The East African
Tuesday February 16 2021
Kenya s Defence Cabinet Secretary Monica Juma (centre) with Director General, Kenya Coast Guard, Vincent Naisho Loonena (left) during a tour inside a US Naval Ship which is deployed along the Eastern Coast of Africa to provide Maritime Security in this photo taken on February 9, 2021. PHOTO | KEVIN ODIT
Summary
The naval ship can be used for a broad range of military operations acting as a mobile sea base to support multiple operational phases.
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America has deployed the first naval ship to Eastern Africa in over a decade to boost maritime security and allow freedom of navigation in the region. This comes two months after Kenya’s President Uhuru Kenyatta received the US-Africa Command (Africom) Gen. Stephen Townsend in Nairobi.