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2:16 PM1/29/2016

U.S. Marine Cpl. Kyle Maurer, machine gunner with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response-Africa, participates in an alert-force drill aboard Naval Station Rota, Spain, January 23, 2016. The alert force tested the unit’s capabilities by simulating the procedures of reacting to a time-constrained, crisis-response mission. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Tia Nagle)

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2:16 PM1/29/2016

U.S. Marines with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response-Africa extract a simulated casualty during quick-response training aboard Naval Station Rota, Spain, January 23, 2016. The alert force tested the unit’s capabilities by simulating the procedures of reacting to a time-constrained, crisis-response mission. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Tia Nagle)

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2:16 PM1/29/2016

U.S. Marines with the Ground Combat Element, Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response-Africa conduct an alert-force drill aboard Naval Station Rota, Spain. SPMAGTF-CR-AF is a self-sustaining crisis-response force prepared for the protection of American personnel and facilities on the African continent when directed by U.S. Africa Command. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Tia Nagle)

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4:08 PM1/28/2016

Maj. Michael Gacheru, U.S. Army Africa, and Capt. Michael Kearnes, 1st Battalion, 30th Infantry Regiment, are briefed at the Senegalese training facility where the African Readiness Training 2016 exercise will take place. (U.S. Army Africa photo by Capt. Anielka DiFelice)

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U.S. Army Africa Image

4:08 PM1/28/2016

Maj. Michael Gacheru, U.S. Army Africa, and Capt. Michael Kearnes, 1st Battalion, 30th Infantry Regiment, are briefed at the Senegalese training facility where the African Readiness Training 2016 exercise will take place. (U.S. Army Africa photo by Capt. Anielka DiFelice)

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U.S. Army Africa Image

4:07 PM1/28/2016

Sgt. First Class Jason Giacomucci, logistics planner for U.S. Army Africa, and Lt. Col. Mamadou Laminet Kouate, logistics officer for the Senegalese Army, discuss plans to support the African Readiness Training 2016 exercise during the initial planning event in Dakar, Senegal, Jan. 12-14. (U.S. Army Africa photo by Capt. Anielka DiFelice)

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African Readiness Training 2016 planners meet in Senegal

3:49 PM1/28/2016

Planners from U.S. Army Africa, 1st Battalion, 30th Infantry Regiment and the Senegalese Army met Jan. 12-14 to conduct the initial planning event for the African Readiness Training 2016.

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11:33 AM1/27/2016

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5 Things You Need to Know About Cutlass Express 2016

11:24 AM1/27/2016

Scheduled to take place in the western Indian Ocean from January 30, to February 6, Cutlass Express is a maritime exercise that focuses on cooperation and teamwork.

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10:09 AM1/26/2016

U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Mark Stammer, Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa commanding general, speaks to attendees at the conclusion of the East Africa Security Synchronization Conference Jan. 22, 2016, at Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti. The conference provided an opportunity for attendees to better understand the benefits of a regional approach to African security instead of strictly country-focused planning.

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Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa Image

10:08 AM1/26/2016

Military members in a working group discuss Africa Contingency Operations Training and Assistance during the East Africa Security Synchronization Conference Jan. 21, 2016, at Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti. More than 70 U.S. embassy representatives from each East African country and organizations including the African Union, U.S. Africa Command, and AFRICOM components attended the event to kick start the process of synchronizing and prioritizing all activities in East Africa.

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Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa

10:07 AM1/26/2016

Amb. Tom Kelly, U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of Djibouti, speaks to attendees of the East Africa Security Synchronization Conference Jan. 20, 2016, at Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti. The conference provided an opportunity for attendees to better understand the benefits of a regional approach to African security instead of strictly country-focused planning.

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Security conference aligns military, political priorities for East Africa

10:02 AM1/26/2016

Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa hosted the 2016 East Africa Security Synchronization Conference Jan. 20-22, at Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti.

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9:59 AM1/25/2016

U.S. Marine Corps Gen. Joseph F. Dunford Jr., right, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and Gen. Pierre de Villiers, chief of France's defense staff, conduct a military honors ceremony at Ecole Militarie, a military school, in Paris, Jan. 22, 2016.

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9:59 AM1/25/2016

U.S. Marine Corps Gen. Joseph F. Dunford Jr., right, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and Gen. Pierre de Villiers, chief of France's defense staff, talk during a meeting at the French defense headquarters in Paris, Jan. 22, 2016

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Dunford Discusses ISIL, 'Decisive Action' in Libya With French Counterpart

9:53 AM1/25/2016

The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said Jan. 22 that he and his French counterpart discussed the fight against the core Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, as well as the framework against ISIL terrorists in Libya.

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Crisis Response Forces Hones Evacuation Skills (3) of (3)

9:18 AM1/21/2016

Nearly 100 Marines and sailors with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response-Africa established an evacuation control center for an exercise in Naval Air Station Sigonella, Italy. The exercise prepared the crisis response unit for a military assisted departure mission. The passenger terminal used hosted a real ECC 19 months ago when SPMAGTF-CR-AF, assisted in the evacuation of U.S. personnel from the U.S. embassy in Tripoli, Libya. U.S. citizens and embassy personnel traveled by ground convoy to neighboring Tunisia, before being flown to NAS Sigonella, where they were processed through the ECC before moving on to other locations.

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Crisis Response Forces Hones Evacuation Skills (2) of (3)

9:18 AM1/21/2016

Nearly 100 Marines and sailors with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response-Africa established an evacuation control center for an exercise in Naval Air Station Sigonella, Italy. The exercise prepared the crisis response unit for a military assisted departure mission. The passenger terminal used hosted a real ECC 19 months ago when SPMAGTF-CR-AF, assisted in the evacuation of U.S. personnel from the U.S. embassy in Tripoli, Libya. U.S. citizens and embassy personnel traveled by ground convoy to neighboring Tunisia, before being flown to NAS Sigonella, where they were processed through the ECC before moving on to other locations.

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Crisis Response Forces Hones Evacuation Skills (1) of (3)

9:18 AM1/21/2016

Nearly 100 Marines and sailors with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response-Africa established an evacuation control center for an exercise in Naval Air Station Sigonella, Italy. The exercise prepared the crisis response unit for a military assisted departure mission. The passenger terminal used hosted a real ECC 19 months ago when SPMAGTF-CR-AF, assisted in the evacuation of U.S. personnel from the U.S. embassy in Tripoli, Libya. U.S. citizens and embassy personnel traveled by ground convoy to neighboring Tunisia, before being flown to NAS Sigonella, where they were processed through the ECC before moving on to other locations.

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Crisis Response Force Hones Evacuation Skills

9:04 AM1/21/2016

Marines trained to evacuate U.S. citizens from a foreign country using lessons learned from a 2014 evacuation in Libya.

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