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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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AFRICOM legal engagement brings attention to gender based violence

4:05 PM3/9/2016

Legal Counsel to the Commander, U.S. Africa Command, U.S. Marine Col. Donald Riley delivers comments at 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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Medical clinic during Flintlock 16 provides medical care to local residents

3:29 PM3/9/2016

Senegalese and U.S. Military health professionals treated more than 600 patients during a Medical Exercise Readiness Training at the Children’s School Feb. 25 in Kedougou, Senegal.

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Gen. Rodriguez Delivers 2016 Posture Statement

4:56 PM3/8/2016

Gen. Rodriguez Delivers 2016 Posture Statement

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Rodriguez: Africa an “Enduring Interest for the United States”

3:34 PM3/8/2016

The AFRICOM commander delivered the 2016 Posture Statement to the Senate Armed Services Committee March 8.

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TUNE IN: Gen. Rodriguez to Brief Senate Armed Services Committee

9:13 AM3/8/2016

Watch the AFRICOM commander deliver the 2016 Posture Statement March 8 at 9:30 a.m. EST (3:30 p.m. CET).

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2016 Posture Statement

8:50 AM3/8/2016

U.S. Africa Command's Formal Report to the U.S. House & Senate Armed Services Committees

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Pentagon statement on airstrike in Somalia

7:59 PM3/7/2016

On March 5, 2016, the U.S. military, in self-defense and in defense of our African Union Mission in Somalia partners, conducted an airstrike in Somalia against an al-Shabaab training facility.

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