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America Spread Thin: Africa, March 2018

“We are going to have to stop being the policemen of the world.”-Donald Trump, August 2015 interview with Hugh Hewitt

USMC Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force-Crisis Response-Africa 18.2 arrive in Spain, staging for possible crisis-response in Europe and North Africa

U.S. operations on the African continent are directed by AfriCom (U.S. Africa Command).

Official video explainer, Unified Focus 2018, Cameroon:

Engine swap on C-130J Super Hercules at Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti

Video, U.S. Army’s 10th Mountain Division-East African Response Force,  Emergency Deployment Readiness Exercise at Camp Lemonnier Djibouti, 16MAR2018:

The U.S. Coast Guard hosted 13 military reps from African countries, in Florida, as part of a taxpayer funded AfriCom (Africa Command) ‘Military-to-Military’ program.

“So many of our hard working volunteers stand up to contribute here on CLDJ [Camp Lemonnier Djibouti] . They come from all services and ranks. It is not surprising to see an Army Private picking up trash shoulder-to-shoulder with a Navy captain. One of the greatest gifts a person can give is his or her own time and its alive and well here with the Friends of Africa.”-U.S. Army Captain Joseph Winkelman

Video, Veterinary Civic Action Project (VETCAP), Ali Oune Village, Djibouti:

Now former U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, in Djibouti, 09MAR2018

Gabonese sailors board and search a ship during U.S. AfriCom’s Obangame Express 2018

U.S. AfriCom sponsored Obangame Express 2018, in Gabon.

Video, U.S. taxpayer funded National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) educating Ghanaians about illegal fishing:

On 20MAR2018, U.S. Security Assistance Command administrators met with officers of the Kenyan Defense Forces to discuss U.S. taxpayer assistance and weapon sales.

Video of USAF house clearing training, in Niger:

Video showing your tax dollars at work, building air bases in Niger:

Video, airbase firefighter training in Niger:

In the British empire’s United Kingdom, USAF personnel on Royal Air Force base Mildenhall pack transport aircraft with thousands of pounds of equipment bound for U.S. ops in Africa: “We are able to carry about 36,000 pounds of palletized cargo on board, which can contain anything from aircraft equipment to medical evacuation requirements.”-Master Sergeant Heath Tuma, 351st Air Refueling Squadron

African Partnership Flight Senegal began 19MAR2018: “It is the goal of African Partnership Flight to build aviation capacity, to enhance regional cooperation and to increase interoperability in the region.”-Brigadier General Dieter Bareihs, U.S. Air Forces in Africa

Video, U.S. Air Forces’ African Partnership Flight (APF) ops with Senegalese Air Force Training Academy:

Your tax dollars at work as USAF-Europe ‘rock band’ entertains students at the National School of the Arts in Senegal, 21MAR2018.

U.S. AfriCom conducted infantry training during ZAMBAT IV at the Nanking Peace Mission Training Center, Lusaka, Zambia.

Female Zambians are being trained up for a UN deployment mission into Central African Republic

AMERICA SPREAD THIN: HAWAII MILITIA CHINOOKS SENT ‘STATE-SIDE’ TO HELP STRESSED GUARD UNITS!

AMERICA SPREAD THIN: ISRAEL

TheNation: Investigation into the alleged killing of a U.S. Special Forces soldier by U.S. Navy SEALs in Mali, over drugs!

2017: MYSTERY BOMBING USED AS EXCUSE TO RAMP UP U.S. OCCUPATION OF SOMALIA!