Partnership

Security
Stability

UNITED STATES 
AFRICA COMMAND

The overall classification of this presentation is UNCLASSIFIED

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 USAFRICOM’s Mission …
Mission Statement
United States Africa Command, in concert with other U.S. 
government agencies and international partners, conducts 
sustained security engagement through military‐to‐military 
programs, military‐sponsored activities, and other military 
operations as directed to promote a stable and secure African 
environment in support of U.S. foreign policy. 

CJTF-Horn of Africa and OEF-Trans-Sahara

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 The Road to Unified Command Status

Four interrelated efforts ongoing this year
Four interrelated efforts ongoing this year
Seamless
Growing and transfer of
forming Building Accepting responsibilities
an interagency from other
organization the Team Missions unified
commands

Inviting
counsel on Building
how we build Engaging Engaging shared trust
the command and confidence
to meet mutual the U.S. Africa in who we are
goals and and what we
interests can offer

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 Our Area of Activity
Consolidates the relationships under one unified command

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Simplifies coordination of DOD activities in Africa and facilitates

cooperation with existing regional organizations
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 An Innovative Organization
Six Functionally‐Aligned 
Six Functionally‐Aligned  A Complementary Mix of 
A Complementary Mix of 
Directorates
Directorates Military and Civilians
Military and Civilians

Interagency Members in 
Interagency Members in 
Leadership Positions
Leadership Positions
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 Current Status of Interagency Leaders
Senior
Special Staff Commander
USAFRICOM Enlisted
Leader
Foreign
Policy
Advisor Deputy to the Deputy to the
Commander Commander for
Civ-Mil Activities Military Ops

Senior Office of Shared

Development Chief of Staff
Services
Advisor

Strategy, Intelligence
Operations &
Outreach Plans & & Knowledge C4 Systems Resources
Logistics
Programs Development

Director Director Director Director Director Director

Dep. Director Dir. Plans Dep. Director Dep. Director Dep. Director Dep. Director
Dir. Programs OFDA Rep.
Treasury Rep. Green Box indicates DHS Rep.
inter-agency position

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 Who’s On the Team…?
We seek to partner with organizations who have mutual 
We seek to partner with organizations who have mutual 
interests on the continent and its island nations
interests on the continent and its island nations

• U.S. Government
– State, USAID, Treasury, DHS, 
Commerce, Justice, USDA, Energy
– U.S. Missions in Africa
• International Partners
– UN, ICRC, European militaries
– Donor community
• Civil Society
– NGOs, Humanitarian relief and 
development organizations
– Academia, ‘think tanks’
• Business
– CCA, BCIU, Chambers of Commerce

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 Complexity of Mission Transfer
Missions: CJTF‐HOA, OEF‐TS
Transfers
Activities: Humanitarian Assistance  are
(HA), African Web Initiative,  Readiness Driven
International Port Security Liaison 
Officer (IPSLO)
Programs: DoD HIV/AIDS Prevention 
Program (DHAPP), Combating 
Terrorism Fellowship Program (CTFP),  EUCOM
(105) PACOM
African Chaplaincy State Partnership  (14)
Program HA Demining
Exercises: African Endeavor, African 
Lion, Flintlock / Silent Warrior
Plus: Service Components and all other  24 Transfers
foundation activities to build the 
CENTCOM To Date
(63)
(as of April 30, 2008)
command.
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 CJTF‐Horn of Africa – Examples of Activities    
Counter Terrorism
Coastal Security
Civil Affairs
Water & MED/
VETCAPs
ERITREA
UNAMID / AMIS YEMEN
Counter Terrorism
Coastal Security
Counter Terrorism SUDAN
Civil Affairs
Maritime Security DJIBOUTI
ETHIOPIA Wells, Schools &
Civil Affairs
MED VETCAPs
MED/VETCAPs

Civil Affairs Civil Affairs

MED/VETCAPs SOMALIA
Schools & MED/
VETCAPs
UGANDA
Schools KENYA

Ranger Training
LEGEND Maritime Ops & EOD
Civil Affairs
Mil to Mil Wells & MED/
TANZANIA SEYCHELLES VETCAPs
Civil Affairs
COMOROS
Humanitarian
Civic Action

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 CJTF‐Horn of Africa Manning
CJTF-HOA HQ
Includes international staff Approx. 300

Infrastructure
from African and European Base / Support
partner nations personnel

Approx. 850

Deployable
Forces
Approx. 800

Support Mil-to-Mil Seabees

N Civil Well Air

Affairs Drillers Transport

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 Inherited Presence
Offices of Security Cooperation
(OSCs)
Defense Attaché Officers
w/o an OSC
AFRICOM Liaison Officers

Bi-Lateral Assistance Officers

OEF-TS Security Assistance Officers

LNO in Southern Sudan Small circles on map
represent offices with
1 or 2 U.S. personnel
CJTF-Horn of Africa

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 African Standby Force

NASBRIG

EASBRIG

ECOBRIG AU HQ Addis Ababa

FOMAC

SADCBRIG

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SUB-
SUB-Regional Organizations
AU African Union
Main African Regional &
AMU Arab Maghreb Union
AL Arab League Sub-Regional Economic Groups
CBI Cross Border Initiatives
CEMAC Economic & Monetary Community of Central Africa
CILSS Permanent Interstate Committee on Drought Control in the Sahel
COMESA Common Market for East and Southern Africa
EAC East Africa Community AMU
ECCAS Economic Community of Central African States Algeria*
ECOWAS Economic Community of West African States Libya*
IGAD Inter Governmental Authority for Morocco* (HQ)
Development Mauritania*
IOC Indian Ocean Community Tunisia* IGAD
MRU Manu River Union Djibouti (HQ)
SACU Southern Africa Customs Union Ethiopia
SADC Southern Africa Development Community Kenya*
WAEMU West African Economic and Monetary Union Somalia
Sudan
ECOWAS Eritrea
Benin Burkina Faso Uganda*
Cape Verde Cote d’Ivoire Eritrea (Withdrew in 2007)
Gambia Ghana
Guinea Guinea-Bissau
Liberia Mali
Niger Nigeria (HQ)
Senegal Sierra Leone
Togo Mauritania
(Withdrew 2002)
EAC
SADC Kenya*
Angola* ECCAS (CEEAC) Uganda*
Lesotho Gabon (HQ) Tanzania* (HQ)
Malawi Burundi* Burundi*
Mozambique Cameroon Rwanda*
Swaziland Central African Republic
Tanzania* Chad
Zambia Democratic Republic of the Congo*
Zimbabwe Republic of the Congo
Namibia Equatorial Guinea
South Africa Rwanda*
Mauritius Sao Tome & Principe
Democratic Republic of the Congo* Angola**
Madagascar
Seychelles
Botswana (HQ)
 State Partnership Program
Utah ‐‐ Morocco
Since 2003

Wyoming  ‐‐ Tunisia
Since 2004

Vermont    ‐‐ Senegal
Since April 2007

N. Dakota  ‐‐ Ghana
Since 2004
Partners a U.S. state’s National Guard 
California   ‐‐ Nigeria with an African partner for training, 
Since 2006 exercise, and relationship building
N. Carolina ‐‐ Botswana
Since April 2007

New York   ‐‐ South Africa
Since 2003

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 Strategy of “Active Security”
Persistent, Sustained Level of Effort
Persistent, Sustained Level of Effort

Building Partner
Building Partner
Security Capacity
Security Capacity

Oriented on 
Oriented on 
Preventing Conflict
Preventing Conflict

Fostering Continued 
Fostering Continued 
Dialogue and Development
Dialogue and Development

Oriented on Preventing Conflict
Oriented on Preventing Conflict

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 US—African Exercises
• Disaster Preparedness
• NATURAL FIRE
• GOLDEN SPEAR
• Command and Control
• AFRICA ENDEAVOR
• Capacity Building
• FLINTLOCK / SILENT WARRIOR
• SHARED ACCORD
• Medical Training
• MEDFLAG
• Naval Forces
• West African and Southwest
Indian Ocean Training Cruises

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 Peacekeeping

• Africa Contingency 
Operations Training and 
Assistance (ACOTA) program 
• The US has been training 
African peacekeepers through 
ACOTA (or ACRI) since 1997  
• Enhances existing African peace 
keeping capabilities
• Focuses on infantry skills, 
humanitarian operations, human 
rights, and rules of engagement 
in peacekeeping scenarios
• Trains approximately 20 
battalions a year

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 Medical and Humanitarian Assistance
• HIV/AIDS prevention
• Humanitarian Mine Action Program
• Medical facility, clinic, orphanage,                            
and school construction
• Excess US property is provided to African clinics, hospitals, and schools
• Synchronization of medical and dental outreach to support 
humanitarian assistance objectives
• Other Humanitarian Assistance (HA) projects 
• School improvements
• Well drilling
• Infrastructure development projects
• VETCAP

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 Africa Partnership Station (APS)
• Themes  
– Maritime Security and Safety are vital to 
regional prosperity
– US and partners are committed to  Ghana
Cameroon
enabling African solutions  
– Building trust through transparency and  Gabon
collaboration Sao Tome & Principe Angola

• Successful Development
– Coalition support 
– NGO participation 
• HSV Swift: 
Jan 08 –Jun 08
• USS Fort McHenry: Nov 07 – Apr 08

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 Air Security

• EUCOM, through USAFE, supports 
USG “Safe Skies for Africa” program
• Goal is to improve radar coverage 
and air traffic     control over Africa
• Presently, radar coverage is limited
• Costs of “ungoverned” airspace
• Potential for trafficking
• Poor air safety
• Reduction in economic potential

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 Counter‐Terrorism
• OEF‐Trans‐Sahara is EUCOM / AFRICOM’s 
effort to:
• Build regional capacity
• Promote interoperability
• Strengthen Inter‐regional cooperation in 
the trans‐Sahara region
• Trans‐Sahara Counter Terrorism Partnership 
(TSCTP) is the US Department of State 
program in these same nations

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