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Recent Posts by AFRICOM Staff

From Deborah Croft
on 10/13/2011 1:11:21 PM
"Yamano Akwaaba! Ghanaians say Yamano Akwaaba, meaning "we welcome you." This is exactly how we all felt at the first ever AFRICOM..."
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From Major Christopher I. Loftis, Office of Security Cooperation-Tunis
on 10/5/2011 10:45:24 AM
"CPT Gina Jenkins and 1SG Bradley Murphy traveled to Menzil Jemil, Tunisia as part of a US AFRICOM Traveling Contact Team (TCT) to participate in an exchange with members of the Tunisian..."
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From Major Michael DeCicco
on 9/19/2011 11:28:58 AM
"I traveled to Camp Lemmonier in Djibouti from 15-16 September. My mission's task was to nurture the relationship with CJTF-HOA J5 (Strategy, Plans, and Programs) engagement strategists..."
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Recent Posts by Internet Public

Fazal Hussain, Lt Col in Unspecified wrote
on 10/18/2011 2:22:01 PM
"Congratulation on exuberant succes of this excellent conference with highly relevent contents and significantly measurable and quantifiable outcome. Without a doubt, challenges in ..."
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Anonymous in Unspecified wrote
on 10/17/2011 8:16:35 PM
"I believe the President is right in sending troops to help rid the world of this guy. I believe that we as Americans, and, in my case, as soldiers, have a duty to support and defen..."
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Joe in Unspecified wrote
on 10/17/2011 4:20:06 PM
"Is this were BUSH 41 or 43 we would hear that this is ALL about the oil. UGANDA has no real means to get the oil to market is the problem - no railroads and the Nile is not amenabl..."
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Alan in San Marcos, Ca wrote
on 10/17/2011 1:48:47 AM
"I believe we have been in the region too long. What should be done, is too start removing our troops in mass and give back and give be to the current government to fix their own pr..."
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TOM in NICEVILLE, FL wrote
on 10/16/2011 2:38:28 PM
"WE NEVER LEARN. THIS IS HOW OUR ENVOLVEMENT IN VIET NAM STARTED!..."
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News and Information
Latest News From US Africa Command
African Flag Officer Pins Former USARAF Soldier with Meritorious Service Medal
Oct 18, 2011 · U.S. Army Africa Public Affairs
For soldiers, receiving a Meritorious Service Medal is a special if not fairly rare occasion. For Staff Sergeant Piedad Garcia, earning the MSM was coupled with an additional honor: Garcia's award was presented by Brigadier General Joseph Kwankye, director general of Defence Communications and...  Full Story



State Department's Johnnie Carson Travels to Africa
Oct 18, 2011 · U.S. Department of State
U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Johnnie Carson travels to the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda and Niger October 17-26, 2011 the State Department announced. Carson, who is the assistant secretary of state for African affairs, will be promoting U.S. objectives of democracy and...  Full Story



U.S. Africa Command Donates Medical Supplies to Djiboutian Military Training School
Oct 17, 2011 · U.S. Embassy, Djibouti
On October 3, 2011, several members of the U.S. Embassy's Office of Security Cooperation (OSC) traveled to the Djiboutian Armed Forces military training center at Holhol to provide approximately 200 pounds of medical supplies donated by U.S. Africa Command. A military physician from...  Full Story



TEXTS AND FACT SHEET: U.S. Support to Regional Efforts to Counter the Lord's Resistance Army
Oct 15, 2011 · U.S. AFRICOM Public Affairs
President Obama on October 14, 2011, notified U.S. Congress that he is deploying a small number of military personnel to central Africa to assist regional militaries in confronting the Lord's Resistance Army, whose two decades of atrocities have affected tens of thousands of men, women, and...  Full Story



Obama Sends U.S. Forces to Help African Troops Confront Lord's Resistance Army
Oct 14, 2011 · American Forces Press Service
President Barack Obama has authorized the deployment to central Africa of 100 combat-equipped U.S. forces whose mission is to help regional forces fight the notorious Lord's Resistance Army and its leader, Joseph Kony. In a letter to House Speaker John Boehner and Daniel Inouye, president...  Full Story



Some Guidelines Met for Ending Libya Mission, Official Says
Oct 07, 2011 · American Forces Press Service
Three of the four guidelines laid out this week by Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta for ending Operation Unified Protector in Libya have been met, a senior defense official said October 7, 2011. At Panetta's final news conference of the October 5-6 NATO defense ministerial conference in...  Full Story



AFRICOM Commander Highlights Priorities, Concerns at CSIS Strategy Talk
Oct 07, 2011 · U.S. AFRICOM Public Affairs
During a military strategy forum October 4, 2011, General Carter F. Ham, commander of U.S. Africa Command, emphasized the importance of strengthening African military capabilities to address some of Africa's current security challenges while preventing future ones. (See related  Full Story




Showing the most recent press releases.

For the past month's articles, released Sunday, September 18, 2011 through Wednesday, October 19, 2011, see the Articles page.

For ALL press releases, see the U.S. Africa Command News Archives
Command Videos
AFRICOM Now update "Kontali Celebration"

Students and residents of Kontali, Djibouti treated U.S. Service Members from Combined Joint Task Force -- Horn of Africa to a performance of tribal songs and dancing recently. The show was in appreciation of work that CJTF-HOA has been conducting on a new project for the Kontali Primary School.


Activities and Factsheets

FACT SHEET: United States Africa Command
U.S. AFRICOM Public Affairs Office
United States Africa Command, AFRICOM, one of six of the Defense Department's regional military headquarters, was declared a fully unified command on October 1, 2008. As such, Africa Command has administrative responsibility for U.S. military...  Full Fact Sheet

FACT SHEET: Acquisition & Cross-Servicing Agreements (ACSA)
U.S. AFRICOM Public Affairs
Document is in PDF format  (Full Fact Sheet)

FACT SHEET: U.S. Africa Command Exercises for 2011
U.S. AFRICOM Public Affairs
Document is in PDF format  (Full Fact Sheet)

FACT SHEET: Libya - People and Places Pronunciation Guide
U.S. AFRICOM Public Affairs
Document is in PDF format  (Full Fact Sheet)

VIGNETTE: CJTF-HOA Pre-positioned Expeditionary Assistance Kits (PEAK): Phase One
U.S. AFRICOM Public Affairs
Document is in PDF format  (Full Fact Sheet)

For additional U.S. Africa Command Fact Sheets please see the U.S. Africa Command Activities page.