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Eastern Accord 16

4:46 PM5/11/2016
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)
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Eastern Accord 2016 final planning event builds partnership, readiness

4:18 PM5/11/2016
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.
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Western Accord 16

8:30 PM5/9/2016
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)
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Western Accord 16

8:30 PM5/9/2016
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)
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Western Accord 16

8:30 PM5/9/2016
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)
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Western Accord 16

8:30 PM5/9/2016
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)
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Western Accord 16

8:29 PM5/9/2016
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)
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Western Accord 16

8:29 PM5/9/2016
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)
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Western Accord 16

8:00 PM5/9/2016
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)
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UN, ECOWAS partners kick-off Western Accord 16

7:02 PM5/9/2016
Western Accord 16 is underway in Burkina Faso
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Uganda Provides Support to AMISOM in Somalia

10:19 AM5/6/2016
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.
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Uganda Provides Support to AMISOM in Somalia

10:06 AM5/6/2016
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.
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2:58 PM4/29/2016
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)
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Combat logistics' role supports African Lion 16

2:24 PM4/29/2016
Annual exercise underway in the Kingdom of Morocco.
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Epic Guardian 2016 to Promote Cooperation, Interoperability

6:58 PM4/26/2016
Ghana and Cabo Verde key participants in annual exercise
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CJTF-HOA Command image

9:14 AM4/19/2016
U.S. Army Gen. David M. Rodriguez, U.S. Africa Command commanding general, passes the Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa flag to Brig. Gen. Kurt Sonntag during a change of command ceremony April 13, 2016, at Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti. The passing of the flag signified the change of command from Maj. Gen. Mark Stammer to Sonntag, as the CJTF-HOA commanding general. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Kate Thornton/Released)
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CJTF-HOA Command image

9:05 AM4/19/2016
Service members, diplomats and multi-national guests applaud during a change of command ceremony April 13, 2016, at Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti. Sonntag is now in command of CJTF-HOA and responsible for its impact on the East African region. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Kate Thornton/Released)
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CJTF-HOA Command image

9:05 AM4/19/2016
U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Mark Stammer, departing Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa commanding general, speaks at a change of command ceremony April 13, 2016, at Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti. Stammer arrived at CJTF-HOA a year ago and will now be the deputy commander of the I Corps at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Kate Thornton/Released)
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U.S. Soldiers present donated educational supplies to Cameroonian school children

8:38 AM4/19/2016
"Education is fundamental to the development of the country," said Sgt. Eunice Tahsoh, a supply technician assigned to 2nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division while speaking to children from Ecole Maternelle Base Aerienne 301 Garoua (government nursery school) April 8. Soldiers from 3rd Inf. Div. provide non-lethal support to their Cameroonian hosts as part of U.S. Africa Command. (U.S. Army Africa photo by Spc. Jonathan Singletary/Released)
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U.S. Soldiers present donated educational supplies to Cameroonian school children

8:36 AM4/19/2016
Soldiers from 2nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division stationed in Garoua, Cameroon, present school supplies purchased with Spirit of America funding to the Cameroon Air Base 301 Pre-School on April 8. Soldiers from 3rd Inf. Div. provide non-lethal support to their Cameroonian hosts as part of U.S. Africa Command. (U.S. Army Africa photo by Spc. Jonathan Singletary/Released)
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