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Putting people first: Chef Robert Irvine visits Fort Belvoir to champion warfighter wellness

On Thursday, July 10, celebrity Chef Robert Irvine, founder of the Robert Irvine Foundation and longtime advocate for military...

Excellence under pressure: Sgt. 1st Class David D. Farr named ARCG’s NCO of the Year

In a force defined by discipline and dedication, one Soldier stood out among the ranks. Sgt. 1st Class David D. Farr, a career...

PHOTO GALLERY: U.S. Army Reserve part of mass casualty training at African Lion 2025

Showing interoperability and emergency response coordination among Dutch, Senegalese and U.S. forces, a multinational mass...

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U.S., Angola conclude inaugural military medical exercise
December 2, 2022 — U.S. and Angolan militaries wrapped up a two week medical readiness exercise (MEDREX) with a closing ceremony, Nov. 18, 2022. The Angolan Armed Forces, in partnership with the U.S. Army Southern European Task Force, Africa (SETAF-AF) and the 807th Medical Command, U.S. Army Reserve, hosted the MEDREX at the Principle Military Hospital in Luanda from Nov. 8-18, 2022. The event marked the first of its kind to be held in Angola... MORE

U.S., Angola host bilateral military medical readiness exercise
November 17, 2022 — The Angolan Armed Forces, in partnership with the U.S. Army Southern European Task Force, Africa (SETAF-AF) and 807th Medical Command, Army Reserve, will host a medical readiness exercise (MEDREX) in Luanda, Nov. 8-18, 2022... MORE

Enduring partnership: U.S. Soldiers create English discussion group in Niger
June 6, 2022 — U.S. Soldiers from the 404th Civil Affairs Battalion recently created weekly English discussion groups with students and young professionals in Agadez, Niger... MORE

U.S. service members deliver school and medical supplies to village in Niger
June 6, 2022 — U.S. service members assigned to the 409th Air Expeditionary Group recently visited Azel Ecole, home to the largest school in the area northeast of Agadez city - hosting 266 students in both primary and secondary school... MORE

Civil Affairs Soldiers, Djiboutians work together to treat livestock
April 6, 2022 — U.S. Army Civil Affairs East Africa Soldiers partnered with the Djiboutian Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries to conduct a veterinary civic action program (VETCAP) March 16, 2022, in a small Djiboutian village, Hindi... MORE

U.S. donates mobile field hospital to Niger
April 6, 2022 — The United States recently donated a $1.6 million (956 million Central African francs) mobile field hospital to Niger’s Agadez Regional Council on April 4, 2022... MORE

Nigerien workers build a mobile field hospital financed by the U.S. Africa Command through the Overseas Humanitarian, Disaster Assistance, and Civic Aid program in Agadez, Niger, March 22, 2022. U.S. subject matter experts taught Nigerien workers how to construct, maintain, de-construct, and move the mobile hospital. The $1.6 million, 4,592 square-foot mobile field hospital increases Agadez Regional Hospital’s capacity by an additional 30 beds, complete with the medical tools and resources to care for the 670,000-person community and surrounding areas. (U.S. Army courtesy photo by Staff Sgt. Peter Maenner)

Kenya Native Becomes U.S. Army Reserve Medic
March 15, 2022 — Spc. Joshua Omwenga, a combat medic with 444th Minimal Care Det., was born in Western Kenya. Omwenga was working as a school teacher when he was notified that he would receive a green card to the United States from a local lottery... MORE

Djibouti, U.S. strengthen partnership through medical knowledge exchange
February 7, 2022 — More than 40 U.S. service members from Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA) and the Djiboutian Gendarmerie came together for a medical knowledge exchange of casualty care practices at the Gendarmerie compound in Djibouti City, Djibouti, Jan. 17- 20, 2022... MORE

All smiles: Civil Affairs Soldiers teach oral hygiene class in Djibouti
August 20, 2021 — On the highway westbound of Djibouti City, there is a small town filled with bright colors, rich culture and community known as We’a. As the people go about their daily lives, the young children immediately standout. They play, they laugh, and they can’t seem to stop smiling... MORE

U.S. Army Civil Affairs Soldiers conduct oral hygiene class in We’a, Djibouti

SDDC, Total Force team load first DEFENDER-Europe 21 equipment
April 7, 2021 — The Military Surface Deployment and Distribution Command is once again moving cargo to Europe in support of DEFENDER-Europe 21. A Total-Force team of active-duty, National Guard and Reserve Soldiers, civilians and commercial partners began loading the Military Sealift Command’s U.S. Naval Ship Bob Hope March 24, 2021, in support of Immediate Response, a linked exercise to DEFENDER-Europe 21, at the port of Jacksonville... MORE

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