster relationships at African Land Forces Summit
4:13 PM4/25/2018
Command Sgt. Maj. Jeremiah Inman, U.S. Army Africa senior enlisted leader, briefs senior non-commissioned officers from 13 African nations during a breakout session as part of the African Land Forces Summit in Abuja, Nigeria, April 16, 2018. ALFS 18 is a weeklong seminar that brings together land forces chiefs from across Africa to discuss and develop cooperative solutions, as well as improve trans-regional security and stability. (Photo by Staff Sgt. Joshua Tverberg, U.S. Army Africa Public Affairs)
AFRICOM command senior enlisted leader visits with Armed Forces of Liberia leadership; observes NCO development
5:39 PM4/24/2018
Liberia Minister of National Defense Daniel Ziankahn and U.S. Africa Command command senior enlisted leader, Chief Master Sgt. Ramon Colon-Lopez, engage in discussion, April 2, 2018, at the Liberia MOD office in Monrovia. The event was a part of a 3-day visit to the region to foster the partnership between AFRICOM and the Armed Forces of Liberia (AFL) following the close of the United Nations Peacekeeping Mission in Liberia (UNMIL).
AFRICOM senior enlisted leader visits with Armed Forces of Liberia leadership; observes NCO development
5:25 PM4/24/2018
U.S. Africa Command Senior Enlisted Leader, Chief Master Sgt. Ramon Colon-Lopez , shakes hands with Dr. Zoe Parwon, a medical doctor working at the Kessley Barracks Health Center in Monrovia, April 3, 2018. The event was a part of a 3-day site visit to the region in order to foster the partnership between AFRICOM and the Armed Forces of Liberia (AFL) following the close of the United Nations Peacekeeping Mission in Liberia (UNMIL).
AFRICOM senior enlisted leader visits with Armed Forces of Liberia leadership; observes NCO development
5:21 PM4/24/2018
Sgt. Henry Lavala, a student in the first fully-Liberian led Basic Noncommissioned Officer Course, shakes hands with U.S. Africa Command Senior Enlisted Leader, Chief Master Sgt. Ramon Colon-Lopez , April 3, 2018, following his mission brief at the Liberian Armed Forces Training Center, in Monrovia. Lavala attended the first fully-Liberian Led Basic Noncommissioned OFficer course. The event was a part of a 3-day site visit to the region, conducted by Colon-Lopez, in order to foster the partnership between AFRICOM and the Armed Forces of Liberia (AFL) following the close of the United Nations Peacekeeping Mission in Liberia (UNMIL).
AFRICOM senior enlisted leader visits with Armed Forces of Liberia leadership; observes NCO development
5:19 PM4/24/2018
Sgt. Henry Lavala, a student in the first fully-Liberian led Basic Noncommissioned Officer Course, gives a mission briefing to his fellow classmates, April 3, 2018, at the Liberian Armed Forces Training Center, in Monrovia. The meeting was a part of a 3-day visit to the region, conducted by U.S. Africa Command Senior Enlisted Leader, Chief Master Sgt. Ramon Colon-Lopez, to foster the partnership between AFRICOM and the Armed Forces of Liberia (AFL) following the close of the United Nations Peacekeeping Mission in Liberia (UNMIL).