12:00 AM9/23/2011

12:00 AM9/23/2011

U.S. Africa Command and U.S. Air Forces Africa staff visited Tunis, Tunisia, September 12-17, 2011, in support of U.S. Embassy humanitarian assistance projects and initiatives to promote rural development in central Tunisia.
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12:00 AM9/23/2011

12:00 AM9/22/2011

USS Samuel B. Roberts (FFG 58) made a port visit to Tanzania September 19-21, 2011 to participate in the Africa Partnership Station (APS) East 2011 Hotwash closing conference, marking the completion of their mission supporting APS East.
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12:00 AM9/22/2011

U.S. President Barack Obama noted several examples of progress in Africa as he described 2011 as a "time of extraordinary transformation" and called for lasting peace around the world during an address to the United Nations General Assembly on

12:00 AM9/22/2011

Twenty-five members of the 5th Brigade of the 75th Division (5Bde/75DIV) from California recently participated in Natural Fire 11, a bilateral, multinational exercise held in Zanzibar, Tanzania. The 5th Brigade along with approximately 325 members

12:00 AM9/21/2011

Building bridges is not only work done by engineers. During the bilateral, multinational Natural Fire 11 exercise in Zanzibar, Tanzania, September 11-22, 2011, U.S. Ambassador to Tanzania Alfonso Lenhart expressed the importance of religious

12:00 AM9/20/2011

Military retirees would pay an annual fee for TRICARE-for-Life health insurance and TRICARE pharmacy co-payments would be restructured under the deficit reduction plan President Barack Obama released September 19, 2011.

"If we're

12:00 AM9/20/2011

How comfortable would one feel with taking concepts shared by foreign people with a language barrier and applying them to their profession?

The Tanzania People's Defense Force did just that. They put aside linguistic and cultural

12:00 AM9/20/2011

The repeal of the military's "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" law is slated to take effect September 19, 2011, a senior Defense Department official told reporters.
The repeal of the law will mean gay and lesbian service members may be open

12:00 AM9/20/2011

The Tanzania People's Defense Force (TPDF) put aside linguistic and cultural barriers to share military police best practices with U.S. service members and civilians, August 15 to September 2, 2011 in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
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12:00 AM9/20/2011

In an opportunity to engage with his U.S. military counterparts, a Kenyan Ministry of State for Defense chaplain spent three weeks exchanging best practices with Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa and Camp Lemonnier chaplains from multiple

12:00 AM9/19/2011

WHAT: Stuttgart Army Health Clinic's Influenza Vaccination Clinics at Kelley Barracks


WHO: HQ USAFRICOM-Stuttgart Uniformed and DoD Civilian Personnel
-- DoD and USG civilians engaged in foreign duty under

12:00 AM9/16/2011

Rising global temperatures are already affecting food supplies in many parts of the world.

A group of African government officials and experts on agriculture and climate change recently participated in a professional exchange program

12:00 AM9/16/2011

Sitting across from U.S. Navy Reserve Petty Officer 1st Class David Ampofo, an information systems specialist, he comes across as any other sailor in the United States Navy.

His uniform is crisp, clean and smartly put together. His

12:00 AM9/16/2011

From those who trace their roots to America's earliest days to those who recently came to the United States carrying nothing but hope for a better life, Hispanics have always been integral to our national story. As an American family more than

12:00 AM9/16/2011

On September 16, 2011, the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) and U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM) concluded a week-long cooperative border security workshop in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania as part of a joint effort to enhance security at

12:00 AM9/16/2011

There are moments in history that will be forever remembered. On September 11, 2001 the world watched as four commercial passenger jet airliners, hijacked by al-Qaeda affiliated terrorists, caused the single-most devastating act of terrorism on

12:00 AM9/15/2011

The people of Negele, Ethiopia, celebrated the hard work between the governments of Ethiopia and the United States August 22, 2011, during a ground breaking ceremony signifying the start of construction for a much-needed bridge that will connect

12:00 AM9/15/2011

The commander of U.S. Africa Command told journalists that in his travels through Africa he is guided by two main principles: A safe, stable, and secure Africa is the best interest of Africans as well as the United States; and that Africans are