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10:51 AM11/17/2017

Spc. Mathew Manuel, right, an explosive ordnance disposal technician from the 764th Ordnance Company (Explosive Ordnance Disposal) out of Fort Carson, Colo., leads an after-action review with Cameroonian Armed Forces soldiers after an explosive device removal practical exercise with help from a translator during Exercise Counter Improvised Explosive Device-Defeat Phase I in Douala, Cameroon, November 14, 2017. The threat of IED contact is relevant to Cameroonian troops, who deploy to the Lake Chad Basin to fight Boko Haram and other terrorist organizations. (U.S. Army Photo by Sgt. 1st Class Alexandra Hays, 79th Theater Sustainment Command)

3:10 PM11/6/2017

U.S. & Cameroonian troops joined forces with West African & European leaders to begin planning the combined, joint exercise Unified Focus in Douala, Cameroon.

3:09 PM11/6/2017

U.S. & Cameroonian troops joined forces with West African & European leaders to begin planning the combined, joint exercise Unified Focus in Douala, Cameroon.

3:00 PM11/6/2017

U.S. & Cameroonian troops joined forces with West African & European leaders to begin planning the combined, joint exercise Unified Focus in Douala, Cameroon.

2:49 PM10/24/2017

Pfc. Yardy Collins holds the distinction of being the first international student from Liberia to graduate from the preventive medicine specialist program at the Medical Education and Training Campus (METC) on Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston October 20.

9:11 AM10/23/2017

Members of the Gabonese Armed Forces and U.S. Army Civil Affairs Team (CAT) 8324, conduct a map reconnaissance and discuss counter illicit trafficking operations, Libreville, Gabon, Sept. 25. The seminar brought Gabonese military and park rangers together with U.S. Civil Affairs personnel to develop methods to build resiliency within vulnerable populations, fostering regional stability and utilizing a whole of government approach to respond to humanitarian and disaster response missions.

2:31 PM10/17/2017

Sgt. Michael Smith of the 723rd Ordnance Company (Explosive Ordnance Disposal) shares methods to counter improvised explosive devices to Armed Forces Nigeria.

5:09 PM10/16/2017

Chaplain (Col.) David Lile and Chaplain (Lt. Col.) Mike Burgess participated in a combat operational stress control (COSC) military-to-military engagement with twenty-one Rwandan medical and military personnel. The engagement was held Sept. 13-17, 2017, in Kigali, Rwanda. There were two proposed takeaways. The first was a solid week of shared tactical training points and engagement with the Rwandan military professionals. The second was an in-depth understanding of the Rwandan model for combat operational stress control.

1:11 PM10/11/2017

9:51 AM10/11/2017

Soldiers from the 1st Battalion 149th Infantry meet with members of the Gendarmerie and receive a tour of the Gendarmerie Training Facility in Djibouti to support the State Partnership Program between the Kentucky National Guard and the nation of Djibouti Sept. 26, 2017. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Spc. Sarah Gossett)

3:26 PM10/6/2017

African Land Forces Summit 2018 lead planner, Lt. Col. Hector Montemayor (left) and Lt. Col. Husaini Toro, 176th Guards Battalion commander walk together at the proposed site for the summit’s military demonstration in Abuja. ALFS is a weeklong seminar designed to give African land force’s chiefs an opportunity to discuss and develop solutions for improving security and stability in their home country.

3:21 PM10/6/2017

Abuja, Nigeria – U.S. Army Africa teamed up with Armed Forces Nigeria to begin plans and preparations for 2018’s African Land Forces Summit here, Oct. 2-6.

3:21 PM10/6/2017

Abuja, Nigeria – U.S. Army Africa teamed up with Armed Forces Nigeria to begin plans and preparations for 2018’s African Land Forces Summit here, Oct. 2-6.

3:21 PM10/6/2017

Abuja, Nigeria – U.S. Army Africa teamed up with Armed Forces Nigeria to begin plans and preparations for 2018’s African Land Forces Summit here, Oct. 2-6.

3:21 PM10/6/2017

Abuja, Nigeria – U.S. Army Africa teamed up with Armed Forces Nigeria to begin plans and preparations for 2018’s African Land Forces Summit here, Oct. 2-6.

3:16 PM10/6/2017

Abuja, Nigeria – U.S. Army Africa teamed up with Armed Forces Nigeria to begin plans and preparations for 2018’s African Land Forces Summit here, Oct. 2-6.

12:49 PM10/5/2017

12:37 PM10/5/2017

Lt. Col. Orlando Ruiz Sosa, Vicenza Army Health Clinic chief of preventive medicine and Army public health nursing, administers the annual flu shot to Brig. Gen. Eugene LeBeouf, U.S. Army Africa acting commanding general, Oct. 4, 2017. Flu vaccines will be available to all authorized Vicenza community members at the Immunization Clinic, located at the Vicenza Army Health Clinic, Bldg. 2310, first floor, on a walk-in basis.

12:03 PM10/5/2017

U.S. Army Africa African Land Forces Summit planning team traveled to Abuja to meet with their Nigerian in counterparts to discuss tasks, purpose and responsibilities for 2018's conference.

11:41 AM10/5/2017

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