Abdulhalim Rijaal, U.S. Department of State program manager for East Africa, discusses challenges, lessons learned and strategies with African Union Mission to Somalia members during the Public Information Officer’s Conference in Djibouti, Aug. 3, 2016. Public information officers attended the conference in Djibouti from Kenya, Uganda, Burundi, Djibouti, Ethiopia and Somalia. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Benjamin Raughton/Released)
A Senegalese soldier provides security during a squad-level exercise July 13, 2016 in Thies, Senegal as part of Africa Readiness Training 2016. ART 2016 is a U.S. Army Africa exercise designed to increase U.S. and Senegalese readiness and partnership through combined infantry training and live fire events. (U.S. Army Africa photo by Staff Sgt. Candace Mundt/Released)
U.S. Army Soldiers assigned to 1st Battalion, 30th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Inf. Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Inf. Division and the Senegalese Army's 1st Paratrooper Battalion rehearse mortar crew drills July 12, in Thies, Senegal as part of Africa Readiness Training 2016. ART 2016 is a U.S. Army Africa exercise designed to increase U.S. and Senegalese readiness and partnership through combined infantry training and live fire events. (U.S. Army Africa photo by Spc. Craig Philbrick/Released)
U.S. Army Master Sgt. Mac Broich, an instructor with the Vermont Army National Guard’s Regional Training Institute, observes rounds for a soldier from the Senegalese Army’s 1st Paratrooper Battalion at a range July 13, 2016 in Thies, Senegal as part of Africa Readiness Training 2016. ART 2016 is a U.S. Army Africa exercise designed to increase U.S. and Senegalese readiness and partnership through combined infantry training and live fire events. (U.S. Army Africa photo by Spc. Craig Philbrick/Released)
U.S. ROTC cadets train with Djiboutian army cadets
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U.S. Army Reserve Officer Training Corps cadets watch as a Djiboutian Army weapons instructor teaches them how to safely field strip an AK-47 at the Djiboutian Army Academy in Arta, Djibouti, July 25, 2016. After the cadets learned the fundamentals, they competed with each other to see who could field strip the weapon quickest. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Benjamin Raughton/Released)