Video by Brian Andries | U.S. Army Southern European Task Force, Africa | 12.07.2025
U.S. Army Southern European Task Force, Africa (SETAF-AF) took command of Combined Joint Task Force - 76 to lead a multinational coalition force in Kabul, Afghanistan, March 24, 2005. Among its key elements was the 173rd Airborne Brigade, which conducted combat operations in southeastern Afghanistan. During its year-long leadership, CJTF-76 carried out 260 offensive operations as well as......
Video by Brian Andries | U.S. Army Southern European Task Force, Africa | 11.11.2025
By order of the President of the United States, the U.S. Department of Defense established Joint Force Command–United Assistance as part of a unified-action approach to combat the growing Ebola threat in West Africa. Formed with a core of Soldiers assigned to U.S. Army Africa, the Army Service Component Command for U.S. Africa Command at the time, Joint Force Command–United Assistance......
Video by Staff Sgt. Raquel Birk | U.S. Army Southern European Task Force, Africa | 11.02.2025
U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Emilio Villalobos, infantryman and early entry control point platoon sergeant, Headquarters and Headquarters Battalion, U.S. Army Southern European Task Force, Africa (SETAF-AF), discusses the Lion Deployment Readiness Exercise (DRE) at Aviano Air Base, Italy, Nov. 3, 2025. The event tested the unit’s capacity to rapidly deploy and operate as a Joint Task Force......
Video by Staff Sgt. Raquel Birk | U.S. Army Southern European Task Force, Africa | 11.02.2025
Headquarters and Headquarters Battalion, U.S. Army Southern European Task Force, Africa (SETAF-AF), conducts the Lion Deployment Readiness Exercise (DRE) at Aviano Air Base, Italy, Nov. 3, 2025. The event tested the unit’s capacity to rapidly deploy and operate as a Joint Task Force headquarters while reinforcing warfighting capability with the U.S. Air Force’s 31st Fighter Wing. (U.S.......
Video by Staff Sgt. Raquel Birk | U.S. Army Southern European Task Force, Africa | 11.02.2025
Headquarters and Headquarters Battalion, U.S. Army Southern European Task Force, Africa (SETAF-AF), conducts the Lion Deployment Readiness Exercise (DRE) at Aviano Air Base, Italy, Nov. 3, 2025. The event tested the unit’s capacity to rapidly deploy and operate as a Joint Task Force headquarters while reinforcing warfighting capability with the U.S. Air Force’s 31st Fighter Wing. (U.S.......
Video by Spc. James Robinson | U.S. Army Southern European Task Force, Africa | 09.09.2025
U.S. Soldiers assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Battalion, U.S. Army Southern European Task Force, Africa (SETAF-AF), conduct a reduced-force deployment readiness exercise (DRE) by preparing and moving equipment from Caserma Del Din, Vicenza, to Aviano Air Base, Italy, Sept. 9-10, 2025. The exercise rehearsed outload procedures essential for the upcoming Lion DRE, a vital step toward......
Video by Sgt. 1st Class Shane Klestinski | U.S. Army Southern European Task Force, Africa | 09.09.2025
U.S. Army Soldiers assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Battalion, U.S. Army southern European Task Force, Africa (SETAF-AF) conduct a reduced-force deployment readiness exercise (DRE) by preparing and moving equipment from Caserma Del Din, Vicenza, to Aviano Air Base, Italy, Sept. 10, 2025. The exercise rehearsed the outload procedures essential for the upcoming Lion DRE, a vital stage......
Video by Staff Sgt. Blake Essex | U.S. Army Southern European Task Force, Africa | 05.19.2025
U.S. Army Capt. Thomas Krause, commander of Destined Company, 2nd Battalion, 503rd Parachute Infantry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade, discusses the importance of crisis response training with Royal Moroccan Armed Forces partners at African Lion 2025 (AL25), in Cap Draa, Tan Tan, Morocco, May 20, 2025. AL25, the largest annual military exercise in Africa, brings together over 50 nations,......
