Eastern Accord 2016 is a two-week exercise that brings 9 partner nations together in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Every morning the participants arrive at the Tanzanian Peacekeeping Training Center and participate in a series of academic classes and planning sessions in preparation for the culminating command post exercise. They represent military staffs from each participating nation and they live and work side-by-side not only to share their best military practices but also to strengthen cross-cultural relationships. Participants are organized into a multinational headquarters staff that works together in a notional peacekeeping operation scenario. The annual, combined, joint Eastern Accord exercise brings these multiple partner nations together to practice and demonstrate proficiency in conducting peacekeeping operations together.

Americans buried and listed as missing in action during the campaign in North Africa during WWII, were honored for their sacrifice during a wreath laying ceremony in Carthage, Tunisia on Memorial Day, May 30, 2016. (U.S. Africa Command video by Samantha Reho/Released)

A 3-Day Tropical Medicine Course was held at Camp Lemonnier in Djibouti by the CJTF-HOA Surgeon Cell and the Navy Medicine Professional Development Center to raise awareness and recognition of infectious and communicable diseases common to this region. The course was conducted may 10-12, 2016.

Flintlock 2016 is an annual, multinational exercise for Special Operations Forces designed to increase the military capability and capacity of partner nations in North and West Africa.

U.S. Army Command Sgt. Maj. Darrin J. Bohn, senior enlisted leader of U.S. Africa Command, talks about how African partner nations take unique approaches to building a noncomissioned officer corps and what U.S. noncommissioned officers bring to the continent during exercises and operations.

A special operations exercise director discusses Flintlock's relevance for partners in North and West Africa.

The director of the MNCC discusses how the center supports AFRICOM's relationships with non-African partners and international organizations.

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A look back at 2015 from U.S. Africa Command.

Happy Holidays from Gen. David and Mrs. Ginny Rodriguez.

The AFRICOM commander and command senior enlisted leader are among those sending congratulations to the National Guard on their 379th birthday.

Secretary of the Air Force Deborah Lee James visited the U.S. Africa Command area of responsibility in November. For more information visit www.africom.mil

The course covered combat lifesaving skills, land navigation, weapons training, trap setting, survival cooking and water source locating.

Senior pilots from African partner nations met in Mauritania to establish a charter for a multinational air force association.

CJTF-HOA and Kenya Defense Force leaders attended a personnel recovery course to share combat rescue knowledge.

During a troop talk on national security Sept. 11, President Barack Obama discussed how AFRICOM-sponsored exercises help counter violent extremism in Africa.

Jeremy Konyndyk, director of the Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance, USAID, talks about the interagency and international response to the Ebola outbreak in West Africa.

Health professionals from U.S. Army Africa and the Gabonese military conducted a medical readiness exercise in June.

AFRICOM teams up with businesses, academia and nongovernment organizations to discuss how nonfederal entities can assist with the command's strategic objectives.

Partners from 13 nations participated in the 10-day exercise. Phoenix Express is part of the Express Series of exercises that focus on maritime security.