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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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)...
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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...
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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...
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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,...
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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...
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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...
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"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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Showing articles released Tuesday, September 18, 2012 through Friday, October 19, 2012.
For ALL press releases, see the AFRICOM News Archives
From LTC David Knellinger on 9/10/2012 2:02:03 PM "The Central Africa Region Environmental Security Symposium, hosted by the United States Africa Command Environmental Security Program and the United Nations Environmental Programme..." (Read Full Entry)
From Brigadier General Stayce Harris on 7/19/2012 8:54:32 AM "The following blog is by Brigadier General Stayce Harris, U.S. Africa Command's mobilization reserve assistant to the commander.
Over the past 2 years, I have had the..." (Read Full Entry)
Hamza in Gabes, Tunisia wrote on 10/2/2012 11:09:13 AM "I LOVE US ARMY I DREAM TO BE SOME ONE FROM MARINS ITS JUST DREAM..." (Read Full Entry)
Pamela in Virginia wrote on 10/2/2012 10:28:15 AM "This command much needed not only to ustain African governments ,but to also be an aide to our United States stability and protection. Many hostile in that area ,especially on East..." (Read Full Entry)
Herman in Pretoria wrote on 9/23/2012 5:46:33 PM "Awesome aircraft, thank you for the display! It is most appreciated...." (Read Full Entry)
Paul in UK wrote on 8/22/2012 9:16:10 AM "I was also involved in the communications training at Kisangani and share Michel Beya's comments I'm sure we met. What I saw was a very well trained battalion and hope that..." (Read Full Entry)
Mark in Fort Leavenworth wrote on 8/21/2012 10:25:29 PM "False allegations against Commander USAFRICOM appear to be in fashion. It is shameful that someone felt the need to assassinate the character of the previous commander — one ..." (Read Full Entry)