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Contingency Response Wing Takes on Africa Mission

12:00 AM7/21/2011

An Air Force wing that stood up at Joint Base McGuire-Dix in Lakehurst, N.J., to open airfields anywhere in the world on short notice soon will take on a new mission, helping African militaries establish their own air mobility systems.
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U.S. Army Africa Conducts Deployment Capability Training in Burundi

12:00 AM7/20/2011

At the request of the Burundian military, U.S. Army Africa's Africa Deployment Assistance Partnership Team, or ADAPT, conducted a deployment capability training event with uniformed members of the Burundian Defense Forces June 6-10, 2011, at

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U.S., Ghanaian Dental Teams Train Together

12:00 AM7/20/2011

Soldiers from the 965th Dental Company, U.S. Army Reserve Texas, continue to share information with the Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) about U.S. dental practices during MEDFLAG 11 July 18, 2011, in Accra, Ghana.

The GAF and 965th Dental

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U.S., Ghana Partner, Teach Malaria Prevention

12:00 AM7/20/2011

A team of U.S. Soldiers from the 411th Civil Affairs Battalion, an Army Reserve unit out of Connecticut, partnered with Ghana's National Disaster Management Organization (NADMO) during MEDFLAG 11 to implement a malaria outreach program and

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West African Nations Collaborate on Disaster Response during Weeklong Exercise

12:00 AM7/20/2011

Civilian and military representatives from six West African nations came together in Dakar, Senegal for a weeklong exercise to coordinate on national and regional disaster response planning with a focus on urban operations, July 18-22, 2011. Read more

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U.S. Soldiers Experience Ghanaian Culture

12:00 AM7/19/2011

About 100 U.S. soldiers experienced the vibrant history and culture of the Greater Accra Region of Ghana July 17, 2011, while participating in MEDFLAG 11.

The Ghanaian Army-sponsored cultural day was one of the many examples of

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Cote d'Ivoire Ambassador Visits U.S. Africa Command HQ

12:00 AM7/19/2011

U.S. Ambassador to Cote d'Ivoire Phillip Carter III visited the commander of U.S. Africa Command, General Carter F. Ham, and senior leadership at U.S. AFRICOM headquarters July 7, 2011, to discuss the continued partnership between the command

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Teaching a Headquarters to Fish

12:00 AM7/19/2011

Signal Squadron soldiers from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Combat Forces are being trained and equipped to participate in U.S. Africa Command's Africa Endeavor 2011 military-to-military multilateral communications

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1st Rwandan Pandemic Disaster Response Exercise Takes 'Whole of Society Approach'

12:00 AM7/19/2011

Rwanda hosted its first pandemic disaster response tabletop exercise on the shores of Lake Kivu July 11-15, 2011. Using a scenario involving the international spread of a hypothetical avian virus called "H5N1," civilian and military authorities

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Africa Endeavor Links AU, ECOWAS, The Gambia

12:00 AM7/18/2011

This year, one of the biggest technical hurdles facing the Africa Endeavor 2011 (AE11) exercise participants has been to establish connectivity from the main exercise site in Banjul, The Gambia, with participants at two remote sites, the Economic

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Communications Critical in Building Regional Headquarters

12:00 AM7/18/2011

According to the scenario of a pan-African military communications exercise, a major earthquake has struck near the fictitious nation-state of Carana earlier today, causing extensive damage to coastal cities, especially the capital Galasi. The

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Ghana, U.S. Share Knowledge, Experience during MEDFLAG 11

12:00 AM7/18/2011

MEDFLAG 11, a bilateral exercise sponsored by U.S. Army Africa, has finished the first of two stages in Accra, Ghana July 15, 2011.

The first portion of MEDFLAG 11 has strengthened the relationship between the U.S. and Ghana through

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Ghanaian, U.S. NCOs Connect in Promotion Ceremony, Exercise

12:00 AM7/18/2011

Ghana and U.S. military members participated together in a joint noncommissioned officer (NCO)-led promotion ceremony July 14, 2011, at Burma Camp, Accra, Ghana, for U.S. Army Staff Sergeant Jennifer Shook.

The ceremony was just one

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Gambia Links to ECOWAS and the AU During Commo Excercise

12:00 AM7/15/2011

This year, one of the biggest technical hurdles facing the Africa Endeavor 2011 (AE11) exercise participants has been to establish connectivity from the main exercise site in Banjul with the two remote sites, the Economic Community of West African

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Kenyan Chaplains Visit Camp Lemonnier

12:00 AM7/15/2011

Chaplains from the Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA) Religious Affairs office welcomed three Kenyan Ministry of Defense (KMoD) chaplains to Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, July 5, 2011, during a U.S. military professional chaplaincy

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Future U.S. officers, TPDF Navy Find Common Ground

12:00 AM7/15/2011

Cadets from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point and midshipmen from the U.S. Naval Academy at Annapolis visited the Tanzanian People's Defense Force (TPDF) Naval Command Training Center in Dar Es Salaam, for training in June.
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Djiboutians, U.S. Servicemembers Facilitate Joint Medical Training Seminar Medical Professionals Share Experiences

12:00 AM7/15/2011

Djiboutian military medical professionals joined their Combined Joint Task Force Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA) counterparts for a week-long medical seminar to share basic lifesaving skills at the Djibouti Ministry of Defense Health Service facility in

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405th Brigade Support Battalion supports joint Ghana-U.S. exercise

12:00 AM7/14/2011

The 405th Brigade Support Battalion of North Riverside, Illinois, continues to play an active role in MEDFLAG 11 in Accra, Ghana, by providing support to other units participating in the event.

Sponsored by U.S. Army Africa, the

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Ghana-Born U.S. Soldier Supports MEDFLAG 11

12:00 AM7/13/2011

U.S. soldiers from several active, guard and reserve units visited Accra, Ghana for a 10-day medical exercise called MEDFLAG 11 which began July 11, 2011. For some U.S. soldiers, it is their first or even second visit to this country. But for

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Ghanaian, U.S. Troops Partner for MEDFLAG 11

12:00 AM7/12/2011

MEDFLAG 11, a joint humanitarian assistance exercise between U.S. and Ghana Armed Forces, kicked off, July 12, 2011, with an opening ceremony at the nearby Ghanaian army base, Burma Camp.

Sponsored by U.S. Army Africa, the bilateral

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