Ghana Armed Forces

11:58 AM6/2/2024

DAMONGO, Ghana - The sun-soaked training areas of Damongo have been transformed into a theater of partnership, where soldiers from the U.S. Army and Ghana Armed Forces unite under the blazing sun for African Lion 2024 (AL24) in Ghana.

10:56 AM5/26/2024

TAMALE, Ghana — The 2nd Security Force Assistance Brigade (2nd SFAB) is playing a crucial role in African Lion 2024 by leading a comprehensive staff exercise (STAFFEX) in Ghana. The STAFFEX focuses on enhancing operational capabilities through rehearsing the military decision-making process.

9:54 PM5/18/2024

TAMALE, Ghana —African Lion 2024 (AL24) has officially started in Ghana. The Ghana portion of the exercise began on May 13 and runs through May 26.

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.

2:05 PM6/15/2023

Utah National Guard Soldiers from the Homeland Response Force – Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear Task Force, known as HRF-CBRN, traveled overseas to train with Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) as part of Exercise African Lion 2023, from May 31 to June 14, 2023.

2:15 PM11/23/2021

VICENZA, Italy – The senior U.S. Army representative to Africa met with Ghanaian military officials in Ghana from Nov. 15-16. Gen. Christopher Cavoli, commanding general of U.S. Army Europe and Africa, headquartered in Wiesbaden, Germany, traveled to Ghana Nov. 15 to meet with Ghana’s Minister of Defense the Hon. Dominic Nitiwul and other members of the military high command of the Ghana Armed Forces. The focus of Cavoli’s trip was to discuss defense and security issues affecting West Africa, Europe, and the United States, and the leadership role that Ghana plays in supporting security within the sub-region and throughout Africa.

3:54 PM9/23/2021

12:02 PM4/27/2021

U.S. Army Lt. Col. Ronald J. Sturgeon, the 2nd Security Force Assistance Brigade training advisor counsel commander, briefs Ghana Armed Forces battalion commanders and staffs on future training plans during a site survey in Tamale, Ghana, at the Northern Command Headquarters March 30, 2021. (U.S. Army photo by Maj. Kymberley Jurado)

12:02 PM4/27/2021

Capt. Mamadou Sylla, a U.S. Army Southern European Task Force, Africa G35 planner, left, leads planning for coordination of future training between U.S. and Ghanaian soldiers at a site survey in Tamale, Ghana, March 31, 2021. (U.S. Army photo by Maj. Kymberley Jurado)

12:02 PM4/27/2021

Capt. Leyla Kosakowski, a 2nd Security Force Assistance Brigade environmental science and engineering officer, right, tests facility water sources during a site survey in Tamale, Ghana, March 31, 2021. (U.S. Army photo by Maj. Kymberley Jurado)

12:02 PM4/27/2021

Capt. Erik Alderman, a 2nd Security Force Assistance Brigade maneuver team leader, second from right, briefs a proposed training plan to Lt. Col. Benjamin Boamah, the Ghana army 6th Battalion commander, right, during a site survey in Tamale, Ghana, March 31, 2021. (U.S. Army photo by Maj. Kymberley Jurado)

12:02 PM4/27/2021

U.S. Army and Ghana Armed Forces battalion commanders discuss future engineer and maneuver training programs during a site survey in Tamale, Ghana, March 31, 2021. U.S. Army Southern European Task Force, Africa and 2nd SFAB personnel met with members of the Ghana Armed Forces to plan upcoming security force assistance training events and to further the U.S. Army and Ghana Armed Forces partnership.(U.S. Army photo by Maj. Kymberley Jurado)