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Army updates facial hair policy to reinforce grooming standards

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Army Reserve captain brings a lifetime of service and culture to the force

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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

443rd Civil Affairs Battalion hosts Army Field Sanitation Training certification course
July 17, 2020 — Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti (CLDJ), potentially just became a slightly healthier place with 35 service members from the U.S. Army, Navy and Air Force completing the U.S. Army’s 40-hour Field Sanitation Training (FST) certification course July 10, 2020... MORE

443rd CA BN hosts Army Field Sanitation Training certification course

304th Movement Control Team prepares for African Lion 20
March 4, 2020 — U.S. Army Reserve Soldiers with the 304th Movement Control Team began training with the Portable Deployment Kit II in preparation for their upcoming mission in Morocco, Africa, as part of African Lion 20 on Feb. 22, 2020... MORE

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