U.S. & Cameroonian troops joined forces with West African & European leaders to conduct the combined, joint exercise Unified Focus in Douala, Cameroon. The exercise will take place in March, 2018 giving regional leaders an opportunity to rehearse coordination efforts to counter violent extremists organizations in the Lake Chad Basin.
Southern Accord 15 (SA15) is a USARAF and Zambia Defense Force hosted field training exercise and command post exercise conducted in Zambia with forces from the Southern African Development Community assigned to regional response roles. SA15 is designed to improve command proficiency for support to United Nations peacekeeping operations; improving multi-echelon operations; developing...
Shared Accord is a joint exercise intended to enhance U.S. and African forces' capabilities to perform peacekeeping operations in support of United Nations and African Union mandates. Shared Accord 17, sponsored by U.S. Africa Command and executed by U.S. Army Africa, seeks to enhance U.S. and other participating nations and organizations capabilities, and bilateral and regional relationships.
Twelve U.S. Army Soldiers share tactics and training with a little over 200 Nigerian Army Soldiers from 26th Infantry Battalion in a remote military compound four hours north of the capital in Jaji. The training includes reacting to an IED, react to an ambush, securing an objective, operations planning, etc. The training's significance cannot be underestimated. These Nigerian Soldiers may...
Justified Accord brings together military partners from East Africa, the U.S. military, Western Allies, and international organizations to practice joint planning and coordination. This year, JA19 will take place in Ethiopia and will enhance participants' capability for peacekeeping operations, sector headquarters’ responsibilities and provides an opportunity to employ African Union Mission...
Justified Accord, is an annual-joint exercise that brings together U.S. Army personnel, African partners, Allies and international organizations to promote interoperability between participating nations for peace keeping operations in the East Africa region.
Eastern Accord is a Command Post Exercise focused on Peace
Operations. Partner nations and U.S. forces will form a Combined Joint Task
Force to exercise participants' capability and capacity to conduct peace
operations using African Union Standard Operating Procedures.
The African Land Forces Summit (ALFS) is a four day engagement event that hosts land force chiefs from across Africa to engage in candid dialogue. This event is the eighth African Land Forces Summit. ALFS is an annual forum designed to bring land force chiefs from across Africa together to forge and strengthen relationships. ALFS 2020 is hosted by U.S. Army Africa and the Ethiopian National...
