AFRICOM's talking about: Component commands
A look at stories, photos, video, posts, links and comments from U.S. Africa Command's social media sites from April 2 - April 8, 2012.
- U.S. Africa Command is one of six regionally oriented combatant commands in the U.S. Department of Defense. It is a joint command, which means it's made up of personnel from from each of the military services. Those personnel represent a vast array of job specialities and professional experience. AFRICOM also has six component commands, which are responsible for most of the military engagements and training with our African partners. Our six components are Combined Joint Task Force Horn of Africa, U.S. Army Africa, 17th Air Forces/U.S. Air Forces Africa, U.S. Naval Forces Europe-Africa, U.S. Marine Forces Africa and Special Operations Command Africa.
All about U.S. Army Africa
While approximately 2,000 people work for U.S. Africa Command, most military-to-military events, operations, and exercises with our Afric...
All about 17th Air Force/U.S. Air Forces AfricaThis is our second in a series of posts looking at AFRICOM's component commands. Component commands are one part of a joint command like ...
Feature - Hard work pays off for only female in APF security forces classShe was described as the mother of the class by fellow participants from the first African Partnership Flight, but when security is at ri...
All about CJTF-HOAThis is our third in a series of posts this week looking at some of AFRICOM's component commands. Component commands are one part of a jo...- AFRICOM question of the day: Our component commands include U.S. Army Africa, U.S. Air Forces Africa (17th Air Force) U.S Naval Forces Europe-Africa/U.S Sixth Fleet, U.S. Marine Forces Africa, Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa and Special Operations Command Africa. Which of these is the largest?
All about Naval Forces Africa and Marine Forces AfricaThis is our last in a series of posts this week about some of AFRICOM's component commands. Component commands are the building blocks of...- Each month we feature a photo contest where our fans and followers can vote for their favorite pictures. These photos highlight our component commands going about their daily routine - be it building relationships with their counterparts from other countries, providing humanitarian assistance or training for potential military operations.
Vote for your favorite AFRICOM-related photo of MarchHere are a few of our favorite photos from March from around U.S. Africa Command, our components and partner organizations and nations. (...- For more news, daily updates and information, be sure to visit our U.S. AFRICOM homepage or follow us on Facebook, Twitter and Wordpress.
