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Collaborative group drives safety success at SETAF-AF
11:35 AM11/6/2024
VICENZA, Italy – Safety goes beyond individual responsibility—it is about learning from shared experiences and working together to uphold best practices.
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Veteran celebrates birthday and 69 years of SETAF-AF
11:35 AM11/6/2024
Every year, retired U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Ed Furnish says he gets to celebrate two birthdays—one in September and one in October. The first is his actual birthday; the second is the anniversary of U.S. Army Southern European Task Force, Africa (SETAF-AF) —an organization that holds a special meaning in his life since he was stationed here in 1959, when he arrived as a 17-year-old from a small farm in Indiana.
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US ordnance team disarms more than just weapons with African partners
11:35 AM11/6/2024
VICENZA, Italy – A soldier gently places his finger against a detonation switch. As quick as a lightning strike, a spark speeds down the firing wire. Less than a second later, an explosion ripples through the air, leaving behind only smoke and fragments where moments earlier lay the threat of an unexploded ordnance (UXO).
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US, partner Soldiers train for Expert Field Medical Badge in Italy
11:35 AM11/6/2024
VICENZA, Italy – Over 1,000 Soldiers from U.S. Army units across Europe, including 173rd Airborne Brigade and U.S. Army Southern European Task Force, Africa (SETAF-AF), as well as foreign partner soldiers, gathered at Caserma Del Din to earn the much-coveted Expert Soldier, Infantryman and Field Medical Badges, also known as the ‘E3B.’
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US concludes successful bilateral medical readiness exercise in Angola
3:13 PM7/31/2024
LUANDA, Angola – A medical readiness exercise (MEDREX) involving a team of 16 U.S. Army Reserve medical professionals from the 934th Forward Resuscitative Surgical Detachment (FRSD), 807th Medical Command Deployment Support, based in Salt Lake City, Utah, successfully concluded July 19, 2024.
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US Army Soldier transforms lives through dental care in Burundi
3:13 PM7/31/2024
When staff wheeled a Burundian man into the Kamenge Military Hospital’s dental office, U.S. Army Maj. Fedrick Dawson experienced a moment of déjà vu.
He thought he had seen the man before.
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Combined American and Chadian medical exercise concludes
4:26 AM7/19/2024
Soldiers from the 3rd Medical Command Deployment Support, a U.S. Army Reserve unit headquartered in Atlanta, GA, concluded their time in N’Djamena, Chad with a closing ceremony hosted by Chadian Armed Force [Forces Armées Tchadiennes], at the Garnison Military Hospital, June 26, 2024.
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US, Italy conduct staff training exercise ahead of exercise Saber Junction 2024
4:26 AM7/19/2024
VICENZA, ITALY - Soldiers from the Vittorio Veneto Division, Italian Army, and the 173rd Airborne Brigade participated in a weeklong staff exercise with U.S. Army Southern European Task Force, Africa (SETAF-AF) to prepare for exercise Saber Junction 2024 (SJ24).
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Maj. Gen. Todd Wasmund presents first Major Gen. Gordon B. “Skip” Davis Jr. Lions Legacy Awards
4:26 AM7/19/2024
VICENZA, Italy - U.S. Army Southern European Task Force, Africa (SETAF-AF), recognized three staff members with the first ever Major Gen. Gordon B. “Skip” Davis Jr. Lions Legacy Award at Casema Ederle, June 21, 2024.
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US Army combat medic, Angolan partners save life, during medical readiness exercise
4:26 AM7/19/2024
When an Angolan woman suddenly went into cardiac arrest in the Luanda military hospital, U.S. Army Spc. Joshua Ford knew exactly what to do.
Amid the noise and urgency of the emergency room, Ford and his teammates from the 934th Forward Resuscitative Surgical Detachment (FRSD) saved her life.
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Gainey assumes command of U.S. Army Southern European Task Force, Africa (SETAF-AF) from Wasmund in Italy
4:26 AM7/19/2024
VICENZA, Italy – On July 18, soldiers from U.S. Army Southern European Task Force, Africa (SETAF-AF) gathered at Hoekstra Field on Caserma Ederle in Vicenza, to welcome their new commanding general. During the change of command ceremony, U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Todd R. Wasmund handed over leadership to U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Andrew C. Gainey.
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US Army Reserve deploys to Angola for medical readiness exercise
5:47 PM7/9/2024
A specialized team from the 934th Forward Resuscitative Surgical Detachment (FRSD) based in Salt Lake City, Utah, arrived in Luanda to participate in the latest medical readiness exercise (MEDREX). Scheduled to span three weeks from July 8-20, this exercise marks a significant effort in fostering U.S.-Angola military medical collaboration.
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US, Botswana finalize planning for exercise Southern Accord 2024
10:30 PM6/23/2024
GABORONE, Botswana – The U.S. Army and Botswana Defence Force (BDF) successfully concluded the final planning conference for exercise Southern Accord 2024 (SA24). The conference ran from June 18-21, and marked the culmination of preparations for the joint military exercise, which is designed to increase cooperation and interoperability between the two nations.
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US Army Reserve surgical team Soldiers assist Chadian medical partners with depot explosion triage
10:30 PM6/23/2024
On June 19 while conducting a Medical Readiness Exercise (MEDREX) at the Garnison Military Hospital in N’Djamena two U.S. Army Reserve Soldiers assisted three Chadian citizens injured from an ammunition depot explosion on June 18.
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US, Chad medical readiness exercise begins
1:47 PM6/20/2024
Soldiers from the 402nd Forward Resuscitative Surgical Detachment (FRSD), a part of the 3rd Medical Command Deployment Support, a U.S. Army Reserve unit from Fort Devens, Mass. will join forces with Chadian Armed Forces [Forces Armées Tchadiennes] military medical professionals over the next fourteen days to foster a bilateral exchange of cultural knowledge and medical expertise during the Medical Readiness Exercise (MEDREX) in N’Djamena.
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Newest major non-NATO ally Kenya, US begin planning Justified Accord 2025
1:47 PM6/20/2024
VICENZA, Italy — The initial planning event for exercise Justified Accord 2025 (JA25) took place from June 10-13, setting the stage for the multinational military exercise scheduled for Feb. 10-21, 2025 in Kenya.
The planning event comes less than a month after U.S. President Joe Biden named Kenya a major non-NATO ally, the first in sub-Saharan Africa.
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US Army Reserve surgical team Soldiers assist Chadian medical partners with depot explosion triage
1:47 PM6/20/2024
On June 19 while conducting a Medical Readiness Exercise (MEDREX) at the Garnison Military Hospital in N’Djamena two U.S. Army Reserves Soldiers assisted three Chadian citizens injured from an ammunition depot explosion on June 18.
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African Lion 24 concludes with strategic success across four nations
8:21 AM6/10/2024
VICENZA, Italy — African Lion 24 (AL24), U.S. Africa Command’s premier, annual combined joint exercise conducted by U.S. Army Southern European Task Force, Africa (SETAF-AF), concluded on May 31, 2024, in Morocco.
AL24 ran from April 19 to May 31 across Ghana, Morocco, Senegal, and Tunisia, with over 8,100 participants from 27 nations and NATO contingents.
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Maryland Army National Guard and multinational partners strengthen bonds in Senegal
11:58 AM6/2/2024
DODJI, Senegal — As the dust settles over the training areas in Dodji, Senegal, A Company, 1st Battalion, 175th Infantry Regiment of the Maryland Army National Guard (1-175) stands out for its essential role in exercise African Lion 2024 (AL24).
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Maryland Army National Guard deepens defense partnership in Ghana at African Lion 2024
11:58 AM6/2/2024
DAMONGO, Ghana - The sun-soaked training areas of Damongo have been transformed into a theater of partnership, where soldiers from the U.S. Army and Ghana Armed Forces unite under the blazing sun for African Lion 2024 (AL24) in Ghana.
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