Military and Police Aid

Tuesday, October 29, 2013 - 09:42
For 15 hours, a team of U.S. Special Forces soldiers shepherded four dozen South Sudanese commandos through an unremitting nighttime rainstorm, plunging into elephant grass so tall and thick they could not gaze beyond the reach of their arms. They heard the telltale cry of a panther and the ripples of crocodiles lurking in the bogs. Quicksand sucked a few men down to their waists before their comrades could haul them out.
Monday, October 28, 2013 - 10:21
A recent U.S. Army Africa organized training event helped prepare a Uganda Peoples' Defense Force military police company for an upcoming deployment to Somalia.
Monday, October 28, 2013 - 10:14
Capacity-building efforts being advanced by U.S. Africa Command are helping African nations confront maritime crime, including piracy in the Gulf of Guinea and events currently unfolding off the Nigerian coast, the Africom commander reported.
Friday, October 25, 2013 - 07:20
Leadership, ethics, and Africa’s role in global security were among the topics discussed when nearly 60 professionals from 40 African nations met for the opening of the Next Generation of African Security Sector Leaders (NextGen) course October 21, 2013, just outside of Washington, D.C. The three-week program is conducted by the Africa Center for Strategic Studies (ACSS) and runs through November 8.
Thursday, October 24, 2013 - 12:43
Citing progress in helping African partners countering violent extremist organizations, the commander of U.S. Africa Command said the terrorist attack last month at a mall in Nairobi, Kenya, actually shows that U.S. efforts and policies are working.
Tuesday, October 22, 2013 - 13:02
The statement also said it welcomed “efforts undertaken bilaterally by Allies to strengthen Libya’s security sector”.
Tuesday, October 22, 2013 - 12:26
Ambassador Frederic Hof testifies in front of the House Armed Services Committee to discuss the merits of a multifaceted diplomatic strategy to address the Syrian crisis, as well as the merits of possible military options.
Tuesday, October 22, 2013 - 11:59
She says the team won't have a permanent base in Libya but will operate from Brussels and comprise "no more than 10 people."
Tuesday, October 22, 2013 - 09:36
“In a First, the U.S. Army Hones an Antiterror Strategy for Africa, in Kansas” (news article, Oct. 19) exposes a conspicuous gap in American military training priorities in Africa.
Monday, October 21, 2013 - 08:25
Here on the Kansas plains, thousands of soldiers once bound for Iraq or Afghanistan are now gearing up for missions in Africa as part of a new Pentagon strategy to train and advise indigenous forces to tackle emerging terrorist threats and other security risks so that American forces do not have to.

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