ART16 is a U.S. Army Africa-led exercise that brings together U.S. and Senegalese infantry units for partnered training.

This is the second agreement made between the command and DLA.

AFRICOM's director for logistics shares his views on Africa's strategic relevance.

The 101st Airborne Division was awarded the Joint Meritorious Unit Award by the commanding general of U.S. Africa Command, Gen. David M. Rodriguez, during a ceremony at Fort Campbell, Ky. Aug. 27.

Building on lessons learned during Operation United Assistance, an initiative is underway in West Africa to increase the capacity of governments to respond to emergencies.

As the mission of Joint Forces Command – United Assistance comes to an end, there are a few more tasks that service members, deployed in support of Operation United Assistance, have to complete.

The logistics enterprise united the efforts of a multi-disciplined, interagency team formed across nations, governments and non-government organizations, leading to success in OPERATION United Assistance.

Soldiers of 104th Engineer Company, 62nd Engineer Battalion, 36th Engineer Brigade, joined the armed forces of Liberia to build an Ebola treatment unit in Gbediah Dec. 19 during an Operation United Assistance mission. By working together, they will erect an Ebola treatment unit and maybe even some friendships.

More than 50 Soldiers and Airmen staying in the 21st Theater Sustainment Command’s Controlled Monitoring Area since their return from missions in support of Operation United Assistance returned to their home units at Dec. 16 – nine days before Christmas Day.

Service members with the 372nd Inland Cargo Transportation Company prepare a crate for a sling load operation at Roberts International Airport, Liberia, Dec. 12, 2014.

For service members supporting the U.S. Agency for International Development-led mission to combat Ebola, Operation United Assistance, resupply over the roads of Liberia has proven a challenge. This was to be expected, as Liberia is a new theater for the military, and most routes are unpaved.

DAKAR, Senegal — The commander of the 101st Airborne Division and more than 30 of his troops departed from Léopold Sédar Senghor International Airport here Oct. 19 en route to Liberia, where they will join hundreds of U.S. service members engaged in the fight against Ebola in West Africa.

141018-Z-VT419-205: U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Gary J. Volesky (right), commanding general of the 101st Airborne Division, speaks with Lt. Col. Bruce Bancroft (left) and Col. David Mounkes of the Kentucky Air National Guard’s 123rd Contingency Response Group Oct. 18, 2014, during a tour of the Joint Operations Center for Joint Task Force-Port Opening Senegal at Léopold Sédar Senghor International Airport in Dakar, Senegal. The JTF-PO is funneling humanitarian supplies and military support into West Africa as part of Operation United Assistance, the international effort to fight Ebola. Volesky will serve as the new commander of the U.S. military’s Operation United Assistance Joint Forces Command, headquartered in Liberia, where the Army is sending 3,000 Soldiers to support the USAID-led, whole-of-government effort to respond to the Ebola outbreak in West Africa. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Maj. Dale Greer/Released)

141019-Z-VT419-207: A group of 30 U.S. military personnel, including Marines, Airmen, and Soldiers from the 101st Airborne Division, board a U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III at Léopold Sédar Senghor International Airport in Dakar, Senegal, Oct. 19, 2014. The service members are bound for Monrovia, Liberia, where troops will construct medical treatment units and train health care workers as part of the Operation United Assistance, DoD’s support the USAID-led, whole-of-government effort to respond to the Ebola outbreak in West Africa. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Maj. Dale Greer/Released)

Commander of U.S. Africa Command, General David M. Rodriguez, conducts a briefing on the DoD response to Ebola, Oct. 7, 2014 from the Pentagon Press Briefing Room.

Commander of U.S. Africa Command, Gen. David M. Rodriguez, conducts a briefing on the DoD response to Ebola, Oct. 7, 2014 from the Pentagon Press Briefing Room.