Joint Senior NCO/Warrant Officer Symposium Strengthens Bonds Among Africans, U.S.
12:00 AM6/1/2012
Nearly 30 representatives from more than 20 African partner nations gathered at an academic research center in southern Germany to share insights and learn from U.S. subject-matter experts during a Joint Warrant Officer and Senior Non-commissioned
Assistant Commandant of the Marine Corps Visits Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force-12.2
12:00 AM5/31/2012
General Joseph Dunford, the assistant commandant of the Marine Corps, stopped at Naval Air Station Sigonella, Sicily, to meet the Marines and sailors of Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force 12.2 on Memorial Day, May 28, 2012.
New Eco-Dome Signals Changes for Djiboutian Village
12:00 AM5/31/2012
U.S. service members assigned to Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa joined with local villagers on the final stages of construction for a new structure here May 22-24, 2012.
"Experiment" Designed to Link Civil Info to Better Decisions in Remote Areas
12:00 AM5/31/2012
Civil affairs specialists visit a village in a remote town in Africa and help install a water well for an overpopulated community - sounds like a great success story, right? But sometimes these missions have unseen consequences. In this scenario,
High Speed Vessel Swift (HSV 2) made a port visit to Walvis Bay in support of Africa Partnership Station (APS) 2012, May 22-23, the first APS visit and the first U.S. Navy vessel port-of-call to Namibia in over a decade.
U.S. Personnel Dedicate Ethiopian School Facilities, Enhance Education Opportunities
12:00 AM5/25/2012
Ethiopian and U.S. personnel gathered for a ribbon-cutting ceremony to dedicate a new schoolhouse and two latrines at the Gende Gerada Primary School here May 22, 2012.
This building project lines up with one part of the mission
U.S. Personnel Dedicate Ethiopian School Facilities, Enhance Education Opportunities
12:00 AM5/24/2012
Ethiopian and U.S. personnel gathered for a ribbon-cutting ceremony to dedicate a new school house and two latrines at the Gende Gerada Primary School here May 22.
In 1998, during the Liberian civil wars, U.S. Marine Corps Lance Corporal Abraham Tarwoe, then age 12, fled the violence of his home country, searching for peace.
U.S. service members assigned to Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa joined with local villagers on the final stages of construction for a new structure here May 22-24.
Mass Casualty Drill Brings PE12 Shore Training to a Close
12:00 AM5/22/2012
Service members from Algeria, Greece, Morocco, Turkey and the U.S. teamed up aboard the guided-missile frigate USS Simpson (FFG 56) to conduct a mass casualty drill in support of Exercise Phoenix Express 2012 (PE12) in Souda Bay, Crete, May 18,
USS McFaul Sailors Volunteer During Visit to Port Louis, Mauritius
12:00 AM5/22/2012
Sailors from the guided-missile destroyer USS McFaul (DDG 74) participated in two community service projects during a port visit to Port Louis, Mauritius, May 14-15, 2012.
Closing Ceremony Marks Completion of U.S. AFRICOM's Pandemic Response Program Exercise in Burkina Faso
12:00 AM5/21/2012
A closing ceremony, May 18, 2012, marked the end of the Burkina Faso Government Pandemic Disaster Response Tabletop Exercise following a week of relationship building, regional coordination, and problem solving.
Djiboutian Navy Teams with CJTF-HOA to Expand Weather Operations
12:00 AM5/21/2012
Djiboutian Navy sailors teamed up with Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa's meteorology and oceanography operations branch, or METOC, to install a weather sensor at the Djiboutian Maritime Operations Center here, May 17.