PRAIA, Cape Verde (Nov. 5, 2015) Cmdr. Michael J. Gunther, commanding officer of the Arleigh Burke Class guided-missile destroyer USS McFaul (DDG 74), showcases the ship’s forecastle during a tour with U. S. Ambassador to Cape Verde, Donald Heflin and Mr. Rui Semedo, Cape Verdean Minister of Parliamentary Affairs. McFaul is deployed to the U.S. 6th Fleet area of operations in order to advance security and stability in Europe. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Nicholas Frank Cottone/RELEASED)
PRAIA, CAPE VERDE (Nov. 5, 2015) – U. S. Ambassador to Cape Verde, Donald Heflin and Mr. Rui Semedo, Cape Verdean Minister of Parliamentary Affairs, confer with Cmdr. Michael J. Gunther, commanding officer of the guided-missile destroyer USS McFaul (DDG 74). McFaul is deployed to the U.S. 6th Fleet area of operations in order to advance security and stability in Europe. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Nicholas Frank Cottone/RELEASED)
The visit provided an opportunity to enhance U.S.-Cape Verde relations as the two nations work together to strengthen maritime security in West Africa.
An Oil Spill Response Workshop, co-hosted by the United States Africa Command Environmental Security Program and the Camp Lemonnier environmental office, was held Sept. 27-28 in Djibouti.
U.S. Secretary of the Navy Meets with Zambian President
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U.S. Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus met with Zambian president Edgar Lungu Nov. 4, during a partnership-building visit to the African nation's capital of Lusaka.
U.S. Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus met with Zambian president Edgar Lungu Nov. 4, during a partnership-building visit to the African nation's capital of Lusaka.
1st Lt. William Desmond Baguera, from Burkina Faso, listens to a presentation during the visit to AFRICOM. Thirteen military officers from nine African nations visited the U.S. Africa Command headquarters as part of their participation in the Program on Applied Security Studies, the flagship course offered at the George C. Marshall Center for Strategic Studies in Garmisch, Germany.
Nigerian Maj. Ismaila Abdullahi participates in discussions during a visit to AFRICOM. Thirteen military officers from nine African nations visited the U.S. Africa Command headquarters as part of their participation in the Program on Applied Security Studies, the flagship course offered at the George C. Marshall Center for Strategic Studies in Garmisch, Germany.
Lt. Col. Radouane Elrhaz, Moroccan Air Force, listens to briefings while visiting AFRICOM headquarters. Thirteen military officers from nine African nations visited the U.S. Africa Command headquarters as part of their participation in the Program on Applied Security Studies, the flagship course offered at the George C. Marshall Center for Strategic Studies in Garmisch, Germany.
The visiting officers listen to a briefer during their visit to AFRICOM Oct. 29. Thirteen military officers from nine African nations visited the U.S. Africa Command headquarters as part of their participation in the Program on Applied Security Studies, the flagship course offered at the George C. Marshall Center for Strategic Studies in Garmisch, Germany.
African Officers Learn About U.S. Africa Command During Visit
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A delegation of 13 military officers from nine African nations visited the U.S. Africa Command headquarters here Oct. 29. as part of the George C. Marshall Center's Program on Applied Security Studies program.
AFRICOM funds Special Education Training Center Extension in Tunisia
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A $675,000 extension of a special education vocational training center funded by the U.S. Africa Command Humanitarian Assistance Program was inaugurated in Ariana, Tunisia Nov. 3.
U.S. Deputy Chief of Mission Kathleen Hanson observes a weaving project at the special education vocational training center in Ariana, Tunisia Nov. 3. A $675,000 extension to the center was funded by the AFRICOM Humanitarian Assistance Program.
Students learn horticulture skills at the special education vocational training center in Ariana, Tunisia Nov. 3. A $675,000 extension to the center was funded by the AFRICOM Humanitarian Assistance Program.
A student creates a piece of jewelry at the special education vocational training center in Ariana, Tunisia Nov. 3. A $675,000 extension to the center was funded by the AFRICOM Humanitarian Assistance Program.
Students develop artistic abilities at the special education vocational training center in Ariana, Tunisia Nov. 3. A $675,000 extension to the center was funded by the AFRICOM Humanitarian Assistance Program.
U.S. Marine Capt. Jeremy Phillips, the intelligence security cooperation Officer with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response-Africa, discusses intelligence gathering with Ghanaia Navy intelligence at Ghana’s Navy Trade Training School in Sekondi, Ghana, Oct. 19. U.S. forces completed a Tactical Intelligence Support To Maritime Operations Centers “train-the-trainer” course for the Ghanaian Navy from Oct. 12-23. This two-week introduction to intelligence was the first of four planned for the fiscal year. U.S. Navy and Marine Corps service members taught Sixteen Ghanaian sailors, along with two senior members of Ghana’s Marine Police Unit of the Ghana Police Service. The course was designed as both an introduction to the intelligence process, particularly in support of their MOCs, and to prepare the students to become intelligence instructors for the Ghanaian Navy’s internal intelligence courses.
U.S. service members completed a Tactical Intelligence Support To Maritime Operations Centers for the Ghanaian Navy Oct. 12-23 at Ghana’s Navy Trade Training School here.