African Lion 21: US, Moroccan military medical providers collaborate, provide health care
6:59 PM6/9/2021
U.S. Air Force Maj. Rolando De Luna, a medical provider, watches as a Moroccan medic examines a patient at the Military Medical Surgical Field Hospital in Tafraoute, Morocco, during the African Lion exercise June 7, 2021. African Lion 2021 is U.S. Africa Command's largest, premier, joint, annual exercise hosted by Morocco, Tunisia and Senegal. More than 7,000 participants from nine nations and NATO train together with a focus on enhancing readiness for U.S. and partner nation forces. AL21 is multi-domain, multi-component, and multinational exercise, which employs a full array of mission capabilities with the goal to strengthen interoperability among participants. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Tech. Sgt. Colton Elliott)
African Lion 21 exercise begins with 7,800 troops in Morocco, Tunisia, Senegal
7:52 PM6/7/2021
U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Andrew M. Rohling, the U.S. Army Southern European Task Force, Africa commander, and Moroccan Army Général d'armée Belkhir El Farouk, the Royal Moroccan Armed Forces Southern Zone commander, enter the Rehearsal of Concept Drill for African Lion, Agadir Morocco, June 7, 2021. African Lion is U.S. Africa Command’s largest, premier, Joint, annual exercise hosted by Morocco, Tunisia and Senegal, 7-18 June. More than 7,000 participants from nine nations and NATO train together with a focus on enhancing readiness for U.S. and partner nation forces. AL21 is a multi-domain, multi-component, and multi-national exercise, which employs a full array of mission capabilities with the goal to strengthen interoperability among participants. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Jared Kindlespire)
African Lion 21 exercise begins with 7,800 troops in Morocco, Tunisia, Senegal
7:07 PM6/7/2021
African Lion 21 is a multi-domain, multi-component, and multi-national exercise, which will employ a full array of mission capabilities with the goal to strengthen interoperability among partner nations and enhance the ability to operate in the African theater of operations.
U.S. and Italian army senior leaders from the U.S. Army Southern European Task Force, Africa and U.S. Army Garrison Italy conducted a staff ride visit to the World War I Monte Grappa battlefield in Veneto, Italy, May 24, 2021. The event included a wreath-laying ceremony at the Military Memorial of Monte Grappa in Crespano del Grappa. The event increased leaders’ knowledge of a significant site in Italy’s WWI defense against advancing Austrian troops, and strengthened the U.S. Army’s longstanding alliance with Italy. (U.S. Army photo by Capt. Jake Forrey)
Rohling, Biasiutti represent SETAF-AF, USAG Italy at Italian Republic Day celebration
2:49 PM6/2/2021
Maj. Gen. Andrew M. Rohling, the U.S. Army Southern European Task Force, Africa commander, right; Col. Michele Biasiutti, the U.S. Army Garrison Italy senior Italian officer, left; and Italian military members talk after the Vicenza Republic Day celebration in Piazza dei Signori in downtown Vicenza, Italy, June 2, 2021. This year marks the 75th Italian Republic Day, or Festa della Repubblica, which signifies when the country voted by referendum in favor of the republican form of government and Italy became a republic following World War II. (U.S. Army photo by Maria Cavins)
Rohling, Biasiutti represent SETAF-AF, USAG Italy at Italian Republic Day celebration
2:49 PM6/2/2021
Maj. Gen. Andrew M. Rohling, the U.S. Army Southern European Task Force, Africa commander, and Col. Michele Biasiutti, the U.S. Army Garrison Italy senior Italian officer, attended Vicenza’s Republic Day celebration, or Festa della Repubblica, in Piazza dei Signori in downtown Vicenza, Italy, June 2, 2021. (U.S. Army photo by Maria Cavins)
Rohling, Biasiutti represent SETAF-AF, USAG Italy at Italian Republic Day celebration
2:49 PM6/2/2021
An Italian man displays the Province of Vicenza banner during Vicenza’s Republic Day celebration, or Festa della Repubblica, in Piazza dei Signori in downtown Vicenza, Italy, June 2, 2021. Maj. Gen. Andrew M. Rohling, the U.S. Army Southern European Task Force, Africa commander, and Col. Michele Biasiutti, the U.S. Army Garrison Italy senior Italian officer, were in attendance with local Italian leadership.
(U.S. Army photo by Maria Cavins)
Brig. Gen. Aida T. Borras, the U.S. Army Southern European Task Force, Africa deputy commanding general, addresses participants during a Memorial Day ceremony at the North Africa American Cemetery and Memorial in Carthage, Tunisia, on May 31, 2021. The ceremony honored the more than 2,800 U.S. service members who were laid to rest in the cemetery and more than 3,700 whose names are engraved on the Wall of the Missing. (Courtesy photo by U.S. Embassy in Tunisia)
U.S. Ambassador to Tunisia Donald Blome addresses participants during a Memorial Day ceremony at the North Africa American Cemetery and Memorial in Carthage, Tunisia, on May 31, 2021. The ceremony honored the more than 2,800 U.S. service members who were laid to rest in the cemetery and more than 3,700 whose names are engraved on the Wall of the Missing. (Courtesy photo by U.S. Embassy in Tunisia)
Brig. Gen. Aida T. Borras, the U.S. Army Southern European Task Force, Africa deputy commanding general, salutes during a Memorial Day ceremony at the North Africa American Cemetery and Memorial in Carthage, Tunisia, on May 31, 2021. The ceremony honored the more than 2,800 U.S. service members who were laid to rest in the cemetery and more than 3,700 whose names are engraved on the Wall of the Missing. (Courtesy photo by U.S. Embassy in Tunisia)
U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Issaka Guebre, a combat medic with Civil Affairs East Africa Southern European Task Force (CA-EA SETAF), in support of Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA), receives a coin during the French Desert Commando Course graduation at Le centre d'entraînement au combat de Djibouti (CECAD) in Arta Plage, Djibouti, May 10, 2021. Guebre was coined for his excellent work as a translator and medic during the course. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Melissa Sterling)
More than a badge; Challenging oneself, perseverance
1:36 PM5/27/2021
U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Issaka Guebre, a combat medic with Civil Affairs East Africa Southern European Task Force Africa (CA-EA SETAF-AF), in support of Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa, challenged himself by participating in this month’s iteration of the French Desert Commando Course.
Africa Lion 21: 839th Transportation Battalion dock operations at Livorno Port
8:01 AM5/26/2021
Logisticians and Transporters from the 839th Transportation Battalion, 598th Transportation BDE (SDDC) and Southern European Task Force-Africa, worked together at the port in Livorno, Italy, May 20, 2021, to upload the Military Sealift Command Vessel, USNS Trenton. The equipment will transit from the Livorno port to Agadir, Morocco in support of exercise African Lion 21.
(U.S. Army video by Vincenzo Vitiello)
African Lion 21: 839th Transportation Battalion dock operations at Livorno Port
7:46 AM5/26/2021
Logisticians and Transporters from the 839th Transportation Battalion, 598th Transportation BDE (SDDC) and Southern European Task Force-Africa, worked together at the port in Livorno, Italy, May 20, 2021, to upload the Military Sealift Command Vessel, USNS Trenton. The equipment will transit from the Livorno port to Agadir, Morocco in support of exercise African Lion 21.
(U.S. Army video by Vincenzo Vitiello)
Military equipment 'under way' for African Lion 21
6:45 AM5/25/2021
Transportation experts assigned to the 841st Transportation Bn. began vessel loading operations on the Ocean Gladiator in support of Exercise African Lion 21 at Jacksonville, Fla., May 10.
Gregory builds partnership with Sergeant Major of Italian Army
7:39 AM5/24/2021
Command Sgt. Maj. Charles Gregory, the Command Sergeant Major of U.S. Army Southern European Task Force, Africa, dialogues with 1Lgt. (Primo Lugotenente) Antonino Pellegrino, the newly (and first ever) appointed Sergeant Major of the Italian Army, in Rome, Italy, May 13. Gregory was the first command senior enlisted leader to to visit Pellegrino since he was selected for the position. (Courtesy Photo)
Maj. Gen. Andrew M. Rohling, the U.S. Army Southern European Task Force, Africa commander, left, and Col. Ed Williams, the SETAF-AF Security Cooperation Directorate director, discuss challenges and opportunities focused on this year’s African Land Forces Summit (ALFS) theme: “Maintaining Security in a Degraded Environment” with African land force commanders and senior enlisted leaders during a regional breakout session at the 2021 ALFS at Caserma Del Din in Vicenza, Italy, May 19, 2021. This year, taking into consideration travel limitations and the safety of country delegations, ALFS was a virtual event. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Meleesa Gutierrez)