French Army Capt. Emilie Javelle, Internal medicine clinician, teaches medical professionals about the Chikungunya virus during the Military Tropical Medicine seminar May 11, 2016 at Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti. Javelle talked about the symptoms and treatments of Chikungunya as there is currently no vaccine for the disease. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Benjamin Raughton/Released)
Capt. Bryan Neal, operations planner for 1st Battalion, 9th Field Artillery Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, discusses training priorities for exercise Eastern Accord 2016 with Lt. Col. Hozza, a Tanzanian People’s Defense Force officer, during the final planning event site visit to the Tanzanian Peacekeeping Training Center in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, May 3. Soldiers of 1-9 FA are supporting EA 2016 this summer as part of the regionally allocated force for U.S. Army Africa and U.S. Africa Command. (U.S. Army Africa photo by Capt. Jarrod Morris)
Tanzanian People’s Defense Force Lt. Col. Hozza teaches a popular Tanzanian handshake to Capt. Bryan Neal, operations planner for 1st Battalion, 9th Field Artillery Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, during the exercise Eastern Accord 2016 final planning event site visit to the Tanzanian Peacekeeping Training Center in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, May 3. Soldiers of 1-9 FA are supporting EA 2016 this summer as part of the regionally allocated force for U.S. Army Africa and U.S. Africa Command. (U.S. Army Africa photo by Capt. Jarrod Morris)
Tanzanian People’s Defense Force Lt. Col. Hozza teaches a popular Tanzanian handshake to Capt. Bryan Neal, operations planner for 1st Battalion, 9th Field Artillery Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, during the exercise Eastern Accord 2016 final planning event site visit to the Tanzanian Peacekeeping Training Center in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, May 3. Soldiers of 1-9 FA are supporting EA 2016 this summer as part of the regionally allocated force for U.S. Army Africa and U.S. Africa Command. (U.S. Army Africa photo by Capt. Jarrod Morris)
Sgt. Zachery Bunting, a communications sergeant for 1st Battalion, 9th Field Artillery Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, and Capt. Mhelela, a Tanzanian People's Defense Force communications officer, discuss signals requirements for exercise Eastern Accord 2016 during the final planning event in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, May 3. EA 2016 is an annual, combined, joint military exercise bringing together partner nations to practice and demonstrate proficiency in conducting peacekeeping operations. (U.S. Army Africa photo by Capt. Jarrod Morris)
Capt. Joshua Dickinson, operational law attorney with U.S. Army Africa and Tanzanian People’s Defense Force attorney Capt. Mbwambo discuss work on the exercise support agreement during the final planning event for exercise Eastern Accord 2016 in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, May 2. EA 2016 is an annual, combined, joint military exercise bringing together partner nations to practice and demonstrate proficiency in conducting peacekeeping operations. (U.S. Army Africa photo by Capt. Jarrod Morris)
Eastern Accord 2016 final planning event builds partnership, readiness
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During a weeklong collaborative event, 1-9 FA leaders and planners participated in the U.S. Army Africa-led final planning event for exercise Eastern Accord 2016 in Dar es Salaam, May 2-6.
A soldier with the Burkina Faso army places his Western Accord 16 patch on his uniform during the exercise’s Opening Day Ceremony May 2, 2016 at Camp Zagre, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. Western Accord 16 is an annual combined, joint exercise designed to increase the ability of African partner forces and the U.S. to exercise participants’ capability and capacity to conduct African Union/United Nation mandated Peace Operations. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Candace Mundt/Released)
General Pingrenoma Zagre (left), Chief of Defense Staff for Burkina Faso Armed Forces, shakes hands with David K. Young (right), the First Counsellor, Senior Advisor, and Deputy Chief of Mission for the U.S. Embassy of Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, following his speech during the Western Accord 16 Opening Day Ceremony May 2, 2016 at Camp Zagre, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. Western Accord 16 is an annual combined, joint exercise designed to increase the ability of African partner forces and the U.S. to exercise participants’ capability and capacity to conduct African Union/United Nation mandated Peace Operations. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Candace Mundt/Released)
David K. Young, the First Counsellor, Senior Advisor, and Deputy Chief of Mission for the U.S. Embassy of Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, speaks during the Western Accord 16 Opening Day Ceremony May 2, 2016 at Camp Zagre, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. Western Accord 16 is an annual combined, joint exercise designed to increase the ability of African partner forces and the U.S. to exercise participants’ capability and capacity to conduct African Union/United Nation mandated Peace Operations. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Candace Mundt/Released)
Col. Maj. Yaya Sere, Burkina Faso army lead planner for Wester Accord 16, speaks during the accord’s Opening Day Ceremony May 2, 2016 at Camp Zagre, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. Western Accord 16 is an annual combined, joint exercise designed to increase the ability of African partner forces and the U.S. to exercise participants’ capability and capacity to conduct African Union/United Nation mandated Peace Operations. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Candace Mundt/Released)
General Pingrenoma Zagre (left), Chief of Defense Staff for Burkina Faso Armed Forces, greets an Ivory Coast servicemember during the Western Accord 16 Opening Day Ceremony May 2, 2016 at Camp Zagre, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. Western Accord 16 is an annual combined, joint exercise designed to increase the ability of African partner forces and the U.S. to exercise participants’ capability and capacity to conduct African Union/United Nation mandated Peace Operations. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Candace Mundt/Released)
International troops supporting U.S. Army Africa’s Western Accord 16 march with their prospective flags prior to the exercise’s Opening Day Ceremony May 2, 2016 at Camp Zagre, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. Western Accord 16 is an annual combined, joint exercise designed to increase the ability of African partner forces and the U.S. to exercise participants’ capability and capacity to conduct African Union/United Nation mandated Peace Operations. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Candace Mundt/Released)
An officer from the Burkina Faso army salutes as international flags march past him during the Western Accord 16 Opening Day Ceremony May 2, 2016 at Camp Zagre, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. Western Accord 16 is an annual combined, joint exercise designed to increase the ability of African partner forces and the U.S. to exercise participants’ capability and capacity to conduct African Union/United Nation mandated Peace Operations. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Candace Mundt/Released)
Members of the Uganda People's Defense Force take ownership of communications equipment delivered to them from the U.S. Army to be used in their support to the African Union Mission in Somalia.
In late March the east African country of Uganda took ownership of equipment from the United States as part of an ongoing mission to build international peacekeeping capacity and promote regional security operations in nearby Somalia.
Service members from the Royal Moroccan Armed Forces practice firing the M203 grenade launcher during Exercise African Lion 16, April 19, 2016 aboard the Tifnit Military Base in Morocco. African Lion is an annually-scheduled, combined U.S.-Moroccan exercise designed to improve interoperability and mutual understanding of each nation’s tactics, techniques and procedures while demonstrating the strong bond between the two nations' militaries. The exercise is scheduled to run through late April 2016. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Melissa Martens/Released)