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Military Will Maintain Low-key Africa Presence

11:45 AM3/14/2013

Military Will Maintain Low-key Africa Presence, U.S. Africa Command,

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Apps4Africa Winners Recognized for Business-Friendly Innovations

8:53 AM3/13/2013

The three winning teams in the Apps4Africa 2012 Business Challenge accepted their awards at a March 6 event sponsored by the U.S. Embassy in Kampala, Uganda.

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Saharan Express 2013 Reaches Maritime Stakeholders

3:11 PM3/12/2013

Saharan Express 2013 Reaches Maritime Stakeholders. Fourteen nations are participating in SE-13 including Cape Verde, Cote d’Ivoire, France, The Gambia, Liberia, Mauritania, Morocco, The Netherlands, Portugal, Senegal, Sierra Leon, Spain, the

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11th ACR Testing 'Dagger' Soldiers for AFRICOM Missions

9:38 AM3/12/2013

2nd Armored Brigade Combat Team Soldiers qualify to become the first regionally aligned brigade assigned to U.S. Africa Command.

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Central Accord 13 Concludes with Final Exercise

12:16 PM3/11/2013

The scream of the C-130 engines filled the air as it taxied, while next to it soldiers ducked beneath the churning blades of a Bell 206 helicopter to unload a simulated patient, simultaneously the crew of Puma Eurocopter readied the aircraft for

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Saharan Express 2013 Kicks Off in Senegal

7:43 AM3/11/2013

Participants from 14 nations attended a pre-sail conference Mar. 7, to kick off Exercise Saharan Express 2013 (SE-13). SE-13 is a maritime exercise designed to improve cooperation among participating nations in order to increase counter-piracy

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US Army Africa command Post Soldiers Train with South African Forces

2:39 PM3/8/2013

Soldiers of U.S. Army Africa Contingency Command Post hosted a familiarization visit, Feb. 26-28, with six South African National Defense Force soldiers in preparation for Shared Accord 13, a joint peace keeping and humanitarian exercise scheduled

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C6F Visits Destroyers Barry and Gravely

12:40 PM3/8/2013

Vice Adm. Frank C. Pandolfe, commander, U.S. 6th Fleet, visited Sailors aboard the guided-missile destroyers USS Gravely (DDG 107), Mar. 4, and USS Barry (DDG 52), Mar. 5. While visiting the ships, Vice Adm. Pandolfe held all-hands calls with the

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AFRICOM Commander Outlines Diverse Challenges Ahead

12:22 PM3/8/2013

Somalia and Mali represent different stages of the challenges for U.S. Africa Command, Army Gen. Carter F. Ham told the Senate Armed Services Committee today. Ham, who will step down as Africom commander next month, said the five-year-old command

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Austin, Rodriguez Confirmed to Lead Centcom, Africom

10:22 AM3/7/2013

Rodriguez confirmed to lead AFRICOM

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Chief of U.S. Army Reserve visits AFRICOM, meets key leaders

10:12 AM3/7/2013

During the visit, Talley also met with key U.S. Africa Command leaders during a roundtable held March 6, 2013. They discussed the USAR's regional alignment of forces and the strategic impact the Army Reserve Liaison Team, assigned to U.S. Africa Command, makes to planning, training and mission support.

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ECOWAS Maritime Safety and Security Seminar held in Abidjan

3:53 PM3/6/2013

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), in partnership with the United States Embassy in Abidjan, the Washington-based Africa Center for Strategic Studies (ACSS), the U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM), and the Government of Cote

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Africa Center for Strategic Studies Holds Maritime Safety and Security Seminar in Cape Verde

3:48 PM3/6/2013

The Africa Center for Strategic Studies (ACSS), the U.S. Department of State Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement (INL), the government of Cape Verde and the U.S. Embassy in Cape Verde welcomed legal maritime experts to the

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Utah Guard Linguists Contribute Unique Skills During African Exercises

2:36 PM3/6/2013

Sweat rolls down Sgt. Chason Parker's face as he speaks in French to an attentive audience of Cameroon Army paratroopers. There's barely any air movement in the steamy basement classroom at the Regiment du Genie Headquarters outside of Douala,

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Liberian Coast Guard Trains Partner Nations in Maritime Security

3:16 PM3/5/2013

Liberian Coast Guardsmen and sailors from partner nations Sierra Leone and the Ivory Coast graduated from a Liberian Coast Guard-led joint boarding officer training course at the Liberian Coast Guard Base Feb. 22. The graduation ceremony served as

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Obangame Express 2013 Comes to a Successful Close

1:10 PM3/1/2013

Exercise Obangame Express 2013 (OE-13), an at-sea naval exercise focused on counter-piracy and maritime security operations wrapped up in the Gulf of Guinea, Feb. 28.

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Hagel Takes Office as 24th Defense Secretary

8:59 AM2/28/2013

Just before his private swearing-in ceremony as the 24th secretary of defense, Chuck Hagel and his wife, Lilibet, arrived at the Pentagon this morning and were greeted by Marine Corps Lieutenant General Thomas D. Waldhauser, military assistant to

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U. S. Africa Command Enlisted Professional Development Seminar, Feb., 25, 2013

4:40 PM2/27/2013

U.S. Africa Command conducts its first ever Enlisted Professional Development Seminar at the headquarters in Stuttgart, Germany, February, 25, 2013. Twenty-two enlisted personnel graduated from the class. (Photos by Adam Gramarossa, AFRICOM VI

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Panetta Leaves Legacy of Service, Leadership, Partnership

7:44 AM2/27/2013

History likely will record Leon E. Panetta first as the CIA director who got Osama bin Laden. But over his 19 months as defense secretary, the former spy chief also got a crack at solving the problems of some 3 million battle-weary people -- while

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Senate Confirms Hagel as Defense Secretary

7:39 AM2/27/2013

The Senate today confirmed former Nebraska Sen. Chuck Hagel to serve as secretary of defense, ending a protracted confirmation process. Hagel, a decorated Vietnam veteran, will be sworn in tomorrow, succeeding Leon E. Panetta who is retiring. The

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