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Showing articles released Tuesday, September 18, 2012 through Friday, October 19, 2012.
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Obama Nominates Rodriguez as Next Africa Command Chief

Oct 19, 2012 · American Forces Press Service
President Obama has nominated Army General David M. Rodriguez to succeed Army General Carter F. Ham as the commander of U.S. Africa Command, Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta said, October 18, 2012. U.S. Africa Command is...  Read Full Article


Official: DOD Seeks 'Small Footprint' in Africa

Oct 17, 2012 · American Forces Press Service
For Djibouti, location is everything. The small African nation hosts the one forward operating base the United States maintains on the African continent, and that is due to its unique location, said Amanda J. Dory, deputy...  Read Full Article


Partnership, Engagement Highlight Africa Policy

Oct 12, 2012 · American Forces Press Service
Say "Africa" to most Americans and they think of "the Dark Continent" – a land beset by problems and disasters, far enough away that anything that happens there cannot possibly affect America. And they would be wrong, said...  Read Full Article


U.S. Military Supports FBI Mission to Benghazi, Libya

Oct 5, 2012 · American Forces Press Service
The U.S. military provided logistics and security support to an FBI team investigating the attack in Benghazi, Libya, that killed U.S. Ambassador J. Christopher Stevens and three other Americans, Pentagon Press Secretary George...  Read Full Article


'Train Like You Fight': Coalition Exercise Preps PJs for Real-World Emergency

Oct 4, 2012 · Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa
Many moving parts go into producing and executing an exercise, and U.S. Air Force pararescuemen, or PJs, deployed in support of Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa, or CJTF-HOA, put their skills to the test recently during...  Read Full Article


State’s Carson Says U.S. Supports U.N. Efforts in Africa

Oct 3, 2012 · U.S. Department of State
The U.S. government supports U.N. initiatives for Africa that were advanced during recent meetings at the United Nations in New York. Speaking to reporters October 1, Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs Johnnie...  Read Full Article


U.S. Army Personnel Assist Ugandan Military

Oct 3, 2012 · U.S. Army Africa Public Affairs
During the first week of September, Dr. Marva Dixon, Vicenza Army Community Services (ACS) Director; Sergeant Major Aaron Miller, U.S. Army Africa (USARAF) G-3 Sergeant Major; and Major Raymond Jablonka from the Warrior Transition...  Read Full Article


U.S., South Sudan Partner During De-Mining Courses

Oct 1, 2012 · Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa
Five service members from U.S. Africa Command partnered with the year-old Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA) Aug. 22 to Sept. 7, 2012, to instruct 18 SPLA soldiers. This marks the third humanitarian mine action (HMA)...  Read Full Article


Prime Minister of Sao Tome and Principe Visits AFRICOM Headquarters

Sep 29, 2012 · U.S. AFRICOM Public Affairs
U.S. Africa Command welcomed Prime Minister Patrice Trovoada of Sao Tome and Principe to the command headquarters at Kelley Barracks on Monday, September 24, 2012. Trovoada is the first African head of government to visit...  Read Full Article


RESEPI Meeting Helps African Nations Come Together to Control Animal Diseases Across Borders

Sep 28, 2012 · U.S. AFRICOM Public Affairs
Across Africa, outbreaks of disease in animals pose a particular threat to the food supply and economies, rippling past borders and undermining precious stability. "With the movement of animals through the region and the porous...  Read Full Article


U.S. Will Maintain Support for Somalia Through Its Transition

Sep 28, 2012 · U.S. Department of State
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton has congratulated Somalia for staging its first peaceful transfer of power in decades and promised that the United States will stay strong behind the country's move from a failed,...  Read Full Article


Burundi Military Practices Unit Deployment with Georgia Army National Guardsmen

Sep 28, 2012 · U.S. Army Africa Public Affairs
A pair of Georgia Army National Guardsmen from the 110th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion trained more than 30 Burundi Armed Forces personnel during two weeks of instruction on deployment, unit movement planning, September...  Read Full Article


Clinton Urges Global Support for New Arab Democracies

Sep 27, 2012 · U.S. Department of State
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said the United States "will not walk away" from new democracies created by revolutions in the Arab world, and the international community has a powerful stake in seeing them succeed. Speaking...  Read Full Article


U.S., French Service Members Hone Crisis Response Procedures During Exercise

Sep 27, 2012 · CJTF-HOA Public Affairs
"Attention in the Joint Operations Center (JOC), this is an exercise, exercise, exercise emergency," began U.S. Navy Lieutenant Commander Scott Hodge, Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA) joint operations...  Read Full Article


Hateful Speech Does Not Excuse Violence, Obama Says

Sep 26, 2012 · U.S. Department of State
Violent unrest over recent weeks has highlighted the need for an honest dialogue as well as the need for people to choose between the forces that drive them apart on the one hand, and their common hopes for greater opportunity...  Read Full Article


President Obama Addresses the United Nations

Sep 26, 2012 · The White House
Speaking to the United Nations General Assembly, President Obama remembered Ambassador Chris Stevens and delivered a defense of both free speech and the spirit...  Read Full Article


Army National Guard Soldiers Show Off Stryker

Sep 24, 2012 · Army National Guard
Hundreds of South African kids met with Pennsylvania Army National Guard soldiers and learned about their M1126 Stryker, an eight-wheeled armored fighting vehicle, September 22, 2012. Five members of Bravo Company, 1-112th...  Read Full Article


U.S., African Military Chaplains Collaborate at Conference

Sep 24, 2012 · CJTF-HOA Public Affairs
More than 20 military chaplains from U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM) Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA) and nine East African countries joined together September 19 to 21, 2012, for the third annual AFRICOM-sponsored...  Read Full Article


Tanzanians, CJTF-HOA Partner for Veterinary Civic Action Program

Sep 24, 2012 · CJTF-HOA Public Affairs
Fifteen Tanzanian animal healthcare professionals, soldiers from the U.S. Army 448th Civil Affairs Battalion, and the Joint Civil Affairs Team in Tanzania assigned to Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa came together to...  Read Full Article


U.S. Supports Development of Peacekeeping Capacity in Africa

Sep 21, 2012 · U.S. Department of State
The United States is committed to helping African countries develop effective peacekeeping capability. "We strongly believe that the only way to achieve sustainable, long-term stability on the continent is to provide our African...  Read Full Article


Michigan Air National Guard Joins Forces for International Airshow

Sep 21, 2012 · New York Army National Guard
U.S. Ambassador to South Africa Donald H. Gips met with a Michigan Air National Guard KC-135 Stratotanker crew to learn about their aircraft, iin Pretoria, South Africa, September 19, 2012. Personnel from the 171st Air Refueling...  Read Full Article


Africa Center, AFRICOM: Empowering Women to be Agents of Peace

Sep 20, 2012 · Africa Center for Strategic Studies
A meeting between U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and 18 African military and security professionals was among the highlights of a three-day international workshop discussing the role of women in African armed forces...  Read Full Article


Changing Lives Through Music

Sep 20, 2012 · U.S. Air Forces Africa Public Affairs
Music filled the air and children danced as the U.S. Air Forces in Europe rock band, Touch 'n Go, performed a concert for students and instructors of the De Beers PPC Cullinan Field Band in Cullinan, South Africa, September...  Read Full Article


New Defence Reference Laboratory Commissioned in Nigeria

Sep 19, 2012 · U.S. Military HIV Research Program
The government of Nigeria commissioned a new Defence Reference Laboratory (DRL) that was built in partnership with the Department of Defense Walter Reed Program-Nigeria. "The DRL is a critical piece for healthcare, enabling...  Read Full Article


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