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Planning efforts are underway for Justified Accord 2023
5:02 PM8/5/2022
This week more than 60 participants from the U.S., Africa partner nations and multinational forces gathered together to continue planning efforts for Justified Accord 2023—U.S. Africa Command’s largest East Africa military training exercise.
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Sergeant Morales Club inducts new members, serves community
12:00 PM7/26/2022
To become a member of the Sergeant Morales Club, Soldiers must commit countless hours of their free time to prepare for the long road to becoming a member. Service members must be in the rank of corporal through sergeant first class, be in good Army standing, supervise at least two Soldiers, and demonstrate the character, commitment and competence required to maintain their standing in the Army profession, and be assigned to U.S. Army Europe and Africa command and have a minimum of six months remaining to their overseas tours.
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U.S., South Africa militaries begin Exercise Shared Accord 2022 in KwaZulu-Natal
6:09 PM7/19/2022
Exercise Shared Accord, planned and executed by the United States Army Southern European Task Force, Africa, features several key exercises occurring simultaneously -- a medical training exercise, a field training exercises and a training segment called Judicious Activation -- all designed to promote security cooperation and interoperability between the United States and South Africa.
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U.S. Soldiers assist passengers injured in Somalia plane crash
5:27 PM7/19/2022
Three 2nd Security Force Assistance Brigade Soldiers out of Fort Bragg, N.C., were conducting medical training with a platoon of Somalia’s Danab commandos when a Jubba Airlines aircraft crash-landed at Mogadishu International Airport at 10:30 a.m. on July 18. While the Danab commandos rushed toward the aircraft to pull injured passengers from the aircraft, the three American SFAB team members established a triage station about 100 meters from the crash site and assisted local emergency responders to evacuate 16 injured passengers to nearby medical facilities.
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SETAF-AF brings together rival towns in Dolomites for 60 years, counting
2:49 PM7/14/2022
In 1962, Odilla Lissa Dal Pra, from the town Valli del Pasubio several miles north of massif, sculpted a statue of the Virgin Mary with ambition to place it from on top of the peak known by locals as “Sisilla” in the Little Dolomites.
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SETAF-AF gets new commanding general, bids farewell to Rohling
11:40 AM7/14/2022
Soldiers of U.S Army Southern European Task Force, Africa welcomed a new commanding general during the change of command ceremony held at Hoekstra Field on Caserma Ederle, July 14. Maj. Gen. Todd Wasmund took command of SETAF-AF in front of assembled SETAF-AF Soldiers, family and friends.
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US, Moroccan Special Forces Team Up For Inaugural Cyber Training
10:50 AM7/11/2022
As part of African Lion 22, U.S. and Moroccan Special Forces conduct inaugural cyber effects training, working towards a more unified and sustainable multi-domain combat environment.
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Medical readiness exercise provides real-world humanitarian relief to local Moroccan population
1:34 PM7/1/2022
The Utah Army National Guard Medical Detachmnet, the U.S. Army 30th Medical Brigade, and the Royal Moroccan Army collaborated to provide real-world humanitarian assistance to the local population in Morocco while simultaneously conducting medical readiness training during African Lion 2022.
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Digital Press Briefing on African Lion 22 (Transcript)
11:15 AM6/29/2022
Transcript of the Africa Regional Media Hub digital press briefing with Major General Andrew M. Rohling, Commander of U.S. Army Southern European Task Force. Major General Rohling discussed African Lion 22, U.S. Africa Command’s largest and premier annual exercise involving more than 7,500 service members.
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Idaho National Guard participates in exercise African Lion 22
3:22 PM6/28/2022
Idaho Army National Guard Soldiers with the 1st Battalion of the 148th Field Artillery Regiment and their counterparts from California, Oregon, Texas, Utah and Wisconsin are training with the Royal Moroccan Army in the northern Sahara Desert as part of African Lion ’22.
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Combined arms rehearsal sets stage for successful African Lion 22
10:34 AM6/23/2022
Moroccan and United States military leadership welcomed participants to the combined arms rehearsal in Agadir, Morocco during African Lion 22 June 20, 2022.
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African Lion 22 begins, runs June 6-30 in Morocco, Tunisia, Senegal and Ghana
2:53 PM6/9/2022
African Lion 22 features a joint task force command post exercise, a combined arms live fire exercise, a maritime exercise, an air exercise including bomber aircraft, a joint forcible entry with paratroopers into a field training exercise, a chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear response exercise, and a humanitarian civic assistance program event.
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Winners announced for SETAF-AF Best Warrior & Best Squad Competition
2:24 PM6/8/2022
Approximately 40 Soldiers across U.S. Army Southern European Task Force, Africa, participated in the 2022 Best Warrior & Best Squad Competition held on Caserme Del Din, May 23-26. The winners were announced Wednesday, June 8 at an award ceremony.
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839th Transportation Bn. pushes equipment for major military exercise from Livorno port
10:50 AM6/4/2022
Equipment for U.S. Africa Command’s largest exercise in Africa left the port of Livorno May 29 aboard the USNS Yuma. This equipment is a small part of the thousands of short tons now underway across the Mediterranean and Atlantic oceans to several locations for Exercise African Lion 22.
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Remarks by Maj. Gen. Andrew M. Rohling at the U.S. Army Southern European Task Force, Africa Army Heritage Month and Birthday Commemoration
1:32 PM6/2/2022
Remarks by Maj. Gen. Andrew M. Rohling at the U.S. Army Southern European Task Force, Africa Army Heritage Month and Birthday Commemoration
June 2, 2022
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Caserma Del Din, Vicenza, Italy
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Change of command ceremony welcomes Lt. Col. Corbett Baxter to Headquarters and Headquarters Battalion
3:04 PM5/31/2022
Lt. Col. John M. Baker relinquished duties as the commander of the Headquarters and Headquarters Battalion to Lt. Col. Corbett W. Baxter during the change of command ceremony May 31 on Caserma Del Din in Vicenza, Italy.
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Sky Soldier wins title of “Physician Assistant of the Year” in U.S. Army Europe and Africa
1:28 PM5/24/2022
VICENZA, Italy – U.S. Army Capt. Christopher Donaghe is a Physician Assistant assigned to 2nd Battalion, 503rd Airborne Infantry Regiment “The Rock” in the 173rd Airborne Brigade. On May 20, Capt. Donaghe officially received the U.S. Army Europe and Africa (USAREUR-AF) 2021 Physician Assistant of the Year Award. The Commanding General of Regional Health Command Europe and Command Surgeon of USAREUR-AF, Brig. Gen. Mark Thompson traveled to Vicenza to present Donaghe with his well-deserved award for his selfless care of hundreds of Sky Soldiers.
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Commanding general recognizes local hospital care team for support to U.S. Army civilian employee
5:54 PM5/19/2022
Maj. Gen. Andrew Rohling, commanding general of U.S. Army Southern European Task Force, Africa headquartered in Vicenza, presented awards to two members of the San Bortolo Hospital care team and two volunteers of the Croce Verde organization for their actions to assist a U.S. Army civilian employee needing extensive support May-November 2020.
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SETAF-AF hosts Vicenza Military Community masquerade gala
5:49 PM5/17/2022
The U.S. Army Southern European Task Force, Africa hosted a night to remember at Villa di Montruglio in nearby Barbano-Mossano for members of the Vicenza Military Community, April 29.
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SETAF-AF and 173rd make most of airborne exercise
4:49 PM5/17/2022
More than 800[ U.S. Army paratroopers from Vicenza, Italy, were set to jump into Latvia Friday as the final event of Exercise Swift Response 22 – a U.S. Army Europe and Africa exercise in high north and Baltic states of the European continent. The exercise involved more than 9,000 troops from 17 countries.
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