Exercise Justified Accord 2018 plan takes shape in Uganda
10:35 AM2/2/2018
U.S. Army Lt. Col. Casey Moes speaks to U.S. and Ugandan military planners during the main planning event for Justified Accord 2018, Feb. 1, 2018. The JA18 MPE brought partner nation planners together to discuss and shape the second annual Justified Accord exercise designed to enhance and enable East African partner militaries to support ongoing peacekeeping operations.
Exercise Justified Accord 2018 plan takes shape in Uganda
10:33 AM2/2/2018
Planners from Uganda, U.S., the Netherlands and the United Kingdom pose for a group photo during the main planning event for Justified Accord 2018, Feb. 1, 2018. The JA18 MPE brought partner nation planners together to discuss and shape the second annual Justified Accord exercise designed to enhance and enable East African partner militaries to support peacekeeping operations in Somalia.
Exercise Justified Accord 2018 plan takes shape in Uganda
10:24 AM2/2/2018
Military planners from the United States, Uganda, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom converged here Jan. 29 to Feb. 2 to continue the planning and preparation for the second annual U.S. Army Africa-led exercise Justified Accord 2018, scheduled to take place in June.
US, Nigerian soldiers participate in advanced infantry training
2:08 PM2/1/2018
Soldiers from the U.S. Army Security Assistance Training Management Organization and the 1st Battalion, 32nd Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division participated in an advanced infantry training with the Nigerian 26th Infantry Battalion Jan. 15-19 at the Nigerian Army School of Infantry in Jaji, Nigeria.
The training’s purpose is increasing lethality, survivability and sustainability capabilities for near-term operations combating Boko Haram and other threats, as well as strengthening a long-term relationship between the forces, leading to increased regional stability when combating national threats in country and abroad. (U.S. Army photos)
Early entry command post conducts communication capability exercise
4:40 PM1/30/2018
The Early Entry Command Post conducts a communications exercise on Caserma Ederle, Vicenza, Italy, Jan. 24, 2018. The COMEX is intended to validate systems, services, connections and integration of enabler components in support of the EECP field training exercise and initial core joint task force requirements in the future. (U.S. Army photo/Spc. Angelica Mendez)
Early entry command post conducts communication capability exercise
4:33 PM1/30/2018
The Early Entry Command Post conducts a communications exercise on Caserma Ederle, Vicenza, Italy, Jan. 24, 2018. The COMEX is intended to validate systems, services, connections and integration of enabler components in support of the EECP field training exercise (FTX) and initial core joint task force requirements in the future. (U.S. Army photo/Spc. Angelica Mendez)
The Early Entry Command Post conducts a communications exercise on Caserma Ederle, Vicenza, Italy, Jan. 24, 2018. The COMEX is intended to validate systems, services, connections and integration of enabler components in support of the EECP field training exercise (FTX) and initial core joint task force requirements in the future. (U.S. Army photo/Spc. Angelica Mendez)
Soldiers of 1st Battalion, 87th Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division complete a driver’s training class at Contingency Location Garoua, Cameroon, Jan. 21, 2018, as part of Task Force Darby. TF Darby Soldiers are serving in a support role for the Cameroon military’s fight against the violent extremist organization Boko Haram. (U.S. Army photo/Staff Sgt. Christina Turnipseed)
A U.S. Soldier from 1st Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division assigned to Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa's East African Response Force maneuvers through a smoke screen during a live-fire exercise in Djibouti, Africa, Dec. 27, 2017. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Erin Piazza)
Pfc. Twiford of 1st Battalion, 87th Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division, tries on a gas mask to ensure proper fit at Contingency Location Garoua, Cameroon. The Joint Service General Purpose Mask (JSGPM) is a lightweight, protective mask system incorporating state-of-the-art technology to protect U.S. Joint forces from actual or anticipated threats. There are two variants: The M-50 for ground and shipboard personnel and the M-51 for armored combat vehicle crewman. Soldiers of 1-87 IN are serving in a support role of the Cameroon military’s fight against the violent extremist organization Boko Haram.
Ohio National Guard members join Serbian, Angolan armed forces for historic trilateral exercise PAMBALA 2017
9:51 AM1/17/2018
Maj. Donald McHone, right, a nurse assigned to the Ohio Army National Guard, collaborates with Col. Silvia Silvestre, a pediatrician with the Angolan armed forces, in the pediatrics clinic in the village of Vale do Paraiso during the PAMBALA 2017 medical exercise Dec. 12, 2017, in Bengo Province, Angola. The engagement offered Ohio National Guard personnel the opportunity to share best practices, strengthen medical treatment processes, establish new relationships with members of the Angolan armed forces, and nurture their existing 11-year partnership with Serbia through the National Guard State Partnership Program. (Ohio National Guard photo/Staff Sgt. Wendy Kuhn)
NY National Guard Soldier dies rescuing residents from apartment fire
3:38 PM1/16/2018
New York Army National Guard Pfc. Emmanuel Mensah died during a fire in an apartment buiilding in the Bronx, New York City, Dec. 28, 2017. Mensah is believed to have saved four people before he died in the fire, which killed 12 people. (Courtesy photo/New York Army National Guard Recruiting and Retention Battalion)
Maj. Andrzej Kujawski, the Task Force Darby commander at CL Garoua, second row left, and Col. Barthelemy Tsilla, the Cameroonian air force commander of base 301, enjoy a laugh at Kujawski's hat placement skills. Tsilla invited Kujawski to participate in a biannual promotion ceremony Jan. 1, 2018, in Garoua, Cameroon. TF Darby Soldiers are serving in a support role for the Cameroonian military’s fight against the violent extremist organization Boko Haram. (U.S. Army photo/Staff Sgt. Christina Turnipseed)
Task Force Darby team visits, delivers donations to youth rehabilitation center
12:51 PM1/9/2018
Sgt. Adrian Cordova, a Task Force Darby mail clerk, and a young resident of the Saare Jabbama youth rehabilitation center for boys in Garoua, Cameroon, carry food donated to the center by American Soldiers and civilians Dec. 23, 2017. Fourteen service members assisted the TF Darby civil affairs team with delivering food, soccer nets and soccer balls. TF Darby Soldiers are serving in a support role for the Cameroonian military’s fight against the violent extremist organization Boko Haram. (U.S. Army photo/ Staff Sgt. Christina Turnipseed)
Task Force Darby team visits, delivers donations to youth rehabilitation center
12:49 PM1/9/2018
Spc. Ryan Worwood of Task Force Darby and 1st Battalion, 87th Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division, plays soccer with the boys of the Saare Jabbama youth rehabilitation center Dec. 23, 2017, in Garoua, Cameroon. Fourteen service members assisted the TF Darby civil affairs team with delivering food, soccer nets and soccer balls. TF Darby Soldiers are serving in a support role for the Cameroonian military’s fight against the violent extremist organization Boko Haram. (U.S. Army photo/Staff Sgt. Christina Turnipseed)
Task Force Darby team visits, delivers donations to youth rehabilitation center
6:32 PM1/8/2018
Fourteen service members assisted the Task Force Darby civil affairs team with delivering food, soccer nets and soccer balls to the Saare Jabbama youth rehabilitation center Dec. 23, 2017, in Garoua, Cameroon. The Soldiers are serving in a support role for the Cameroonian military’s fight against the violent extremist organization Boko Haram. (U.S. Army photo/Staff Sgt. Christina Turnipseed)
Access to Africa: setting the theater for long-term strategic success
5:42 PM1/8/2018
U.S. Army 2nd Lt. Michael A. Goss, center, a platoon leader with 1st Battalion, 327th Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), discusses squad-level tactics during a situational training lane in Libreville, Gabon, July 27, 2017. The platoon of 101st Soldiers conducted training alongside its Gabonese counterparts to include physical fitness training and a ruck march during exercise Judicious Activation 17-2. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. 1st Class Alexandra Hays)