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SAN DIEGO More than 5,000 Sailors and Marines of the Makin Island Amphibious Ready Group (ARG) returned to their San Diego homeport, May 21, concluding a seven-month deployment to the U.S. 3rd, 5th, 6th, and 7th Fleet areas of operation. Marines with the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), embarked aboard the ships of the ready group, arrived off the coast of Southern California to disembark at Camp Pendleton, California. USS Makin Island (LHD 8), USS San Diego (LPD 22) and USS Somerset (LPD 25) returned to port at Naval Base San Diego following the offload. A contingent of 15th MEU personn...

DYESS AIR FORCE BASE, Texas -- Whether it’s participating in exercises or conducting local operational and training missions, Airmen continuously hone their skillsets to ensure they are ready for any real-world mission that may arise.Members from the 317th,

US airstrikes in Somalia continue at rapid pace even after force relocation January 26 In this Dec. 8, 2008, file photo, armed al-Shabab fighters on pickup trucks prepare to travel into the city, just outside Mogadishu, in Somalia. (Farah Abdi Warsameh/AP) Airstrikes targeting terrorists in Somalia have continued at a rapid pace since troops were relocated from the country earlier this month. AFRICOM has conducted three airstrikes against al-Shabab compounds and key leaders in Somalia since Jan. 15, an estimated 700 troops withdrew from the country on orders from former President Donald ...

defenceWeb The USS Nimitz off Somalia. US Army General Stephen Townsend, commander, US Africa Command, completed a multi-day engagement in Somalia and a visit to the amphibious assault ship USS Makin Island (LHD 8), operating off the coast of Somalia, between 16 and 18 January. While in Somalia, Townsend met with US Ambassador to Somalia Don Yamamoto and key military leaders from the Somali Armed Forces, including Minister of Defence, Hassan Hussein Haji, and Somali Chief of Defence Forces Brigadier General Odawa Yusuf Raage, to discuss continued security cooperation between the US and Somali...

United States Africa Command News by Section AFRICOM commander conducts engagements in Somalia U.S. Army Gen. Stephen Townsend, commander, U.S. Africa Command, completed a multi-day engagement in Somalia and a visit to the amphibious assault ship USS Makin Island, operating off the coast of Somalia, Jan. 16-18. By View Gallery AFRICOM leadership visits USS Makin Island U.S. Army Gen. Stephen Townsend, commander, U.S. Africa Command, inspects an F-35B Lightning II, assigned to Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 164, 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit, ab...