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Partnership

Security

Stability

UNITED STATES

AFRICA COMMAND

UNITED STATES

AFRICA COMMAND

The overall classification of this presentation is UNCLASSIFIED

General Kip Ward, Commanding

Partnership-Security-Stability United States Africa Command2

Africa’s Size and Africa’s Size and DiversityDiversity

11.7 million square 11.7 million square milesmiles

About 3-1/2 times the size of About 3-1/2 times the size of thethe

Continental United StatesContinental United States

53 nations888 million people (14% of Earth

pop.)Over 800 ethnic groups and 1000

languages

Dakar to Mogadishu = 4365 miles

Chicago to Honolulu = 4250 milesTunis to Cape Town = 4885 miles

New York to Moscow = 4674 miles


A Diverse African Environment

•Security Challenges– Terrorism &

Extremism– Piracy and Trafficking– Non-Professional /

Irregular Militaries– Ethnic Strife– Undergoverned Areas

•Opportunities–Rapidly growing economies– Increasing democratization–Emerging regional security and economic communities

–Growing political will to confront challenges


U.S. Africa Command 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.

Our focus is to build the capacity of our African partners to:

•Reduce conflict•Improve security•Defeat violent extremism•Support crisis response


Our Approach -- “Active Security”

Building PartnerSecurity Capacity

Building PartnerSecurity Capacity

ProvidingCrisis

Response

ProvidingCrisis

Response

Conducting Civil-Military Activities to

Foster Stability

Conducting Civil-Military Activities to

Foster Stability

Persistent, Sustained Level of Effort

Persistent, Sustained Level of Effort

Oriented on Preventing Conflict…

Oriented on Preventing Conflict…

Supporting USG Efforts

to Encourage Dialogue

and Developmen

t

Supporting USG Efforts

to Encourage Dialogue

and Developmen

t

…to Enable the Work of Africans

…to Enable the Work of Africans

Promote StrategicRelationships

Promote StrategicRelationships


Committed for the Long TermMaintaining a persistent level of effort across

ProgramsCommunication

Equipping

Education

Activities

Sustainment

Employment

Foreign military sales or grants, plus training, etc.

Listening and Learning –Building Trust and Confidence

Instilling professionalism among officers and NCOs

Training, exercises, etc. plus build the training base

Enabling the Work of Africans!Build sustainment capacity,cross-service agreements


Active Security in PracticeAfrica Partnership Station (APS) – Oct 2007 –

Apr 2008Request

Requirement

Implement

Communicate

Assess

Gulf of Guinea MinisterialsCotonou, Benin – Nov 2006

West African nations seek to improve maritime security

APS deploys – conducts events requested by partners

Follow-Up

Listen to Partners:

New Requirements?

Continue Program?

Extend Program to Other

Domains?

Announcement of APS in Washington DC

How well executed? How well did it meet partner needs?


Other Theater Security Cooperation Programs

Military Education promoting professionalism, enhancing capacity

International Military Education and Training (IMET) -- $17.09MCombating Terrorism Fellowship Program (CTFP) -- $4M

Training and Equipping enhancing security capacity

Foreign Military Finance (FMF) -- $18.5MMilitary to Military Engagement (M2M) --

$3M

Note: Amounts are FY08 numbers toward African nations


Other Theater Security Cooperation Programs (2)

Programs Relating to National Defense Authorization Act

Section 1206 programs -- $47.8MSection 1207 programs -- $56.5M

Civil-Military Programs helping prevent conflict

Humanitarian Mine Action (HMA) -- $400KDoD HIV/AIDS Prevention Program (DHAPP) -- $82.5M

Note: Amounts are FY08 numbers toward African nations


Offices of Security Cooperation (OSCs)

AFRICOM Liaison Officers

OEF-TS Security Assistance Officers

Combined Joint Task Force – Horn ofAfrica (CJTF-HOA)

Bi-Lateral Assistance Officers

Defense Attaché Officersw/o an OSC

Liaison officer in Southern Sudan

Our Team in Africa

CJTF-HOA Country Coordination Element

Maritime Assistance Officers


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Back-up Slides


04/22/23

Partners a U.S. state’s National Guard with an

African partner for training, exercise, and relationship

building

State Partnership ProgramUtah -- MoroccoSince 2003

Wyoming -- TunisiaSince 2004

Vermont -- SenegalIn-Progress since April 2007

N. Dakota -- GhanaSince 2004

California -- NigeriaSince 2006

N. Carolina -- BotswanaIn-Progress since April 2007

New York -- South AfricaSince 2003


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


• $209M over four years to create a new Liberian army by 2008

• ~ 2000 soldiers to be trained

• Brigade HQ, 2 infantry battalions, MP company, band

• Contractor-provided training, EUCOM-provided mentors

• Provides all training, equipment, and infrastructure construction

• EUCOM commitment: 3 years

• UN Mission in Liberia (since Sep 03)

• Mission: To provide securityfor country of Liberia

• $714.9M for UN FY06

• ~ 17,000 total personnel

• 90 fatalities

Liberia Security Sector Reform


Maritime Security

•Goals:• Improved maritime domain

awareness• Enhanced African regional maritime

security and regional cooperation • Reduced piracy and “freedom of

action” of traffickers and terrorists• Illegal fishing is countered• Enhanced sovereignty and security

•EUCOM actions:• Ship visits and maritime training• Provision of equipment

• Boats, Coastal Radars, and Automated Identification Systems (AIS)


•Themes – Maritime Security and Safety are

vital to regional prosperity– US and partners are committed

to enabling African solutions – Building trust through

transparency and collaboration

•Successful Development– Coalition support – NGO participation

•USS Fort McHenry: Nov 07 – Apr 08

Africa Partnership Station (APS)

Ghana

Gabon

AngolaSao Tome & Principe

Cameroon

• HSV Swift: Jan 08 –Jun 08


Air SecurityBroad expanses of

“ungoverned airspace”

Broad expanses of “ungoverned airspace”•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 economicpotential


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


Partnership Development

• Goal: To build on regional relationships with African Union and sub-regional organizations

• AFRICOM support regional cooperation and coalition development through conferences and workshops

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