AFRICOM Update

U.S. Marines with Task Group 61/2.4, Task Force 61/2 conduct casualty evacuation and snag and tow drills with the U.S. Coast Guard team in Souda Bay, Greece March 15, 2022.Task Group 61/2.4 is part of Task Force 61/2 which is a rapidly deployable and scalable coordination cell that will temporarily provide command and control support to the U.S. Sixth Fleet commander, as part of ongoing experimentation efforts. The Task Force will synchronize Navy and Marine Corps units and capabilities already in theater, in support of regional Allies and Partners and U.S. national security interests. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt Dylan Chagnon)

CAMP LEMONNIER, Djibouti (Feb. 20, 2021) Camp Lemonnier service members receive the first COVID-19 vaccine available at the base, Feb. 9, 2021.

U.S. Navy Lt. Cmdr. Phil Gardner, assigned to Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA), at Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, sends Independence Day greetings to family and friends July 4, 2020. CJTF-HOA is responsible for protecting U.S. interests and improving regional stability throughout East Africa in collaboration with coalition partners. (U.S. Navy video by Chief Mass Communication Specialist Elisandro T. Diaz) 

U.S. Navy Chief Edward Ortega, assigned to Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA), at Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, sends Independence Day greetings to family and friends July 4, 2020. CJTF-HOA is responsible for protecting U.S. interests and improving regional stability throughout East Africa in collaboration with coalition partners. (U.S. Navy video by Chief Mass Communication Specialist Elisandro T. Diaz) 

U.S. Navy Yeoman 2nd Class Wesley Mantlo, assigned to Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA), at Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, sends Independence Day greetings to family and friends July 4, 2020. CJTF-HOA is responsible for protecting U.S. interests and improving regional stability throughout East Africa in collaboration with coalition partners. (U.S. Navy video by Chief Mass Communication Specialist Elisandro T. Diaz) 

U.S. Coast Guard Senior Chief Boatswain's Mate Sal Marcheano, assigned to Coastal Riverine Squadron TEN FORWARD, based at Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti (CLDJ), sends Independence Day greetings to family and friends July 4, 2020. CLDJ is an operational installation that enables U.S., allied and partner nation forces to be where and when they are needed to ensure security in Europe, Africa and Southwest Asia. (U.S. Navy video by Chief Mass Communication Specialist Elisandro T. Diaz) 

U.S. Navy Cmdr. Ray Britt, assigned to Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA), at Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, sends Independence Day greetings to family and friends July 4, 2020. CJTF-HOA is responsible for protecting U.S. interests and improving regional stability throughout East Africa in collaboration with coalition partners. (U.S. Navy video by Chief Mass Communication Specialist Elisandro T. Diaz) 

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Air Forces Africa Mobile Training Team Lead MSgt Brad Miller, trains Niger Armed Forces in close quarters battle tactics to better their skills in defending the base.

At the Joint Military Academy of Arta, representatives from the U.S. Embassy, Combined Joint Task Force Horn of Africa and the U-N Refugee Agency spoke with Djiboutian cadets about the consequences armed conflict can have on civilians. A subject that Lt. Col. Tim Brennan feels is crucial for these young leaders to understand. Produced with Tech. Sgt. Jessica Wolter.

AFRICOM Update Episode 51

Combined Joint Task Force Horn of Africa welcomes a new commander while officers from the Saudi War Course visit Stuttgart.

This week we discuss Obangame Express 2015, our commander's latest testimony before Congress and say goodbye to our lead anchor.

This week the AFRICOM Headquarters played host to a special visit from the Wounded Warriors Program. Check out the video to learn more about their valuable services.

Urbanization and Security workshop

AMCHAM Germany visits USAFRICOM

This week the AFRICOM Update travels to Garmisch, Germany for the Defense Institution Building Workshop.

Flintlock, AFRICOM's premier special operations exercise, begins in Chad.

In this episode, a deeper look into the Media Delegation Program hosted by AFRICOM.

A media delegation visits AFRICOM headquarters, a maritime exercise ends and a special operations exercise begins.

This week's Update focuses on the First East Africa Theater Security Cooperation Conference in Djibouti.

In this episode of the AFRICOM Update, a look at the logistics involved in supporting Operation United Assistance in Liberia.

In this episode of the AFRICOM Update, an introduction to the command's year in review products for 2014.

Planning begins to finish construction of the Tanzania Defense Intelligence College, the World Food Program steps in to help with resupply operations to Ebola treatment units, and Soldiers with 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) celebrate the holidays. Also available in high definition.

In this episode of the AFRICOM Update, some service members head home after supporting Operation United Assistance, while others continue to aid in the fight against Ebola in Liberia.

In this week's AFRICOM Update, AFRICOM's Commander, GEN. David Rodriguez speaks to the press on a variety of topics at the Pentagon while in South Africa, AFRICOM in sponsoring a program that will help educate thousands of disadvantaged children. And finally, the holiday spirit is alive and well as the command Christmas tree is official lit. Reporting by Lt. Commander Dave Hecht, USN.

In this week's AFRICOM Update, senior policy fellows from the Council on Foreign Relations meet with AFRICOM leaders, while journalists from the countries Malawi and Botswana get an inside look at AFRICOM headquarters.
Reporting by U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Christopher Klutts

This is your AFRICOM Update for the week of 10-15 November, 2014. Thank you for watching!

In this week's AFRICOM Update, engineers continue to build Ebola Treatment Units in Liberia, while a special facility for infected healthcare workers nears completion. Reporting by Staff Sgt. Christopher Klutts. Also available in high definition.

In this week's AFRICOM update, we bring you the latest on Operation United Assistance as well as a sneak peak of a conference at AFRICOM headquarters. U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Christopher Klutts reporting.

A Department of Defense revision to procedures will help keep U.S. military personnel even safer when head to West Africa for the fight against Ebola. Lt. Commander Dave Hecht has more on that. Also available in high definition.

Officials from USAID, the lead U.S. Government organization for Operation UNITED ASSISTANCE, visited the leadership of U.S. Africa Command to discuss the progress being made in West Africa. Lt. Commander Dave Hecht has more on that.

This is your AFRICOM Update for the week of 22-26 September, 2014. Thank you for watching!

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This week, The U.S. Africa Command Headquarters played host to a special signing ceremony, the first of its kind to ever take place at Kelley Barracks. Lt. Cmdr. Dave Hecht has that story.

This is the AFRICOM Update for the week of Sept. 8, 2014. This week we take you to Cameroon for the African Air Chiefs Symposium. Produced by LCDR Dave Hecht, US Africa Command Public Affairs

This edition features a story on six African partner nations participating in the military-to-military program African Partnership Flight. Hosted by Lt. Cmdr. Dave Hecht.

Package about the East-West Malaria Task Force conference sponsored by U.S. Africa Command. Available in high definition.

U.S. Africa Command hosted the 4th Annual AFRICOM Olympics (field meet and family day) at Kelley Barracks. Events included relay races, ultimate frisbee, volleyball and many more team sports. Report by U.S. Navy Lt. Amy Forsythe, U.S. Africa Command, Public Affairs Office.

U.S. Africa Command hosted 13 journalists from Angola and Mozambique at the headquarters in Stuttgart, Germany, July 21-25, 2014. The 5-day visit included visits to the AFN broadcast studios and the Army Airfield as part of an ongoing outreach effort to build and sustain relationships with media in Africa. Report by U.S. Navy Lt.j.g. Amy Forsythe, U.S. Africa Command Public Affairs Office.

Members of the International Women's Forum (IWF) participated in an orientation program to explain U.S. Africa Command's mission and programs September 8, 2011.

IWF is a global organization of women aimed at advancing women's leadership across careers, cultures and continents by connecting the world's most prominent women of significant and diverse achievements.

Heidi Kuhn, IWF member said that she felt that it was an honor and a privilege to be invited to AFRICOM and that the visit... read more

Members of the International Women's Forum (IWF) participated in an orientation program to explain U.S. Africa Command's mission and programs September 8, 2011. IWF is a global organization of women aimed at advancing women's leadership across careers, cultures and continents by connecting the world's most prominent women of significant and diverse achievements. Heidi Kuhn, IWF member said that she felt that it was an honor and a privilege to be invited to AFRICOM and that the visit helped in articulating a new equation for the world-military forces and market forces coming together. One of the main purposes of this visit was to create a dialogue and expose influential audiences to AFRICOM's mission in Africa. In other news ................... Following the International Symposium on partnership, security and development September 7th to the 8th in Algeria, General Carter Ham attended a press conference along with U.S. Ambassador to Algeria Henry Ensher and U.S. State Department Office of the Coordinator for Counter Terrorism Shari VillaRosa. The symposium was attended by the regional partners (Algeria - Mali - Mauritania - Niger) and others from outside the region   show less

AFRICA ENDEAVOR 2011
Communication links are essential to responding quickly during crisis situations and in avoiding conflict in peacetime operations. As part of AFRICA ENDEAVOR 2011 Staff Sergeant Amanda McCarty brings us to an exercise that focuses on just that.
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Uganda Media delegation Vist

A delegation of seven Ugandan television and newspaper reporters and a representative from the U.S. Embassy in Kampala, Uganda visited U.S.... read more

AFRICA ENDEAVOR 2011 Communication links are essential to responding quickly during crisis situations and in avoiding conflict in peacetime operations. As part of AFRICA ENDEAVOR 2011 Staff Sergeant Amanda McCarty brings us to an exercise that focuses on just that. ...................................................... Uganda Media delegation Vist A delegation of seven Ugandan television and newspaper reporters and a representative from the U.S. Embassy in Kampala, Uganda visited U.S. Africa Command headquarters from 18-22 July 2011. During their visit the delegation met with senior military leaders, Stuttgart city officials and military news organizations and received engagement, operation and organizational briefings from command representatives. As part of this visit members of the delegation had the opportunity to interview General Carter Ham who gave an overview of AFRICOM's involvement in current situations in Uganda as well as other parts of Africa. ...................................................... Maritime safety and security conference July 19-21, 2011 More than 100 participants from 25 nations and representatives from the International Maritime Organization, Maritime Organization of West and Central Africa, Gulf of Guinea Commission, U.S. Departments of State, Justice and U.S. Coast Guard, attended the maritime safety and security conference July 21, 2011 in Garmisch, Germany. The goal of the conference was to develop the framework of an agreement on maritime cooperation that could be approved by senior decision makers at a follow-on, political-level conference to be held in 2012. The conference also aimed to forge partnerships, identify projects that support maritime security activities and strengthen collaborative strategies. The cooperation from those in attendance served as a forum for African representatives from two Regional Economic Communities to increase national, regional and continental stability among member states. ...................................................... West Africa Pandemic Readiness and Response Exercise To strengthen coordination and decision-making among African nations in the event of a disaster. officials from Benin, Ghana, Guinea, Mali, Nigeria, and Senegal came together to coordinate on national and regional disaster response planning with a focus on urban operations, July 18-22, 2011. The exercise, conducted by the United Nations World Food Programme , provides a forum to practice responding to a simulated large-scale disaster in coordination with their military and civilian counterparts. U.S. Africa Command provides technical support to the WFP in these exercises, as part of its Pandemic Response Program (PRP), a USAID-funded initiative   show less

Check the latest news from the command. In this edition:
* Science and Technology Contributes to Health Surveillance in Africa
* SOCAF Change of Command
* U.S. Explosive Ordnance Disposal Team Trains 41 Members of The Mozambique Military to Remove Mines.

For more go to
http://www.africom.mil
Also available in high definition

This edition features stories on African Defense Joint Symposium, CJTF Change of Command and Gen. Ham visit to Algeria. Hosted by Staff Sgt. Amanda McCarty and Produced by Nancy Hudson. Also available in High Definition.

This edition features stories on the MEDREACH 11 and AFRICOM Military Legal Conference. Hosted by Lt. Cmdr. James Stockman and Produced by Nancy Hudson. Also available in High Definition.

This edition features stories on the Air Chief's Conference, MEDLITE 11, Kelly Clinic opening ceremony and a Retirement ceremony from General William "Kip" Ward. Hosted by Staff Sgt. Amanda McCarty and Produced by Nancy Hudson.

This edition features stories on Exercise Flintlock 2011, the U.S. Naval War College Alumni Regional Symposium, Exercise Atlas Drop 2011 and the Malaria Symposium. Hosted by Diane Cano. Also available in high definition.

Check out the latest news from U.S. Africa Command. In this edition:
1. AFRICOM Change of Command Ceremony
2. US Africa command welcomes new senior enlisted leader.
3. Operation Odyssey.
Hosted by Maj. Tyson Dunkelberger. Produced by Nancy Hudson. This video available in high definition

U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM) is supporting the United States effort to respond to the evolving humanitarian emergency on the Libya-Tunisia border.

On March 3, 2011, President Obama ordered the U.S. military to help provide transport for Egyptians who had fled from Libya to Tunisia following the Libyan government's violent reprisals against demonstrators. On March 4, 2011, less than a day after President Obama's announcement, two U.S. Air Air Force C-130 aircraft delivered to Djerba,... read more

U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM) is supporting the United States effort to respond to the evolving humanitarian emergency on the Libya-Tunisia border. On March 3, 2011, President Obama ordered the U.S. military to help provide transport for Egyptians who had fled from Libya to Tunisia following the Libyan government's violent reprisals against demonstrators. On March 4, 2011, less than a day after President Obama's announcement, two U.S. Air Air Force C-130 aircraft delivered to Djerba, Tunisia, humanitarian aid supplies from the USAID Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance (OFDA) storage warehouse at Leghorn Army Depot in Pisa, Italy. The OFDA donations included 2,000 blankets, 40 rolls of plastic sheeting, and 9,600 10-liter plastic water containers. On March 5, U.S. military aircraft began carrying Egyptian citizens who wished to leave Tunisia and return to their home country. On March 5 and 6, U.S. aircraft carried a total of 640 Egyptians from Tunisia to their homeland. Aircraft included U.S. Air Force D-130Js and U.S. Marine Corps KC-130s. The U.S. military is playing a supporting role in the much larger U.S. government emergency response. These U.S. military aircraft fill a critical niche in being able to provide short-haul passenger transport. Also available in high definition.   show less

This edition features stories on U.S. Ambassador the Central African Republic, Laurence Wohlers, visiting AFRICOM Headquarters, AFRICOM DCMA, Ambassador J. Anthony Holmes
visiting Nigeria. Hosted by Staff Sgt. Amanda McCarty. Also available in high definition.

In this edition of AFRICOM Now U.S. Africa Command Hosts 4th Annual HIV/AIDS Awareness Event, Dr. Steven Livingston discussed "Africa's Evolving Infosystems: A Pathway to Security and Stability December 14, 2010, Information Dominance Corps (IDC) Insignia Presented to 28 Newly-Certified AFRICOM Navy Officers, Visit of Maj. Gen. Fathi Ahmed Houssein, Djiboutian Chief of Defense, to the U.S. AFRICOM headquarters on Kelley Barracks Dec. 15, 2010. Produced by Nancy Hudson. Also available in High Definition.

In this edition of AFRICOM Now TSC Conference, Veterans Day at Patch Barracks and the visit from the Ghanaian Forces Senior Leaders to AFRICOM headquarters in Stuttgart. Please visit us at http://www.africom.mil

This edition of AFRICOM Now feature stories on combatant command staff talk, U.S. Naval Forces Africa Band visiting African countries and Ambassador Tony Holmes visiting Liberia and Sierra Leone. Also available in high definition.

What's happened the last two weeks at AFRICOM? Conference Emphasizes International Effort to Curb Africa's, AFRICOM General Establishes Legacy as 1st Chief of Staff, kicked off the 2010 Combined Federal Campaign (CFC) Overseas for the command and more visit us at http://www.africom.mil

This edition features stories on a visit by a delegation of sergeants major from Kenya's defense service components, AFRICOM Chaplains conference in Garmisch,Congolese soldiers' graduation and a visit by Burkina Faso's Defense Minister. Also available in high definition.

This edition features news from U.S. Africa Command on the latest operations in their area of responsibility. Produced by Nancy Hudson. Hosted by Danielle Skinner, AFRICOM Public Affairs Office.

This edition features the latest news from U.S. Africa Command. Produced by Nancy Hudson. Also available in High Definition.

Africom Now our news highlights from U S Africa Command visit http://www.africom.mil