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SETAF Africa Minute: Episode 19

11:58 AM11/6/2024
The "SETAF Africa Minute" is a monthly video showcasing the Command's activities in Africa, Italy and beyond. SETAF Africa Minute - Episode 19 showcases: 01. Southern European Task Force, Africa - African Land Forces Summit - Initial Planning Event - Accra, Ghana 02. 173rd Airborne Brigade - Saber Junction - Hohenfels, Germany 03. Southern European Task Force, Africa - African Land Forces Colloquium - Padova, Italy 04. Southern European Task Force, Africa - Medical Readiness Exercise - Concept Development Event - Vicenza, Italy 05 . Vicenza Military Community - Monte Berico Basilica Cleanup - Vicenza, Italy The U.S. Army Southern European Task Force, Africa provides U.S. Africa Command and U.S. Army Europe & Africa a dedicated headquarters to synchronize Army activities in Africa and scalable crisis response options in Africa and Europe. (U.S. Army video edited by Chris House)
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Veteran celebrates birthday and 69 years of SETAF-AF

11:35 AM11/6/2024
Every year, retired U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Ed Furnish says he gets to celebrate two birthdays—one in September and one in October. The first is his actual birthday; the second is the anniversary of U.S. Army Southern European Task Force, Africa (SETAF-AF) —an organization that holds a special meaning in his life since he was stationed here in 1959, when he arrived as a 17-year-old from a small farm in Indiana.
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US ordnance team disarms more than just weapons with African partners

11:35 AM11/6/2024
VICENZA, Italy – A soldier gently places his finger against a detonation switch. As quick as a lightning strike, a spark speeds down the firing wire. Less than a second later, an explosion ripples through the air, leaving behind only smoke and fragments where moments earlier lay the threat of an unexploded ordnance (UXO).
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Signal and smile: Monterroso shines at African Lion 24

9:54 PM5/18/2024
ACCRA, Ghana — As the tactical communications manager for the Ghana spoke of exercise African Lion 2024 (AL24), U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Fabricio Monterroso, a signal specialist with U.S. Army Southern European Task Force, Africa (SETAF-AF), faced an immense challenge: ensuring seamless communications and connectivity for the hundreds of multinational participants spread across multiple remote Ghanaian training areas.
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US, Zambian armies host African Land Forces Summit in Livingstone

10:39 AM5/1/2024
LIVINGSTONE, Zambia — U.S. Army Southern Task Force, Africa (SETAF-AF) and the Zambia Army held the opening ceremony for the African Land Forces Summit (ALFS) 2024 in Livingstone, Zambia, near Victoria Falls. Sponsored by the U.S. Army Chief of Staff, the 12th iteration of ALFS runs April 22-26, and brings together land force chiefs from nearly 40 African countries, other partner nations, academic thought leaders and government officials for candid dialogue about shared challenges. This year’s theme is “Regional Solutions to Transnational Problems.”
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Land Forces Summit closes in Zambia, 2025 host named

10:39 AM5/1/2024
LIVINGSTONE, Zambia — U.S. Army Southern Task Force, Africa (SETAF-AF) and the Zambia Army concluded the African Land Forces Summit (ALFS) 2024 today with a closing ceremony here. Sponsored by the U.S. Army Chief of Staff, the 12th iteration of ALFS brought together land forces chiefs from approximately 40 African nations, April 22-26, here near Victoria Falls, along with six European nations, Brazil and the United States. Joined by civilian and academic leaders, approximately 400 leaders discussed shared challenges and approaches under the theme “Regional Solutions to Transnational Problems.”
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Women, Peace and Security in Africa: A Catalyst for Change

2:41 PM1/27/2024
VICENZA, Italy – Africa boasts the second largest land mass and population among continents as well as the youngest median age in the world at under 19 years on average. With seven coups over the last three years, the battle for power over African people has made international headlines. Among the more positive groups vying for legitimacy and prominence: women.
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Mass. National Guard medical planner experiences Kenya for first time

9:06 PM2/18/2023
U.S. Army Capt. James Hogan is a medical plans and operations officer, as well as executive officer for the 182nd Medical Company, Massachusetts National Guard. His hometown is Boston, Mass., but he also spent time in Georgia so he lacks the well-known Boston accent. On the civilian side, he works in the human resources department at the Veterans Affairs Boston Health System.
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Kenyan-born U.S. Army Captain returns to native land at exercise Justified Accord 2023

8:25 AM2/18/2023
As nearly 1,000 exercise participants gather in Kenya for this year’s iteration of Justified Accord (JA23), one U.S. Army Reserve Soldier returns to very familiar territory. “It’s humbling to come back to my roots,” said U.S. Army Capt. Ronald Ottichilo, a microbiologist with U.S. Army Southern European Task Force, Africa (SETAF-AF).
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African Lion 22 begins, runs June 6-30 in Morocco, Tunisia, Senegal and Ghana

2:53 PM6/9/2022
African Lion 22 features a joint task force command post exercise, a combined arms live fire exercise, a maritime exercise, an air exercise including bomber aircraft, a joint forcible entry with paratroopers into a field training exercise, a chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear response exercise, and a humanitarian civic assistance program event.
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