About a decade ago, Soule Malame left his home country of Togo in search of a better life in America.
Today, he's paying it forward to another West African nation, as part of a U.S. Army mission to strengthen Cameroon's military and its people in defeating Boko Haram and other violent extremists.
A first lieutenant with Task Force Toccoa, a 101st Airborne Division-led unit based just south of the frontlines of Boko Haram in northern Cameroon, Malame uses his cultural identity to be a key part of the mission.
READ MORE: https://www.army.mil/article/187110/african_born_officer_gets_back_to_his_roots_with_cameroon_mission
Date Taken: | 05.12.2017 |
Date Posted: | 05.12.2017 15:43 |
Category: | Package |
Video ID: | 524367 |
VIRIN: | 170512-A-BM744-721 |
Filename: | DOD_104361522 |
Length: | 00:02:01 |
Location: | CM |
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