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Civil affairs team fosters enduring partnership with Agadez, Niger
June 22, 2022 — U.S. Soldiers from the 404th Civil Affairs Battalion met with Abdourahamane Touraoua, the mayor of Agadez, during a farewell visit after completing their tour of duty in West Africa... 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. civil affairs service members strengthen partnerships in Niger
June 6, 2022 — U.S. service members assigned to the 409th Air Expeditionary Group recently met with the village chief of Attimick, Niger, and discussed ways to achieve sustainable economic growth for the village and its residents... MORE

A U.S. Soldier plays soccer with children

U.S. Air Force and Army medical team conducts joint casualty evacuation drill in Niger
June 6, 2022 — U.S. Soldiers from the 404th Civil Affairs Battalion recently conducted a casualty evacuation drill with Airmen from the 724th Expeditionary Air Base Squadron’s ground surgical team at Air Base 201, Niger... MORE

PHOTO GALLERY: 404th Civil Affairs Battalion hosts joint-force training exercise
April 12, 2022 — The 404th Civil Affairs Battalion hosted a T-11 parachute jump on April 4, 2022, at Fort Dix, N.J. Operation March Madness consisted of Soldiers, Airmen and Marines from multiple units. Personnel conducted a joint-force training exercise that practiced static-line parachute operations... 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)

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

U.S. service members engage with Kenyan school
January 4, 2022 — Food. Paper. Notebooks. Art supplies and soccer balls. These are just some of the items U.S. service members in East Africa donated to a school in Lamu County, Kenya. And the donations were just the beginning... MORE

U.S. Army Sgt. Connor Dowd and Sgt. 1st Class Gregory Reid with C Company, 1-102nd Infantry Regiment (Mountain), Task Force Iron Gray, Combined Joint Task Force – Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA), high-five students during a cultural engagement at a school in Lamu County, Kenya, Nov. 2, 2021. CJTF-HOA’s efforts, as part of a comprehensive whole-of-government approach, are aimed at increasing African partner nations’ capacity to maintain a stable environment, with an effective government that provides a degree of economic and social advancement to its citizens.

404th Paratroopers Conduct Airborne Operations with Focus on Safety
August 20, 2020 — The 404th Civil Affairs Battalion conducted a large-scale airborne operation here on Aug. 14, 2020 with a focus on safety and ground support. As airborne operations continue to build, the drop zone detail sets the stage. Before parachutes fill the open sky, the drop zone detail calculates wind speed, knots, and distances. The detail uses red balloons to measure wind gusts and time their deployment from the ground to a wind ceiling, which reaches 1,200 feet in the air. "Safety is paramount to an airborne operation, and that safety comes from the dedication and professionalism of all participants," said Chief Warrant Officer 5 Michael A. Rich, command chief warrant officer with the United States Army Civil Affairs & Psychological Operations Command (Airborne)... MORE

JOINT BASE MCGUIRE-DIX-LAKEHURST, N.J. – A drop zone detail with the U.S. Army Reserve’s 404th Civil Affairs Battalion, United States Civil Affairs & Psychological Operations Command (Airborne), deploy a weather balloon during a large scale airborne operation here on Aug. 14, 2020. Drop zone details and jump masters work together to measure wind speeds and knots as weather conditions can impact airborne operations.

404th CA BN Paratroopers & US Navy EOD Conduct Joint Training
August 20, 2020 — More than 70 paratroopers, including members of USACAPOC(A)'s 404th Civil Affairs Battalion and the U.S. Navy's Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit 12 conducted joint airborne operations training here on Aug. 13, 2020 in order to “maintain currency” among their jumpmasters... MORE

JOINT BASE MCGUIRE-DIX-LAKEHURST, N.J. – A U.S. Army Reserve Paratrooper with the 404th Civil Affairs Battalion practices a landing technique by jumping out of a mock airplane here on Aug. 12, 2020. The unit conducted airborne refresher classes, rehearsals, and training in order to maintain currency among Jumpmasters within the unit.

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