Partnership
Security
Stability
UNITED STATES
AFRICA COMMAND
AFCEA-TechNet Europe 2008
MG Buz Altshuler
Prague, CZ
16 October 2008
The overall classification of this presentation is UNCLASSIFIED
Africa’s Size and Diversity
11.7 million square miles
About 3-1/2 times the size of the
Continental United States
Dakar to Mogadishu = 4365 miles
Chicago to Honolulu = 4250 miles
Tunis to Cape Town = 4885 miles
New York to Moscow = 4674 miles
53 states
888 million people (14% of Earth pop.)
Over 800 ethnic groups and 1000 languages
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United States Africa Command
A Diverse African Environment
•Opportunities
– Rapidly growing economies
– Increasing democratization
– Emerging regional security
and economic communities
– Growing political will to
confront challenges
•Security Challenges
– Terrorism & Extremism
– Piracy and Trafficking
– Non-Professional /
Irregular Militaries
– Ethnic Strife
– Undergoverned Areas
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United States Africa Command
Interagency Leaders
Foreign
Policy
Advisor
Senior
Enlisted
Leader
Commander
USAFRICOM
Special Staff
Deputy to the
Commander for
Military Ops
Deputy to the
Commander
Civ-Mil Activities
Senior
Development
Advisor
Chief of Staff
Office of Shared
Services
Outreach
Strategy,
Plans &
Programs
Intelligence &
Knowledge
Development
C4 Systems
Operations &
Logistics
Resources
Director
Director
Director
Director
Director
Director
Dep. Director
Dep. Director
Dir. Plans
Dep. Director
Dep. Director
Dep. Director
Dir. Programs
OFDA Rep.
Treasury Rep.
DHS Rep.
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United States Africa Command
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.
•Reduce conflict
•Improve security
•Defeat violent extremism
•Support crisis response
Our focus is to build the
capacity of our African
partners to:
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United States Africa Command
Our Team in Africa
Offices of Security Cooperation
(OSCs)
Defense Attaché Officers
w/o an OSC
AFRICOM Liaison Officers
Bilateral Assistance Officers
Maritime Assistance Officers
OEF-TS Security Assistance Officers
Liaison officer in Southern Sudan
Combined Joint Task Force – Horn of
Africa (CJTF-HOA)
CJTF-HOA Country Coordination Element
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United States Africa Command
Our Approach
Persistent, Sustained Level of Effort
Build Partner
Security Capacity
Supporting
USG Efforts to
Encourage
Dialogue and
Development
Promote Strategic
Relationships
Conduct CivilMilitary Activities
to Foster Stability
Provide
Crisis Response
Oriented on Preventing Conflict…
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…to Enable the
Work
of Africans
United States Africa Command
Committed for the Long Term
Maintaining a persistent level of effort across Programs
Communication
Equipping
Activities
Listening and Learning –
Building Trust and Confidence
Foreign military sales or
grants, and training
Training, exercises and
building the training base
Education
Sustainment
Employment
Instilling professionalism among
officers and NCOs
Build sustainment capacity,
cross-service agreements
Enabling the work of Africans!
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United States Africa Command
Africa Partnership Station (APS)
• 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
Ghana
Cameroon
Gabon
Sao Tome & Principe
Angola
• Successful Development
– Coalition support
– NGO participation
• USS Fort McHenry: Nov 07 – Apr 08
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• HSV Swift:
Jan 08 –Jun 08
United States Africa Command
State Partnership Program
Utah
-- Morocco
Since 2003
Wyoming -- Tunisia
Since 2004
Vermont -- Senegal
In-Progress since April 2007
N. Dakota -- Ghana
Since 2004
California -- Nigeria
Since 2006
Partners a U.S. state’s National Guard
with an African partner for training,
exercise, and relationship building
N. Carolina -- Botswana
In-Progress since April 2007
New York -- South Africa
Since 2003
7/29/2017
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United States Africa Command
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
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United States Africa Command
Liberia Security Sector Reform
• $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, AFRICOM-provided mentors
• Provides all training, equipment, and infrastructure construction
• AFRICOM commitment: 3 years
• UN Mission in Liberia (since Sep 03)
• Mission: To provide security
for country of Liberia
• $714.9M for UN FY06
• ~ 17,000 total personnel
• 90 fatalities
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United States Africa Command
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
• AFRICOM actions:
• Ship visits and maritime training
• Provision of equipment
• Boats, Coastal Radars, and Automated
Identification Systems (AIS)
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United States Africa Command
Air Security
Broad expanses of
“ungoverned airspace”
• AFRICOM, through 17th Air
Force, 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 economic potential
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United States Africa Command
Counter-Terrorism
• OEF-Trans-Sahara is 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
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United States Africa Command
Other Theater Security Cooperation Programs
Training and Equipping
enhancing security capacity
Foreign Military Finance (FMF)
Military to Military Engagement (M2M)
Military Education
promoting professionalism, enhancing capacity
International Military Education and Training (IMET)
Combating Terrorism Fellowship Program (CTFP)
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Other Theater Security Cooperation Programs (2)
Civil-Military Programs
helping prevent conflict
Humanitarian Mine Action (HMA)
DoD HIV/AIDS Prevention Program (DHAPP)
Programs Relating to National Defense Authorization Act
Section 1206 programs
Section 1207 programs
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United States Africa Command
Partnership Development
• Goal: To build on regional
relationships with African Union
and sub-regional organizations
• AFRICOM supports regional
cooperation and coalition
development through
conferences and workshops
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United States Africa Command
Partnership
Security
Stability
UNITED STATES
AFRICA COMMAND
AFCEA-TechNet Europe 2008
MG Buz Altshuler
Prague, CZ
http://www.africom.mil
16 October 2008
The overall classification of this presentation is UNCLASSIFIED