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USARAF holds third annual protection roundtable
Brig. Gen. Folkestad, a U.S. Army Africa deputy commanding general, gives his remarks before U.S. Army Africa’s annual antiterrorism protection roundtable Aug. 20-22 at the Golden Lion hall on Caserma Ederle in Vicenza, Italy. The event highlighted current and future protection measures and shared lessons learned from recent operations and security training with experts from 12 U.S. embassies, the U.S. Institute for Peace and other organizations.
Photo by: Sgt. Sharifa Newton
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USARAF holds third annual protection roundtable
Participants of U.S. Army Africa’s annual antiterrorism protection roundtable pose for a photo Aug. 20-22 at the Golden Lion hall on Caserma Ederle in Vicenza, Italy. The event highlighted current and future protection measures and shared lessons learned from recent operations and security training with experts from 12 U.S. embassies, the U.S. Institute for Peace and other organizations.
Photo by: Sgt. Sharifa Newton
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USARAF holds third annual protection roundtable
Lt. Cmdr Curren Shorte, a representative of Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa, gives a brief on East Africa Response Force crisis management during U.S. Army Africa’s annual antiterrorism protection roundtable Aug. 20-22 at the Golden Lion hall on Caserma Ederle in Vicenza, Italy. The event highlighted current and future protection measures and shared lessons learned from recent operations and security training with experts from 12 U.S. embassies, the U.S. Institute for Peace and other organizations.
Photo by: Sgt. Sharifa Newton
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USARAF holds third annual protection roundtable
U.S. Army Africa held its third annual antiterrorism protection roundtable August 20-22 at the Golden Lion hall on Caserma Ederle in Vicenza, Italy.
Photo by: Sgt. Sharifa Newton
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USARAF holds third annual protection roundtable
U.S. Army Africa held its third annual antiterrorism protection roundtable August 20-22 at the Golden Lion hall on Caserma Ederle in Vicenza, Italy.
Photo by: Sgt. Sharifa Newton
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USARAF holds third annual protection roundtable
U.S. Army Africa held its third annual antiterrorism protection roundtable August 20-22 at the Golden Lion hall on Caserma Ederle in Vicenza, Italy.
Photo by: Sgt. Sharifa Newton
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USARAF holds third annual protection roundtable
U.S. Army Africa held its third annual antiterrorism protection roundtable August 20-22 at the Golden Lion hall on Caserma Ederle in Vicenza, Italy.
Photo by: Sgt. Sharifa Newton
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USARAF holds third annual protection roundtable
U.S. Army Africa held its third annual antiterrorism protection roundtable August 20-22 at the Golden Lion hall on Caserma Ederle in Vicenza, Italy.
Photo by: Sgt. Sharifa Newton
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USARAF holds third annual protection roundtable
U.S. Army Africa held its third annual antiterrorism protection roundtable August 20-22 at the Golden Lion hall on Caserma Ederle in Vicenza, Italy.
Photo by: Sgt. Sharifa Newton
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USARAF holds third annual protection roundtable
U.S. Army Africa held its third annual antiterrorism protection roundtable August 20-22 at the Golden Lion hall on Caserma Ederle in Vicenza, Italy.
Photo by: Sgt. Sharifa Newton
VICENZA, Italy —
U.S. Army Africa held its third annual antiterrorism protection roundtable August 20-22 at the Golden Lion hall on Caserma Ederle in Vicenza, Italy.
During the roundtable, USARAF representatives discussed future protection-related events and theater security cooperation events that aim to strengthen partnerships and ensure the necessary security measures are involved in order for the events to be successful.
Protection experts from a 12 U.S. embassies in Africa, along with representatives from U.S. Africa Command, and subordinate components, to include experts from the United States Institute of Peace attended the event.
“The event allows us to engage our partners downrange and unify our protection efforts for the forces going down. We’re trying to eliminate the element of surprise,” said Mel Crandell, the USARAF antiterrorism division chief.
According to Crandell, leaders reviewed elements of protection such as antiterrorism, physical security, emergency management, force self-protection, counterintelligence and cyber protection.
USARAF uses this event to relay its priorities to the attendees and then receive guidance from the attendees.
“An event like this builds camaraderie,” Crandell said. “Going forward, this event will help solidify everything that we've been building over the last three years and hopefully make it better moving ahead. From a readiness perspective, it helps us power project protection to the continent and how we want to engage it.”
