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May. 24, 2022

The Joint Light Tactical Vehicle is gradually being added to the Army Reserve’s inventory of vehicles. To get ready, 88th...

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May. 24, 2022

The Rise of the Digital Soldier Challenge brought together 36 competitors from the Air Force, National Guard, Army Reserve, U.S...

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U.S. military, Djiboutians champion Women, Peace and Security at co-hosted event
May 12, 2022 — Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA) co-hosted a Women, Peace and Security (WPS) workshop with the Djiboutian Ministry of Women and Family at the Palace Kempinski, Djibouti, May 8, 2022... 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

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

U.S. servicewomen forge women’s empowerment in Agadez
March 10, 2022 — On a sunny Sunday afternoon, eight women from the Air Base 201 Women’s Association were greeted by the 20 warm smiles of the Tedhilt Women’s Association in Agadez, Niger, March 6, 2022. Together, the women unloaded their vehicles of water, rice, pasta and American snacks in preparation to celebrate International Women’s Day... 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

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

The Journey of a Vision
February 23, 2021 — “One day God spoke to me and said, ‘Go to Africa.’ And I literally did just that.” It really was that simple. In 2000, Alfie Jelks said he boarded a plane to Uganda with nothing more than the desire to help people, a man’s name and a few suitcases full of humanitarian aid... 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

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