The Ohio-class guided-missile submarine USS Georgia (SSGN 729) (Credit: U.S. Navy/Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class James Kimber) By Gary Raynaldo – DIPLOMATIC TIMES U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin is sending a guided missile submarine to the Middle East and accelerating transit of the USS Abraham
Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III poses for a photo with Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud before a meeting at the Pentagon, Washington, D.C., June 21, 2023. (DoD photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Alexander Kubitzaca) By Gary Raynaldo – DIPLOMATIC
U.S. Marine Corps Gen. Michael Langley, commander, U.S. Africa Command (left) meets with Somalian President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud in Mogadishu during visit to Somalia June 13-14, 2023. (Credit: africom.mil) By Gary Raynaldo – DIPLOMATIC TIMES Marine Corps Gen. Michael Langley, Commander of U.S. Africa
Somali and Kenyan troops celebrate al-Shabaab’s retreat from Kismayo Airport, 2012. (Wikipedia Commons) By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES WASHINGTON DC – The U.S. and the United Kingdom are leading efforts to increase military assistance for Horn of Africa nation Somalia to Battle
Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III and German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius speak to members of the press during a joint briefing at the Ministry of Defense in Berlin, Jan 19, 2023. (DoD photo by U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Jack Sanders) By Gary
Somali Minister of Defense Abdulkadir Mohamed Nur Jama at ceremony Jan. 8, 2023 during which the U.S. presented the Somalia National Army with $9 million in military aid. (Credit: US Embassy in Somalia) By Gary Raynaldo – DIPLOMATIC TIMES The U.S. is providing $9
Kyiv after Russian missile strikes on 10 October 2022. Crossroad of Volodymyrska Street and Taras Shevchenko Boulevard. (Source: Main Directorate of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine in Kyiv) By Gary Raynaldo – DIPLOMATIC TIMES PENTAGON – WASHINGTON DC – The U.S. Department of Defense is investigating
During his first trip to North Africa since taking command of U.S. Africa Command, U.S. Marine Corps Gen. Michael Langley visited Morocco, Tunisia, and the USNS Trenton from October 17-19, 2022. (Credit: africom.mil) By Gary Raynaldo – DIPLOMATIC TIMES U.S. Marine Corps Gen. Michael
Source: Wikipedia Commons / American drones such as the remotely piloted General Atomics MQ-1 Predator, have been used primarily by the United States Air Force for counter-terror airstrikes in the Horn-of-African nation Somalia. By Gary Raynaldo – DIPLOMATIC TIMES A U.S. airstrike over the weekend
Marine Corps Gen. Michael Langley, Commander of U.S. Africa Command (Wikipedia Commons) By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES U.S. Marine Corps Gen. Michael Langley made his first visit to the Sahel this week since taking command of U.S. Africa Command on Aug. 9, 2022. Langley