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U.S. Army Southern European Task Force, Africa

Vicenza, IT

U.S. Army Southern European Task Force, Africa

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Current Personnel:

William Alderson

Sgt. Maj. Miriam Espinoza

Brenadine Humphrey

Sgt. 1st Class Shane Klestinski

Sgt. 1st Class Andrew Mallett

Maj. Edward McBride

Sgt. 1st Class Solomon Navarro

Sgt. Christopher Sanchez

1st Lt. Katherine Sibilla

Lt. Col. Alex Tignor

Content Online:

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1,383

Audio:

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News Stories:

667

Images:

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Graphics:

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Publications:

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Who We Are

U.S. Army Southern European Task Force, Africa (SETAF-AF) [July 2025]

The U.S. Army Southern European Task Force, Africa (SETAF-AF) prepares Army forces, executes crisis response, enables strategic competition and strengthens partners to achieve U.S. Army Europe and Africa and U.S. Africa Command campaign objectives. (U.S. Army video edited by Chris House) [Music licensed by Envato Elements: “Soldier” by Deodo, https://elements.envato.com/soldier-XGJ5J8B]

Taken: 07.21.2025 | Video by Chris House

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EXERCISE African Lion

Dutch recon forces sharpen gunnery skills in...

05.27.2025 | Video by Brian Andries

Soldiers of the Royal Netherlands Army, assigned to the 42nd Brigade Reconnaissance Squadron, conduct marksmanship training and unmanned aerial...

B-roll: Multinational Senior Military Leaders...

05.23.2025 | Video by Staff Sgt. Aaliyah Craven

B-roll: Multinational partners attend the African Lion 2025 (AL25) closing military demonstration in Tan-Tan, Morocco, May 23, 2025. The...

Interview: U.S. Marine Corps SGT Boden Fish African...

05.23.2025 | Video by Staff Sgt. Aaliyah Craven

Interview: U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Boden Fish, a foreign military force advisor, 4th Naval Gunfire Liaison Company, speaks on the military...

Recent Videos

Welcome to the Vicenza Health Community [2025 Update]

07.30.2025 | Video by Staff Sgt. Alisha Grezlik and Sgt. Michael Westendorf

The Vicenza Army Health Clinic exists to provide safe, high-quality medical care to ensure the readiness of the Warfighter and improve the health...

2nd Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment, 173rd...

07.21.2025 | Video by Pfc. Destiny Baker

U.S. Army Command Sgt. Maj. Sean Clark relinquishes responsibility to Command Sgt. Maj. Brian Briggs during the 2nd Battalion, 503rd Infantry...

U.S. Army Southern European Task Force, Africa...

07.21.2025 | Video by Chris House

The U.S. Army Southern European Task Force, Africa (SETAF-AF) prepares Army forces, executes crisis response, enables strategic competition and...

B-Roll: 173rd Airborne Brigade Soldiers conduct a...

07.17.2025 | Video by Pfc. Destiny Baker

U.S. Army Soldiers, assigned to Combat Engineer Company, 2nd Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade (173rd Airborne), complete...

U.S. Army Cadet speaks about her experience in...

07.16.2025 | Video by Pfc. Destiny Baker

U.S. Army Cadet Katie Lock, a student at Virginia Tech and member of the New River Battalion, 1st Brigade, U.S. Army Cadet Command, speaks about...

B-Roll: 173rd Airborne Brigade Soldiers conduct a...

07.16.2025 | Video by Spc. James Robinson

U.S. Army Soldiers, assigned to Combat Engineer Company, 2nd Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade, train on 11 different...

Interview: 173rd Airborne Brigade Soldier discusses...

07.15.2025 | Video by Pfc. Destiny Baker

U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Leyton Summerlin assigned to Battle Company, 2nd Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade, speaks on...

B-Roll: 173rd Airborne Brigade Soldiers conduct M4...

07.15.2025 | Video by Pfc. Destiny Baker

U.S. Army Soldiers assigned to Chosen Company, 2nd Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade, qualify at the M4 range in...

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Recent News Stories

Sky Soldiers showcase their collaborative...

07.29.2025 | Story by 1st Lt. Tucker Chase

U.S. Soldiers assigned to the 173rd Airborne Brigade’s Bayonet Innovation Team (BIT), alongside counterparts from the Multi-Domain Command...

SETAF-AF highlights 173rd Airborne Brigade...

07.14.2025 | Story by Maj. Joe Legros

VICENZA, Italy – Soldiers from the 173rd Airborne Brigade’s Bayonet Innovation Team (BIT) are set to participate in the inaugural LANDEURO...

Family Ties: Siblings strengthen readiness,...

07.14.2025 | Story by Sgt. 1st Class Solomon Navarro

U.S. Army Maj. Carolyn Vandeventer and her brother, U.S. Army Master Sgt. Stuart Vandevick, reunited in Senegal as part of African Lion 2025,...

SETAF-AF forensic team deploys expertise at sea,...

07.08.2025 | Story by Maj. Joe Legros

VICENZA, Italy – When U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) and U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM) identified a need to gather evidence, the U.S. Army’s...

U.S Army Southern European Task Force, Africa...

06.04.2025 | Story by 1st Lt. Katherine Sibilla

Three U.S. Army Soldiers assigned to U.S. Army Southern European Task Force, Africa (SETAF-AF), joined an Italian Army Major to visit the Scuola...

US, Ghana conclude medical readiness exercise...

05.30.2025 | Story by 1st Lt. Katherine Sibilla

ACCRA, Ghana — Twenty-seven U.S. medical professionals from Landstuhl Regional Medical Center (LMRC), Dental Health Activity Rheinland-Pfalz,...

African Lion 2025 concludes, showcases US ability...

05.27.2025 | Story by PHILIP REGINA

The 21st edition of African Lion concluded this week with over 10,000 multinational troops from more than 50 nations executing synchronized...

Forging strength through partnership: US, Morocco...

05.23.2025 | Story by Tech. Sgt. Alexandra Longfellow

Against the backdrop of desert skies and dynamic terrain, more than 10,000 troops from 50 nations converged for African Lion 2025 (AL25), the...

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Recent Images

173rd Airborne Brigade perform an airborne...

07.24.2025 | Photo by Sgt. Michael Westendorf

U.S. Army paratroopers assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade, move off the drop zone after conducting an...

173rd Airborne Brigade perform an airborne...

07.23.2025 | Photo by Pfc. Destiny Baker

U.S. Army paratroopers assigned to 2nd Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade, move off the drop zone after an airborne jump...

173rd Airborne Brigade perform an airborne...

07.22.2025 | Photo by Spc. James Robinson

U.S. Army paratroopers assigned to 2nd Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade, prepare for an airborne operation at Aviano Air...

173rd Airborne Brigade paratroopers conduct...

07.22.2025 | Photo by Sgt. Michael Westendorf

U.S. Army paratroopers assigned to 2nd Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade, land at Juliet Drop Zone, Aviano, Italy, July...

Paratroopers with the 173rd Airborne Brigade...

07.22.2025 | Photo by Sgt. Christopher Sanchez

U.S. Army paratroopers assigned to 2nd Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade, conduct an airborne operation at Juliet Drop...

2-503rd Infantry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade...

07.21.2025 | Photo by Sgt. Michael Westendorf

U.S. Army Lt. Col. William T. Freakley, commander of 2nd Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade, passes the battalion colors...

173rd Airborne Brigade Soldiers conduct demolition...

07.16.2025 | Photo by Spc. James Robinson

U.S. Army Sgt. Isaiah Coston, a paratrooper assigned to Combat Engineer Company, 2nd Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade,...

173rd Airborne Brigade attend LANDEURO in Germany

07.16.2025 | Photo by Maj. Edward McBride

U.S. Army 1st Lt. Vincent Gasparri, bayonet innovation team director, 173rd Airborne Brigade, and 1st Lt. Francesco La Torre, bayonet innovation...

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Graphics

African Lion: U.S. Army Capt. Maria Eggers

09.05.2025 | Graphics by Brenadine Humphrey

Part of a series of graphics designed to highlight individual military members participating in African Lion 2025. U.S. Army Capt. Maria Eggers,...

African Lion: U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Charles Hayward

05.15.2025 | Graphics by Brenadine Humphrey

Part of a series of graphics designed to highlight individual military members participating in African Lion 2025. U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt....

African Lion: U.S. Army Master Sgt. Preston Lewis

05.14.2025 | Graphics by Brenadine Humphrey

Part of a series of graphics designed to highlight individual military members participating in African Lion 2025. U.S. Army Master Sgt. Preston...

Ghana hosts African Lion 2025 with U.S. and Allied...

05.05.2025 | Graphics by Brian Andries

The media kit, developed by the U.S. Army Southern European Task Force, Africa (SETAF-AF) public affairs office in support of exercise African...

Senegal hosts African Lion 2025 with U.S. and...

05.05.2025 | Graphics by Maj. Brian Andries

The media kit, developed by the U.S. Army Southern European Task Force, Africa (SETAF-AF) public affairs office in support of exercise African...

Morocco hosts African Lion 2025 with U.S. and...

05.05.2025 | Graphics by Brian Andries

The media kit, developed by the U.S. Army Southern European Task Force, Africa (SETAF-AF) public affairs office in support of exercise African...

SETAF-AF announces 2025 Best Squad Competition Winners

04.11.2025 | Graphics by Brenadine Humphrey

Graphic created to announce the 2025 SETAF-AF Best Squad Competition Winners: the Best Noncommissioned Officer award goes to Staff Sgt. Alesando...

SETAF-AF announces 2025 Best Squad Competition Winners

04.11.2025 | Graphics by Brenadine Humphrey

Graphic created to announce the 2025 SETAF-AF Best Squad Competition Winners: the Best Soldier award goes to Pfc. Maxwell Eskew, 1st Battalion,...

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