'In it for the long game': US sailors factor into diplomatic interests in Africa as China, Russia vie for influence

The crew aboard the USS Woody Williams faces many challenges as one of the few U.S. military vessels to almost continually transit African waters, as part of collective U.S. government efforts to build and sustain partnerships in a region America considers vital to its national security interests.

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