Tag Archives: Africa

U.S. Navy Lt. Jose Garcia inactivates the Ebola virus in each specimen in a process that renders the virus safe for further analysis at a Naval Medical Research Center mobile laboratory on Bushrod Island, Liberia, Oct. 6, 2014. The center sent two mobile testing labs to Liberia to support Operation United Assistance. Each two-person lab is capable of testing up to 80 samples per day. U.S. Army Africa photo by Navy Chief Petty Officer Jerrold Diederich

Preparing America’s Health Care Facilities and Providers for Ebola

Posted on October 8, 2014 by glenn.selby

CDC Director Tom Frieden, MD, MPH, provides his thoughts on Ebola and how U.S. health care facilities and personnel can prepare for the virus.
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Posted in DoD News, Rotator | Tagged Africa, Ebola virus, Emergency Medical Services, Health Alert Network, Tom Frieden | Leave a comment

Ultimate Resilience: ‘Lost Boy’ Found

Posted on February 5, 2014 by kfinley

Once known as a “lost boy,” U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Deng Pour went from surviving the Sudanese civil war to becoming an American airman.
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Posted in DoD News, Rotator | Tagged Afghanistan, Africa, Air Force, Air Force Chief Master Sgt. Dayton Lowry, Air Force Staff Sgt. Antoinette Gibson, Air Force Staff Sgt. Deng Pour, airman, Airman Magazine, barksdale air force base, chaplain corps, citizenship, civil wars, Combined Joint Task Force Horn of Africa, Djibouti, DoD News, Ethiopia, Fergus Falls, Fergus Falls Minn., following dreams, genocide, green card, Kakuma, Kentucky, Kenya, Kuwait, Lindsey Wilson College, Louisiana, Minnesota, Navy Capt. Dana Reed, Nebraska, Offutt Air Force Base, Pibor River, refugee camp, Sudanese civil war, Sudanese government, Sudanese government troops, survival, U.S Air Force, U.S., U.S. Airman, United States Air Force, United States Airman, war refugee, Wednesday Warfighter | Leave a comment

Exercise Cutlass Express

Posted on November 23, 2013 by Josiah Wilson

U.S., European and East African nations team up for a joint maritime activity known as Exercise Cutlass Express.
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Posted in DoD News, Rotator | Tagged Africa, African forces, AFRICOM, coalition forces, Cutlass Express, Dar es Salaam, Djibouti, east africa, East African forces, European military, European Military Forces, Exercise Cutlass Express, International Exercise, International navies, International Navy, interoperability, Kenya, maritime, Maritime exercise, maritime military, maritime security, Mauritius, military exercise, Mombasa, NATO, ocean, Tanzania, The Seychelles, U.S. 6th Fleet, U.S. Africa Command, U.S. military, U.S. Naval Forces Europe, U.S. Navy, U.S. warship, Uganda, United States Navy, USN | Leave a comment

Exercise Shared Accord

Posted on August 13, 2013 by Josiah Wilson

During Shared Accord 13, military members from the South African National Defense Force, or SANDF, and the United States conducted situational training exercises.
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Posted in DoD News, Rotator | Tagged Africa, African continent, African forces, bi-lateral, Exercise Shared Accord, Exercise Shared Accord 2013, interoperability, Republic of South Africa, U.S Air Force, U.S. Forces, U.S. Marine Corps, United States Army, United States Navy, USMC, USN | Leave a comment

Africa Partnership Station: “Medical Matters”

Posted on August 30, 2012 by glenn.selby

From May to now inching into the first days of September, High Speed Vessel Swift (HSV 2) has been carving a path along the coast of Africa and it has now almost made it exactly one and a half times …
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Posted in DoD News | Tagged Africa, Africa Partnership Station, Africans, Armed Forces Liberia, health, High Speed Vessel Swift, HSV 2, humanitarian, MEDCAP, Medical Civic Action Program, medical team, Military Sealift Command-chartered High Speed Vessel Swift, Navy, sailors, wellness, West African countrie | Leave a comment