Three North Dakota National Guard soldiers including one from Bismarck are taking part in a medical readiness exercise in the west African nation of Ghana this month.
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1 CAMP LEMONIER, Djibouti – One way U.S. Army Sustainment Command provides contractual and logistical support to U.S. Africa Command, U.S. Special Operations Command, the service components and various task forces assigned to the continent of Africa is through the utilization of the 405th Army Field Support Brigade’s Army Field Support Battalion-Africa. The battalion, home stationed at Leghorn Army Deport in Italy, manages active services and property in Djibouti, Somalia, Uganda, Niger and other locations in Western Africa.
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The 405th AFSB’s AFSBn-Africa provides one Logistics Civil Augmentation Program professional and one Strategic Planner to support Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa’s base operations support to Navy personnel and other elements in Africa. Over the last year, LOGCAP has provided services to five contingency locations and cooperative security locations on the Africa continent. As AFRICOM’s implementation plan co
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Photos of helicopter landing and General Rohling: Moroccan Armed Forces.
Military members from the United States and Morocco met at the end of January to finalize plans for the annual Exercise “African Lion.” The exercise will resume in 2021 after being severely curtailed last year due to the coronavirus pandemic.
U.S. troops and their Moroccan hosts were scouting the locations where most of the exercise will take place. The 17th iteration of African Lion 2021 will involve over 10,000 troops from nine countries. It will span three continents and six countries.
The annual exercise is designed to improve interoperability and mutual understanding of each nation’s tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs). The exercise began in the 1990s as a biennial event. It was sponsored by the U.S. European Command (EUCOM) and conducted by U.S. Army personnel in cooperation with the Moroccan Armed Forces. It then turned into an annual event, after President Bush establishe
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A US Marine Corps M1A1 Abrams tank drives and fires at targets at Camp Draa, near Tan-Tan, Morocco, during exercise African Lion 2011.
Militaries from the United States and Morocco met between 20 and 28 January to layout plans for the 17th episode of African Lion, scheduled for June.
Military planners surveyed training areas and converged training and readiness goals, while ensuring safeguards against COVID-19, Africa Command said.
“COVID-19 presents new challenges for us as exercise planners, but we are committed to ensuring we have the best fighting force, best partners, and everything we need for strategic access and readiness,” said Colonel Robert Perry, director of training and exercises, US Southern European Task Force, Africa (SETAF-Africa).