U.S. African Peacekeeping Rapid Response Partnership
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Military leaders recognize partnership, regional security
12:00 AM9/17/2020
Maj. Gen. Neary thanked Brig. Gen. Omola for Uganda’s contributions to regional security and its longstanding partnership during the call Sept. 16, 2020.
During the two-week training 20 Senegalese Armed Forces (SAF) soldiers from both medical and non-medical learned about infrastructure (setting up field hospital tents and repairing where needed); medical equipment (testing equipment for functionality and maintenance requirements); and power generation. The training included a joint Mass Casualty exercise which consisted of 16 role players with multiple types of injuries to "exercise" and offer the SAF an opportunity to think through, command and control; clinical care practices such as how to set-up a casualty collection point and triage; and patient tracking.
The Global Peace Operations Initiative strengthens partner nations’ capability and capacity to execute UN, African Union, and regional peace operations by strengthening partner nations’ capabilities to generate peacekeepers and build operational capacity.