African Lion, NCO development discussed during visits in Senegal
12:00 AM12/8/2022
Senegalese Armed Forces soldiers welcome U.S. Army Southern European Task Force, Africa Commander Maj. Gen. Todd Wasmund (center) with an honor guard Dec. 8, 2022 during a visit to the Senegal Defense Institute hosted by Institute Director Brig. Gen. Koly Faye (left) in Dakar, Senegal. Wasmund visited army leaders in Senegal to discuss land forces cooperation and shared priorities.
African Lion, NCO development discussed during visits in Senegal
12:00 AM12/8/2022
Senegal Armed Forces Chief of Army Staff Brig. Gen. Souleymane Kande (center right) and U.S. Army Southern European Task Force - Africa Commander Maj. Gen. Todd Wasmund (center left) discuss land forces cooperation and shared priorities Dec. 8, 2022 during Wasmund’s visit to Dakar, Senegal. SETAF-AF provides U.S. Africa Command and U.S. Army Europe & Africa a dedicated headquarters to synchronize Army activities in Africa and scalable crisis response options in Africa and Europe.
U.S. and Seychellois divers team up in the Port of Victoria
12:00 AM12/8/2022
Steelworker 2nd Class Nicholas Ramirez, left, and Utilitiesman Logan Littrell use exothermic cutting techniques to cut into part of a shipwreck during a salvage mission in Port Victoria, Seychelles, on Dec. 8, 2022. The UCT1 divers worked in tandem with Seychelles Coast Guard divers to start salvaging a wreck that posed a hazard to navigation at the site of a future pier expansion project.
U.S. Africa Command team visits RAF Molesworth's Joint Intelligence Command
1:57 PM12/7/2022
Langley and Thresher toured the base - home to U.S. Africa Command's JIC and 40 percent of the command's analytical workforce - before receiving an operations update and meeting with the personnel assigned there.
U.S. and Mozambique partner to improve maritime security
12:00 AM12/7/2022
As part of ongoing security cooperation between the United States and Mozambique, the U.S. Government provided a 10-meter coastal patrol boat to the Mozambican Navy during a ceremony Dec. 7, 2022, in Maputo, Mozambique.
U.S. Africa Command team visits RAF Molesworth's Joint Intelligence Command
12:00 AM12/6/2022
Gen. Michael Langley, commander, U.S. Africa Command, and Sgt. Maj. Richard Thresher, command senior enlisted advisor, visit U.S. Africa Command's Joint Intelligence Command, located at Royal Air Force Station Molesworth, U.K., on Dec. 6, 2022.
U.S. Africa Command team visits RAF Molesworth's Joint Intelligence Command
12:00 AM12/6/2022
Gen. Michael Langley, commander, U.S. Africa Command, and Sgt. Maj. Richard Thresher, command senior enlisted advisor, visit U.S. Africa Command's Joint Intelligence Command, located at Royal Air Force Station Molesworth, U.K., on Dec. 6, 2022.
U.S. and Seychellois divers team up in the Port of Victoria
12:00 AM12/5/2022
A diver from Underwater Construction Team One cuts apart a shipwreck during a salvage mission in Port Victoria, Seychelles, on Dec. 5, 2022. The UCT1 divers worked in tandem with Seychelles Coast Guard divers to start salvaging a wreck that posed a hazard to navigation at the site of a future pier expansion project.
Leaders engage in Niger to better security, cooperation efforts
12:00 AM12/4/2022
U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. John Barrett, 724th Expeditionary Air Base Squadron commander, and U.S. Air Force Chief Master Sgt. Rex Panting, 409th Air Expeditionary Wing command chief, discuss operations of AB 201, Niger, with U.S. Army Brig. Gen. Brian Cashman, deputy commanding general, U.S. Army Southern European Task Force - Africa, on Dec. 4, 2022. Cashman visited AB 201 to better understand the mission of the U.S. Army’s civil affairs operations in West Africa and the operations of AB 201.
Leaders engage in Niger to better security, cooperation efforts
12:00 AM12/2/2022
Niger army Chief of Operations Col. Nabani (center-right) meets Brig. Gen. Brian Cashman (center) and other U.S. Army representatives during their visit to the Niger Army Headquarters in Niger on Dec. 2, 2022. Cashman, deputy commanding general of the U.S. Army Southern European Task Force, Africa, met with Nabani to discuss the importance of Niger as a strategic partner to counter violent extremist organizations in the Sahel and security force assistance to the Nigerien army.
U.S. Marine Corps Gen. Michael Langley visited Kenya and Djibouti Nov. 22-24. The Command Senior Enlisted Advisor, U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Maj. Richard Thresher accompanied Langley on the two-day trip, which included several stops to meet with host nation military leaders, U.S. Chiefs of Mission, and U.S. service members in the region.
U.S., Angola conclude inaugural military medical exercise
12:00 AM11/24/2022
Senior leaders from both militaries highlighted the strengthened partnership forged by the medical teams after two weeks of working together to provide critical care to approximately 60 patients in Luanda.
Logistics professionals synchronize operations and build partner capacity in Africa
2:02 PM11/23/2022
By synchronizing efforts across the U.S. government, U.S. Africa Command is better positioned to provide crucial supply and sustainment support to partners and personnel in Africa.
Logistics professionals synchronize operations and build partner capacity in Africa
2:02 PM11/23/2022
U.S. Africa Command's logistics directorate brought together professionals from across the U.S. government to synchronize logistics operations and build partner capacity in Africa from Nov. 16-17, 2022, at Kelley Barracks, near Stuttgart, Germany.