Africa Command's (AFRICOM) annual training exercises are now underway and run until June 30. Hundreds of vehicles and other military equipment were loaded onto ships at the Italian port of Livorno by U.S. Army logisticians to support the exercise, which will see troops from various countries deployed to Morocco, Senegal, Tunisia, and Ghana.
The exercise is run by the U.S. Army Southern European Task Force and incorporates soldiers from Chad, Spain, Italy, The Netherlands, the United Kingdom, France, and Brazil.
The training exercise will incorporate, "a combined arms live-fire exercise; a maritime exercise; an air exercise with U.S. C-130J Super Hercules, KC-135 Stratotanker and bomber aircraft; a joint forcible entry with paratroopers into a field training exercise; a chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear response exercise; a medical readiness exercise and a humanitarian civic assistance program event," according to an Army press release.
Africa is a place where America, Russia, and China each compete with one another for spheres of influence that feature military, diplomatic, economic, and political engagement.
U.S. Special Operations forces conduct both overt and low visibility operations in support of American security objectives in the region.
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