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    OBANGAME EXPRESS

    Obangame Express

    Obangame Express    

    Exercise Obangame Express is sponsored by U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM) and designed to improve regional cooperation, maritime domain awareness (MDA), information-sharing practices, and tactical interdiction expertise to enhance the collective capabilities of Gulf of Guinea and West African nations to counter sea-based illicit activity.

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    Obangame Express 2021 Women of Obangame

    Obangame Express 2021 Women of Obangame
    03.24.21 | PO2 Jacob Stanley | AFNN
    210324-N-ZJ713-1001 GHANA, Africa (March 24, 2021) Multiple women participating in Obangame Express 2021 express their thoughts on the exercise....
    Obangame Express 2021 GMS Chemle (P 36)

    Obangame Express 2021 GMS Chemle (P 36)
    03.20.21 | PO2 Jacob Stanley | AFNN
    210320-N-ZJ713-1002 GHANA, Africa (March 20, 2021) Sailors aboard GMS Chemle (P 36) go underway as a part of exercise Obangame Express 2021....
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    VBSS Training and Demonstration

    VBSS Training and Demonstration
    05.16.24 | CPO John Pearl | SOCAFRICA
    Ghanaian and Tunisian special operations forces personnel stand watch aboard the Italian Navy Comandante Bettica P-492 for a Visit, Board, Search...
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    210325-N-ZS816-1434
    03.25.21 | PO1 Hannah Fry | AFN-ROTA
    TEMA, Ghana (March 25, 2021) A members of the Ghana Navy Special Boat Squadron (SBS) clears GNS Chemle (P-36) during a Visit, Board, Search and...
    Exercise Obangame Express 2021

    Exercise Obangame Express 2021
    03.25.21 | PO2 Julio Martinez | AFN-ROTA
    TEMA, Ghana (March 25, 2021) A member of the Ghana Navy Special Boat Squadron (SBS) clears the deck of GNS Chemle (P-36) during a Visit, Board,...
    210325-N-ZS816-1378

    210325-N-ZS816-1378
    03.25.21 | PO1 Hannah Fry | AFN-ROTA
    TEMA, Ghana (March 25, 2021) Members of the Ghana Navy Special Boat Squadron (SBS) board GNS Chemle (P-36) as part of a Visit, Board, Search and...
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    TEN YEARS OF HISTORY AND LESSONS IN WEST AFRICAN...
    03.20.19 | LTC Brett Walker | 65PAOC
    Lagos, Nigeria – For the tenth consecutive year, the United States organized a multinational naval exercise to improve maritime security along the African coast. This year’s exercise is currently underway in the Gulf of Guinea. It involves 33 participating nations from around the world and nearly 100 individually evaluated events.

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