U.S. Army Africa hosts tour for U.S. Amb. to Rwanda

Entomologists from the armed forces of eight African nations recently came together to participate in a U.S. Africa Command-sponsored engagement held at the US Army Medical Research Unit- Entomology Department, Kisumu, Kenya, Nov. 24 to Dec. 5, 2014.

The Monrovia Medical Unit, an Ebola treatment unit constructed specifically for the treatment of medical workers who were infected while caring for Ebola patients, is scheduled to open Nov. 8, located about 30 miles outside Monrovia, Liberia.

More than 30 Soldiers from the 2/16th Infantry Battalion and several joint service members from Camp Lemonnier attended a French desert survival combat course Sept. 22 to Oct. 2 in the Grand Bara desert.

For the first time ever, seven African countries to include Botswana, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Senegal, Sierra Leon and Zambia, gathered on the continent to share ideas and best practices during the Regional Gender Mainstreaming Seminar.

Soldiers from 49th Medical Battalion, 912th Forward Surgical Team from Cranston, Rhode Island and the 335th Area Support Medical Company from Puerto Rico deployed to Senegal, Africa in support of Exercise Western Accord 14, a U.S. Africa Command-sponsored joint annual training event hosted by U.S. Army Africa and a joint training mission between the U.S., the Economic Community of West African States and partner nations.

Soldiers of the 49th Medical Battalion are spending their annual training in Senegal, Africa in support of Exercise Western Accord 2014.

The U.S. Africa Command-sponsored and U.S. Army Africa-hosted exercise was attended by soldiers from Economic Community of West African States, France, Netherlands, U.S. and other partner nations.

Seven African nations of Namibia, Botswana, Malawi, Mozambique, Senegal, Sierra Leone and Zambia gathered, June 24, to kick-off a week-long Regional Gender Mainstreaming Seminar.

Marines with India Company, 3rd Battalion, 23rd Marine Regiment, spent a week in June training and working with Economic of West African States militaries during Exercise Western Accord 14.

Exercise Western Accord is a key element in a broader series of military-to-military activities to demonstrate the strong partnership between the U.S., United Nations, Netherlands, France and other regional African partners and participating militaries.

In partnership with the Chad Armed Forces, U.S. Army Africa and a team of Army medical professionals conducted Medical Readiness Training Exercise 14-5 at the Hospital Military D’Instruction (HMI) in N’Djamena, Chad, June 2-12.

Soldiers from Ghana train with U.S. Army Soldiers and Marines during Exercise Western Accord 14.

Operating from Vicenza, Italy, U.S. Army Africa (USARAF) conducts sustained security engagement with African land forces to promote security, stability, and peace.

In partnership with the Ghana Armed Forces, U.S. Army Africa and medical personnel from 3rd Medical Command Deployment Support conducted Medical Readiness Training Exercise 14-3, at the 37th Military Hospital in Accra, Ghana, March 24-April 4

U.S. Army soldiers with Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa's East Africa Response Force (EARF), prepare to load onto a U.S. Air Force C-130J Hercules at Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, Jan. 22, 2014. The EARF has been positioned at the U.S. Embassy

Soldiers of the East Africa Response Force, a Djibouti-based joint team, prepare to support evacuation operations in Juba, South Sudan. At the request of the U.S. Department of State, the U.S. Defense Department directed two U.S. C-130 aircraft to

For the past four years the U.S. Army, in partnership with host nations, performed more than 3,100 manual small-incision cataract surgeries in eight countries to cure blindness through several medical readiness training exercises hosted by U.S.

U.S. Army Africa and Niger Armed Forces conducted Medical Readiness Training exercise at Issaka Gazobi Maternity in the capital city of Naimey, Oct. 7-18. American military health professionals, to include eleven military doctors, jointly performed

A recent U.S. Army Africa organized training event helped prepare a Uganda Peoples' Defense Force military police company for an upcoming deployment to Somalia.