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3:25 PM7/17/2019

3:24 PM7/17/2019

U.S. Ambassador to Ethiopia Michael Raynor, left, and Brig. Gen. Lapthe C. Flora, the U.S. Army Africa deputy commanding general and co-director for exercise Justified Accord 2019, second from right, meet leaders of the Ethiopian National Defense Force before the opening ceremony of exercise Justified Accord 2019 at the Peace Support Training Center in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, July 15, 2019. JA19 is a U.S. Army Africa-led exercise designed to enhance the capacity and capability of participating international staff and forces in peacekeeping operations in support of the African Union Mission in Somalia. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Ian Valley)

4:03 PM7/16/2019

Leaders from the Ethiopian National Defense Force, the U.S., and other global partners posed for a group photo following the opening ceremony of exercise Justified Accord 2019 at the Peace Support Training Center in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, July 15, 2019. JA19 is a U.S. Army Africa-led exercise designed to enhance the capacity and capability of participating international staff and forces in peacekeeping operations in support of the African Union Mission in Somalia. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Ian Valley)

4:24 PM7/11/2019

U.S. Army Medical Professionals inspect a patient’s x-ray during Medical Readiness Exercise 19-3 at Accra, Ghana, June 10, 2019. MEDREX 19-3 allows U.S. forces to train in an alternatively resourced environment, share medical practices, and build lasting relationships with Ghanaian medical professionals. (U.S. Army Photo by Sgt. Craig Jensen)

3:38 PM6/27/2019

During the Command Senior Enlisted Leaders program at the African Land Forces summit 2019, Senior NCOs conducted a site visit at the Botswana Defence Force NCO development school on a military base in Gaborone, Botswana, June 25, 2019.

9:32 AM6/25/2019

GABORONE, Botswana – A suite of speakers welcomed more than 40 African land force chiefs, or their representative, to the seventh African Land Forces Summit at the Gaborone International Convention Center in Gaborone, Botswana, June 24, 2019.

9:22 AM6/25/2019

U.S. Army Lt. Gen. Charles Hooper, Defense Security Cooperation Agency director (Left), U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Maj. Vincent Santiago, senior enlisted advisor at the DSCA (middle), and Warrant Officer Elijah Koranga, Kenya Defense Force, share a laugh during the African Land Forces Summit 2019 in Gaborone, Botswana, June 24, 2019. ALFS is a four-day seminar that brings together land forces chiefs from across Africa to discuss topics of common interest.

4:42 PM6/21/2019

10:49 AM6/21/2019

The mobility section of U.S. Army Africa (USARAF), G4, holds initial U.S. Army Africa Transportation forum in Garmisch, Germany, June 11-13.

10:40 AM6/21/2019

The mobility section of U.S. Army Africa (USARAF), G4, holds U.S. Army Africa Transportation forum in Garmisch, Germany, June 11-13.

10:08 AM6/21/2019

USARAF, G4, is hosting an Africa Transportation forum in Garmisch, Germany June 11-13. Forum presenters are offering training and logistical insight on how to best move cargo into Africa to U.S. Army Africa Command, U.S. Army Africa, U.S. Army Europe, U.S. Naval Forces Command, and U.S. Air Force Service members, and more than a dozen other influential civilian or foreign commercial carriers.

1:20 PM6/5/2019

"I joined the military to serve. My great grandpa, grandpa, dad, step-dad, and mother all served and I felt it was my obligation to serve as they did for our country. Now the Army is MY family and I love everyday I spend in it," U.S. Army 1st Lt. Jimmy Podolak, 774th Ordnance Company (EOD), Fort Riley, Kansas. Photo: Improvised Explosive Device Defeat training, May 5-30, 2019, Makurdi Nigeria.

1:09 PM6/5/2019

"I joined the military to serve. My great grandpa, grandpa, dad, step-dad, and mother all served and I felt it was my obligation to serve as they did for our country. Now the Army is MY family and I love everyday I spend in it," U.S. Army 1st Lt. Jimmy Podolak, 774th Ordnance Company (EOD), Fort RIley, Kansas. Photo: Improvised Explosive Device Defeat training, May 5-30, 2019, Makurdi Nigeria.

12:14 PM6/3/2019

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Brian Miller, left, explosive ordnance technician, from the 774th Ordnance Company (EOD), Fort Riley, Kansas, begins the Improvised Explosive Device Defeat training lane with a block of instruction May 30, 2019, at the Nigerian Army School of Military Engineers in Makurdi, Nigeria. The U.S. Army Africa-led training strengthens partner networks and builds partner capacity in the fight against threats from violent extremist organizations.

11:18 AM5/23/2019

Brig. Gen. Eric Folkestad, U.S. Army Africa deputy commanding general, Army Reserve Engagement Cell Director, hosts a breakfast for all USARAF National Guard and Reserve Soldiers at the dining facility on Caserma Del Din, Vicenza, Italy, May 23, 2019. Brig. Gen. Folkestad brought USARAF National Guard and Reserve Soldiers together to exchange ideas and develop a strong working relationship.

9:30 AM5/22/2019

"I joined the military because my family has a history of military service. My father was my role model and he served in the Air Force. This is my dream job, I really love it." -Maj. Jessica E. Borowicz, U.S. Army Africa west region desk officer

4:09 PM5/16/2019

BANJUL, Gambia – Chaplain personnel from the Gambia Armed Forces and United States Army Africa met at the Gambia Pastoral Institute April 23-26 for their inaugural engagement. GAF Capt. Joseph Carl Gomez, the senior Christian chaplain, initiated the dialogue with USARAF that led to this ground breaking event. U.S. Army Maj. Matthew D. Madison, the USARAF operations chaplain, developed the assessment process, using a combination of briefings, question and answer meetings and small group discussions, to determine the GAF chaplaincy’s current capacities and how to effectively strengthen the partnership network. For the first time in the Gambian chaplain corps history, Muslim and Christian chaplains gathered together in one place for discussion and fellowship.

4:08 PM5/16/2019

Chaplain (Maj.) Matthew D. Madison, the U.S. Army Africa operations chaplain, right, leads a small group discussion with the Gambia Armed Forces chaplains during an event held April 23-26, 2019, at the Gambia Pastoral Institute in Banjul, Gambia. (U.S. Army photo)

9:07 AM5/16/2019

U.S. Soldiers assigned to the East Africa Response Force (EARF) and Soldiers assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 113th Infantry Regiment, New Jersey Army National Guard, both deployed in support of Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA), depart a C-130J Hercules assigned to the 75th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron, CJTF-HOA, during an emergency deployment response exer-cise at Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, May 1, 2019. The EARF provides a broad range of rapidly de-ployable military capabilities to protect American interests on the African continent should any threat arise. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Thomas Grimes)