8:41 AM7/22/2021

Special Operations Command Africa forces concluded Joint Combined Exercise Training in Abidjan and Yamoussoukro, Côte d'Ivoire July 9, 2021. The team partnered with Côte d'Ivoire Forces Speciales Ivoirennes to hone special operations skills.

7:32 PM7/21/2021

12:00 AM7/20/2021

In coordination with the Federal Government of Somalia, U.S. Africa Command forces conducted one airstrike in the vicinity of Galkayo, Somalia, on July 20, 2021.

3:42 PM7/16/2021

Amb. Andrew Young and Lt. Gen. Kirk Smith from U.S. Africa Command visited Mauritania to discuss the potential for greater partnership and engagement during a visit to the nation’s capital, Nouakchott, July 13-15, where they met with President Ghazouani. The delegation also met with the Mauritanian Minister of Defense, Chief of Defense, military service chiefs, and students at both the G5 Sahel Defense College and Mauritanian Air Force air traffic control training center.

3:42 PM7/16/2021

Amb. Andrew Young and Lt. Gen. Kirk Smith from U.S. Africa Command visited Mauritania to discuss the potential for greater partnership and engagement during a visit to the nation’s capital, Nouakchott, July 13-15, where they met with President Ghazouani. The delegation also met with the Mauritanian Minister of Defense, Chief of Defense, military service chiefs, and students at both the G5 Sahel Defense College and Mauritanian Air Force air traffic control training center.

3:42 PM7/16/2021

Amb. Andrew Young and Lt. Gen. Kirk Smith from U.S. Africa Command visited Mauritania to discuss the potential for greater partnership and engagement during a visit to the nation’s capital, Nouakchott, July 13-15, where they met with President Ghazouani. The delegation also met with students at both the G5 Sahel Defense College and Mauritanian Air Force air traffic control training center.

3:35 PM7/16/2021

Amb. Andrew Young and Lt. Gen. Kirk Smith from U.S. Africa Command visited Mauritania to discuss the potential for greater partnership and engagement during a visit to the nation’s capital, Nouakchott, July 13-15, where they met with President Ghazouani. The delegation also met with the Mauritanian Minister of Defense, Chief of Defense, military service chiefs, and students at both the G5 Sahel Defense College and Mauritanian Air Force air traffic control training center.

3:29 PM7/16/2021

A U.S. Africa Command senior leader delegation met with Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould Ghazouani to discuss the potential for greater partnership and engagement during a visit to the nation’s capital, Nouakchott, July 13-15.

3:40 PM7/13/2021

U.S. Air Force Maj. Gen. Dagvin Anderson, outgoing commander, U.S. Special Operation Command Africa, speaks to SOCAF members during the change of command ceremony July 1, 2021, at Kelly Barracks near Stuttgart, Germany.

3:40 PM7/13/2021

U.S. Navy Rear Adm. Milton J. Sands III, incoming commander, U.S. Special Operation Command Africa, speaks to SOCAF members during the change of command ceremony July 1, 2021, at Kelly Barracks near Stuttgart, Germany.

3:40 PM7/13/2021

U.S. Navy Rear Adm. Milton Sands III, incoming commander, U.S. Special Operations Command Africa, hands the SOCAF flag to SOCAF Command Sgt. Maj. Michael Albaugh, SOCAF command sergeant major, as U.S. Army Gen. Stephen Townsend, commander, U.S. Africa Command, and U.S. Air Force Maj. Gen. Dagvin Anderson, outgoing commander, SOCAF, look on during the SOCAF change of command ceremony July 1, 2021, at Kelly Barracks near Stuttgart, Germany.

3:40 PM7/13/2021

U.S. Air Force Maj. Gen. Dagvin Anderson, outgoing commander, U.S. Special Operation Command Africa, congratulates U.S. Navy Rear Adm. Milton Sands III, incoming commander, SOCAF, on his assumption of command July 1, 2021, at Kelly Barracks near Stuttgart, Germany.

3:39 PM7/13/2021

“Thank you, thank you for making a difference, thank you for helping people to have a better life, thank you for helping them resist oppression. What we do matters, our small efforts have huge impact,” said Maj. Gen. Dagvin Anderson, outgoing commander, SOCAF.

11:38 AM7/13/2021

Officers of the Nigerian Navy Special Boat Service completed a five-week Joint Combined Exchange Training alongside a team of U.S. Army Special Forces on July 8 in Lagos, Nigeria. The JCET is part of a close and continuous military partnership between the U.S. and Nigeria spanning decades to strengthen defense ties and promote regional security.

11:37 AM7/13/2021

Officers of the Nigerian Navy Special Boat Service completed a five-week Joint Combined Exchange Training alongside a team of U.S. Army Special Forces on July 8 in Lagos, Nigeria. The JCET is part of a close and continuous military partnership between the U.S. and Nigeria spanning decades to strengthen defense ties and promote regional security.

10:27 AM7/13/2021

The Joint Combined Exchange Training is part of a close and continuous military partnership between the U.S. and Nigeria spanning decades to strengthen defense ties and promote regional security.

10:41 AM7/12/2021

U.S. Naval Forces Africa, Europe and U.S. Sixth Fleet Chief of Staff, Rear Adm. Nancy Lacore, virtually attends the two-day International Maritime Defence and Exhibition Conference 2021 hosted by the Ghanaian Navy from July 7-8, 2021.

10:14 AM7/12/2021

Chiefs of Navies and Air Forces from across the world focus on combatting piracy and supporting economies.

1:35 PM7/9/2021

During an online conversation with the Center for Strategic and International Studies, Gen. Townsend talked about transparency with African partners.

10:18 AM7/9/2021

Gen. Stephen Townsend, commander, U.S. Africa Command, and Sgt. Maj. Richard Thresher, senior enlisted leader, present the AFRICOM interagency partner of the quarter award during the AFRICOM all-hands presentation May 27, 2021. Kanishka was later recognized as the 2021 Robert D. Murphy Foreign Policy Advisor of the Year Award by the U.S. Department of State for his efforts to enable full integration of foreign policy considerations into all AFRICOM’s public messaging