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Exercise Obangame/Saharan Express 2016 Commences

10:32 AM3/20/2016

Maritime forces from Gulf of Guinea nations, Europe, South America, the United States and several regional and international organizations began the multinational maritime exercise, Exercise Obangame/Saharan Express 2016, March 17.

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AFRICOM, EUCOM host engineer workshop

10:04 AM3/18/2016

Dave King, AFRICOM Theater Posture J5-98, speaks to engineer workshop participants about the AFRICOM theater posture.

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AFRICOM, EUCOM host engineer workshop

10:04 AM3/18/2016

Col. Matthew Tyler, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Europe District commander discusses engineering planning during a breakout session.

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AFRICOM, EUCOM host engineer workshop

9:55 AM3/18/2016

U.S. Africa Command’s engineer division co-hosted an engineer workshop with the U.S. European Command in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany Feb. 22-26.

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U.S. works with Senegalese military, adds demining capability for West African nation

2:13 PM3/17/2016

Senegalese soldiers learn how to use a reconnaissance kit to properly identify various types of ordnance, March 8, at an engineer base in Bargny, Senegal. Since Feb. 15, a group of explosive ordnance disposal technicians with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response-Africa, began assisting Senegalese engineers as part of the Humanitarian Mine Action Program through what is called a train-the-trainer program. The program initially began in 2014, when EOD Marines from Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, and Vermont Air National Guard EOD technicians began teaching a group of veteran, hand-selected Senegalese soldiers how to be instructors. Now, in its second phase, three Senegalese soldiers, all engineers, are instructing eight junior-level soldiers in an EOD level one class, which teaches students how identify various types of ordnance and landmines and how to properly mark its locations.

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U.S. works with Senegalese military, adds demining capability for West African nation

2:12 PM3/17/2016

A group of explosive ordnance disposal technicians with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response-Africa, began assisting Senegalese engineers as part of the Humanitarian Mine Action Program, Feb. 15, 2016. The train-the-trainer program initially began in 2014, when EOD Marines from Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, and Vermont Air National Guard EOD technicians began teaching a group of veteran, hand-selected Senegalese soldiers how to be instructors. Now, in its second phase, the same three Senegalese soldiers, all engineers, are instructing eight junior-level soldiers in an EOD level one class, which teaches students how identify various types of ordnance and landmines and how to properly mark its locations.

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U.S. Works with Senegalese Military, Adds Demining Capability for West African Nation

2:09 PM3/17/2016

U.S. Marines are in their fifth week working alongside Senegalese armed forces partners, mentoring and advising a demining course for the West African nation.

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Djiboutian Forces Increase Intelligence Knowledge

3:38 PM3/16/2016

Cynthia, Regional Joint Intel Training Facility (RJITF) instructor from Royal Air Force Molesworth, U.K., points out source information to Djiboutian Armed Forces members during an open source intelligence course at the People’s Palace, Djibouti, March 5-10, 2016. The course introduced students to finding different sources, how to validate those sources and risk assessments. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Victoria Sneed)

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Djiboutian Forces Increase Intelligence Knowledge

3:17 PM3/16/2016

More than 15 Djiboutian Armed Forces (FAD) members joined instructors from the Regional Joint Intel Training Facility from Royal Air Force Molesworth, U.K., to learn open source intelligence research techniques at the People’s Palace, Djibouti, March 5-10.

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AFRICOM, Defense Logistics Agency Extend Partnership (1) of (1)

4:51 PM3/14/2016

From left, Donald Liles, Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) liaison to U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM), U.S. Air Force Maj. Gen. James C. Vechery, AFRICOM director for logistics, and U.S. Army Col. Elizabeth Delbridge-Keough, commander of DLA Europe and Africa, sign a three-year agreement to extend the support relationship between DLA and AFRICOM in Stuttgart, Germany Feb. 18, 2016.

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AFRICOM, Defense Logistics Agency Extend Partnership

4:42 PM3/14/2016

This is the second agreement made between the command and DLA.

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West Africa Piracy Case Highlights U.S. Capacity Building Efforts

4:20 PM3/11/2016

(Feb. 6, 2016) - A member of the Ghanaian Navy stands aboard a fishing vessel during a combined joint boarding operation Feb. 6, 2016. The Military Sealift Command expeditionary fast transport vessel USNS Spearhead (T-EPF 1) is on a scheduled deployment to the U.S. 6th Fleet area of operations to support the international collaborative capacity-building program Africa Partnership Station.

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West Africa Piracy Case Highlights U.S. Capacity Building Efforts

4:20 PM3/11/2016

Machinery Technician 2nd Class Paul Avella, a U.S. Coast Guard Tactical Law Enforcement Detachment member, conducts tactical procedures training with the Ghanaian combined boarding team members aboard USNS Spearhead (T-EPF 1) Feb. 10, 2016. The Military Sealift Command expeditionary fast transport vessel USNS Spearhead is on a scheduled deployment in the U.S. 6th Fleet area of operations to support the international collaborative capacity-building program Africa Partnership Station. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Amy M. Ressler/Released)

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West Africa Piracy Case Highlights U.S. Capacity Building Efforts

2:46 PM3/11/2016

When pirates hijacked the MT MAXIMUS in the Gulf of Guinea in mid-February, collaboration between four West African nations, with assistance from the U.S. and France, allowed the African navies to track, interdict the vessel, free 18 hostages and apprehend the pirates.

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U.S. Army photo

5:57 PM3/9/2016

A military optometrist examines a patient during a medical clinic in Kedegougou, Senegal. The clinic, part of Flintlock 2016, provided care for more than 600 local residents.

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AFRICOM develops new tool to measure progress of Women, Peace, and Security

4:07 PM3/9/2016

Commandant Ngarhordje Dedjiri and her colleague from Chad hear opening comments at the U.S. AFRICOM's Fourth Africa Accountability Colloquium (ACIV) on “Responding to Gender Based Violence During Peace Operations.” Nearly 40 military legal professional and commanders from 20 African countries have come together in an effort to lay the foundation for responding to sexual violence allegations that occur during peacekeeping operations. The annual event is once again being hosted by the International Institute of Humanitarian Law (IIHL) in Sanremo, Italy, Mar. 1-3, 2016. (U.S. Africa Command photo by Brenda Law/RELEASED)

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AFRICOM legal engagement brings attention to gender based violence

4:06 PM3/9/2016

Former African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) Commander, Maj. Gen. Fred Mugisha draws an African spear as an analogy to describe the challenge of executing peace operations where multiple systems of law are in use, and soldiers require the support of their command in confronting extraordinary logistical challenges." Mugisha delivered the keynote address at the U.S. AFRICOM’s Fourth Africa Accountability Colloquium (ACIV) on “Responding to Gender Based Violence During Peace Operations.” Nearly 40 military legal professional and commanders from 20 African countries have come together in an effort to lay the foundation for responding to sexual violence allegations that occur during peacekeeping operations. The annual event is once again being hosted by the International Institute of Humanitarian Law (IIHL) in Sanremo, Italy, Mar. 1-3, 2016. (U.S. Africa Command photo by Brenda Law/RELEASED)

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AFRICOM develops new tool to measure progress of Women, Peace, and Security

4:06 PM3/9/2016

Cynthia Petrigh, from Beyond Peace, discusses gender based violence at U.S. AFRICOM’s Fourth Africa Accountability Colloquium (ACIV) on “Responding to Gender Based Violence During Peace Operations.” Nearly 40 military legal professional and commanders from 20 African countries have come together in an effort to lay the foundation for responding to sexual violence allegations that occur during peacekeeping operations. The annual event is once again being hosted by the International Institute of Humanitarian Law (IIHL) in Sanremo, Italy, Mar. 1-3, 2016. (U.S. Africa Command photo by Brenda Law/RELEASED)

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AFRICOM legal engagement brings attention to gender based violence

4:06 PM3/9/2016

Deputy Chief of Legal Services for the Uganda Peoples’ Defence Forces, Col. Godard Busingye, (left), and President of the International Institute of Humanitarian Law (IIHL), Prof. Fausto Pocar at the U.S. AFRICOM’s Fourth Africa Accountability Colloquium (ACIV) on “Responding to Gender Based Violence During Peace Operations.” Nearly 40 military legal professional and commanders from 20 African countries have come together in an effort to lay the foundation for responding to sexual violence allegations that occur during peacekeeping operations. The annual event is once again being hosted by the International Institute of Humanitarian Law (IIHL) in Sanremo, Italy, Mar. 1-3, 2016. (U.S. Africa Command photo by Brenda Law/RELEASED)

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AFRICOM legal engagement brings attention to gender based violence

4:06 PM3/9/2016

Group photo of participants of the U.S. AFRICOM’s Fourth Africa Accountability Colloquium (ACIV) on “Responding to Gender Based Violence During Peace Operations.” Nearly 40 military legal professional and commanders from 20 African countries have come together in an effort to lay the foundation for responding to sexual violence allegations that occur during peacekeeping operations. The annual event is once again being hosted by the International Institute of Humanitarian Law (IIHL) in Sanremo, Italy, Mar. 1-3, 2016. (U.S. Africa Command photo by Brenda Law/RELEASED)

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