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10:47 AM8/29/2019

Military planners from eight nations gathered in Agadir, Morocco, Aug. 5-9, to begin planning U.S. Army Africa’s largest annual exercise, African Lion.

4:56 PM8/2/2019

Exercise Justified Accord 2019 came to an end July 30, with a closing ceremony held at the Peace Support Training Center. Justified Accord is a U.S. Army Africa-led exercise designed to enhance the capacity and capability of participating staff and forces in peacekeeping operations in support of the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM).

12:12 PM7/29/2019

When disaster strikes, agencies and militaries from across the world spring into action to mitigate damage and death and to provide assistance to those in need.

4:06 PM7/20/2019

Exercise Justified Accord 2019 commenced July 15, with an opening ceremony held at the Peace Support Training Center in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, and attended by exercise participants, as well as by members of the international media.

11:34 AM7/18/2019

Over thirty chaplains and their assistants from the Zambia Defense Force met with chaplains from U.S. Army Africa at the Zambia Defense Force officers mess in Chamba Valley, just outside of Lusaka, May 21-23.

3:25 PM7/17/2019

9:32 AM6/25/2019

GABORONE, Botswana – A suite of speakers welcomed more than 40 African land force chiefs, or their representative, to the seventh African Land Forces Summit at the Gaborone International Convention Center in Gaborone, Botswana, June 24, 2019.

10:49 AM6/21/2019

The mobility section of U.S. Army Africa (USARAF), G4, holds initial U.S. Army Africa Transportation forum in Garmisch, Germany, June 11-13.

4:09 PM5/16/2019

BANJUL, Gambia – Chaplain personnel from the Gambia Armed Forces and United States Army Africa met at the Gambia Pastoral Institute April 23-26 for their inaugural engagement. GAF Capt. Joseph Carl Gomez, the senior Christian chaplain, initiated the dialogue with USARAF that led to this ground breaking event. U.S. Army Maj. Matthew D. Madison, the USARAF operations chaplain, developed the assessment process, using a combination of briefings, question and answer meetings and small group discussions, to determine the GAF chaplaincy’s current capacities and how to effectively strengthen the partnership network. For the first time in the Gambian chaplain corps history, Muslim and Christian chaplains gathered together in one place for discussion and fellowship.

3:44 PM5/13/2019

The U.S. Army Africa Emerging Enterprise Leader program is a leadership development program that is designed to provide employees with the broadening experiences necessary for their future success within the Army. The yearlong program is open to Army civilians ranked GS/GG 7-12 and was formed as a result of Army Directive 2017-14, to establish an Army enterprise-wide talent management program.

4:56 PM5/1/2019

Approximately 40 U.S. Army and 40 Senegalese medical professionals participated in the 18-day collaborative learning experience. It was a mutually beneficial exercise that brought together the U.S. Army and Senegalese military organizations to foster cooperation while conducting medical tasks.

3:08 PM4/3/2019

AGADIR, Morocco -- The Africa Mission Network is providing a secure way to collaborate information with African partner nations during exercise African Lion 2019 in Agadir, Morocco.

9:38 AM3/29/2019

A crisis on a continent as large, diverse and complex as Africa requires a robust whole of government approach where the Department of Defense and Department of State work together to quickly provide for the safety of American citizens and facilities. A key component of this response rests in the East Africa Response Force, located at Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti.

10:05 AM3/27/2019

AFRICOM executed ‘New Normal’ crisis management procedure.

1:02 PM3/26/2019

U.S. Army Africa assumed the combined joint task force headquarters role for African Lion 2019 in Agadir, Morocco, March 25.

9:39 AM3/20/2019

The imagery has played out on the small screen for years. U.S. Army recruiting commercials featuring Soldiers running toward those in need – ready and able to help.

1:47 PM2/13/2019

The U.S. military flies French personnel and cargo from a small air base in Niger to any number of outposts in west and central Africa, all in support of France’s Operation Barkhane. Operation Barkhane consists of 3,500 French soldiers deployed across the Sahel to support host countries’ fight against violent extremism.

10:23 AM11/21/2018

GABORONE, Botswana - The Botswana Defence Force will partner with U.S. Army Africa in June 2019 to co-host the seventh African Land Forces Summit in Gaborone, Botswana.

10:15 AM11/9/2018

Vicenza, ITALY – Soldiers and civilians from U.S. Army Africa receive training on the Noncombatant Evacuation Operation Tracking System currently utilized during Noncombatant Evacuation Operations on 29-30 Oct., Caserma Ederle, Vicenza, Italy.

10:43 AM11/5/2018

Soldiers from the 522nd Military Intelligence Battalion deployed to Vicenza, Italy, Sept. 24-28, to work alongside their parent unit, the 207th Military Intelligence Brigade (Theater), during Exercise Gallant Crew 18, an exercise aimed at validating the USARAF Analysis Control Element.