U.S. Air Force Chief Master Sergeant Ramon "CZ" Colon-Lopez

U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Wayne Grigsby, Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa commanding general, met with Uganda People’s Defense Force Brig. Gen. Jack Bakasumba, Peace Support Operations Training Centre commandant, Aug. 20, 2014, in Singo, Uganda.

U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Wayne Grigsby, Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa commanding general, visits with training instructors from the U.S., British, French and Dutch militaries, and the Africa Contingency Operations Training & Assistance program Aug. 20, 2014, at Camp Singo, Uganda. While in Singo, Grigsby toured the training facilities, watched a live-fire exercise, met with the camp commandant and training staff. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Riley Johnson)

U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Wayne Grigsby Jr., Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa commanding general, right, and U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Maj. Bonnie Skinner, CJTF-HOA senior enlisted leader, watch Uganda People's Defense Force members conduct live-fire training Aug. 20, 2014, at Camp Singo, Uganda. Grigsby, Skinner and other leaders from CJTF-HOA also toured the training facilities and met with the commandant and training staff. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Riley Johnson)

Uganda People’s Defense Force soldiers sit behind cover during a live-fire training Aug. 20, 2014, at Camp Singo, Uganda. U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Wayne Grigsby Jr., Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa commanding general, and other leaders from CJTF-HOA watched the live-fire training, toured the training facilities and met with the commandant and training staff. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Riley Johnson)

A Uganda People’s Defense Force soldier fires a rocket-propelled grenade during a live-fire training Aug. 20, 2014, at Camp Singo, Uganda. U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Wayne Grigsby Jr., Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa commanding general, and other leaders from CJTF-HOA watched the live-fire training, toured the training facilities and met with the commandant and training staff. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Riley Johnson)

General David M. Rodriguez, U.S. Africa Command commander, conducts an all-hands meeting, at U.S. Army Garrison Stuttgart, Germany, July 31, 2014. AFRICOM staff had an opportunity to have questions answered by the commander and hear first-hand from leadership on ways to improve quality of life and workplace issues. (AFRICOM photos by Air Force Technical Sergeant Olufemi Owolabi/Released)

U.S. Africa Command personnel and staff gather to observe the Command Senior Enlisted Leader Change of Responsibility Ceremony from Command Chief Master Sergeant Jack Johnson Jr. to Command Sergeant Major Darrin J. Bohn at the U.S. Army Garrison

Command Senior Enlisted Leader, CMSgt Jack Johnson, Jr., departs AFRICOM

Partnerships are at the center of U.S. Africa Command's engagements to create a framework to support and sustain long-term cooperation. AFRICOM has grounded this ethos in a program focusing on enlisted service members from partner nations. "The

Thirty-three senior noncommissioned officers and warrant officers from 24 African nations gathered at the Edelweiss Conference Center in Garmisch, Germany to kick off a week long Joint Warrant Officer and Senior Non-commissioned Officer Symposium

Staff members and their families at U.S. Africa Command gathered to participate and cheer on 22 different competitions during the second annual AFRICOM Olympics on August 10, 2012. The events included the 400-meter relay, a basketball tournament,

En route to Africa, the Senior Enlisted Advisor to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (SEAC), Marine Corps Sergeant Major Bryan B. Battaglia, stopped in Stuttgart, Germany, to meet with staff members and senior leaders of U.S. Africa

U.S. Africa Command welcomed its newest senior enlisted leader during a ceremony March 11, 2011, on Kelley Barracks.

Air Force Chief Master Sergeant Jack Johnson Jr. assumed responsibilities from Command Sergeant Major Mark Ripka

Deliberate development is a topic the chief master sergeant of the Air Force discusses throughout the Air Force and in many corners of the world.

U.S. senior enlisted military leaders met with U.S. servicemembers working with Armed Forces of Liberia (AFL) soldiers November 23, 2009, at Camp Ware, Liberia.

Senior enlisted advisors from the United States and five African partner nations in Exercise Natural Fire 10 met with Command Sergeant Major Mark Ripka, senior enlisted advisor for U.S. Africa Command, during his visit to Task Force Kitgum in