GABORONE, Botswana – A suite of speakers welcomed more than 40 African land force chiefs, or their representative, to the seventh African Land Forces Summit at the Gaborone International Convention Center in Gaborone, Botswana, June 24, 2019.
U.S. Army Lt. Gen. Charles Hooper, Defense Security Cooperation Agency director (Left), U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Maj. Vincent Santiago, senior enlisted advisor at the DSCA (middle), and Warrant Officer Elijah Koranga, Kenya Defense Force, share a laugh during the African Land Forces Summit 2019 in Gaborone, Botswana, June 24, 2019. ALFS is a four-day seminar that brings together land forces chiefs from across Africa to discuss topics of common interest.
GABORONE, Botswana - The Botswana Defence Force will partner with U.S. Army Africa in June 2019 to co-host the seventh African Land Forces Summit in Gaborone, Botswana.
African Land Forces Summit Initial Planning Event sets the stage for the upcoming year!
11:45 AM11/2/2018
Planners from U.S. Army Africa and the Botswana Defence Force achieved their first major milestone when they met last week in Gaborone, Botswana, to plan for the African Land Forces Summit in June 2019.
African Land Forces Summit Initial Planning Event sets the stage for the upcoming year!
11:32 AM11/2/2018
Planners from U.S. Army Africa and the Botswana Defence Force achieved their first major milestone when they met last week in Gaborone, Botswana, to plan for the African Land Forces Summit in June 2019
African land force chiefs assemble for annual summit
6:41 PM4/23/2018
Brig. Gen. Eugene J. LeBoeuf, USARAF acting commanding general, discusses African Land Forces Summit 2018 with media during the opening day in Abuja, Nigeria, April 16, 2018.
African land force chiefs assemble for annual summit
6:36 PM4/23/2018
African Land Forces Summit participants take a photo at the Nigerian operation “Silent Kill” demonstration site in Abuja, Nigeria, Apr. 17, 2018. ALFS 18 will initiate a new relationship and build off past engagements and experiences, working together to promote security and stability in the region. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Angelica Gardner)
African land force chiefs assemble for annual summit
6:32 PM4/23/2018
Nigerian snipers conduct an operation “Silent Kill” demonstration during African Land Forces Summit in Abuja, Nigeria, Apr. 17, 2018. ALFS 18 is a weeklong seminar bringing together land force chiefs from across Africa to discuss and develop cooperative solutions and improve transregional security and stability. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Angelica Gardner)
African land force chiefs assemble for annual summit
6:29 PM4/23/2018
Forty African nations, NATO allies, Department of State officials, non-governmental organizations, State Partnership Program adjutant generals, African Union, U.S. Africa Command, and other senior military leaders participate in this year’s African Land Forces Summit in Abuja, Nigeria, April 16-19, 2018. ALFS 18 is a weeklong seminar that brings together land force chiefs from across Africa to discuss and develop cooperative solutions, as well as improve transregional security and stability. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Angelica Gardner)
Senior Enlisted Leaders foster relationships at ALFS
2:13 PM4/19/2018
Senior enlisted military leaders from 13 African countries, along with six U.S. service members, attended the second African Land Forces Summit Senior Enlisted Leader Program on April 16, 2018 in Abuja, Nigeria.
Representatives from U.S. Army, NATO allies, and African forces attend the African Land Forces Summit in Abuja, Nigeria, Apr. 16, 2018. ALFS provides an opportunity for African land forces chiefs to speak to one another in a closed-door, off-the-record setting. This setting allows the chiefs to comfortably work together on specific challenges and threats with like-minded, regional counterparts. (U.S. Army Photo by Spc. Angelica Gardner)
Lt. Col. Casey Moes, U.S. Army Africa's Director of Protection, takes a selfie with Nigeria's International Conference Center booking team during a site visit in preparation for the African Land Forces Summit 2018.
U.S. Army Africa's lead security planner for the African Land Forces Summit 2018 sits and contemplates during the final planning event in Abuja, Nigeria.
The Nigerian Army & U.S. Army Africa's African Land Forces Summit 2018 legal planning team sit with NA's lead ALFS planner (right) at the final planning event in Abuja, Nigeria.
U.S. Army Africa lead planner for communications at the upcoming African Land Forces Summit 2018 speaks to his Nigerian Army counterpart during a site survey for the summit's demonstration site. ALFS is a weeklong seminar bringing together land force chiefs from across Africa for candid dialog to discuss and develop cooperative solutions and improve trans regional security and stability.
Nigerian Army and U.S. Army Africa African Land Forces Summit lead planners' Brig. Gen. D.H. Ali-Keffi and Lt. Col. Hector Montemayor meet in Abuja with respective teams to discuss the upcoming conference scheduled for Spring 2018.