AFRICOM commander visits Angola, military medical readiness exercise

AFRICOM Commander Gen. Michael Langley visited senior Angola defense officials in Luanda, Angola, on Nov. 10, while observing a military medical readiness exercise involving U.S. and Angolan doctors.

By Maj. Cain Claxton , U.S. Army Southern European Task Force, Africa Angola Nov 14, 2022

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(Left to right) Angola army Lt. Gen. Alberto DeAlmeida, U.S. Marine Corps Gen. Michael Langley, Ms. Francisca dos Reis, and Angola army Brig. Gen. Filomena Buruti tour the Angola army’s Principle Military Hospital and Superior Institute of Medicine in Luanda, Angola, Nov. 10. Langley, the U.S. Africa Command commander, was in Angola to discuss security cooperation with senior Angolan defense officials. (U.S. Army photo by Master Sgt. Dave S. Thompson)

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U.S. Africa Command Commander Gen. Michael Langley discusses military medicine with Angola Brig. Gen. Armando Pinto and Ms. Francisca dos Reis, U.S. Embassy Office of Security Cooperation Program Assistant, during a visit to the Principle Military Hospital and Superior Institute of Medicine in Luanda, Angola, Nov. 10. Langley, the U.S. Africa Command commander, was in Angola to discuss security cooperation with senior Angolan defense officials. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Alisha Grezlik)

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Gen. Michael Langley presents Army Capt. Claudia McDermott with a commander’s coin during a visit to the U.S.-Angola Military Medical Readiness Exercise in Luanda, Angola, Nov. 10, 2022. Langley, the commanding general of U.S. Africa Command, stopped by the exercise during a visit to Angola to discuss security cooperation with senior Angola defense officials. McDermott led the team of U.S. Army medical providers participating in the exercise with Angolan counterparts (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Alisha Grezlik)

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VICENZA, Italy – AFRICOM Commander Gen. Michael Langley visited senior Angola defense officials in Luanda, Angola, on Nov. 10, while observing a military medical readiness exercise involving U.S. and Angolan doctors.

Langley was met by Lt. Gen. Alberto DeAlmeida, director of Health Services for the Angolan Armed Forces, and Brig. Gen. Filomena Buruti, director of the Military Hospital Principal Superior. Burundi provided an overview of the hospital program, emphasizing the importance of the medical readiness exercise program and future collaboration between Angola and the U.S. military.

Langley met several of the military medical providers participating in the exercise.

Scheduled to run from Nov. 8-18, the medical readiness exercise is the first of six that planned for Fiscal Year 2023 by the U.S. Army Southern European Task Force, Africa. SETAF-AF coordinates each exercise with African militaries and U.S. Army medical providers in order to enhance military medical capabilities of all participants. The exercises allow the participants to exchange best practices in order to improve treatment capabilities and support to soldiers.

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