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Maj. Gen. Duada Alpha, Joint Force Command, Republic of Sierra Leone Armed Forces (RSLAF) commander, speaks to public affairs officers and noncommisioned officers from U.S. Army Southern European Task Force, Africa (SETAF-AF) and Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa Public Affairs Offices and RSLAF during an information sharing session on country specific public affairs procedures and practices at Joint Force Command, Freetown, Sierra Leone on 12 April, 2023. This engagement is part of the U.S. Africa Command's ongoing M2M familiarization program. AFRICOM conducts M2Ms throughout the year designed to bring together countries to exchange best practices in a particular specialty to enhance their ability to work together and understand how to operate in a specific environment. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Luke Wilson)

U.S. Army Master Sergeant Dave Thompson, a planner with Southern European Task Force, Africa (SETAF-AF) Public Affairs, leads an information sharing session on U.S. Army Public Affairs procedures and practices during a military-to-military engagement with the Republic of Sierra Leone Armed Forces public affairs officers at Joint Force Command, Freetown, Sierra Leone on 12 April, 2023. This engagement is part of the U.S. Africa Command's ongoing M2M familiarization program. AFRICOM conducts M2Ms throughout the year designed to bring together countries to exchange best practices in a particular specialty to enhance their ability to work together and understand how to operate in a specific environment. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Luke Wilson)

Maj. Brian Andries, U.S. Army Southern European Task Force, Africa (SETAF-AF), leads an information sharing session on military public affairs with Republic of Sierra Leone Armed Forcesofficers at Joint Force Command, Freetown, Sierra Leone on April 12, 2023. This engagement was part of the U.S. Africa Command's ongoing military-to-military (M2M) familiarization program. AFRICOM conducts M2Ms throughout the year, each designed to bring together countries to exchange best practices in a particular specialty to enhance their ability to work together and understand how to operate in a specific environment. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Luke Wilson)

Tunisia army Capt. Anouer Achouri, left, and Capt. Maher Hammami, center, along with Officer Antoine Smith, lower left, and Sgt. Daniel Jabens, right, of the Cedar Rapids Police Department Bomb Squad, examine the X-Ray image of an Improvised Explosive Device during Raven's Challenge 2023 at Camp Dodge, Iowa April 26, 2023. Raven’s Challenge is an annual, interagency, counter-IED exercise that incorporates scenarios focused on interoperability capabilities between public safety bomb squads and military explosive ordnance disposal units in operational environments. (Courtesy photo)

Tunisia army Capt. Anouer Achouri recovers expended shocktube after he successfully disrupted an explosive device housed in a suspicious package during Raven's Challenge 2023 at Camp Dodge, Iowa, April 27, 2023. The U.S. Army Southern European Task Force, Africa accompanied two Tunisian explosive ordnance disposal officers who participated in the Raven's Challenge exercise April 23-28.

U.S. Army civil affairs Soldiers assigned to SETAF-AF conducted a civil military cooperation (CIMIC) and medical capabilities assessment with the Armed Forces of Liberia 24-28 Apr., 2023 in Monrovia, Liberia. The engagement represents the first in a series of engagements aimed at increasing partner capacity. (U.S. Army photo by Maj. Joe Legros)

U.S. Army civil affairs Soldiers assigned to SETAF-AF conducted a civil military cooperation (CIMIC) and medical capabilities assessment with the Armed Forces of Liberia 24-28 Apr., 2023 in Monrovia, Liberia. The engagement represents the first in a series of engagements aimed at increasing partner capacity. (U.S. Army photo by Maj. Joe Legros)

U.S. Army civil affairs Soldiers assigned to SETAF-AF conducted a civil military cooperation (CIMIC) and medical capabilities assessment with the Armed Forces of Liberia 24-28 Apr., 2023 in Monrovia, Liberia. The engagement represents the first in a series of engagements aimed at increasing partner capacity. (U.S. Army photo by Maj. Joe Legros)

U.S. Army civil affairs Soldiers assigned to SETAF-AF conducted a civil military cooperation (CIMIC) and medical capabilities assessment with the Armed Forces of Liberia 24-28 Apr., 2023 in Monrovia, Liberia. The engagement represents the first in a series of engagements aimed at increasing partner capacity. (U.S. Army photo by Maj. Joe Legros)

U.S. Army Capt. Quang Nguyenlu, West Africa civil affairs team leader, Delta Company 412, 450th Civil Affairs Battalion, U.S. Army Southern European Task Force, Africa (SETAF-AF), discusses civil military coordination (CIMIC) with Armed Forces of Liberia Maj. Nathaniel Waka, chief of peacekeeping operations, at AFL headquarters in Monrovia, Liberia, Apr. 24, 2023. Bilateral CIMIC exchanges build military and civilian readiness for future joint humanitarian assistance and crisis response operations. (U.S. Army photo by Maj. Joe Legros)

U.S. Army civil affairs Soldiers assigned to 450th Civil Affairs Battalion and 352nd Civil Affairs Command, U.S. Army Southern European Task Force, Africa (SETAF-AF), pose for a photo before conducting a civil military coordination (CIMIC) and medical capabilities assessment with the Armed Forces of Liberia, Apr. 24, 2023, in Monrovia, Liberia. Bilateral civil military cooperation and civil affairs medical exchanges build military and civilian readiness for future joint humanitarian assistance and crisis response operations. (U.S. Army photo by Maj. Joe Legros)

U.S. Army civil affairs Soldiers assigned to SETAF-AF conducted a civil military cooperation (CIMIC) and medical capabilities assessment with the Armed Forces of Liberia 24-28 Apr., 2023 in Monrovia, Liberia. The engagement represents the first in a series of engagements aimed at increasing partner capacity. (U.S. Army photo by Maj. Joe Legros)

U.S. Army civil affairs Soldiers assigned to SETAF-AF conducted a civil military cooperation (CIMIC) and medical capabilities assessment with the Armed Forces of Liberia 24-28 Apr., 2023 in Monrovia, Liberia. The engagement represents the first in a series of engagements aimed at increasing partner capacity. (U.S. Army photo by Maj. Joe Legros)

U.S. Army civil affairs Soldiers assigned to SETAF-AF conducted a civil military cooperation (CIMIC) and medical capabilities assessment with the Armed Forces of Liberia 24-28 Apr., 2023 in Monrovia, Liberia. The engagement represents the first in a series of engagements aimed at increasing partner capacity. (U.S. Army photo by Maj. Joe Legros)

U.S. Army civil affairs Soldiers assigned to SETAF-AF conducted a civil military cooperation (CIMIC) and medical capabilities assessment with the Armed Forces of Liberia 24-28 Apr., 2023 in Monrovia, Liberia. The engagement represents the first in a series of engagements aimed at increasing partner capacity. (U.S. Army photo by Maj. Joe Legros)

U.S. Army civil affairs Soldiers assigned to SETAF-AF conducted a civil military cooperation (CIMIC) and medical capabilities assessment with the Armed Forces of Liberia 24-28 Apr., 2023 in Monrovia, Liberia. The engagement represents the first in a series of engagements aimed at increasing partner capacity. (U.S. Army photo by Maj. Joe Legros)

U.S. Army civil affairs Soldiers assigned to SETAF-AF conducted a civil military cooperation (CIMIC) and medical capabilities assessment with the Armed Forces of Liberia 24-28 Apr., 2023 in Monrovia, Liberia. The engagement represents the first in a series of engagements aimed at increasing partner capacity. (U.S. Army photo by Maj. Joe Legros)

U.S. Army civil affairs Soldiers assigned to SETAF-AF conducted a civil military cooperation (CIMIC) and medical capabilities assessment with the Armed Forces of Liberia 24-28 Apr., 2023 in Monrovia, Liberia. The engagement represents the first in a series of engagements aimed at increasing partner capacity. (U.S. Army photo by Maj. Joe Legros)

U.S. Army civil affairs Soldiers assigned to SETAF-AF conducted a civil military cooperation (CIMIC) and medical capabilities assessment with the Armed Forces of Liberia 24-28 Apr., 2023 in Monrovia, Liberia. The engagement represents the first in a series of engagements aimed at increasing partner capacity. (U.S. Army photo by Maj. Joe Legros)

U.S. Army civil affairs Soldiers assigned to SETAF-AF conducted a civil military cooperation (CIMIC) and medical capabilities assessment with the Armed Forces of Liberia 24-28 Apr., 2023 in Monrovia, Liberia. The engagement represents the first in a series of engagements aimed at increasing partner capacity. (U.S. Army photo by Maj. Joe Legros)

U.S. Army civil affairs Soldiers assigned to SETAF-AF conducted a civil military cooperation (CIMIC) and medical capabilities assessment with the Armed Forces of Liberia 24-28 Apr., 2023 in Monrovia, Liberia. The engagement represents the first in a series of engagements aimed at increasing partner capacity. (U.S. Army photo by Maj. Joe Legros)

U.S. Army civil affairs Soldiers assigned to SETAF-AF conducted a civil military cooperation (CIMIC) and medical capabilities assessment with the Armed Forces of Liberia 24-28 Apr., 2023 in Monrovia, Liberia. The engagement represents the first in a series of engagements aimed at increasing partner capacity. (U.S. Army photo by Maj. Joe Legros)

U.S. Army civil affairs Soldiers assigned to SETAF-AF conducted a civil military cooperation (CIMIC) and medical capabilities assessment with the Armed Forces of Liberia 24-28 Apr., 2023 in Monrovia, Liberia. The engagement represents the first in a series of engagements aimed at increasing partner capacity. (U.S. Army photo by Maj. Joe Legros)

U.S. Army civil affairs Soldiers assigned to SETAF-AF conducted a civil military cooperation (CIMIC) and medical capabilities assessment with the Armed Forces of Liberia 24-28 Apr., 2023 in Monrovia, Liberia. The engagement represents the first in a series of engagements aimed at increasing partner capacity. (U.S. Army photo by Maj. Joe Legros)

U.S. Army civil affairs Soldiers assigned to SETAF-AF conducted a civil military cooperation (CIMIC) and medical capabilities assessment with the Armed Forces of Liberia 24-28 Apr., 2023 in Monrovia, Liberia. The engagement represents the first in a series of engagements aimed at increasing partner capacity. (U.S. Army photo by Maj. Joe Legros)

U.S. Army civil affairs Soldiers assigned to SETAF-AF conducted a civil military cooperation (CIMIC) and medical capabilities assessment with the Armed Forces of Liberia 24-28 Apr., 2023 in Monrovia, Liberia. The engagement represents the first in a series of engagements aimed at increasing partner capacity. (U.S. Army photo by Maj. Joe Legros)

U.S. Army civil affairs Soldiers assigned to SETAF-AF conducted a civil military cooperation (CIMIC) and medical capabilities assessment with the Armed Forces of Liberia 24-28 Apr., 2023 in Monrovia, Liberia. The engagement represents the first in a series of engagements aimed at increasing partner capacity. (U.S. Army photo by Maj. Joe Legros)

James Wilkerson, Logistics Civil Augmentation Program support contractor, presents contracting considerations at a logistics planning conference in Padova, Italy, April 13, 2023. Wilkerson, from the Combined Joint Task Force – Horn of Africa, was among more than 30 participants in the conference organized by the 414th Contracting Support Brigade and the 79th Theater Sustainment Command. (U.S. Army photo by Maj. Cain S. Claxton)

Contract Specialist Gloria Lucero, left, discusses contracting considerations with James Wilkerson, Logistics Civil Augmentation Program support contractor, at a logistics planning conference in Padova, Italy, April 13, 2023. Lucero, from the Naval Facilities Engineering Command Europe Africa Central in Naples, Italy, was among more than 30 participants in the conference organized by the 414th Contracting Support Brigade and the 79th Theater Sustainment Command. (U.S. Army photo by Maj. Cain S. Claxton)

A group of logistics and contracting specialists visit a contingency site location (CSL) in Dakar, Senegal, April 14-18, 2023, in order to understand operating conditions troops in Africa could face. A CSL is a modest facility strategically located so that the U.S. military can efficiently establish a base of operations when required. The 79th Theater Sustainment Command organized the trip as the concluding event of the Logistics Capabilities and Requirements Summit 23, which started in Padova, Italy, for a conference on contracting solutions hosted by the 414th Contracting Support Brigade. (Courtesy photo)

A group of logistics and contracting specialists visit a contingency site location (CSL) in Dakar, Senegal, April 14-18, 2023, in order to understand operating conditions troops in Africa could face. A CSL is a modest facility strategically located so that the U.S. military can efficiently establish a base of operations when required. The 79th Theater Sustainment Command organized the trip as the concluding event of the Logistics Capabilities and Requirements Summit 23, which started in Padova, Italy, for a conference on contracting solutions hosted by the 414th Contracting Support Brigade. (Courtesy photo)

A group of logistics and contracting specialists visit a contingency site location (CSL) in Dakar, Senegal, April 14-18, 2023, in order to understand operating conditions troops in Africa could face. A CSL is a modest facility strategically located so that the U.S. military can efficiently establish a base of operations when required. The 79th Theater Sustainment Command organized the trip as the concluding event of the Logistics Capabilities and Requirements Summit 23, which started in Padova, Italy, for a conference on contracting solutions hosted by the 414th Contracting Support Brigade. (Courtesy photo)

Planners, logisticians, intelligence and operations officers, as well as public affairs and civil affairs Soldiers, many assigned to U.S. Army Southern European Task Force, Africa (SETAF-AF), tackle a disaster response case study during a joint humanitarian operations course in Vicenza, Italy, April 5, 2023. The U.S. Agency for International Development’s Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance hosts JHOCs regularly to provide instruction on military and civilian cooperation during disaster response operations. (U.S. Army photo by Maj. Joe Legros)

U.S. Army 1st Lt. Pablo Iguaran-Diaz, U.S. Army Southern European Task Force, Africa (SETAF-AF), navigates an obstacle course during the Lion's Legacy Series event, hosted by SETAF-AF, at Caserma Del Din, Vicenza, Italy, Apirl 6, 2023. The Lion’s Legacy Series encourages SETAF-AF Soldiers to cooperate and compete in a skill and athletic based event that strengthens the abilities and bonds of the unit. (U.S. Army photo Spc. Zachery Frost)

Staff Sgt. Dale Burdette (right) and Staff Sgt. Alex Radi (back) participate in a knowledge exchange with the Beninese Armed Forces (FAB - Forces armées béninoises) centered on counter–IED (improvised explosive device) training in Benin, Feb. 13 to 17, 2023. Burdette and Radi are National Guardsmen in the 817th Engineer Company (Sapper) in Jamestown, N.D. The North Dakota National is a member of the U.S. Africa Command State Partnership Program with Togo and Benin. (Photo courtesy N.D. Army National Guard)

Staff Sgt. Alex Radi, 817th Engineer Company (Sapper), assists Benin Soldiers conducting a Counter-IED mission in Ouassa, Benin, Feb. 16, 2023. The N.D. National Guard Soldier worked with the Benin Soldiers in planning for a practical exercise that incorporated counter-IED mission planning during mounted and dismounted patrols. Radi and Staff Sgt. Dale Burdette, both of the Jamestown-based 817th Engineer Company (Sapper), participated in a knowledge exchange with the Beninese Armed Forces (FAB - Forces armées béninoises) centered on counter–IED (improvised explosive device) training in Benin, Feb. 13 to 17, 2023. (Photo courtesy N.D. National Guard)

Staff Sgt. Alex Radi, 817th Engineer Company (Sapper), observes Benin Soldiers conducting a Counter-IED mission in Ouassa, Benin, Feb. 16, 2023. The N.D. National Guard Soldier worked with the Benin Soldiers in planning for a practical exercise that incorporated counter-IED mission planning during mounted and dismounted patrols. Radi and Staff Sgt. Dale Burdette, both of the Jamestown-based 817th Engineer Company (Sapper), participated in a knowledge exchange with the Beninese Armed Forces (FAB - Forces armées béninoises) centered on counter–IED (improvised explosive device) training in Benin, Feb. 13 to 17, 2023. (Photo courtesy N.D. National Guard)

U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Todd R. Wasmund, Southern European Task Force, Africa (SETAF-AF) Commanding General, gathers with James Madison University (JMU) students for a group photo during a first time visit to the JMU European Union Policy Studies Florence campus in Florence, Italy on Mar. 29, 2023. This visit educated and highlighted to future federal employees how SETAF-AF collaborates and works with allies and partners in Africa and Europe, bringing real world application to their future potential careers. (U.S. Army Photo by Staff Sgt. Luke Wilson)

(Center) Maj. Gen. Todd Wasmund, U.S. Army Southern European Task Force, Africa (SETAF-AF) commanding general, attends an exercise update brief during SETAF-AF’s joint task force validation exercise at Caserma Ederle, Vicenza, Italy, on Mar. 10, 2023. Soldiers and staff from SETAF-AF joined service members from the U.S. Transportation Command’s Joint Enabling Capabilities Command (JECC), U.S. Africa Command, U.S. Army European Command, U.S Army Reserve and others from inter-agency organizations to establish and operate a joint task force headquarters. ( U.S. Army photo by Spc. Raymond Randall.)

U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Todd Wasmund, U.S. Army Southern European Task Force, Africa (SETAF-AF) commanding general, attends an exercise update brief during SETAF-AF’s joint task force validation exercise at Caserma Ederle, Vicenza, Italy, on Mar. 10, 2023. Soldiers and staff from SETAF-AF joined service members from the U.S. Transportation Command’s Joint Enabling Capabilities Command (JECC), U.S. Africa Command, U.S. Army European Command, U.S Army Reserve and others from inter-agency organizations to establish and operate a joint task force headquarters. ( U.S. Army photo by Spc. Raymond Randall.)