Courtesy Story | U.S. Army Southern European Task Force, Africa | 03.31.2016
By Sgt. 1st Class Chris Bridson, U.S. Army Africa Public Affairs OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso - U.S. Army Africa and Burkina Faso military planners worked with representatives from 18 different countries to complete the final planning process for Western Accord 2016 here, March 21-25. Military members from the Economic Community of West African States, United Nations Department of......
Story by Sgt. Marcus Fichtl | 24th Theater Public Affairs Support Element | 07.26.2015
Western Accord 15 participants walked cobblestone streets, ate at cafes lined along century old buildings, and crossed the bridges dotting the Dutch waterways. The bridges are why they came; the newly shared culture is why they stayed....
Story by Senior Airman Sarah Mattison | 158th Fighter Wing | 08.10.2012
Crowded outside the gate, hundreds of Senegalese men, women and children waited with the hopes of being treated by medical and dental personnel. Thirty-two members of the Vermont Army and Air National Guard traveled to Thies, Senegal to participate in a Humanitarian Civic Assistance project as part of Western Accord 2012. For two weeks they had the opportunity to work alongside counterparts......
Story by Lance Cpl. Jessica Ito | Marine Forces Reserve (MARFORRES) | 07.19.2012
A combined-forces closing ceremony officially marked the end of Exercise Western Accord 2012 on the airfield here, July 19....
Story by Sgt. Tatum Vayavananda | U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Europe and Africa | 07.17.2012
When over 1,200 U.S. and West African service members train, eat, sleep and live together in an austere environment, there is the risk of injuries, illnesses and medical emergencies. In order to keep the force fit for duty during Exercise Western Accord 2012, a team of Navy medical personnel deployed medical assets directly to the onsite location for the multi-week, multi-national field......
Story by Lance Cpl. Jessica Ito | Marine Forces Reserve (MARFORRES) | 07.17.2012
For the past decade, U. S. Reserve forces have become more operational and are constantly conducting overseas contingency operations worldwide. In order to facilitate their expeditionary needs, a thought-out logistical plan must be in place....
Story by Master Sgt. Peter Walz | Marine Forces Reserve (MARFORRES) | 07.17.2012
“We have a situation,” cried out a radio operator of the Gambian armed forces. U.S. Marines and multi-national forces have encountered an angry mob as part of a mock training exercise to prepare them for real-world crisis events....
Story by Lance Cpl. Jessica Ito | Marine Forces Reserve (MARFORRES) | 07.17.2012
U.S. service members taking part in Exercise Western Accord 2012 volunteered to help the local community’s agricultural growth here, July 17. The service members helped a local farmer protect his crops from roaming livestock by planting a live fence around the field....
