How the US can build on its success with AFRICOM
General Stephen J. Townsend, United States Army, Commander of United States Africa Command, in Washington, DC. Martin H. Simon / CNP/ABACAPRESS.COM via Reuters
In January 2003, I assumed command of the operational forces of NATO in Mons, Belgium a day after assuming command of the United States European Command (EUCOM) in Stuttgart, Germany. One wouldn’t know it from the name, but at the time EUCOM’S area of responsibility included not just Europe but also forty-two African countries, with the continent’s eleven other nations split between Central Command and Pacific Command.
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During the three-month course, 15 participants from 11 different NATO countries shared their perspectives, concerns and learned military strategies together.,
During the three-month course, 15 participants from 11 different NATO countries shared their perspectives, concerns and learned military strategies together.,