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U.S. Army Maj. John Ritchie, a general surgeon assigned to Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio, Texas, assists his Ghanaian counterpart perform a radical prostatectomy during Medical Readiness Training Exercise 17-2 at the 37th Military Hospital in Accra, Ghana, Feb. 8, 2017.

Cpl. David Martinez, Company C, 1st Battalion, 32nd Cavalry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), assists Malawi Defense Force reconnaissance soldiers during land navigation training, Mar. 1-8, 2017, Malawi. This is the 9th iteration of MALBAT, the Malawi peacekeeping battalion that supports the UN peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Soldiers from the 101st and USARAF are supporting the training of the MALBAT to strengthen regional security and stability.

Staff Sgt. Daniel Fortune, Company C, 1st Battalion, 32nd Cavalry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), addresses students from the Malawi Noncommissioned Officer Academy prior to their first field training exercise, Mar. 1-8, 2017, Malawi. 101st soldiers were in Malawi for the 9th iteration of MALBAT, the Malawi peacekeeping battalion that supports the UN peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Soldiers from the 101st and USARAF are supporting the training of the MALBAT to strengthen regional security and stability.

Maj. Gen. Joseph P. Harrington, Commanding General of U.S. Army Africa and other senior U.S. and African Military Leaders listen to panel members during day one of the African Alumni Symposium (AAS) at the U.S. Army Heritage and Education center in Carlise, Pa., March 6, 2017.

Maj. Gen. Joseph P. Harrington, Commanding General of U.S. Army Africa and other senior U.S. and African Military Leaders listen to panel members during day one of the African Alumni Symposium (AAS) at the U.S. Army Heritage and Education center in Carlise, Pa., March 6, 2017. AAS17 facilitates dialog and relationships that improve interoperability among African regional and international security forces to combat violent extremist organizations (VEOs) across borders. International military cooperation strengthens regional – and ultimately global – peace and security. (U.S. Army Photo by. Spc Tadow McDonald, USARAF PAO)

Ray Campbell, professor at the U.S. Army War college, describes the timeline of the Battle of Gettysburg during a staff ride on day three of the African Alumni Symposium (AAS) March 8, 2017. AAS17 facilitates dialog and relationships that improve interoperability among African regional and international security forces to combat violent extremist organizations (VEOs) across borders. International military cooperation strengthens regional – and ultimately global – peace and security.

Command Sgt. Maj. Philip Nicholson

Pfc. Steven Hixson, a rifleman from Los Angeles, California assigned to Company B, 1st Battalion, 506th Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division plays soccer with children at an orphanage, Feb. 27, 2017 near Garoua, Cameroon. Hixson and his team are deployed as part of the U.S. Army’s Regionally Aligned Forces in Africa.

1st Sgt. George Johnson and Sgt. Timothy McKinney, Company B, 1st Battalion, 506th Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division share toys with children at an orphanage, Feb. 27, 2017 near Garoua, Cameroon. The toys were donated by 1-506th Inf. Regt. families prior to the unit’s deployment as part of the U.S. Army’s Regionally Aligned Forces in Africa.

1st Sgt. George Johnson, Company B, 1st Battalion, 506th Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division passes toys to children at an orphanage, Feb. 27, 2017 near Garoua, Cameroon. The toys were donated by 1-506th Inf. Regt. families prior to the unit’s deployment as part of the U.S. Army’s Regionally Aligned Forces in Africa.

(From left) U.S. Army Africa Headquarters and Headquarters Battalion former Command Sergeant Major, Command Sgt. Maj. Birdel Campbell, Commander, Lt. Col. Brett Medlin, and current Command Sergeant Major, Command Sgt. Maj. Philip Nicholson, return to their seats after performing the traditional ‘Passing of the Colors’ during a change of responsibility ceremony to formally recognize Nicholson as he assumes the position of HHBn command sergeant major from Campbell, Mar. 7, 2017 at Caserma Ederle in Vicenza, Italy. (U.S. Army Africa Photo by Staff Sgt. Lance Pounds)

North Dakota Army National Guard Capt. Annie Gerhardt, a nurse practitioner, prepares a complex laceration for surgical intervention during the Medical Readiness Training Exercise 17-2 in Ghana, Feb. 7, 2017. MEDRETE is a combined effort between the Ghanaian government, U.S. Army Africa, Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio, Texas, and the North Dakota National Guard. MEDRETE 17-2 is the second in a series of Medical Readiness Training Exercises that U.S. Army Africa is scheduled to facilitate within various countries in Africa. The mutually beneficial exercise offers opportunities for the partnered militaries to cooperate on medical specific tasks, share best practices and improve medical treatment processes. (U.S. Army Africa photo by Staff Sgt. Shejal Pulivarti)

U.S. Army Sgt. Michael Harvey, an operating room specialist assigned to Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio, Texas, prepares surgical tools for an operation during Medical Readiness Training Exercise 17-2 at the 37th Military Hospital in Accra, Ghana, Feb. 9, 2017. MEDRETE 17-2 includes participants from the Ghanaian government, U.S. Army Africa, Brooke Army Medical Center and the North Dakota National Guard. It is the second in a series of medical readiness training exercises USARAF is scheduled to facilitate in various countries on the African continent this year. The mutually beneficial exercise offers opportunities for the partnered militaries to cooperate on medical specific tasks, share best practices and improve medical treatment processes. (U.S. Army Africa photo by Staff Sgt. Shejal Pulivarti)

U.S. Army Lt. Col. Neil McMullin, a plastic surgeon assigned to Brooke Army Medical Center, assists his Ghanaian counterpart perform a contracture release surgery during Medical Readiness Training Exercise 17-2 at the 37th Military Hospital in Accra, Ghana, Feb. 22, 2017. MEDRETE 17-2 includes participants from the Ghanaian government, U.S. Army Africa, Brooke Army Medical Center and the North Dakota National Guard. It is the second in a series of medical readiness training exercises that USARAF is scheduled to facilitate in various countries in Africa. The mutually beneficial exercise offers opportunities for the partnered militaries to cooperate on medical specific tasks, share best practices and improve medical treatment processes. (U.S. Army Africa photo by Staff Sgt. Shejal Pulivarti)

U.S. Army Explosive Ordnance Disposal Technician, Spc. Timothy Chapman, from the 723rd Ordnance Company (EOD) in Fort Campbell, Kentucky, discusses clearing techniques during a train-the-trainer engagement for counter-improvised explosive device (C-IED) training in Niamey, Niger Jan. 23-27, 2017. The U.S. Army Africa-led engagement brought subject matter experts to share their best practices with Cameroonian engineers to increase their capacity to conduct C-IED missions.

Spc. August LaComb, explosive ordnance disposal technician, 723rd Ordnance Company (EOD) in Fort Campbell, Kentucky, briefs Brig. Gen. Kenneth Moore, U.S. Army Africa deputy commanding general and Army Reserve Engagement Cell chief, during a visit to see the train-the-trainer engagement for counter-improvised explosive device (C-IED) training in Douala, Cameroon, Feb. 7, 2017. The U.S. Army Africa-led engagement brought subject matter experts to share their best practices with Cameroonian engineers to increase their capacity to conduct C-IED missions.

The commanding general of U.S. Army Africa, Maj. Gen. Joseph P. Harrington will host the African Alumni Symposium, at the U.S. Army Heritage and Education Center, Carlisle, PA, Mar. 6-10, 2017. The symposium is a U.S. Africa Command event bringing together African alumni of U.S. Army professional military education schools, in order to strengthen U.S. and African partners’ relationships

The commanding general of U.S. Army Africa, Maj. Gen. Joseph P. Harrington will host the African Alumni Symposium, at the U.S. Army Heritage and Education Center, Carlisle, PA, Mar. 6-10, 2017. The symposium is a U.S. Africa Command event bringing together African alumni of U.S. Army professional military education schools, in order to strengthen U.S. and African partners’ relationships.

U.S. Army Africa hosts the 2017 Vicenza Military Community's Sexual Harassment Assault Response and Prevention Summit, Mar. 2-3, 2017 at Caserma Ederle in Vicenza, Italy. The annual, two-day event, included guest speakers and break-out discussion groups intended to empower attendees with the knowledge and confidence to report or facilitate the reporting of sexual harassment or assault within the Army.

U.S. Army Africa hosts the 2017 Vicenza Military Community's Sexual Harassment Assault Response and Prevention Summit, Mar. 2-3, 2017 at Caserma Ederle in Vicenza, Italy. The annual, two-day event, included guest speakers and break-out discussion groups intended to empower attendees with the knowledge and confidence to report or facilitate the reporting of sexual harassment or assault within the Army.

U.S. Army Maj. Keith Lathrop, nurse anesthetist assigned to Brooke Army Medical Center, helps unload and inventory medical supplies the U.S. Army is donating following the Closing Ceremony of Medical Readiness Training Exercise 17-2 at the 37th Military Hospital in Accra, Ghana, Feb. 22, 2017. MEDRETE 17-2 includes participants from the Ghanaian government, U.S. Army Africa, Brooke Army Medical Center and the North Dakota National Guard. It is the second in a series of medical readiness training exercises that USARAF is scheduled to facilitate in various countries in Africa. The mutually beneficial exercise offers opportunities for the partnered militaries to cooperate on medical specific tasks, share best practices and improve medical treatment processes. (U.S. Army Africa photo by Staff Sgt. Shejal Pulivarti)

More than 30 planners from the United States, Europe and Africa gathered to finalize training plans for exercise Justified Accord 2017 at the Peace Support Training Center in Addis Ababa Feb. 13-16, 2017.

Planners from 9 partner nations and distinguished guests pose for a group photo following the opening ceremony for the Unified Focus 2017 final planning event (FPE), Douala, Cameroon, Feb. 6, 2016. The UF17 FPE brought partner nation planners together to discuss and shape the inaugural Unified Focus exercise designed to enhance and enable Lake Chad Basin Commission nations to support the Multinational Joint Task Force (MNJTF) counter-Boko Haram operations.

Sgt. 1st Class Deril Oliver and Kasey Olson, with the U.S. Army Africa Office of the Provost Marshal, volunteer their time to play soccer with children at the Bobo SOS Children’s Village in Burkina Faso, Sept. 8. Oliver and Olsen were in Bobo, and Ouagadougou, on a USARAF mission to share crime scene investigation and management skills with Burkinabe Gendarmerie Forces.

Every member of the U.S. Army team is a volunteer, but some individuals take their commitment to service a step further and are always on the look out for situations where they are needed.

Sgt. 1st Class Kasey Olson, a criminal intelligence noncommissioned officer with the U.S. Army Africa Office of the Provost Marshal, demonstrate crime scene collection procedures during a USARAF mission to share crime scene investigation and management skills with Gendarmerie Forces, Aug. 27 in Bobo and Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso

Lieutenant Colonel Brett M. Medlin Commander Headquarters and Headquarters Battalion, USARAF

Brig. Gen. Kenneth H. Moore, Jr. is the Deputy Commanding General for U.S. Army Africa and Commander of its Army Reserve Engagement Cell. He was commissioned as an infantry officer in the Army Reserve in 1983. His military education includes the Infantry Officer Basic and Advanced Courses, the Combined Arms and Services Staff School, the Civil Affairs Officer Advanced Course, the United States Army Command and General Staff College, the United States Army War College and the Advanced Joint Professional Military Education.

U.S. Army Reserve Brig. Gen. Kenneth H. Moore, the deputy commanding general for U.S. Army Africa and commander of its Army Reserve Engagement Cell, salutes a Senegalese Armed Forces Platoon upon entering the Hospital Militaire De Ouakam in Dakar, Senegal, for the Medical Readiness Training Exercise 17-1 Closing Ceremony, Jan. 25, 2017. MEDRETE is a combined effort between the Senegalese government, U.S. Army Africa, the U.S. Army Reserve 332nd Medical Brigade in Nashville, Tenn., and the Vermont Air National Guard. MEDRETE 17-1 is the first in a series of medical readiness training exercises that U.S. Army Africa is scheduled to facilitate within various countries in Africa, and serves as an opportunity for the partnered militaries to hone and strengthen their general surgery and trauma skills while reinforcing the partnership between the countries.

U.S. Navy Lt. j.g. Michael Scaplehorn, Navy Mobile Construction Battalion 11 detachment officer in charge, briefs Brig. Gen. Kenneth Moore, U.S. Army Africa deputy commanding general and Army Reserve Engagement Cell chief, during a visit to the construction site of a multipurpose facility, Douala, Cameroon, Feb. 7, 2017. This facility will provide both U.S. and Cameroonian militaries with a location to conduct future joint and combined training exercises, further strengthening the partnership between the militaries and enhancing the Cameroonian Defense Force capability to provide regional security and stability.

Cameroonian Col. Abeng Mbozo'o, chief of the Region 2 Military Clinic, talks about his hospital staff with U.S. Army Brig. Gen. Kenneth Moore, U.S. Army Africa deputy commanding general and Army Reserve Engagement Cell chief, during a visit to the Hopital Militaire de Douala, Feb. 8, 2017. The hospital has received support from both the U.S. military and nongovernmental organizations and serves the entire military and civilian community of Douala.

U.S. Army Soldiers assigned to 1st Battalion, 30th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Inf. Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Inf. Division and the Senegalese Army's 1st Paratrooper Battalion rehearse mortar crew drills July 12, in Thies, Senegal as part of Africa Readiness Training 2016. ART 2016 is a U.S. Army Africa exercise designed to increase U.S. and Senegalese readiness and partnership through combined infantry training and live fire events.

Planners discuss the details of each exercise scenario during the Unified Focus 2017 final planning event (FPE), Douala, Cameroon, Feb. 6, 2016. The UF17 FPE brought partner nation planners together to discuss and shape the inaugural Unified Focus exercise designed to enhance and enable Lake Chad Basin Commission nations to support the Multinational Joint Task Force (MNJTF) counter-Boko Haram operations.

Maj. Gen. Joseph P. Harrington, the U.S. Army Africa commander, presents objectives to senior leader strategy session participants at the Golden Lion conference center on Caserma Ederle in Vicenza, Italy, Jan. 31, 2017. The three-day conference focused on expanding USARAF leaders’ regional and sub-regional understanding of Africa’s Lake Chad basin. (U.S. Army Africa photo)

Deputy Commander, U.S. Army Africa

Chief of Staff, U.S. Army Africa

Bidding farewell to the thousands of service members who are making a positive impact on the East African region

Col. Vincent Buggs, 79th Sustainment Command (Support) Supports Operation Officer, (back to camera), speaks with British troops from 102 Logistic Brigade and members of the Italian army during Exercise Lion Focus '16 Sept. 19, 2016, in Vicenza, Italy.

British troops from 102 Logistic Brigade brief their counterparts in the 79th Sustainment Command (Support), 143rd Sustainment Command (Expeditionary), along with members of the Italian army, the U.S. Air Force, and the U.S. Navy during Exercise Lion Focus '16 Sept. 19, 2016, in Vicenza, Italy.

British army Brig. Gen. David Eastman, commanding general of the 102 Logistic Brigade, right, and Col. Vincent Buggs, 79th Sustainment Command (Support) Supports Operation Officer, left, attend a shift change briefing during Exercise Lion Focus '16 Sept. 20, 2016, in Vicenza, Italy.