IKE Strike Group operates with Morocco in Lightning Handshake
9:32 AM3/5/2021
The Royal Moroccan Air Force (RMAF) and aircraft assigned to Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 3 fly over the Nimitz-Class aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) in the Atlantic Ocean, March 3, 2021. The IKE Carrier Strike Group is participating in Lightning Handshake, a bi-lateral exercise between the U.S. and the Royal Moroccan Navy (RMN) and Royal Moroccan Air Force (RMAF).
U.S. Africa Command Civilian Casualty Assessment Quarterly Report; 1st Quarter, 2021
12:00 AM3/5/2021
In the latest quarterly civilian casualty assessment report ending Dec. 31, 2020, U.S. Africa Command received no new reports of civilian casualties and closed out two of three open cases.
IKE Strike Group operates with Morocco in Lightning Handshake
10:29 AM3/4/2021
The Arleigh Burke-class destroyer USS Porter (DDG 78), left, the Royal Moroccan Navy frigate Tarik Ben Ziyad, center, and the Arleigh Burke-class destroyer USS Mitscher (DDG 57), sail in formation with the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69), March 3, 2021. The USS Dwight D. Eisenhower Carrier Strike Group is participating in Lightning Handshake, a bi-lateral maritime exercise between the U.S. and the Royal Moroccan Navy (RMN) and Royal Moroccan Air Force (RMAF). IKE is on a routine deployment in the U.S. Sixth Fleet area of operations in support of U.S. national interests and security in Europe and Africa.
IKE Strike Group operates with Morocco in Lightning Handshake
10:26 AM3/4/2021
The Arleigh Burke-class destroyer USS Porter (DDG-78), left, the Royal Moroccan Navy frigate Tarnk Ben Ziyad, center, and the Arleigh Burke-class destroyer USS Mitscher (DDG-57), sail in formation with the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69). IKE is on a routine deployment in the U.S. Sixth Fleet area of operations in support of U.S. national interests and security in Europe and Africa.
IKE Strike Group operates with Morocco in Lightning Handshake
10:21 AM3/4/2021
The exercise enhances interoperability between the U.S. and Moroccan Navies across multiple warfare areas, many of which include: surface warfare, anti-submarine warfare, air and strike warfare, combined logistics support, maritime interdiction operations.
U.S. forces conducts operational and logistics assessment with 37th Airlift Squadron
6:49 PM3/3/2021
U.S. forces comprised of Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa, Task Force Bayonet, and Southern European Task Force Africa civil affairs service members, participate in a site assessment in Gao, Mali, March 3, 2021 alongside French forces. U.S. forces routinely conduct operational and logistics assessment exercises across regions to prepare for contingencies, exercise readiness, and identify areas of improvement.
U.S. forces conducts operational and logistics assessment with 37th Airlift Squadron
6:21 PM3/3/2021
U.S. forces comprised of Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa, Task Force Bayonet, and Southern European Task Force Africa civil affairs service members, participate in a site assessment in Gao, Mali, March 3, 2021 alongside French forces. U.S. forces routinely conduct operational and logistics assessment exercises across regions to prepare for contingencies, exercise readiness, and identify areas of improvement.
U.S. forces conducts operational and logistics assessment with 37th Airlift Squadron
6:19 PM3/3/2021
U.S. forces comprised of Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa, Task Force Bayonet, and Southern European Task Force Africa civil affairs service members, participate in a site assessment in Gao, Mali, March 3, 2021 alongside French forces. U.S. forces routinely conduct operational and logistics assessment exercises across regions to prepare for contingencies, exercise readiness, and identify areas of improvement.
U.S. forces conducts operational and logistics assessment with 37th Airlift Squadron
6:03 PM3/3/2021
U.S. forces comprised of Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa, Task Force Bayonet, and Southern European Task Force Africa civil affairs service members, participate in a site assessment in Gao, Mali, March 3, 2021 alongside French forces. U.S. forces routinely conduct operational and logistics assessment exercises across regions to prepare for contingencies, exercise readiness, and identify areas of improvement.
USS Winston S. Churchill conducts port visit to Sudan
3:53 PM3/1/2021
Sailors man the rails as the guided-missile destroyer USS Winston S. Churchill (DDG 81) arrived in Port Sudan, Sudan for a scheduled port visit, March 1. Winston S. Churchill is deployed to the U.S. 6th Fleet area of operations in support of regional allies and partners and U.S. national security interests in Europe and Africa
USS Winston S. Churchill conducts port visit to Sudan
3:52 PM3/1/2021
The USS Winston Churchill arrived at Port Sudan on March 1, and was welcomed by an official reception from the Sudanese Naval Forces. The visit of the Winston Churchill falls on the heels of the visit of the USNS Carson City, which visited Port Sudan from Feb 24-26, as the first U.S. Navy ships to visit Sudan in at least 25 years.
USS Winston S. Churchill conducts port visit to Sudan
3:51 PM3/1/2021
The USS Winston Churchill arrived at Port Sudan on March 1, and was welcomed by an official reception from the Sudanese Naval Forces. The visit of the Winston Churchill falls on the heels of the visit of the USNS Carson City, which visited Port Sudan from Feb 24-26, as the first U.S. Navy ships to visit Sudan in at least 25 years.
USS Winston S. Churchill conducts port visit to Sudan
3:50 PM3/1/2021
The USS Winston Churchill arrived at Port Sudan on March 1, and was welcomed by an official reception from the Sudanese Naval Forces. The visit of the Winston Churchill falls on the heels of the visit of the USNS Carson City, which visited Port Sudan from Feb 24-26, as the first U.S. Navy ships to visit Sudan in at least 25 years.
USS Winston S. Churchill conducts port visit to Sudan
3:46 PM3/1/2021
The USS Winston Churchill arrived at Port Sudan on March 1, and was welcomed by an official reception from the Sudanese Naval Forces. The visit of the Winston Churchill falls on the heels of the visit of the USNS Carson City, which visited Port Sudan from Feb 24-26, as the first U.S. Navy ships to visit Sudan in at least 25 years.
USS Winston S. Churchill conducts port visit to Sudan
3:43 PM3/1/2021
The USS Winston Churchill arrived at Port Sudan on March 1, and was welcomed by an official reception from the Sudanese Naval Forces. The visit of the Winston Churchill falls on the heels of the visit of the USNS Carson City, which visited Port Sudan from Feb 24-26, as the first U.S. Navy ships to visit Sudan in at least 25 years.
USS Winston S. Churchill conducts port visit to Sudan
3:41 PM3/1/2021
The visit of the Winston Churchill falls on the heels of the visit of the USNS Carson City, which visited Port Sudan from Feb 24-26, as the first U.S. Navy ships to visit Sudan in at least 25 years.
U.S. Army Gen. Stephen Townsend, commander, U.S. Africa Command, wrapped up a three-day West African visit Feb. 22-25 with a stop in Nigeria yesterday to meet with the nation’s leaders and further the long-standing partnership and security cooperation between the two nations. As part of the visit, Townsend participated in a wreath-laying ceremony at the Nigeria Military National Cemetery to honor those who have given their lives in the service of their nation. During the visit, the delegation expressed their condolences for the seven service members killed in the crash of a Nigerian Air Force aircraft in Abuja earlier this week.