http://www.africom.mil News from the HQ United States Africa Command Fri, 19 Oct 2012 00:00:01 GMT AFRICOM-MEDIA@africom.mil (AFRICOM Public Affairs) AFRICOM-MEDIA@africom.mil (AFRICOM J6) en-us Fri, 19 Oct 2012 00:00:01 GMT http://www.africom.mil/getarticle.asp?art=8383 http://www.africom.mil/getarticle.asp?art=8383 Fri, 19 Oct 2012 00:00:01 GMT 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 the newest combatant command, and its headquarters is in Stuttgart, Germany. AFRICOM RSS News Feed http://www.africom.mil/getarticle.asp?art=8380 http://www.africom.mil/getarticle.asp?art=8380 Wed, 17 Oct 2012 00:00:01 GMT 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 assistant secretary of defense for African affairs. Djibouti hosts about 3,000 U. AFRICOM RSS News Feed http://www.africom.mil/getarticle.asp?art=8373 http://www.africom.mil/getarticle.asp?art=8373 Fri, 12 Oct 2012 00:00:01 GMT 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 Amanda J. Dory, deputy assistant secretary of defense for African affairs. AFRICOM RSS News Feed http://www.africom.mil/getarticle.asp?art=8365 http://www.africom.mil/getarticle.asp?art=8365 Fri, 05 Oct 2012 00:00:01 GMT 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 Little said on Thursday, October 4, 2012. The team visited Benghazi for a number of hours and left there this morning, though the investigation is ongoing, Little told reporters during a Pentagon news conference. AFRICOM RSS News Feed http://www.africom.mil/getarticle.asp?art=8367 http://www.africom.mil/getarticle.asp?art=8367 Thu, 04 Oct 2012 00:00:01 GMT 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 a mass casualty exercise that began in Djiboutis Grand Bara Desert. Mass Casualty Exercise 12-1, a U. AFRICOM RSS News Feed http://www.africom.mil/getarticle.asp?art=8350 http://www.africom.mil/getarticle.asp?art=8350 Wed, 03 Oct 2012 00:00:01 GMT 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 Carson said the United States hopes that U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon will "move swiftly" to announce a U. AFRICOM RSS News Feed http://www.africom.mil/getarticle.asp?art=8354 http://www.africom.mil/getarticle.asp?art=8354 Wed, 03 Oct 2012 00:00:01 GMT 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 Unit (WTU), European Regional Medical Command (ERMC), linked up to speak to a group from the Uganda Peoples Defense Force (UPDF) about the various ways their organizations support U. AFRICOM RSS News Feed http://www.africom.mil/getarticle.asp?art=8341 http://www.africom.mil/getarticle.asp?art=8341 Mon, 01 Oct 2012 00:00:01 GMT Five service members from U.S. Africa Command partnered with the year-old Sudan Peoples Liberation Army (SPLA) Aug. 22 to Sept. 7, 2012, to instruct 18 SPLA soldiers. This marks the third humanitarian mine action (HMA) military-to-military training engagement between AFRICOM and the SPLA, during which HMA explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) and tactical casualty combat care (TCCC) train-the-trainer courses were held with a simple mission focus. AFRICOM RSS News Feed http://www.africom.mil/getarticle.asp?art=8331 http://www.africom.mil/getarticle.asp?art=8331 Sat, 29 Sep 2012 00:00:01 GMT 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 AFRICOMs headquarters. The command, which is responsible for U.S. military relations with 54 African countries, partners with African nations to strengthen their defense capability. AFRICOM RSS News Feed http://www.africom.mil/getarticle.asp?art=8328 http://www.africom.mil/getarticle.asp?art=8328 Fri, 28 Sep 2012 00:00:01 GMT 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 countrys move from a failed, war-torn state to a nation with an effective government. "What has been accomplished has exceeded what many thought was possible. AFRICOM RSS News Feed http://www.africom.mil/getarticle.asp?art=8329 http://www.africom.mil/getarticle.asp?art=8329 Fri, 28 Sep 2012 00:00:01 GMT 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 2012. Captain Brad Copas of U.S. Army Africas G-4, Multi-National and Interagency branch, supervised the two-member GARNG team during an Africa Deployment Assistance Partnership Team training known as ADAPT. AFRICOM RSS News Feed http://www.africom.mil/getarticle.asp?art=8332 http://www.africom.mil/getarticle.asp?art=8332 Fri, 28 Sep 2012 00:00:01 GMT 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 borders, a disease doesnt affect just one country, it usually affects many," explained Dr. AFRICOM RSS News Feed http://www.africom.mil/getarticle.asp?art=8324 http://www.africom.mil/getarticle.asp?art=8324 Thu, 27 Sep 2012 00:00:01 GMT 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 September 26, 2012 at a U.N. Security Council hearing on peace and security in the Middle East, Clinton said the United States rejects "the false choice between democracy and stability" and welcomes the political changes that are under way in the region. AFRICOM RSS News Feed http://www.africom.mil/getarticle.asp?art=8333 http://www.africom.mil/getarticle.asp?art=8333 Thu, 27 Sep 2012 00:00:01 GMT 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 center team chief, after his watch officer, U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Randy Neihart, informed him of an exercise emergency phone call he received from someone in the Grand Bara Desert. AFRICOM RSS News Feed http://www.africom.mil/getarticle.asp?art=8319 http://www.africom.mil/getarticle.asp?art=8319 Wed, 26 Sep 2012 00:00:01 GMT 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 and security on the other, President Obama told the United Nations General Assembly. AFRICOM RSS News Feed