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1:17 PM6/11/2020

Maj. Gen. Lapthe C. Flora, who has served for nearly two years as the U.S. Army Africa deputy commanding general, as well as the Virginia Army National Guard assistant adjutant general – Army land component commander, recently assumed command of Combined Joint Task Force – Horn of Africa.

9:34 PM6/10/2020

"My great-uncle served in WWII in a tank battalion under General Patton. My uncle was in the 82nd Airborne Division. I serve because I want to give back to my country, attend some high-speed military schools and deploy to defend our nation."

6:00 PM6/5/2020

Congratulations to our outstanding warriors, 1st Lt. Teddy Medina, Staff Sgt. Tyree Norwood and Spc. Christian Vergara for winning the U.S. Army Africa Best Warrior Competition. The winners will now compete in the U.S. Army Europe's Best Warrior Competition. Go out there and get the gold!

5:51 PM6/5/2020

Congratulations to our outstanding warriors, 1st Lt. Teddy Medina, Staff Sgt. Tyree Norwood and Spc. Christian Vergara for winning the U.S. Army Africa Best Warrior Competition. The winners will now compete in the U.S. Army Europe's Best Warrior Competition. Go out there and get the gold!

9:11 PM6/4/2020

Congratulations to our outstanding warriors, 1st Lt. Teddy Medina, Staff Sgt. Tyree Norwood and Spc. Christian Vergara for winning the U.S. Army Africa Best Warrior Competition. The winners will now compete in the U.S. Army Europe's Best Warrior Competition. Go out there and get the gold!

9:55 PM6/3/2020

Best Warrior Competition Day Two Challenge accepted! Best warriors executed a road march, obstacle course and a situational training exercise where they were challenged mentally and physically.

9:36 PM6/3/2020

Best Warrior Competition Day Two Challenge accepted! Best warriors executed a road march, obstacle course and a situational training exercise where they were challenged mentally and physically.

5:43 PM6/2/2020

Best Warrior Competition Day One Our best warriors completed the ACFT, shot targets during range qualification and demolished the stress shoot at the Gunfighter Gym. Check-in tomorrow to see how they tackle the ruck march and obstacle course!

3:21 PM6/1/2020

9:40 PM5/29/2020

The U.S. Army Africa Best Warrior Competition, scheduled for June 2-4, selects the best junior officers, NCOs and Soldiers.

10:16 AM5/29/2020

The U.S. Army Africa Best Warrior Competition, scheduled for June 2-4, selects the best junior officers, NCOs and Soldiers.

5:38 PM5/22/2020

Don Houghton, a U.S. Army Africa current operations intelligence analyst, assists the commander and his staff by gathering data to create actionable intelligence May 6, 2020, in Vicenza, Italy. The USARAF intelligence cell’s focus on the novel coronavirus enables the commander to safeguard U.S. personnel and maintain readiness in Africa and in the Vicenza military community. (U.S. Army photo by Maj. Brian Andries)

5:36 PM5/22/2020

Working primarily from Caserma Del Din in Vicenza, Italy, members of the U.S. Army Africa intelligence directorate waded into unfamiliar territory as the new coronavirus spread throughout Italy.

6:08 PM5/21/2020

Military Sealift Command (MSC) Spearhead-class expeditionary fast transport USNS Yuma (T-EPF 8) arrived in Koper, Slovenia, May 7. This is the second port visit by an expeditionary fast transport in Koper, the first was from USNS Carson City (T-EPF 7) in Jan. 2020.

12:38 PM5/15/2020

Check out the full video here: https://www.facebook.com/ArmyAfrica/videos/603064693634895. Maj. Gen. Roger Cloutier, the U.S. Army Africa commanding general, addresses the soon-to-be commissioned Army officers of San Diego State University while crushing the Army Combat Fitness Test. Cloutier commissioned from SDSU's Army ROTC program in 1988 and graduated from the University of San Diego. Due to COVID-19 travel restrictions, Cloutier cannot attend the ceremony, which will be conducted virtually. This does not diminish the accomplishments of those taking on the responsibility of being an officer in the U.S. Army. Let's go, Aztecs!

11:04 AM5/15/2020

Congratulations to Maj. Gen. Lapthe Flora on his promotion to Major General! He was promoted on May 2, 2020, at the Virginia National Guard Sgt. Bob Slaughter Headquarters in Richmond. Flora served as the U.S. Army Africa deputy commanding general since 2018. His outstanding leadership, dedication and selfless service not only inspired the soldiers around him but was vital to mission success.

4:21 PM4/30/2020

Capt. AnnaMaria Verdura, the U.S. Army 443rd Civil Affairs Battalion, Civil Affairs Team 219 team leader, helps spike down the frame of the donated tent CAT 219 delivered to the Agadez Regional Public Hospital in Agadez, Niger, April 6, 2020. CAT 219 reached out to local medical facilities to ascertain what supplies and equipment were needed to assist Nigerien health care providers in protecting themselves and enhancing capabilities to prevent infections and provide effective health care for potential COVID-19 patients. The hospital director requested a tent to be used as a quarantine space in the case of a potential coronavirus outbreak. (U.S. Army photo)

4:20 PM4/30/2020

The U.S. Army 443rd Civil Affairs Battalion, Civil Affairs Team 219 and U.S. Air Force civil engineers assigned to Nigerien Air Base 201 near Agadez, Niger, pose for a photo with doctors and nurses from Agadez Regional Public Hospital in front of the tent donated and delivered to the hospital April 6, 2020. CAT 219 reached out to local medical facilities to ascertain what supplies and equipment were needed to assist Nigerien health care providers in protecting themselves and enhancing capabilities to prevent infections and provide effective health care for potential COVID-19 patients. The hospital director requested a tent to be used as a quarantine space in the case of a potential coronavirus outbreak. (U.S. Army photo)