Search Results

Count: 7587

Article

Mauritanian Public Affairs Officials Visit Counterparts at U.S. Africa Command

12:00 AM3/28/2012

How do you embed a journalist with soldiers and also keep an operation secure?



How do you plan for media queries before a planned hostage rescue begins?

 Read more
Article

First Soldier Assigned to CJTF-HOA Receives Navy EXW Pin

12:00 AM3/27/2012

A United States Army soldier assigned to Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa recently accomplished something here that up until now has only been done by U.S. Navy forces and an Air Force Senior Airman .

 Read more
Article

U.S. Soldiers Observe Training at Moroccan Field Artillery Center

12:00 AM3/26/2012

In order to help improve the security of Morocco, 20 members of the 15th Royal Artillery Group purchased approximately 60 armored vehicles called M109A5 howitzers through the U.S. Foreign Military Sales program.

 Read more
Article

Curtailing Illegal Trafficking is Critical to Stable Economy in Africa, According to Experts

12:00 AM3/26/2012

U.S. Africa Command personnel had a chance to learn about drug smuggling, illegal arms transportation and other issues affecting maritime and air cargo trade from a leading expert in the field, March 23, 2012.

 Read more
Article

POLICY STATEMENT: U.S. Condemns Military Seizure of Power in Mali

12:00 AM3/23/2012

The United States condemns the military seizure of power in Mali.

 Read more
Article

African Partnership Flight Capstone Exercise Puts Lessons Learned to the Test

12:00 AM3/23/2012

Ghanaian, Benin, Togolese, Senegalese, Nigerian and U.S. Air Force members hit the flightline loading, guarding and marshalling aircraft March 21, 2012 for the African Partnership Flight 12-2 capstone event in Accra, Ghana.

 Read more
Article

Week One of Africa Partnership Flight Wraps up

12:00 AM3/23/2012

The first week of U.S. Air Forces Africa's African Partnership Flight wrapped up at Ghana Air Force's Camp Burma in Accra, Ghana, March 16, 2012.

 Read more
Article

Cameroon Military Train New Sailors during a Lifesaver Course, APS Staff Observes

12:00 AM3/22/2012

Cameroonian Navy sailors made history as they took part in a three-day combat lifesaver course at the region two military hospital in Doula, Cameroon, March 19- 21, 2012.

 Read more
Article

CJTF-HOA Participates in Operation: MASH in Ethiopia

12:00 AM3/21/2012

Three feet of rope, four nails and a blue net all wrapped inside a plastic bag may not seem like they can save lives. However, these tools - along with the partnership between members of Civil Affairs Team 4905, government and non-government

 Read more
Article

U.S. Army National Guard Conducts Water Drilling Tests at Camp Lemonnier

12:00 AM3/21/2012

It's isolated, noisy and messy - but if successful could be beneficial to Camp Lemonnier and local Djiboutians. Thanks to new equipment, U.S. Army National Guard 257th Engineer Team drilled four water test wells in different locations here,

 Read more
Article

U.S. Africa Command Receives Joint Meritorious Unit Award for Libya Operations

12:00 AM3/21/2012

U.S. Africa Command was awarded a Joint Meritorious Unit Award for its response to the conflict in Libya between March 19 and March 30, 2011, when staff members coordinated humanitarian and military operations to maintain stability in the

 Read more
Article

CJTF-HOA Participates in Malaria Prevention Effort in Ethiopia

12:00 AM3/21/2012
Three feet of rope, four nails and a blue net all wrapped inside a plastic bag may not seem like they can save lives. However, these tools -- along with the partnership between members of Civil Affairs Team (CAT) 4905, government and non-government
 Read more
Article

APS Medical Staff and Cameroon Military Hospital Collaborate

12:00 AM3/20/2012
Africa Partnership Station (APS) medical training team members along with medical personnel from the U.S. Naval Hospital in Naples, Italy, traveled to Douala to mentor Cameroon military members at the region's two military hospitals, March
 Read more
Article

21st Century Sailor and Marine Initiative Arrives in Djibouti

12:00 AM3/20/2012

A photo essay by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Christopher Carson and Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Eric S. Garst.

 Read more
Article

U.S., Gabonese Medical Teams Unite during MEDACCORD 12

12:00 AM3/19/2012

While working together during U.S. Army Africa-hosted Medical Accord Central 12 exercise March 5 -16, 2012, U.S. and Gabonese military physicians took the opportunity to learn and grow together, and through this process realized just how much

 Read more
Article

US Air Force Colonel Dean Lee Takes Command of 449th AEG

12:00 AM3/16/2012
U.S. Air Force Colonel Dean Lee assumed command of the 449th Air Expeditionary Group in a change of command ceremony here March 15. Lee assumed command from U.S. Air Force Colonel David Barnes upon his reassignment to the 603rd Air and Space
 Read more
Article

West African, European and U.S. Navies and Coast Guards Plan Exercise Saharan Express 2012

12:00 AM3/15/2012

Military and civilian maritime professionals from West Africa, Europe, and the United States finalized a challenging training agenda for exercise Saharan Express 2012, March 14, 2012.

 Read more
Article

U.S. Marine Corps Forces Africa Partners with Ugandan AU Forces in Counter-Terrorism Combat Engineering

12:00 AM3/15/2012

A small team of Marines with U.S. Marine Forces Africa (MARFORAF) traveled to Kampala, Uganda in March 2012 to train soldiers of the Uganda People's Defence Force (UPDF) in counter-terrorism combat engineering.

 Read more
Article

From Blank Page to Stocked Shelves, U.S. AFRICOM Research Library Opens in Stuttgart

12:00 AM3/14/2012

Behind an unmarked white door, beside the Laundromat on Kelley Barracks, a library has been born.

 Read more
Article

Army Africa, Tennessee National Guard Personnel Journey to Uganda

12:00 AM3/13/2012

Africa Deployment Assistance Partnership Teams (ADAPT) personnel from U.S. Army Africa and Tennessee National Guard traveled to Uganda February 20-24, 2012 to conduct Phase I training for 27 members (17 Army and 10 Air Force) of the Uganda

 Read more