Gen. Thomas Waldhauser, Commander, U.S. Africa Command, and U.S. Ambassador to Niger Eunice Reddick meet with several Nigerien civilian leaders outside of Agadez, Niger on Nov. 1, 2016 to discuss improvements to Niger's Air Base 201. (Photo by Samantha Reho, U.S. Africa Command Public Affairs/Released)
Gen. Thomas Waldhauser, Commander, U.S. Africa Command, and U.S. Ambassador to Niger Eunice Reddick meet with several Nigerien civilian leaders outside of Agadez, Niger on Nov. 1, 2016 to discuss improvements to Niger's Air Base 201. (Photo by Samantha Reho, U.S. Africa Command Public Affairs/Released)
Cameroon hosts multinational planning event for exercise Unified Focus 2017
11:48 AM11/1/2016
Planners from seven partner nations and distinguished guests pose for a group photo following the opening ceremony for the Unified Focus 2017 initial planning event (IPE), Douala, Cameroon, Oct. 11, 2016. The UF17 IPE brought partner nation planners together for the first time to discuss and begin shaping the inaugural Unified Focus exercise designed to enhance and enable Lake Chad Basin Commission nations to support the Multinational Joint Task Force (MNJTF) counter-Boko Haram operations.(Photo courtesy of U.S. Army Africa Public Affairs/Released)
ARTA PLAGE, Djibouti – U.S. Army Soldiers from the 1st Battalion, 124th Infantry Regiment, assigned to Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa, make their way across a portion of the mountain obstacle course, as part of the final day of the French Marines Desert Survival Course, Oct. 10, 2016, at Arta Plage, Djibouti. Approximately 46 U.S. Army Soldiers with French Marines completed several tasks during the survival course, including desert operations, combat lifesaving skills, weapons training, survival cooking, how to decontaminate water, and water and mountain obstacle courses. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Tiffany DeNault)
Task Force Hurricane Soldiers Complete French Desert Survival Course
5:04 AM10/21/2016
ARTA PLAGE, Djibouti – U.S. Army Soldiers from the 1st Battalion, 124th Infantry Regiment, assigned to Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa, begin the the mountain obstacle course portion of the French Marines Desert Survival Course, Oct. 10, 2016, at Arta Plage, Djibouti. Approximately 46 U.S. Army Soldiers with French Marines completed several tasks during the survival course, including desert operations, combat lifesaving skills, weapons training, survival cooking, how to decontaminate water, and water and mountain obstacle courses. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Tiffany DeNault/Released)
Task Force Hurricane Soldiers Complete French Desert Survival Course
5:02 AM10/21/2016
ARTA PLAGE, Djibouti – U.S. Army Soldiers from the 1st Battalion, 124th Infantry Regiment, assigned to Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa, make their way across a portion of the mountain obstacle course, as part of the final day of the French Marines Desert Survival Course, Oct. 10, 2016, at Arta Plage, Djibouti. Approximately 46 U.S. Army Soldiers with French Marines completed several tasks during the survival course, including desert operations, combat lifesaving skills, weapons training, survival cooking, how to decontaminate water, and water and mountain obstacle courses. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Tiffany DeNault/Released)
Task Force Hurricane Soldiers Complete French Desert Survival Course
5:01 AM10/21/2016
ARTA PLAGE, Djibouti – U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Juan Grisales and Sgt. 1st Class Servio Tiffer, 1st Battalion, 124th Infantry Regiment, and the rest of their team complete the first obstacle during a timed-water obstacle event as part of the French Marines Desert Survival Course, Oct. 10, 2016, at Arta Plage, Djibouti. Approximately 46 U.S. Army Soldiers with French Marines completed several tasks during the survival course, including desert operations, combat lifesaving skills, weapons training, survival cooking, how to decontaminate water, and water and mountain obstacle courses. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Tiffany DeNault/Released)
ARTA PLAGE, Djibouti – U.S. Army Soldiers from the 1st Battalion, 124th Infantry Regiment, assigned to Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa, make their way across a portion of the mountain obstacle course, as part of the final day of the French Marines Desert Survival Course, Oct. 10, 2016, at Arta Plage, Djibouti. Approximately 46 U.S. Army Soldiers with French Marines completed several tasks during the survival course, including desert operations, combat lifesaving skills, weapons training, survival cooking, how to decontaminate water, and water and mountain obstacle courses. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Tiffany DeNault)
A Djiboutian soldier poses for a photo before taking part in a night vision goggles training exercise in Djibouti City, Oct. 10, 2016. Soldiers learned the components of an NVG kit, accountability, proper wear, usage and tactics such as signaling teammates during the four-day course. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Benjamin Raughton)