Courtesy Story | U.S. Army Southern European Task Force, Africa | 03.24.2025
NAIROBI, Kenya – Among the flurry of tactical live fires and squad movement drills, air ground integration and even the humanitarian initiatives at exercise Justified Accord 2025 (JA25), lies the one thing those who serve in any armed force must follow: The Law. The Law of Armed Conflict, or LOAC, is a key aspect of training for any military. JA25’s academics course aimed at learning......
Story by Capt. Billy Lacroix | U.S. Army Southern European Task Force, Africa | 12.13.2024
BANGUI, Central African Republic – U.S. Army Southern European Task Force, Africa (SETAF-AF) recently conducted a professional military exchange with the Armed Forces of the Central African Republic (FACA) from Dec. 3-7, 2024. This engagement, co-led by U.S. Africa Command’s (AFRICOM) Inspector General (IG) Col. Valentin Maldonado and SETAF-AF’s IG Lt. Col. Benjamin Barrett, aimed to......
Story by Staff Sgt. Grady Jones | U.S. Africa Command | 11.15.2018
U.S. Department of Justice & U.S. Africa Command (USAFRICOM) hosted the first DOJ Africa Symposium, Oct. 29 to Nov. 2, 2018 at the Kelly Special Events Center, U.S. Army Garrison Stuttgart. The event brought together more than 25 Justice Department legal advisors, legal staff and partners working in Africa to learn about regional developments and ongoing challenges related to justice......
Story by Sgt. Justin Updegraff | Resolute Support Headquarters | 09.19.2017
“A former U.S. Army commander was talking with a minister, and the minister frankly told him, ‘If you come out to Helmand for six months, you’ll be set for life,’” said a law enforcement advisor with Task Force Southwest. “I mean that says it right there. When people who are in power stay here for six months and can be financially stable for the rest of their lives, corruption is intolerable.”...
Story by Lt.j.g. Charity Edgar | Resolute Support Headquarters | 08.17.2015
U.S. Army Brig. Gen. Mitchell Chitwood knows that a major, but often overlooked, key to success in the fight against insurgents in Afghanistan is adherence to human rights....
Story by Capt. Susan Harrington | Resolute Support Headquarters | 06.08.2015
On the same day Afghanistan was named the second-worst country in the Rule of Law by the U.S.-based World Justice Project, members of the Afghan National Army were combating this label by taking part in a five-day legal training workshop here May 31 – June 4, 2015....
Story by Sean Dath | Resolute Support Headquarters | 05.28.2015
The train, advise and assist mission under NATO’s Resolute Support focuses on eight key areas called "essential functions" that are crucial to the continued development of Afghan security forces....
Story by Cpl. Clay Beyersdorfer | ISAF Regional Command South | 10.31.2013
As the month of October ends and the New Year approaches, Afghan National Security Forces continue to make strides as they take the lead from International Security Assistance Forces in Afghanistan....
