U.S. Army Southern European Task Force, Africa (SETAF-AF) conducts multiple joint force events in Italy and various parts of Africa such as Tunnisa, Ghana, and Morocco. SETAF-AF supports competition, provides command and control in the land domain, strengthens partnerships, sets the theater, and conducts security force assistance in order to achieve U.S. Africa Command and U.S. Army Campaign Plan objectives. (U.S. Army video by Cpl. Genesis Miranda)
U.S. Army Southern European Task Force, Africa (SETAF-AF) conducts multiple joint force events in Italy and various parts of Africa such as Tunnisa, Ghana, and Morocco. SETAF-AF supports competition, provides command and control in the land domain, strengthens partnerships, sets the theater, and conducts security force assistance in order to achieve U.S. Africa Command and U.S. Army Campaign Plan objectives. (U.S. Army video by Cpl. Genesis Miranda)
Cyber-focus unveiled at Justified Accord 23 final planning event
12:39 PM12/23/2022
Justified Accord 23 (JA23), scheduled from Feb. 13-24, is led by U.S. Army Southern European Task Force, Africa (SETAF-AF). This multinational exercise brings together more than 20 countries from 3 continents to increase partner readiness for peacekeeping missions, crisis response and humanitarian assistance.
JA 23 will feature the following events: An African Union academics course, a multinational field training exercise, a live-fire exercise, humanitarian assistance and disaster relief projects, as well as training on defensive cyber capabilities.
Military planners design African Lion 23 command and control exercise
5:02 PM12/13/2022
U.S. military and interagency planners finished designing the scenario for Exercise African Lion 23 at the Joint Staff Suffolk Complex Dec. 5-16.
The group of nearly 50 experts across all joint functions and several interagency disciplines developed a robust scenario that they think will test the warfighting capabilities of U.S. Africa Command and its service components, principally the U.S. Army Southern European Task Force, Africa.
Senegalese Armed Forces soldiers welcome U.S. Army Southern European Task Force, Africa Commander Maj. Gen. Todd Wasmund (left) with an honor guard Dec. 8, 2022 during a visit to the Senegal Defense Institute in Dakar, Senegal. Wasmund visited army leaders in Senegal to discuss land forces cooperation and shared priorities.
(DAKAR, Senegal) -- The commanding general and command sergeant major of the U.S. Army’s Southern European Task Force – Africa concluded a three-country visit to West Africa Dec. 7-9 here.
In this episode, Spc. Nathaniel Fetherolf discusses his role as a Geospatial Intelligence Analyst Engineer with the 517th Geospatial Planning Cell (GPC), U.S. Army Southern European Task Force, Africa.
In this episode, Spc. Nathaniel Fetherolf discusses his role as a Geospatial Intelligence Analyst Engineer with the 517th Geospatial Planning Cell (GPC), U.S. Army Southern European Task Force, Africa.
U.S., Angola conclude inaugural military medical exercise
11:15 AM11/29/2022
U.S. and Angolan militaries wrapped up a two week medical readiness exercise (MEDREX) with a closing ceremony, Nov. 18, 2022. The Angolan Armed Forces, in partnership with the U.S. Army Southern European Task Force, Africa (SETAF-AF) and the 807th Medical Command, U.s. Army Reserve, hosted the MEDREX at the Principle Military Hospital in Luanda from Nov. 8-18, 2022. The event marked the first of its kind to be held in Angola.
(From left) U.S. Army Garrison Commander Col. Matthew J. Gomlak, U.S. Army Southern European Task Force, Africa (SETAF-AF) Commanding General Maj. Gen. Todd R. Wasmund and Garrison Command Sgt. Maj. Jonathon D. Dyon answer questions during a town hall meeting on Caserma Ederle, Vicenza, Italy, Nov. 21. 2022. Vicenza Military Community (VMC) leaders scheduled the town hall to listen to concerns and inform about efforts they are taking to resolve issues. Department of Defense civilians, Soldiers and their spouses addressed topics of concern such as rising utility costs, employment opportunities for Family Members and other quality of life issues. (U.S. Army photo by Cpl. Genesis Miranda)
(From left) U.S. Army Garrison Commander Col. Matthew J. Gomlak, U.S. Army Southern European Task Force, Africa (SETAF-AF) Commanding General Maj. Gen. Todd R. Wasmund and Garrison Command Sgt. Maj. Jonathon D. Dyon answer questions during a town hall meeting on Caserma Ederle, Vicenza, Italy, Nov. 21. 2022. Vicenza Military Community (VMC) leaders scheduled the town hall to listen to concerns and inform about efforts they are taking to resolve issues. Department of Defense civilians, Soldiers and their spouses addressed topics of concern such as rising utility costs, employment opportunities for Family Members and other quality of life issues. (U.S. Army photo by Cpl. Genesis Miranda)
U.S. Army Garrison Italy Civilian Personnel Advisory Director Jennifer Tavares participates in a town hall meeting on Caserma Ederle, Vicenza, Italy, Nov. 21. 2022. Tavares addresses questions of concern regarding privatized housing. Vicenza Military Community (VMC) leaders scheduled the town hall to listen to concerns and inform about efforts they are taking to resolve issues. Department of Defense civilians, Soldiers and their spouses addressed topics of concern such as rising utility costs, employment opportunities for Family Members and other quality of life issues. (U.S. Army photo by Cpl. Genesis Miranda)
VMC leaders hold town hall to address community concerns
3:34 PM11/22/2022
Vicenza Military Community leaders held a town hall Monday on Caserma Ederle to listen to concerns and inform about efforts they are taking to resolve issues.
Members of a 12-person U.S. Army medical team assigned to the U.S. Army Reserve's 807th Medical Detachment (Deployment Support), partner with Angolan Armed Forces medical professionals to deliver surgical treatment to local patients during the Angola Medical Readiness Exercise (MEDREX) held at the Hospital Militar Principal in Luanda, Angola, Nov. 8-18, 2022.
MEDREX is a medical training exercise, planned and executed by the U.S. Army Southern European Task Force, Africa (SETAF-AF), that allows military health specialists from the U.S. Army and their African partners to exchange medical practices, procedures and techniques that build and strengthen treatment capabilities, resulting in lasting relationships between medical professionals.
Gen. Michael Langley presents Army Capt. Claudia McDermott with a commander’s coin during a visit to the U.S.-Angola Military Medical Readiness Exercise in Luanda, Angola, Nov. 10, 2022. Langley, the commanding general of U.S. Africa Command, stopped by the exercise during a visit to Angola to discuss security cooperation with senior Angola defense officials. McDermott led the team of U.S. Army medical providers participating in the exercise with Angolan counterparts (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Alisha Grezlik)
U.S. Africa Command Commander Gen. Michael Langley discusses military medicine with Angola Brig. Gen. Armando Pinto and Ms. Francisca dos Reis, U.S. Embassy Office of Security Cooperation Program Assistant, during a visit to the Principle Military Hospital and Superior Institute of Medicine in Luanda, Angola, Nov. 10. Langley, the U.S. Africa Command commander, was in Angola to discuss security cooperation with senior Angolan defense officials. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Alisha Grezlik)
(Left to right) Angola army Lt. Gen. Alberto DeAlmeida, U.S. Marine Corps Gen. Michael Langley, Ms. Francisca dos Reis, and Angola army Brig. Gen. Filomena Buruti tour the Angola army’s Principle Military Hospital and Superior Institute of Medicine in Luanda, Angola, Nov. 10. Langley, the U.S. Africa Command commander, was in Angola to discuss security cooperation with senior Angolan defense officials. (U.S. Army photo by Master Sgt. Dave S. Thompson)
AFRICOM commander visits Angola, military medical readiness exercise
1:41 PM11/14/2022
AFRICOM Commander Gen. Michael Langley visited senior Angola defense officials in Luanda, Angola, on Nov. 10, while observing a military medical readiness exercise involving U.S. and Angolan doctors.
U.S. Army Maj. Andrew Isaacson (left), general surgeon, 848th Forward Resuscitative Surgical Detachment, performs hernia surgery on an Angolan patient while an Angolan Army medical intern (right) assists, during the Angola Medical Readiness Exercise 23-1, held at the Hospital Militar Principal in Luanda, Angola, Nov. 09, 2022. Isaacson is part of a team of 12 U.S. Army medical personnel from the U.S. Army Reserve’s 807th Medical Command, partnering with medical professionals of the Angolan Armed Forces to provide treatment to military and civilian patients in the community, Nov. 8-18, 2022. MEDREX is a medical training exercise, planned and executed by the United States Army Southern European Task Force, Africa, that allows military health specialists from the U.S. Army and their African Partners to exchange medical practices, procedures and techniques that build and strengthen treatment capabilities, resulting in lasting relationships between medical professionals. (U.S. Army photo by Master Sgt. Dave Thompson)