Spc. Sherry Lewis stands for a photo on Del Din in Vicenza, Italy, on Mar. 15, 2022. Lewis, a transportation management specialist assigned to the 679th Movement Control Team, is currently on a tour of duty with the U.S. Army Southern European Task Force, Africa. (U.S. Army photo by Pfc. Semaj Johnson)
Spc. Sherry Lewis stands for a photo on Del Din in Vicenza, Italy, on Mar. 15, 2022. Lewis, a transportation management specialist assigned to the 679th Movement Control Team, is currently on a tour of duty with the U.S. Army Southern European Task Force, Africa. (U.S. Army photo by Pfc. Semaj Johnson)
Spc. Sherry Lewis stands for a photo on Del Din in Vicenza, Italy, on Mar. 15, 2022. Lewis, a transportation management specialist assigned to the 679th Movement Control Team, is currently on a tour of duty with the U.S. Army Southern European Task Force, Africa. (U.S. Army photo by Pfc. Semaj Johnson)
Why I Serve: U.S. Army soldier finds ways to lead in military and civilian career
9:31 AM3/18/2022
Spc. Sherry Lewis said she joined the Army for an opportunity to better serve her community and pay for college and added that she also wanted to show young women that they can do anything they put their mind to.
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Paratroopers from U.S. Army Southern European Task Force, Africa and 173rd Airborne Brigade joined Tunisia Armed Forces in an airborne exercise near Bizerte, Tunisia, March 3-4.
Approximately 50 Soldiers from SETAF-AF and 1st Squadron, 91st Cavalry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade, parachuted alongside 50 Tunisian military counterparts onto the Al Amila drop zone on Sidi Ahmed Air Base near Bizerte, Tunisia.
The paratroopers jumped from U.S. and Tunisian military aircraft, qualifying them for an exchange of foreign jump wings. U.S. and Tunisian soldiers presented each other parachutist badges in a ceremony March 4.
While the militaries have joined together in a number of military exercises, including African Lion last year, this was the first U.S.-Tunisia airborne exercise in a decade.
A soldier from the Tunisian Special Forces Group begins taking off his parachute during an airborne operation alongside U.S. Army paratroopers assigned to 1st Squadron, 91st Cavalry Regiment (Airborne) near Bizerte, Tunisia on March 3, 2022.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade part of the U.S. Africa Command Contingency Response Force in north and west Africa. Forward deployed across Italy and Germany, the brigade routinely trains alongside Allies and partners to build partnerships and strengthen the alliance.
(U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. John Yountz)
U.S. Army paratroopers assigned to 1st Squadron, 91st Cavalry Regiment (Airborne) descend to the ground using MC-6 parachutes during an airborne operation alongside soldiers from the Tunisian Special Forces Group near Bizerte, Tunisia on March 3, 2022.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade is part of the U.S. Africa Command Contingency Response Force in north and west Africa. Forward deployed across Italy and Germany, the brigade routinely trains alongside Allies and partners to build partnerships and strengthen the alliance.
(U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. John Yountz)
U.S. Army paratroopers assigned to 1st Squadron, 91st Cavalry Regiment (Airborne) exit a Tunisian AC-130 Hercules during an airborne operation alongside soldiers from the Tunisian Special Forces Group near Bizerte, Tunisia on March 3, 2022.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade is part of the U.S. Africa Command Contingency Response Force in north and west Africa. Forward deployed across Italy and Germany, the brigade routinely trains alongside Allies and partners to build partnerships and strengthen the alliance.
(U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. John Yountz)
A U.S. Army paratrooper assigned to 1st Squadron, 91st Cavalry Regiment (Airborne) scans the drop zone for the assembly area during an airborne operation alongside soldiers from the Tunisian Special Forces Group near Bizerte, Tunisia on March 3, 2022.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade is part of the U.S. Africa Command Contingency Response Force in north and west Africa. Forward deployed across Italy and Germany, the brigade routinely trains alongside Allies and partners to build partnerships and strengthen the alliance.
(U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. John Yountz)
A U.S. Army paratrooper assigned to 1st Squadron, 91st Cavalry Regiment (Airborne) pulls his suspension lines to recover his parachute during an airborne operation alongside soldiers from the Tunisian Special Forces Group near Bizerte, Tunisia on March 3, 2022.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade is part of the U.S. Africa Command Contingency Response Force in north and west Africa. Forward deployed across Italy and Germany, the brigade routinely trains alongside Allies and partners to build partnerships and strengthen the alliance.
(U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. John Yountz)
A U.S. Army paratrooper assigned to 1st Squadron, 91st Cavalry Regiment (Airborne) slips into the wind during an airborne operation alongside soldiers from the Tunisian Special Forces Group near Bizerte, Tunisia on March 3, 2022.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade is part of the U.S. Africa Command Contingency Response Force in north and west Africa. Forward deployed across Italy and Germany, the brigade routinely trains alongside Allies and partners to build partnerships and strengthen the alliance.
(U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. John Yountz)
U.S. Army paratroopers assigned to 1st Squadron, 91st Cavalry Regiment (Airborne) assist one another in donning and rigging their parachutes during an airborne operation alongside soldiers from the Tunisian Special Forces Group near Bizerte, Tunisia on March 3, 2022.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade is part of the U.S. Africa Command Contingency Response Force in north and west Africa. Forward deployed across Italy and Germany, the brigade routinely trains alongside Allies and partners to build partnerships and strengthen the alliance.
(U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. John Yountz)
A U.S. Army paratrooper assigned to 1st Squadron, 91st Cavalry Regiment (Airborne) receives a jumpmaster parachute inspection during an airborne operation alongside soldiers from the Tunisian Special Forces Group near Bizerte, Tunisia on March 3, 2022.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade is part of the U.S. Africa Command Contingency Response Force in north and west Africa. Forward deployed across Italy and Germany, the brigade routinely trains alongside Allies and partners to build partnerships and strengthen the alliance.
(U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. John Yountz)
A U.S. Army jumpmaster assigned to 1st Squadron, 91st Cavalry Regiment (Airborne) conducts a jumpmaster parachute inspection during an airborne operation alongside soldiers from the Tunisian Special Forces Group near Bizerte, Tunisia on March 3, 2022.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade is part of U.S. Africa Command's contingency response force for north and west Africa, providing rapidly deployable forces to the United States European, African, and Central Command areas of responsibility. Forward deployed across Italy and Germany, the brigade routinely trains alongside NATO Allies and partners.
(U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. John Yountz)
SETAF-AF, 173rd Paratroopers strengthen interoperability with Tunisian partners
9:30 AM3/17/2022
Paratroopers from 173rd Airborne Brigade and U.S. Army Southern European Task Force, Africa joined Tunisia Armed Forces in an airborne exercise near Bizerte, Tunisia, March 3-4.
Approximately 50 Soldiers from SETAF-AF and 1st Squadron, 91st Cavalry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade, parachuted alongside 50 Tunisian military counterparts onto the Al Amila drop zone from Sidi Ahmed Air Base near Bizerte, Tunisia.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade is part of the U.S. Africa Command Contingency Response Force in north and west Africa. Forward deployed across Italy and Germany, the brigade routinely trains alongside Allies and partners to build partnerships and strengthen the alliance.
Soldiers with C Co., 1st Bn., 503rd Infantry Reg., 173rd Airborne Brigade, conduct a bunker clearing exercise to increase readiness during Exercise Justified Accord, March 11, 2022. Justified Accord is U.S. Africa Command's joint, combined exercise that involves multiple U.S. military components, allied partner nations and international organizations to promote interoperability between participants for peacekeeping operations in east Africa.
U.S. Army Soldiers with the 720th Ordnance Company host metal detecting training during Exercise Justified Accord in Isiolo, Kenya, March 11, 2022. U.S. forces joined representatives of Kenyan, Djiboutian, Rwandan and other partner forces for a multicomponent training exercise that focused on interoperability and peacekeeping operations in East Africa. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. N.W. Huertas)
ISIOLO, KENYA - Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) is a challenging but rewarding career field that pushes physical and mental limits for those willing to take on the challenge. U.S. Army Soldiers interested in this career field must endure several assessments before, during and after their initial training has been completed. Only a few bear such a responsibility and there are only a select group of female Soldiers within the occupational specialty.
Military historian, international relations expert talks to SETAF-AF about need for new strategy in Sahel
2:27 PM3/14/2022
Dr. Geoffrey Jackson, a NATO expert on peacekeeping operations in the African Sahel, leads a discussion among U.S. Army Southern European Task Force, Africa staff members on Caserma Del Din, Vicenza, Italy, March 11, 2022, about the history and future of counter-violent extremist organizations in the region. Jackson, a military history instructor from Mount Royal University in Canada and consultant to NATO’s Strategic Direction South Hub in Naples, Italy, shared his thoughts on the history and future of the West’s efforts in the African Sahel to curb violent extremist organizations there over the past decade (U.S. Army photo by Maj. Cain S. Claxton.)
Military historian, international relations expert talks to SETAF-AF about need for new strategy in Sahel
2:27 PM3/14/2022
A NATO expert on peacekeeping operations in the African Sahel led a discussion among U.S. Army Southern European Task Force, Africa staff members on Caserma Del Din, Vicenza, Italy, March 11 about the history and future of counter-violent extremist organizations in the region.