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9:52 AM12/28/2017

More than 20 official unit mail handlers worked diligently to process hundreds of packages the evening of December 19 and 20 for the service members stationed at CL Garoua.

9:48 AM12/28/2017

The CL Garoua medic team was able to vaccinate 120 soldiers in about three hours inoculating a significant number of the service members in need of the flu shot.

12:07 PM12/20/2017

Two soldiers and an airman started a French class in Garoua to make it easier for service members and locals to communicate.

3:51 PM12/13/2017

The 1st Battalion, 87th Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division Soldiers from Task Force Darby supporting operations at Contingency Location Garoua, Cameroon, completed the hands-on part of their combat lifesavers course Dec. 10.

9:38 AM12/12/2017

ABUJA, Nigeria -- Nigerian Army and U.S. Army soldiers joined forces here to plan the upcoming African Land Forces Summit, Dec. 3-8.

4:32 PM12/7/2017

Rwanda Defence Force hosts the U.S. and Netherlands for Peacekeeping Exercise Planning.

10:11 AM12/7/2017

With about 200 Soldiers, Airmen and contractors, the unit in Garoua, Cameroon, supports Cameroon's military in its fight against Boko Haram. The violent extremist group is responsible for killing, kidnapping and displacing thousands of people and still operates roughly 60 miles from the base.

11:12 PM12/5/2017

VICENZA, Italy – U.S. Army Africa’s acting commanding general visited Nigeria to engage with senior land force’s chiefs and offer war college students academic insight in Abuja, Nov. 30.

3:14 PM11/24/2017

Col. Barthelemy Tsilla, commander of Air Base 301, and his Airmen were invited by Maj. Andrzej V. Kujawski, Task Force Darby commander at CL Garoua, to join in the American Thanksgiving tradition.

11:37 AM11/24/2017

A handful of Soldiers from the 764th Ordnance Company (Explosive Ordnance Disposal) out of Fort Carson, Colorado, came to Cameroon at the request of U.S Army Africa during Counter Improvised Explosive Device-Defeat Phase I training October 23 to November 17, 2017, to help Cameroonian troops learn more about IEDs and how to dispose of them safely.

2:49 PM10/24/2017

Pfc. Yardy Collins holds the distinction of being the first international student from Liberia to graduate from the preventive medicine specialist program at the Medical Education and Training Campus (METC) on Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston October 20.

5:09 PM10/16/2017

Chaplain (Col.) David Lile and Chaplain (Lt. Col.) Mike Burgess participated in a combat operational stress control (COSC) military-to-military engagement with twenty-one Rwandan medical and military personnel. The engagement was held Sept. 13-17, 2017, in Kigali, Rwanda. There were two proposed takeaways. The first was a solid week of shared tactical training points and engagement with the Rwandan military professionals. The second was an in-depth understanding of the Rwandan model for combat operational stress control.

3:16 PM10/6/2017

Abuja, Nigeria – U.S. Army Africa teamed up with Armed Forces Nigeria to begin plans and preparations for 2018’s African Land Forces Summit here, Oct. 2-6.

11:41 AM10/5/2017

Influenza, commonly known as the flu, is a contagious respiratory illness caused by influenza viruses that infect the nose, throat, and lungs. It can cause mild to severe illness, and at times can lead to death.

2:08 PM9/18/2017

VICENZA, Italy – Thousands of miles away from home, two Soldiers in their early twenties find themselves inspecting million-dollar cargo on a foreign airfield. If the cargo is up to par, it flies. If it’s not, the two-person team faces an awkward, but critical conversation.

12:00 PM8/23/2017

After four years as the U.S. Army Africa deputy commanding general, Brig. Gen. Kenneth H. Moore Jr. will leave USARAF and Vicenza to accept an Army Reserve assignment as the special assistant to the U.S. Africa Command commander. During his time at USARAF, Moore, who is the longest serving USARAF deputy commanding general, planned and attended accord exercises, medical readiness exercises, African land forces summits, African alumni symposiums and other engagements in Africa and Washington, D.C.

12:49 PM8/11/2017

Senior army leaders and delegates from Tanzania, Malawi, Botswana, South Africa, Mauritius, Seychelles, United States, Zambia, and Mozambique gathered Aug. 4, during this year’s Southern Regional Leader Seminar to increase dialogue, develop relationships and continue security collaboration.