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4:21 PM6/23/2017

1:06 PM6/15/2017

The soldiers of 1st Battalion, 506th Infantry Regiment, part of the 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division, celebrated the U.S. Army’s 242nd birthday while serving in Cameroon, June 14

11:27 PM6/6/2017

Maj. P. Jason Auchincloss to receive the Surgeon General's Physician Assistant Recognition Award for his contributions to military medicine

1:48 PM6/2/2017

ACCRA, Ghana – The U.S. Army, in partnership with Ghana Armed Forces and other partner nations, hosted a Regional Leader Seminar for senior military leaders in Accra, Ghana, May 29, 2017.

4:24 PM6/1/2017

ACCRA, Ghana – Participants from 20 countries celebrated the conclusion of United Accord 2017, a combined-joint military exercise at the Kofi Annan Peacekeeping Training Centre, Accra, Ghana, May 30.

10:01 AM5/31/2017

101st Airborne Division platoon provides secure training area for historic Somali National Army training

12:08 AM5/31/2017

ACCRA, Ghana – Caked with mud, dripping with sweat and carrying minimal survival tools, Soldiers from the 1st Battalion, 506th Infantry Regiment move through the humid and thick brush of the Achiase Jungle. The regionally aligned forces of U.S. Army Africa attended the Ghana Armed Forces-led Jungle Warfare School on Achiase military base, Akim Oda, Ghana, May 20-29, 2017.

11:31 AM5/23/2017

UA17 is an exercise designed to develop the capacity of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Standby Force's rapid deployment capability to plan, deploy, employ and sustain forces in support of peacekeeping operations.

10:24 AM5/20/2017

The Malawi Defence Force hosted the fifth annual African Land Forces Summit, bringing together land force chiefs from the U.S., United Kingdom, France, Brazil and 40 nations across the African continent.

10:09 AM5/20/2017

For the first time in ALFS history, noncommissioned officers had an opportunity to take the stage and learn from one another through a dedicated Senior Enlisted Program.

1:06 PM5/14/2017

It was just another ordinary day of practicing medicine in Dallas, Ga., for Michael Shotwell until a U.S. Army recruiter walked in and changed everything.

2:58 PM5/9/2017

VICENZA, Italy -- The Senior Enlisted Advisor to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff says the character of conflict is changing, and the U.S. military must adapt to keep up with global threats.

8:38 PM5/8/2017

Senior military leaders from the U.S., United Kingdom, France, Brazil and 40nations across the African continent converged in “The Warm Heart of Africa” for an opportunity to strengthen partnerships during African Land Forces Summit 2017, May 8, in Lilongwe, Malawi.

6:40 PM5/5/2017

Chadian and American military medical professionals kicked off Medical Readiness Training Exercise 17-3 with an informal ceremony at the Military Teaching Hospital in N’Djamena, Chad, May 2.

11:25 AM5/1/2017

Unified Focus 2017 was a weeklong tabletop exercise held at the Douala Naval Base, April 24-28, that brought the military partners of the Lake Chad basin area’s Multinational Joint Task Force (MNJTF) together to practice joint planning and coordination through a series of scripted vignettes.

6:36 PM4/24/2017

Unified Focus 2017 is a weeklong tabletop exercise that brings the military partners of the Lake Chad basin area’s Multinational Joint Task Force (MNJTF) together to practice joint planning and coordination through a series of scripted vignettes.

5:11 PM4/24/2017

The accord series is a U.S. Africa Command program composed of four annual, combined and joint military exercises that take place in African countries and encourage partnerships between participants from United States, African Union, European and other coalition partner forces and agencies.

8:42 AM4/20/2017

Infantry and logistics Soldiers from the Senegal Army recently spent two weeks visiting Fort Campbell to observe 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division operations, in order to promote multinational sharing of information and develop interoperability among Senegal and U.S. forces.

10:36 AM4/14/2017

U.S. Army Africa chaplains discuss deployment cycle support and spiritual leadership and development components with Zambian chaplains preparing to deploy to Central African Republic and South Sudan to support service members on extended peacekeeping missions

2:12 PM4/3/2017

Military planners from the U.S. and Malawi gathered in Lilongwe, Malawi, March 27-31 to finalize the details needed to support ALFS 17, scheduled to take place in May.