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Photos from March, 2004

  • Gen. Charles F. Wald, U.S. European Command deputy commander, and Sgt. Maj. John M. Mersino, U.S. European Command senior enlisted advisor attach the streamer denoting the command’s achievement to the staff of the EUCOM flag in front of a formation of more than 300 headquarters personnel, March 26. The command earned the Joint Meritorious Unit Award for exceptionally meritorious service – the sixth such award since 1991. Presented to the command by the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gen. Richard B. Myers, the gold-framed ribbon is for U.S. military members who were assigned to the headquarters between Jan. 1, 2000 and June 30, 2003. Members of the Armed Forces of the United States who were permanently assigned or attached by official orders to Headquarters EUCOM during this time are eligible to wear the ribbon. Special Operations Command, Europe was also recognized at the ceremony with the Joint Meritorious Unit Award. U.S. military members who were assigned to the SOCEUR betwe Hi-res / Details / Comments ...
  • Gen. Charles Wald, U.S. European Command deputy director, along with other members of the command's Senior Advisory Group, views ships of the Azerbaijan Coast Guard during the groups visit there March 12-13. Other delegation members included Adm. Gregory Johnson, Commander of U.S. Naval Forcers in Europe and Commander-in-Chief of Allied Forces in Southern Europe, Ambassador Kenneth Brown, Ambassador Harriet Elam-Thomas, Ambassador Lloyd Hand and Ambassador Robert Hunter. The group met with senior government officials to discuss regional issues and U.S.-Azerbaijan bilateral cooperation. (U.S. EUCOM photo) Hi-res / Details / Comments ...
  • A pallet of food and blankets slips off the back of a 37th Airlift Squadron C-130 Hercules March 12, as the crew performs a “combat offload” at Faya-Largeau Airport, Chad. The aid was delivered to Chadian forces in response to their request for assistance after the military engaged a group of trans-national terrorists and sustained casualties. A combat offload consists of opening the back of the aircraft and releasing the pallet of cargo from its locks. The loadmasters position and steady the pallet. From here, the pilot stomps on the brakes and throttles up the engines. When the engines reach full speed, the pilot releases the brakes. As the aircraft lunges forward, the pallets slip off the back of the aircraft. (U.S. Air Force photo by 1st Lt. Phillip Ulmer) Hi-res / Details / Comments ...
  • Staff Sgt. Marc Hawsey, 786th Security Forces Squadron Raven 1127, keeps a watchful eye and assesses the situation March 12, as 37th Airlift Squadron crews deliver more than 19 tons of aid to Chadian forces at Faya-Largeau Airport, Chad. The aid was delivered in response to Chad’s request for assistance after the military engaged a group of trans-national terrorists and sustained casualties. (U.S. Air Force photo by 1st Lt. Phillip Ulmer) Hi-res / Details / Comments ...
  • ACCRA, Ghana - Gen. Charles F. Wald, U.S. European Command, deputy commander, discusses plans for the future exercise reception center with Ensign Brent Uyehara, a U.S. Naval Seabee deployed there to help construct the center. Gen. Wald was in Ghana concluding a weeklong trip to Africa where he also visited South Africa, Sao Tome and Gabon. He traveled to Africa to meet with leaders and discuss the growing strategic value of the continent in a changing global security. U.S. European Command has programs in place to help the nations of Africa build competent, disciplined militaries, capable of effective counter-terrorism operations and open to cooperative interaction with the militaries of neighboring states - programs that include Humanitarian Assistance, HIV/AIDS education and testing programs, and other various exercises. Also looking on were Lt. Gen. Seth Obeng, Ghana Chief of the Defense Staff; Col. Ed Misker, Defense Attaché to Ghana; and U.S. Ambassador to Ghana, Mary Carlin Yate Hi-res / Details / Comments ...
  • Soldiers from the 1/10th Special Forces Group (Airborne) teach mounted infantry tactics to soldiers from the Malian Army in Timbuktu, Mali, Feb. 20. The Pan Sahel Initiative (PSI) is a U.S. State Department funded program in the northern African countries of Mali, Mauritania, Niger, and Chad designed to enhance border capabilities throughout the region against arms smuggling, drug trafficking, and the movement of trans-national terrorists. U.S. Army Special Forces, assigned to Special Operations Command Europe, are training selected military units in Mali and Mauritania on mobility, communications, land navigation, and small unit tactics. (USAF Photo by Staff Sgt. Edward Braly) Hi-res / Details / Comments ...
  • Soldiers from the 1/10th Special Forces Group (Airborne) teach mounted infantry tactics to soldiers from the Malian Army in Timbuktu, Mali, Feb. 20. The Pan Sahel Initiative (PSI) is a U.S. State Department funded program in the northern African countries of Mali, Mauritania, Niger, and Chad designed to enhance border capabilities throughout the region against arms smuggling, drug trafficking, and the movement of trans-national terrorists. U.S. Army Special Forces, assigned to Special Operations Command Europe, are training selected military units in Mali and Mauritania on mobility, communications, land navigation, and small unit tactics. (USAF Photo by Staff Sgt. Edward Braly) Hi-res / Details / Comments ...
  • Soldiers from the 1/10th Special Forces Group (Airborne) teach mounted infantry tactics to soldiers from the Malian Army in Timbuktu, Mali, Feb. 20. The Pan Sahel Initiative (PSI) is a U.S. State Department funded program in the northern African countries of Mali, Mauritania, Niger, and Chad designed to enhance border capabilities throughout the region against arms smuggling, drug trafficking, and the movement of trans-national terrorists. U.S. Army Special Forces, assigned to Special Operations Command Europe, are training selected military units in Mali and Mauritania on mobility, communications, land navigation, and small unit tactics. (USAF photo by Staff Sgt. Edward Braly) Hi-res / Details / Comments ...
  • Soldiers from the 1/10th Special Forces Group (Airborne) teach mounted infantry tactics to soldiers from the Malian Army in Timbuktu, Mali, Feb. 20. The Pan Sahel Initiative (PSI) is a U.S. State Department funded program in the northern African countries of Mali, Mauritania, Niger, and Chad designed to enhance border capabilities throughout the region against arms smuggling, drug trafficking, and the movement of trans-national terrorists. U.S. Army Special Forces, assigned to Special Operations Command Europe, are training selected military units in Mali and Mauritania on mobility, communications, land navigation, and small unit tactics. (USAF photo by Staff Sgt. Edward Braly) Hi-res / Details / Comments ...
  • Soldiers from the 1/10th Special Forces Group (Airborne) teach mounted infantry tactics to soldiers from the Malian Army in Timbuktu, Mali, Feb. 20. The Pan Sahel Initiative (PSI) is a U.S. State Department funded program in the northern African countries of Mali, Mauritania, Niger, and Chad designed to enhance border capabilities throughout the region against arms smuggling, drug trafficking, and the movement of trans-national terrorists. U.S. Army Special Forces, assigned to Special Operations Command Europe, are training selected military units in Mali and Mauritania on mobility, communications, land navigation, and small unit tactics. (USAF photo by Staff Sgt. Edward Braly) Hi-res / Details / Comments ...
  • AL HOCEIMA, Morocco -- Workers at Nador Airport in northern Morocco prepare to unload four pallets of humanitarian relief supplies Feb. 28 from an Air Force C-130 Hercules. The C-130 is assigned to the 37th Airlift Squadron at Ramstein Air Base, Germany. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Bob Purtiman) Hi-res / Details / Comments ...