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Flu Shots for Warriors in Cameroon

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.
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Servicemembers learn to Parlez Francais in Garoua, Cameroon

12:18 PM12/20/2017
Spc. Oumar Coulibaly of 1st Battalion, 87th Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division (left), and Sgt. Nathan Pelletti of the 40th Expeditionary Signal Battalion, 11th Theater Tactical Signal Brigade, teach a French class at Contingency Location Garoua, Cameroon as part of Task Force Darby, Dec. 18. TF Darby soldiers are serving in a support role for the Cameroon military’s fight against the violent extremist organization Boko Haram. (Photo by Staff Sgt. Christina J. Turnipseed, Contingency Location Garoua Public Affairs)
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Service Members learn to parlez Francais in Garoua, Cameroon

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.
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Acting CG in Nigeria

9:53 AM12/18/2017
U.S. Army Africa's Acting Commanding General, Brig. Gen. Eugene LeBoeuf and Policy Advisor Jeanne Maloney pose for a group photo in Abuja following LeBoeuf's speech to the Nigerian Army's inaugural War College class.
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Cameroon’s Combat Lifesavers

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.
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Nigeria & US Army partnership flourishes in Abuja

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.
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African Land Forces Summit MPE

11:21 AM12/8/2017
U.S. Army Africa's lead protocol planner for 2018's African Land Forces Summit smiles alongside a Nigerian Army medical planner in Abuja.
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Rwanda Defence Force hosts the U.S., Netherlands for Peacekeeping Exercise Planning

4:42 PM12/7/2017
Representatives from the Rwanda Defence Force (RDF) and U.S. Army Africa planners meet to coordinate for Shared Accord 2018 at the Rwanda Military Academy in Gako, Rwanda 27 Nov. -1 Dec. in preparation for the upcoming, annual, multinational, peacekeeping focused command post exercise scheduled to take place in August.
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Rwanda Defence Force hosts the U.S., Netherlands for Peacekeeping Exercise Planning

4:42 PM12/7/2017
Representatives from the Rwanda Defence Force (RDF) and U.S. Army Africa planners meet to coordinate for Shared Accord 2018 at the Rwanda Military Academy in Gako, Rwanda 27 Nov. -1 Dec. in preparation for the upcoming, annual, multinational, peacekeeping focused command post exercise scheduled to take place in August.
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Rwanda Defence Force hosts the U.S., Netherlands for Peacekeeping Exercise Planning

4:32 PM12/7/2017
Rwanda Defence Force hosts the U.S. and Netherlands for Peacekeeping Exercise Planning.
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ISOLATED FROM US MILITARY, SMALL ARMY POST LOOKS TO RID TERRORISM IN AFRICA

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.
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Nigeria & US Soldiers Survey demonstration site

5:16 PM12/6/2017
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.
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USARAF general visits Nigeria, speaks to War College

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.
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ALFS 2018 MPE

11:35 AM12/4/2017
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.
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ALFS 2018 MPE

11:28 AM12/4/2017
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.
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African Land Forces Summit MPE

11:16 AM12/4/2017
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.
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Thanksgiving in Cameroon

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.
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U.S. troops train Cameroonian Armed Forces in Counter-IED

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.
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Happy Thanksgiving from Garoua, Cameroon

11:32 AM11/24/2017
1st Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division Soldiers from Task Force Darby supporting operations at Contingency Location Garoua, Cameroon, share their Thanksgiving Dinner with their Cameroonian hosts. The annual tradition was an opportunity to share American culture with soldiers and airmen of the Cameroonian Defense Force. The Soldiers from the U.S. Army Fort Drum & 10th Mountain Division, are in Cameroon to support Cameroon military efforts to combat regional violent extremism from Boko Haram ad ISIS West Africa.
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Diffa Logistics Mission

1:40 PM11/22/2017
US and Niger Soldiers pose for a group photo during a 5-week logistics mission in Niamey, Niger.
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