From refugee to U.S. Soldier: A full-circle moment in Ghana
250902-Z-XD814-1002.JPG Photo By: Sgt. 1st Class Shane Klestinski

ACCRA, Ghana - Ghanaian Armed Forces (GAF) Brig. Gen. William Kwabiah, left, deputy chief staff officer of operations and training; U.S. Army Capt. Peter Afari, right, Civil Affairs (CA) team chief, CA Team Ghana, U.S. Army Southern European Task Force, Africa (SETAF-AF), speak during a civil affairs engagement in Accra, Ghana, June 8, 2025. During this engagement, Kwabiah and U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Raymond Jackson (not pictured), civil affairs noncommissioned officer, realized that their paths had crossed in 1998 when Jackson (2-years-old at the time) and his family fled a dangerous situation in Liberia as refugees. Kwabiah, then a second lieutenant, commanded the mission that received them as refugees in Ghana. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Raymond Jackson)


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