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Africa Partnership Station Delivers School Supplies in Ghana

9:38 AM10/8/2013

Ghana is one of several countries throughout the western region of Africa where the U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM) is delivering school supplies to reinforce existing partnerships with African nations.

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Plans Finalized for Cutlass Express 2013

10:48 AM10/7/2013

Sailors and civilian maritime personnel from Europe, Africa and the U.S. finalized the schedule of events and associated objectives for Exercise Cutlass Express 2013 (CE13) during a final planning conference, Sept. 23-27.

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Congo Native Expands Horizons in the U.S. Military

7:11 AM10/7/2013

Born and raised in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Staff Sgt. Alain Mukendi, an Aviano Airman Leadership School instructor, grew up speaking French along with three other African dialects. In 1999, his father won the Diversity Visa lottery,

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One Health Promotes Positive Changes in Uganda

8:34 AM10/4/2013

Uganda, the Pearl of Africa, is a lush, green, mountainous country home to 34.1 million people. The people who live there share the land with mountain gorillas, zebras, rhinos, and other wildlife and domesticated animals.

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Successful Senegal Engagement for APS 13

7:27 AM10/2/2013

A landing craft unit carrying dozens of international military forces dropped its gate off the sands of Senegal. The U.S. led the charge and stormed the beach like a wave crashing against the shores. They leaped off the ramp two by two, each

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MSAS, AFAFRICA, Share Ideas with Angolan Air Force

12:20 PM10/1/2013

U.S. Africa Command and U.S. Air Forces Africa worked together with a 621st Contingency Response Wing traveling contact team to conduct a building partnership engagement in Luanda, Angola, from Sept. 9 to 13.

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Ghana Looks to USAFE-AFAFRICA for PME Model

8:53 AM9/30/2013

A team of Ghanaian airmen visited professional military education facilities here in Germany to take back best practices to their air force headquarters.

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First Team Brothers-in-arms Provide Medical Outreach in Nigeria

12:33 PM9/27/2013

Col. (Dr.) Niel Johnson, a Family medicine physician and command surgeon, 1st Theater Sustainment Command, could have spent his yearly vacation performing with his barbershop quartet group this winter at Carnegie Hall in New York City.

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U.S. Army Africa Sponsors African Deployment Partnership Training in Benin

9:32 AM9/26/2013

For Capt. Brad Copas, his assignment as a coordinator of African Deployment Partnership Training known as ADAPT for U.S. Army Africa has taken him to numerous nations on the African continent.

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Marine Task Force, Burundian Soldiers Conduct Exercise

7:51 AM9/25/2013

Marines and Sailors with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Africa 13 are conducting a 10-week predeployment exercise currently under way with Burundi National Defense Force soldiers to prepare them for assignments in Somalia.

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US Builds Bilateral Ties with Burkina Faso

11:16 AM9/24/2013

U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel, left, greets Burkina Faso President Blaise Compaore upon his arrival at the Pentagon, Sept. 23, 2013. The two leaders met to discuss issues of mutual importance. (Photo by Erin A. Kirk-Cuomo)

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U.S.-Burundi EOD Exchange Boosts Skills, Builds Relationships

8:50 AM9/18/2013

U.S. Navy explosive ordnance disposal technicians from Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa and Burundi National Defense Force combat engineers conducted a Humanitarian Mine Action exercise in Bujumbura, Burundi, Aug. 5-23, 2013.

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U.S. Military Trains Ugandan Health Workers

12:19 PM9/17/2013

The lives of millions of Ugandans have been saved in recent years because the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and the U.S. Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA) are working with the Government of Uganda to increase

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Senegalese Forces Conduct Amphibious Landing with Foreign Partners

11:21 AM9/17/2013

Marines, representing an international Marine task force of U.S., Dutch, Spanish and British servicemembers, and Senegalese forces conduct an amphibious landing on a Senegalese naval base.

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Africa Center Co-Hosts Elections Symposium in Burundi

9:24 AM9/17/2013

The Africa Center for Strategic Studies (ACSS) co-hosted a symposium on elections, security, and good governance at the King’s Conference Center in Bujumbura, Burundi on Tuesday, September 10, 2013, in partnership with the ACSS chapter in Burundi

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AFRICOM Command Sgt. Maj. visits CJTF-HOA

7:06 AM9/17/2013

Army Command Sgt. Maj. Darrin Bohn, senior enlisted leader for U.S. Africa Command, made his first official visit to Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa, this week. U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Maj. Bonnie Skinner, CJTF-HOA senior enlisted leader,

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APS 13 Sets Sail for Africa after Months of Training

9:08 AM9/12/2013

Marines and sailors with Security Cooperation Task Force Africa Partnership Station 13 board the Royal Netherlands Navy (RNLN) landing platform dock (LPD) HNLMS Rotterdam (L800) as the sun peers over the horizon August 30. The group of warriors

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Africa Center Co-Hosts Security Sector Reform Symposium with Kinshasa Community Chapter and US Embassy

6:35 AM9/12/2013

KINSHASA, Democratic Republic of Congo – In partnership with the U.S. Embassy in Kinshasa and the DRC Community Chapter, the Africa Center for Strategic Studies (ACSS) conducted a Topical Outreach Program Series (TOPS) symposium and chapter

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Refresher Course Prepares AFL Drill Sergeants for Newest Recruits

11:13 AM9/9/2013

As the Armed Forces of Liberia’s 2013 recruit vetting process nears completion, the service is preparing its drill sergeants for the first round of recruit training since 2010.

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Aviano Airmen restore South African smiles

9:26 AM9/9/2013

Three Airmen from Aviano provided dental care in a multi-national joint task force humanitarian effort from July 21 to Aug. 8, 2013, in the vicinity of King Williams' Town, Eastern Cape province, South Africa.

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