8:36 AM2/17/2021

AFRICOM hosted senior commanders from 46 African militaries during a virtual Chiefs of Defense Conference Jan. 27. With themes around combined operations and force professionalization, the conference provided a forum to make shared security objectives more achievable.

8:36 AM2/17/2021

AFRICOM hosted senior commanders from 46 African militaries during a virtual Chiefs of Defense Conference Jan. 27. With themes around combined operations and force professionalization, the conference provided a forum to make shared security objectives more achievable.

8:36 AM2/17/2021

AFRICOM hosted senior commanders from 46 African militaries during a virtual Chiefs of Defense Conference Jan. 27. With themes around combined operations and force professionalization, the conference provided a forum to make shared security objectives more achievable.

8:36 AM2/17/2021

U.S. Africa Command hosted senior commanders from 46 African militaries during a virtual Chiefs of Defense Conference Jan. 27, 2021.

8:55 AM2/11/2021

U.S. Army Soldiers assigned to the East Africa Response Force (EARF) in support of the Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA) and French Soldiers assigned to the 5th Overseas Intermarines Regiment (RIAOM) participate in a live-fire joint artillery training event at the Djiboutian Range Complex, Djibouti, Feb. 2, 2021. U.S. and French forces took turns firing their weapons systems and demonstrating their capabilities.

8:55 AM2/11/2021

U.S. Army Soldiers assigned to the East Africa Response Force (EARF) in support of the Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA) and French Soldiers assigned to the 5th Overseas Intermarines Regiment (RIAOM) participate in a live-fire joint artillery training event at the Djiboutian Range Complex, Djibouti, Feb. 2, 2021. U.S. and French forces took turns firing their weapons systems and demonstrating their capabilities.

8:55 AM2/11/2021

U.S. Army Soldiers assigned to the East Africa Response Force (EARF) in support of the Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA) and French Soldiers assigned to the 5th Overseas Intermarines Regiment (RIAOM) participate in a live-fire joint artillery training event at the Djiboutian Range Complex, Djibouti, Feb. 2, 2021. U.S. and French forces took turns firing their weapons systems and demonstrating their capabilities.

8:55 AM2/11/2021

U.S. Army Soldiers assigned to the East Africa Response Force (EARF) in support of the Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA) and French Soldiers assigned to the 5th Overseas Intermarines Regiment (RIAOM) participate in a live-fire joint artillery training event at the Djiboutian Range Complex, Djibouti, Feb. 2, 2021. U.S. and French forces took turns firing their weapons systems and demonstrating their capabilities.

8:55 AM2/11/2021

U.S. Army Soldiers assigned to the East Africa Response Force (EARF) in support of the Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA) and French Soldiers assigned to the 5th Overseas Intermarines Regiment (RIAOM) participate in a live-fire joint artillery training event at the Djiboutian Range Complex, Djibouti, Feb. 2, 2021. U.S. and French forces took turns firing their weapons systems and demonstrating their capabilities.

8:55 AM2/11/2021

U.S. Army Soldiers assigned to the East Africa Response Force (EARF) in support of the Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA) and French Soldiers assigned to the 5th Overseas Intermarines Regiment (RIAOM) participate in a live-fire joint artillery training event at the Djiboutian Range Complex, Djibouti, Feb. 2, 2021. U.S. and French forces took turns firing their weapons systems and demonstrating their capabilities.

8:55 AM2/11/2021

U.S. Army Soldiers assigned to the East Africa Response Force (EARF) in support of the Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA) and French Soldiers assigned to the 5th Overseas Intermarines Regiment (RIAOM) participate in a live-fire joint artillery training event at the Djiboutian Range Complex, Djibouti, Feb. 2, 2021. U.S. and French forces took turns firing their weapons systems and demonstrating their capabilities.

8:55 AM2/11/2021

U.S. Army Soldiers assigned to the East Africa Response Force (EARF) in support of the Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA) and French Soldiers assigned to the 5th Overseas Intermarines Regiment (RIAOM) participate in a live-fire joint artillery training event at the Djiboutian Range Complex, Djibouti, Feb. 2, 2021. The purpose of the joint training was to share French and U.S. Army artillery techniques and further the relationship between EARF Soldiers and the 5th RIAOM.

8:55 AM2/11/2021

U.S. Army Soldiers assigned to the East Africa Response Force (EARF) in support of the Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA) and French Soldiers assigned to the 5th Overseas Intermarines Regiment (RIAOM) participate in a live-fire joint artillery training event at the Djiboutian Range Complex, Djibouti, Feb. 2, 2021. The purpose of the joint training was to share French and U.S. Army artillery techniques and further the relationship between EARF Soldiers and the 5th RIAOM.

8:55 AM2/11/2021

U.S. Army Soldiers assigned to the East Africa Response Force (EARF) in support of the Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA) and French Soldiers assigned to the 5th Overseas Intermarines Regiment (RIAOM) participate in a live-fire joint artillery training event at the Djiboutian Range Complex, Djibouti, Feb. 2, 2021. The purpose of the joint training was to share French and U.S. Army artillery techniques and further the relationship between EARF Soldiers and the 5th RIAOM.

8:55 AM2/11/2021

French Soldiers assigned to the 5th Overseas Intermarines Regiment (RIAOM) demonstrate how to operate their artillery equipment to U.S. Army Soldiers assigned to the East Africa Response Force (EARF) in support of the Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA), at the French Army Base, Djibouti, Jan 4, 2021. The purpose of the joint training was to share French and U.S. Army artillery techniques and further the relationship between EARF Soldiers and the 5th RIAOM.

8:55 AM2/11/2021

French Soldiers assigned to the 5th Overseas Intermarines Regiment (RIAOM) demonstrate how to operate a Howitzer to U.S. Army Soldiers assigned to the East Africa Response Force (EARF) in support of the Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA), at the French Army Base, Djibouti, Jan 4, 2021. The purpose of the joint training was to share French and U.S. Army artillery techniques and further the relationship between EARF Soldiers and the 5th RIAOM.

8:19 AM2/9/2021

The Expeditionary Sea Base USS Hershel “Woody” Williams steams along through the Mombasa, Kenya, harbor, Feb. 8, 2021. Williams is operating in U.S. Sixth Fleet to conduct interoperability training and build strategic partnerships with their African partners.

8:16 AM2/9/2021

Williams is the first U.S. naval ship to enter the port of Mombasa in over a decade.

1:56 PM2/5/2021

8:40 AM2/4/2021

Planners for exercise African Lion 21 gather for photo opportunity during a site survey in Morocco Jan. 20, 2021. Scheduled for June, African Lion, U.S. Africa Command's largest exercise, has increased interoperability among U.S. partners and allies since 2003. Plans for AL21 involve more than 5,000 troops from the United States, Morocco, Tunisia, Senegal and elsewhere. The global COVID-19 pandemic curtailed the previous year's exercise. Plans for AL21 include COVID-19 mitigations and flexible options to ensure maximum participation and value for participating countries.