U.S. Army Southern European Task Force, Africa
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Medical readiness exercise provides real-world humanitarian relief to local Moroccan population

1:34 PM7/1/2022
The Utah Army National Guard Medical Detachmnet, the U.S. Army 30th Medical Brigade, and the Royal Moroccan Army collaborated to provide real-world humanitarian assistance to the local population in Morocco while simultaneously conducting medical readiness training during African Lion 2022.
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Combined arms rehearsal sets stage for successful African Lion 22

10:34 AM6/23/2022
Moroccan and United States military leadership welcomed participants to the combined arms rehearsal in Agadir, Morocco during African Lion 22 June 20, 2022.
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ALFS starts now

9:38 AM3/21/2022
Military leaders from the U.S. Army and over 40 African countries will join here March 21-25 in an effort to strengthen partnerships and discuss security challenges in Africa. Maj. Gen. Andrew Rohling, commanding general of U.S. Army Southern European Task Force, Africa, will welcome African Land Forces Summit 2022 attendees during the opening ceremony on March 21 in Columbus, Georgia.
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SETAF-AF, 173rd Paratroopers strengthen interoperability with Tunisian partners

9:30 AM3/17/2022
Paratroopers from 173rd Airborne Brigade and U.S. Army Southern European Task Force, Africa joined Tunisia Armed Forces in an airborne exercise near Bizerte, Tunisia, March 3-4. Approximately 50 Soldiers from SETAF-AF and 1st Squadron, 91st Cavalry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade, parachuted alongside 50 Tunisian military counterparts onto the Al Amila drop zone from Sidi Ahmed Air Base near Bizerte, Tunisia. The 173rd Airborne Brigade is part of the U.S. Africa Command Contingency Response Force in north and west Africa. Forward deployed across Italy and Germany, the brigade routinely trains alongside Allies and partners to build partnerships and strengthen the alliance.
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Confindustria Day at Caserma Del Din showcases facilities and future projects

3:58 PM2/24/2022
VICENZA, Italy – Members of the Vicenza Confindustria met with leaders of the U.S. Army Southern European Task Force, Africa on Feb. 22, 2022, to tour the facilities at Caserma Del Din in Vicenza, as well as learn more about the mission of SETAF-AF and projects that the U.S. Army has planned in the Vicenza community.
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Surgeon devotes career to battlefield trauma care

3:33 PM2/9/2022
What began as a way to practice medicine and pay for college has become a life calling for one U.S. Army surgeon. Col. Jennifer Gurney, a surgeon with the U.S. Army Institute of Surgical Research at the Joint Base San Antonio – Fort Sam Houston, Texas, says that her reason to continue her 20-year career is to help build the training and standards it takes to maintain Soldier readiness on the battlefield.
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U.S. Army medical personnel visit Ghana in preparation for medical readiness exercise

5:49 PM1/27/2022
U.S. Army and Ghana Armed Forces medical personnel met at the 37 Military Hospital in Accra, Ghana, as part of the final preparations for a medical readiness exercise 2022 scheduled for June.
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Making it personal: Soldier uses life experiences to train others for peacekeeping mission

5:46 PM1/27/2022
Soldiers make the decision to serve in the military for a variety of reasons. For one noncommissioned officer out of Ft. Bragg, N.C., a decision to join the military over ten years ago has brought about opportunities to achieve a personal goal and passion to help others.
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SFAB Soldiers grow partnerships in Ghana through peacekeeping training exercise

5:44 PM1/27/2022
In January, U.S. Army Soldiers assigned to the 2nd Security Force Assistance Brigade out of Fort Bragg, N.C., attended and supported a new training program for Ghana Armed Forces in Bundase, Ghana, as GAF soldiers prepare for an upcoming peacekeeping mission.
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Marines Birthday 2021

3:14 PM11/10/2021
SETAF-AF celebrates the birthday of the United States Marine Corps. (US Army Photos)
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Justified Accord 2022 Middle Planning Event

1:47 PM10/26/2021
NAIROBI, Kenya – Members of U.S. Army Southern European Task Force and more than two dozen Allies and Partner nations converged in Nairobi, Kenya, on Oct. 18, to establish plans for Justified Accord, an exercise set to take place next spring in Kenya.
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SFAB Team builds partnership with Senegalese Soldiers

1:39 PM7/27/2021
Senegalese soldiers from the Centre D'entrainement (CET) 7, 3 and 2 and U.S. Army Soldiers assigned to the 2nd Security Force Assistance Brigade (SFAB) discuss the lessons-learned during a physical exercise in the ‘Train the Trainer’ course at the Regional Tactical Training Center, Thies, Senegal, July 19, 2021. The 2nd SFAB, based out of Fort Bragg, North Carolina, traveled to Senegal to instruct the 8-week course, which uses the sharing of tactics and procedures to better prepare our partners for future operations. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Meleesa Gutierrez)
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C-IED Defeat Program

12:26 PM7/23/2021
Sgt. Jean Paul Chauvel, an Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) specialist from 705th Ordnance Company, teaches Senegalese engineering soldiers during the Counter-Improvised Explosive Device (C-IED) Defeat program at Camp Engineering Bargny, Gouddau, Senegal, July 14, 2021. The C-IED Defeat Program is a 12-week course that enables the Senegalese Army to be capable of producing and sustaining sufficient C-IED capabilities to protect its forces from IED threats during operations. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Meleesa Gutierrez)
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African Lion 21: Multinational night live fire event strengthens interoperability, readiness

11:51 AM6/17/2021
Soldiers with the Georgia Army National Guard completed multinational live-fire training under the concealment of night during exercise African Lion 21 June 13-14, 2021, in Tan Tan, Morocco. Artillery fire filled the sky with illumination and infrared light to enable maneuver of infantry underneath.
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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)
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SETAF-AF senior leader forum 2021

7:14 PM3/23/2021
U.S. Army Southern European Task Force, Africa Commander Maj. Gen. Andrew M. Rohling listens to a briefing during this year’s senior leadership forum, conducted in Vicenza, Italy, on March 16-17, 2021. The forum is an annual event, held to encourage discussion among SETAF-AF's leaders and ensure they have the current, consistent and comprehensive information necessary to achieve the organization’s short- and long-term objectives. (U.S. Army photo by Christopher House)
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Africa deployed SFAB Soldiers recognized for saving lives

3:25 PM3/18/2021
Deployed soldiers are recognized at Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, March 12, 2021, for their immediate life saving response to a vehicle accident March 7, 2021.
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SETAF-Africa conducts large-scale planning for African Lion 21

2:13 PM3/2/2021
Capt. Jeremey Parks, a U.S. Army Southern European Task Force, Africa Signal Corps future operations officer, participates in large-scale virtual planning meetings for African Lion 2021. The U.S. military, along with 21 multinational partners, is adapting with COVID-19 mitigation practices to safely plan a complex multinational, joint, all-domain exercise culminating in combined live-fire exercises occurring in multiple countries across the combined joint operations area. (U.S. Army photo by Christopher House)
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SETAF-Africa conducts large-scale planning for African Lion 21

2:12 PM3/2/2021
Lt. Col. Eli Segres, a U.S. Army Southern European Task Force, Africa Signal Corps future operations officer, participates in large-scale virtual planning meetings for African Lion 2021. The U.S. military, along with 21 multinational partners, is adapting with COVID-19 mitigation practices to safely plan a complex multinational, joint, all-domain exercise culminating in combined live-fire exercises occurring in multiple countries across the combined joint operations area. (U.S. Army photo by Christopher House)
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SETAF-Africa conducts large-scale planning for African Lion 21

2:11 PM3/2/2021
Maj. Laura Proffit, a U.S. Army Southern European Task Force, Africa, operational protection directorate plans and operations chief, participates in large-scale virtual planning meetings for African Lion 2021. The U.S. military, along with 21 multinational partners, is adapting with COVID-19 mitigation practices to safely plan a complex multinational, joint, all-domain exercise culminating in combined live-fire exercises occurring in multiple countries across the combined joint operations area. (U.S. Army photo by Christopher House)
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SETAF-Africa conducts large-scale planning for African Lion 21

2:09 PM3/2/2021
Staff Sgt. Rachelle Dutton, the U.S. Army Southern European Task Force, Africa force health protection NCO, left, and Maj. Stephen Boughton, a SETAF-Africa G4 fusion logistics planner, participate in large-scale virtual planning meetings for exercise African Lion 2021. The U.S. military, along with 21 multinational partners, is adapting with COVID-19 mitigation practices to safely plan a complex multinational, joint, all-domain exercise culminating in combined live-fire exercises occurring in multiple countries across the combined joint operations area. (U.S. Army photo by Christopher House)
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SETAF-Africa conducts large-scale planning for African Lion 21

2:08 PM3/2/2021
Lt. Col. Paul Hilaski, the Southern European Task Force, Africa G35 future operations chief, participates in large-scale virtual planning meetings for African Lion 2021. The U.S. military, along with 21 multinational partners, is adapting with COVID-19 mitigation practices to safely plan a complex multinational, joint, all-domain exercise culminating in combined live-fire exercises occurring in multiple countries across the combined joint operations area. (U.S. Army photo by Christopher House)
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U.S. Army Garrison Italy delivers medical supplies to Italian hospitals

5:03 PM2/3/2021
The U.S. Army Garrison Italy assisted in delivering $500,000 worth medical supplies to Italian hospitals in Vicenza, Pisa and Livorno. (U.S. Army video by Spc. Meleesa Gutierrez)
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