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U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Andrew Hurst, right, team sergeant assigned to Civil Affairs Team Togo, Alpha Company, Civil Affairs Battalion, U.S. Army Southern European Task Force, Africa (SETAF-AF), participates in a training preparation meeting in Lome, Togo, June 12, 2026, which is part of Operation Lignite Coast 2026. Seated to the left is U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Brett Ruff, a maintenance mechanic assigned to the North Dakota National Guard and member of the U.S. delegation to this event.
Operation Lignite Coast 2026 was a training event conducted June 8-18, 2026, focused on improving the Togolese government’s capacity to handle a variety of emergency scenarios. This meeting included civilian state employees of North Dakota’s disaster-response community, North Dakota National Guard Soldiers and several officials from the Togo’s National Civil Protection Agency. Its purpose was to define specific tasks, duties and roles among the relevant players for a practical exercise in the field that would culminate the overall event. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. 1st Class Shane Klestinski)
| Date Taken: | 06.11.2026 |
| Date Posted: | 06.29.2026 14:01 |
| Photo ID: | 9780579 |
| VIRIN: | 260612-Z-XD814-1006 |
| Resolution: | 5760x4336 |
| Size: | 8.23 MB |
| Location: | LOME, TG |
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