U.S. Army civil affairs Soldiers build partnerships in Guinea-Bissau
From left to right, U.S. Army Sgt. William Larson, civil affairs team medic, U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Ryan Hill, civil affairs team sergeant, U.S. Army Capt. Dru Simpson, civil affairs team leader, and U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Tyrone Thompson, civil affairs sergeant, all assigned to the 478th Civil Affairs Battalion, U.S. Army Southern European Task Force, Africa (SETAF-AF), pose for a photo with Luana Pereira, a public affairs representative with U.S. Embassy Dakar, Senegal, during an engagement with the Forças Armadas Revolucionárias do Povo (FARP), the Armed Forces of Guinea Bissau, in Bissau, Sept. 2, 2024. The engagement was the introduction to a two-week civil-military operations course to familiarize the FARP with civil-military operations. (U.S. Army photo courtesy 478th Civil Affairs Battalion)