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AFRICOM leader highlights support to African and international partners during Sahel visit

12:13 PM5/3/2021

U.S. Navy Rear Adm. Heidi Berg, director of intelligence, U.S. Africa Command, concluded a multiday visit to Senegal and Mali.

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AFRICOM leader highlights support to African and international partners during Sahel visit

12:00 AM5/1/2021

U.S. Navy Rear Adm. Heidi Berg tours the aviation unit and gets capability briefing on the French EC665 Tiger multi-role combat helicopter while at the French Platform Operational Desert in Gao, Mali, May 1. Berg conducted a multiday visit to Senegal and Mali to highlight U.S. Africa Command’s continued support to African and French partners and their efforts to enhance security in the Sahel.

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AFRICOM leader highlights support to African and international partners during Sahel visit

12:00 AM4/30/2021

U.S. Navy Rear Adm. Heidi Berg and Col. Jean Dieme, Senegalese Director of Military Intelligence, exchange gifts following a senior leader exchange in Dakar, Senegal, April 30. Berg conducted a multiday visit to Senegal and Mali to reinforce the importance of U.S. Africa Command’s bilateral partnership in Senegal and multinational support to countering violent extremism in the region.

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AFRICOM leader highlights support to African and international partners during Sahel visit

12:00 AM4/29/2021

U.S. Navy Rear Adm. Heidi Berg is greeted by French Army Général de brigade Michel Delpit, commander of the Element Senegalese Francais, upon her arrival to the Element Senegalese Francias base in Dakar, Senegal, April 29. Berg’s visit highlighted U.S. support of cooperative security efforts in the Sahel.

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SASC Hearing on U.S. Africa Command and U.S. Southern Command

1:30 PM4/28/2021

Gen. Stephen Townsend, commander, U.S. Africa Command, provided testimony to the Senate Armed Services Committee April 22, 2021.

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Africa Partnership Station 2019

8:51 AM4/27/2021

The Spearhead-class expeditionary fast transport ship USNS Carson City docks before departing Naval Station Rota, Spain, on July 2, 2019, in support of the ship’s 2019 Africa Partnership Station deployment. As part of the U.S. Naval Forces Africa APS mission, Carson City will visit five Gulf of Guinea nations to work alongside partners to provide host nation-identified, needs-based assistance such as medical services, small boat repair and maintenance, maritime law enforcement, and the completion of community building projects. APS is NAVAF’s flagship maritime security cooperation program focusing on maritime safety and security through increased maritime awareness, response capabilities, and infrastructure.

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Amb. Young recognized for service as ambassador to Burkina Faso 2016-20

12:00 AM4/27/2021

The award of the Knight of the Order of the Stallion is the highest honorary order awarded to individuals and legal entities for eminent service, civil or military, to the nation of Burkina Faso.

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Commander says Africa is too important for Americans to ignore

1:26 PM4/26/2021

LT Agatha Kpamina, Ghana Armed Forces, is the first female from one of U.S. Africa Command’s partners – Ghana – to attend and complete the Infantry Basic Officer Course at Fort Benning, Georgia. Mark Irish, chief of the Maneuver Center of Excellence’s International Military Student Office presents the Infantry blue cord to Kpamina.

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2021 Posture Statement to Congress

8:27 AM4/23/2021

Gen. Stephen Townsend, commander, U.S. Africa Command, provides testimony the Senate Armed Services Committee April 22, 2021.

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AFRICOM commander wraps-up posture testimony

8:21 AM4/23/2021

U.S. Africa Command commander, U.S. Army Gen. Stephen Townsend, wrapped up his annual posture statement to Congress with a hearing before the Senate Armed Services Committee April 22.

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Commander says Africa is too important for Americans to ignore

8:20 AM4/22/2021

Africa has 13 of the 25 fastest growing economies in the world, holds resources critical to 21st century progress, and is at the crossroads of the world.

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Marine aviation support to AFRICOM Crisis Response Force changes hands

12:45 PM4/21/2021

Sailors lift a U.S. Marine Corps MV-22 Osprey from the North and West Africa Response Force Aviation Combat Element from the Expeditionary Sea Base Hershel “Woody” Williams operating off the Horn of Africa, Jan. 30, 2021. The NARF stands ready to respond to crisis response missions in Africa.

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APORA strengthens rapid response capabilities through partnership, communication

10:42 AM4/21/2021

The 112 participants discussed their unique experiences with mass emergency medical response and collaborated on potential emergency response strategies to implement in the future.

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U.S. Africa Command testimony to Senate Armed Services Committee

9:19 AM4/21/2021

U.S. Army Gen. Stephen Townsend, commander, to deliver the 2021 U.S. Africa Command posture testimony before the Senate Armed Services Committee April 22.

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2021 Posture Statement to Congress

9:11 AM4/21/2021

Gen. Stephen Townsend, commander, U.S. Africa Command, to provide testimony to the House Armed Services Committee April 20, 2021, and the Senate Armed Services Committee April 22, 2021.

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U.S. Africa Command statement for record 2021 posture testimony.pdf

9:03 AM4/21/2021

Gen. Stephen Townsend, commander, U.S. Africa Command, to provide testimony to the House Armed Services Committee April 20, 2021, and the Senate Armed Services Committee April 22, 2021.

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AFRICOM commander testifies before Congress

7:24 AM4/21/2021

U.S. Africa Command commander, U.S. Army Gen. Stephen Townsend, testified before the House Armed Services Committee on April 20 as part of the command’s annual Posture Statement to Congress.

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Amb. Young recognized for service as ambassador to Burkina Faso 2016-20

12:00 AM4/21/2021

On behalf of Burkinabe President Faso Roch Kabore, Burkinabe Ambassador to the U.S. Seydou Kabore presented Ambassador Andrew Young, U.S. Africa Command deputy commander for civil-military engagement, the Knight of the Order of the Stallion for Young's service as U.S. Ambassador to Burkina Faso from 2016-20.

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Ghanaian officer earns her infantry blue cord

12:00 AM4/21/2021

Kpamina earned the distinction in April 2021 while learning infantry officer skills as part of the Military Education and Training program, which exposes foreign students to U.S. professional military education.

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U.S. Africa Command testimony to House Armed Services Committee

2:54 PM4/19/2021

U.S. Army Gen. Stephen Townsend, commander, to deliver the 2021 U.S. Africa Command posture testimony before the House Armed Services Committee Apr. 20.

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