Courtesy Story | DC National Guard | 03.30.2021
Maj. Gen. William J. Walker, Commanding General of the District of Columbia National Guard, Brig. Gen. Aaron R. Dean II, Adjutant General, and other senior leaders hosted a bilateral engagement with Colonel Major Rémi Jean de Dieu Kaboré, Defense, Military and Air Attaché of the Embassy of Burkina Faso on March 30, 2021....
Story by Staff Sgt. Jennifer Milnes | U.S. Army Southern European Task Force, Africa | 04.22.2020
U.S. Army combat medic Sgt. Salfo Konkobo views his current assignment at U.S. Army Africa as an opportunity to use his background in African languages and culture to benefit the missions he performs on the continent....
Story by Africom Pao | U.S. Africa Command | 10.08.2019
Whitney Baird, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for West Africa and Security Affairs in the Bureau of African Affairs, met with the U.S. Ambassadors to Burkina Faso, Mali, Mauritania, and Niger to discuss field perspectives and an overall approach for the Sahel region of Africa, in Stuttgart, Germany, Oct. 8, 2019....
Story by Nathan Herring | U.S. Africa Command | 02.18.2019
Exercise Flintlock 2019 officially kicked off during an opening ceremony Feb. 18, 2019 in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso.
Story by Staff Sgt. Jeremiah Runser | Indiana National Guard Headquarters | 04.26.2018
OUALLAM, Niger - The Indiana National Guard and Nigerien armed forces trained together during the multinational exercise Flintlock 18 during 12 days in April....
Story by Lt. Col. Will Cambardella | U.S. Africa Command | 04.16.2018
Forces from African and Western partner nations conducted High Altitude Low Opening (HALO) and static line jumps during Exercise Flintlock 2018 in Burkina Faso....
Story by Staff Sgt. Kulani Lakanaria | U.S. Africa Command | 04.11.2018
Exercise Flintlock 2018 started with a local opening ceremony in Tahoua, Niger April 11, 2018.
Story by Christine June | George C. Marshall Center for Security Studies | 02.26.2018
GARMISCH-PARTENKIRCHEN, Germany (Feb. 26, 2018) – Special Agents Thomas F. O’Connor and Jean K. O’Connor, both with the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Joint Terrorism Task Force, gave a special evening presentation on Evidence and Prosecution to 68 security professionals from 45 countries attending the Program on Terrorism and Security Studies at the George C. Marshall European......
