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Petty Officer 3rd Class Zachary Gibson instructs soldiers with the Burundi National Defense Force (BNDF) on combat lifesaving techniques in Bujumbura, Burundi, Nov. 6, 2014. During the simulation, the BNDF soldier was the victim of an improvised explosive device explosion, evacuated by a fellow soldier and treated by a [BNDF Corpsman]. Gibson is a corpsman with SPMAGTF-Crisis Response-Africa, training alongside the BNDF, teaching basic infantry tactics, engineering, logistical support, countering-IED, lifesaving techniques, and convoy operations to prepare them for an upcoming deployment in support of the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM). (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Shawn Valosin)

Petty Officer 3rd Class Zachary Gibson instructs soldiers with the Burundi National Defense Force (BNDF) on combat lifesaving techniques in Bujumbura, Burundi, Nov. 6, 2014. During the simulation, the BNDF soldier was the victim of an improvised explosive device explosion, evacuated by a fellow soldier and treated by a [BNDF Corpsman]. Gibson is a corpsman with SPMAGTF-Crisis Response-Africa, training alongside the BNDF, teaching basic infantry tactics, engineering, logistical support, countering-IED, lifesaving techniques, and convoy operations to prepare them for an upcoming deployment in support of the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM). (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Shawn Valosin)

Photo by Cpl. Shawn Valosin

Staff Sergeant Gabriel Schaller discusses countering-improvised explosive devices techniques with soldiers from the Burundi National Defense Force (BNDF) in Bujumbura, Burundi, Nov. 6, 2014. Schaller is an explosive ordnance disposal technician with SPMAGTF-Crisis Response-Africa, training alongside the BNDF, teaching basic infantry tactics, engineering, logistical support, C-IED, lifesaving techniques and convoy operations to prepare them for an upcoming deployment in support of the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM). Knowing what signs to look for and common places for hiding IEDs can save lives, especially in Somalia, where extremist regimes use them. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Shawn Valosin)

Staff Sergeant Gabriel Schaller discusses countering-improvised explosive devices techniques with soldiers from the Burundi National Defense Force (BNDF) in Bujumbura, Burundi, Nov. 6, 2014. Schaller is an explosive ordnance disposal technician with SPMAGTF-Crisis Response-Africa, training alongside the BNDF, teaching basic infantry tactics, engineering, logistical support, C-IED, lifesaving techniques and convoy operations to prepare them for an upcoming deployment in support of the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM). Knowing what signs to look for and common places for hiding IEDs can save lives, especially in Somalia, where extremist regimes use them. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Shawn Valosin)

Photo by Cpl. Shawn Valosin

A formation of U.S. Marines, Coast Guardsmen and service members from the La Marine Nationale Mauritanienne at the commencement of their award ceremony, in Nouakchott, Mauritania, Nov 13, 2014. Security Cooperation Team-7, a group of Marines and Coast Guardsmen from SPMAGTF-Crisis Response-Africa worked alongside the Mauritanian Navy, teaching outboard motor maintenance. (Courtesy Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Michael Vadala, U.S. Coast Guard)

A formation of U.S. Marines, Coast Guardsmen and service members from the La Marine Nationale Mauritanienne at the commencement of their award ceremony, in Nouakchott, Mauritania, Nov 13, 2014. Security Cooperation Team-7, a group of Marines and Coast Guardsmen from SPMAGTF-Crisis Response-Africa worked alongside the Mauritanian Navy, teaching outboard motor maintenance. (Courtesy Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Michael Vadala, U.S. Coast Guard)

Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Michael Vadala

1st Lieutenant Michael O’Friel (right) shakes hands with a Naval Officer from the La Marine Nationale Mauritanienne (Mauritanian Navy) in Mauritania, Nov. 13, 2014. O’Friel is the officer-in-charge of Security Cooperation Team-7, a group of Marines and Coast Guardsmen from SPMAGTF-Crisis Response-Africa working alongside the Mauritanian Navy, teaching outboard motor maintenance.(Courtesy Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Michael Vadala, U.S. Coast Guard)

1st Lieutenant Michael O’Friel (right) shakes hands with a Naval Officer from the La Marine Nationale Mauritanienne (Mauritanian Navy) in Mauritania, Nov. 13, 2014. O’Friel is the officer-in-charge of Security Cooperation Team-7, a group of Marines and Coast Guardsmen from SPMAGTF-Crisis Response-Africa working alongside the Mauritanian Navy, teaching outboard motor maintenance.(Courtesy Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Michael Vadala, U.S. Coast Guard)

Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Michael Vadala

Machinery Technician Third Class Janneh Felix (right center) assists service members with the La Marine Nationale Mauritanienne (Mauritanian Navy) in reinstalling the lower unit of an outboard motor. Felix is a Coast Guardsmen with SPMAGTF-Crisis Response-Africa who was deployed to Mauritania to conduct an outboard motor maintenance course with service members from the La Marine Nationale Mauritanienne, Nov. 13, 2014. (Courtesy Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Michael Vadala, U.S. Coast Guard)

Machinery Technician Third Class Janneh Felix (right center) assists service members with the La Marine Nationale Mauritanienne (Mauritanian Navy) in reinstalling the lower unit of an outboard motor. Felix is a Coast Guardsmen with SPMAGTF-Crisis Response-Africa who was deployed to Mauritania to conduct an outboard motor maintenance course with service members from the La Marine Nationale Mauritanienne, Nov. 13, 2014. (Courtesy Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Michael Vadala, U.S. Coast Guard)

Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Michael Vadala

After instruction and hands on troubleshooting, Machinery Technician Third Class Janneh Felix and service members from the La Marine Nationale Mauritanienne (Mauritanian Navy) celebrate breathing life back into a formerly nonfunctioning 40 Horsepower engine, in Nouakchott, Mauritania, Nov. 11, 2014. Felix is part of a team of Marines and Coast Guardsmen from SPMAGTF-Crisis Response-Africa, working alongside the Mauritanian Navy, teaching outboard motor maintenance.(Courtesy Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Michael Vadala, U.S. Coast Guard)

After instruction and hands on troubleshooting, Machinery Technician Third Class Janneh Felix and service members from the La Marine Nationale Mauritanienne (Mauritanian Navy) celebrate breathing life back into a formerly nonfunctioning 40 Horsepower engine, in Nouakchott, Mauritania, Nov. 11, 2014. Felix is part of a team of Marines and Coast Guardsmen from SPMAGTF-Crisis Response-Africa, working alongside the Mauritanian Navy, teaching outboard motor maintenance.(Courtesy Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Michael Vadala, U.S. Coast Guard)

Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Michael Vadala

Explosive Ordnance Disposal Technicians discuss possible IED hiding places with members of the Uganda People’s Defense Force (UPDF) in Camp Singo, Uganda, Nov. 4, 2014. The EOD Technicians are part of a team of Marines and Sailors from SPMAGTF-Crisis Response-Africa working alongside the UPDF, helping hone their skills in countering-improvised explosive devices during a logistics and engineering training engagement. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Shawn Valosin)

Explosive Ordnance Disposal Technicians discuss possible IED hiding places with members of the Uganda People’s Defense Force (UPDF) in Camp Singo, Uganda, Nov. 4, 2014. The EOD Technicians are part of a team of Marines and Sailors from SPMAGTF-Crisis Response-Africa working alongside the UPDF, helping hone their skills in countering-improvised explosive devices during a logistics and engineering training engagement. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Shawn Valosin)

Photo by Cpl. Shawn Valosin

While teaching a counter-IED class, an Explosive Ordnance Disposal Technician points out a simulated IED hidden in a tree to soldiers with the Uganda People’s Defense Force (UPDF) in Camp Singo, Uganda, Nov. 4, 2014. EOD Technicians with SPMAGTF-Crisis Response-Africa are working alongside the UPDF, helping hone their skills in countering-improvised explosive devices during a logistics and engineering training engagement. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Shawn Valosin)

While teaching a counter-IED class, an Explosive Ordnance Disposal Technician points out a simulated IED hidden in a tree to soldiers with the Uganda People’s Defense Force (UPDF) in Camp Singo, Uganda, Nov. 4, 2014. EOD Technicians with SPMAGTF-Crisis Response-Africa are working alongside the UPDF, helping hone their skills in countering-improvised explosive devices during a logistics and engineering training engagement. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Shawn Valosin)

Photo by Cpl. Shawn Valosin

An Explosive Ordnance Disposal Technician readies a charge during a Counter-IED course in Camp Singo, Uganda, Nov. 4, 2014. Explosive Ordnance Disposal Technicians with SPMAGTF-Crisis Response-Africa detonated multiple explosive devices to show how powerful and dangerous IEDs of different sizes can be. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Shawn Valosin)

An Explosive Ordnance Disposal Technician readies a charge during a Counter-IED course in Camp Singo, Uganda, Nov. 4, 2014. Explosive Ordnance Disposal Technicians with SPMAGTF-Crisis Response-Africa detonated multiple explosive devices to show how powerful and dangerous IEDs of different sizes can be. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Shawn Valosin)

Photo by Cpl. Shawn Valosin

Sergeant Kevin Vicario gives a class to service members with the Ghanaian Armed Forces on motor transportation maintenance based topics during a theater security cooperation engagement in Ghana, Dec. 1, 2014. Vicario, a Tampa, Fla., native is part of a Mobile Training Team with SPMAGTF Crisis Response-Africa and is working alongside the Ghanaian Armed Forces to help enhance motor transportation maintenance and basic daily operations to include safety, records management, parts procurement and parts accountability. (Courtesy photo)

Sergeant Kevin Vicario gives a class to service members with the Ghanaian Armed Forces on motor transportation maintenance based topics during a theater security cooperation engagement in Ghana, Dec. 1, 2014. Vicario, a Tampa, Fla., native is part of a Mobile Training Team with SPMAGTF Crisis Response-Africa and is working alongside the Ghanaian Armed Forces to help enhance motor transportation maintenance and basic daily operations to include safety, records management, parts procurement and parts accountability. (Courtesy photo)

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Sergeant Kevin Vicario gives a class to service members with the Ghanaian Armed Forces on motor transportation maintenance during a theater security cooperation engagement in Ghana, Dec. 1, 2014. Vicario, a Tampa, Fla., native is part of a Mobile Training Team with SPMAGTF Crisis Response-Africa and is working alongside the Ghanaian Armed Forces to help enhance motor transportation maintenance and basic daily operations to include safety, records management, parts procurement, and parts accountability. (Courtesy photo)

Sergeant Kevin Vicario gives a class to service members with the Ghanaian Armed Forces on motor transportation maintenance during a theater security cooperation engagement in Ghana, Dec. 1, 2014. Vicario, a Tampa, Fla., native is part of a Mobile Training Team with SPMAGTF Crisis Response-Africa and is working alongside the Ghanaian Armed Forces to help enhance motor transportation maintenance and basic daily operations to include safety, records management, parts procurement, and parts accountability. (Courtesy photo)

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A U.S. Africa Command sponsored Basic Intelligence Course, that brought together 28 partner military intelligence professionals, was hosted in Bujumbura, Burundi, November 3rd -21st. The three-week course, which introduced and enhanced the fundamentals of intelligence, was designed to enhance the host nation’s contribution to the African Union Mission to Somalia, which the Burundi Army has supported since 2007.

A U.S. Africa Command sponsored Basic Intelligence Course, that brought together 28 partner military intelligence professionals, was hosted in Bujumbura, Burundi, November 3rd -21st. The three-week course, which introduced and enhanced the fundamentals of intelligence, was designed to enhance the host nation’s contribution to the African Union Mission to Somalia, which the Burundi Army has supported since 2007.

Photo by Capt. Dustin Partridge

Burundian Army intelligence officers practice the fundamentals of map-reading, terrain building, and using basic intelligence concepts during a three-week Basic Intelligence Course in Bujumbura, Burundi, November 3rd -21st. The U.S. Africa Command sponsored, Marine Forces Africa-led engagement is designed to enhance the host nation’s contribution to the African Union Mission to Somalia, which the Burundi Army has supported since 2007.

Burundian Army intelligence officers practice the fundamentals of map-reading, terrain building, and using basic intelligence concepts during a three-week Basic Intelligence Course in Bujumbura, Burundi, November 3rd -21st. The U.S. Africa Command sponsored, Marine Forces Africa-led engagement is designed to enhance the host nation’s contribution to the African Union Mission to Somalia, which the Burundi Army has supported since 2007.

Photo by Capt. Dustin Partridge

Graduates from the Basic Intelligence Course in Burundi are congratulated by the chief military intelligence officer of Burundi and the class instructor, U.S. Marine Corps Capt. Dustin Partridge. The U.S. Africa Command sponsored, Marine Forces Africa-led engagement was designed to enhance the host nation’s contribution to the African Union Mission to Somalia, which the Burundi Army has supported since 2007.

Graduates from the Basic Intelligence Course in Burundi are congratulated by the chief military intelligence officer of Burundi and the class instructor, U.S. Marine Corps Capt. Dustin Partridge. The U.S. Africa Command sponsored, Marine Forces Africa-led engagement was designed to enhance the host nation’s contribution to the African Union Mission to Somalia, which the Burundi Army has supported since 2007.

Photo by Capt. Dustin Partridge

Burundian Army intelligence officers practice the fundamentals of map-reading, terrain building, and using basic intelligence concepts during a three-week Basic Intelligence Course in Bujumbura, Burundi, November 3rd -21st. The U.S. Africa Command sponsored, Marine Forces Africa-led engagement is designed to enhance the host nation’s contribution to the African Union Mission to Somalia, which the Burundi Army has supported since 2007.

Burundian Army intelligence officers practice the fundamentals of map-reading, terrain building, and using basic intelligence concepts during a three-week Basic Intelligence Course in Bujumbura, Burundi, November 3rd -21st. The U.S. Africa Command sponsored, Marine Forces Africa-led engagement is designed to enhance the host nation’s contribution to the African Union Mission to Somalia, which the Burundi Army has supported since 2007.

Photo by Capt. Dustin Partridge

U.S. Navy Lt. Jeffery Fornadley, a flight surgeon with SPMAGTF Crisis Response – Africa, helps members of Samaritan's Purse, an international relief group, offload, from an MV-22B Osprey, bags of concrete that will be used to by health organizations to build Ebola Treatment Units, while in support of Operation United Assistance in Fish Town, Liberia, Nov. 21, 2014. United Assistance is a Department of Defense operation to provide command and control, logistics, training, and engineering support to U.S. Agency for International Development- led efforts to contain the Ebola virus outbreak in West African nations. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Andre Dakis/SPMAGTF-CR-AF Combat Camera/Released)

U.S. Navy Lt. Jeffery Fornadley, a flight surgeon with SPMAGTF Crisis Response – Africa, helps members of Samaritan's Purse, an international relief group, offload, from an MV-22B Osprey, bags of concrete that will be used to by health organizations to build Ebola Treatment Units, while in support of Operation United Assistance in Fish Town, Liberia, Nov. 21, 2014. United Assistance is a Department of Defense operation to provide command and control, logistics, training, and engineering support to U.S. Agency for International Development- led efforts to contain the Ebola virus outbreak in West African nations. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Andre Dakis/SPMAGTF-CR-AF Combat Camera/Released)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Andre Dakis

Members of Samaritan's Purse, an international relief group, finish offloading bags of concrete from an MV-22B Osprey, assigned to SPMAGTF Crisis Response – Africa, that will be used to build Ebola Treatment Units while in support of Operation United Assistance in Monrovia, Liberia, Nov. 21, 2014. United Assistance is a Department of Defense operation to provide command and control, logistics, training, and engineering support to U.S. Agency for International Development- led efforts to contain the Ebola virus outbreak in West African nations. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Andre Dakis/SPMAGTF-CR-AF Combat Camera/Released)

Members of Samaritan's Purse, an international relief group, finish offloading bags of concrete from an MV-22B Osprey, assigned to SPMAGTF Crisis Response – Africa, that will be used to build Ebola Treatment Units while in support of Operation United Assistance in Monrovia, Liberia, Nov. 21, 2014. United Assistance is a Department of Defense operation to provide command and control, logistics, training, and engineering support to U.S. Agency for International Development- led efforts to contain the Ebola virus outbreak in West African nations. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Andre Dakis/SPMAGTF-CR-AF Combat Camera/Released)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Andre Dakis

A U.S. Marine Corps MV-22B Osprey with SPMAGTF Crisis Response - Africa returns to base after dropping off supplies that will be used by local and international health organizations to build Ebola Treatment Units while in support of Operation United Assistance in Liberia, Nov. 21, 2014. United Assistance is a Department of Defense operation to provide command and control, logistics, training, and engineering support to U.S. Agency for International Development- led efforts to contain the Ebola virus outbreak in West African nations. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Andre Dakis/SPMAGTF-CR-AF Combat Camera/Released)

A U.S. Marine Corps MV-22B Osprey with SPMAGTF Crisis Response - Africa returns to base after dropping off supplies that will be used by local and international health organizations to build Ebola Treatment Units while in support of Operation United Assistance in Liberia, Nov. 21, 2014. United Assistance is a Department of Defense operation to provide command and control, logistics, training, and engineering support to U.S. Agency for International Development- led efforts to contain the Ebola virus outbreak in West African nations. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Andre Dakis/SPMAGTF-CR-AF Combat Camera/Released)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Andre Dakis

U.S. Marines and Sailors with SPMAGTF Crisis Response - Africa prepare to load bags of concrete onto an MV-22B Osprey to help local and international health organizations build Ebola Treatment Units while in support of Operation United Assistance in Monrovia, Liberia, Nov. 21, 2014. United Assistance is a Department of Defense operation to provide command and control, logistics, training, and engineering support to U.S. Agency for International Development- led efforts to contain the Ebola virus outbreak in West African nations. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Andre Dakis/SPMAGTF-CR-AF Combat Camera/Released)

U.S. Marines and Sailors with SPMAGTF Crisis Response - Africa prepare to load bags of concrete onto an MV-22B Osprey to help local and international health organizations build Ebola Treatment Units while in support of Operation United Assistance in Monrovia, Liberia, Nov. 21, 2014. United Assistance is a Department of Defense operation to provide command and control, logistics, training, and engineering support to U.S. Agency for International Development- led efforts to contain the Ebola virus outbreak in West African nations. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Andre Dakis/SPMAGTF-CR-AF Combat Camera/Released)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Andre Dakis

U.S. Marines with SPMAGTF Crisis Response - Africa load bags of concrete, that will be used by local and international health organizations to build Ebola Treatment Units, into an MV-22B Osprey during Operation United Assistance in Monrovia, Liberia, Nov. 21, 2014. United Assistance is a Department of Defense operation to provide command and control, logistics, training, and engineering support to U.S. Agency for International Development- led efforts to contain the Ebola virus outbreak in West African nations. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Andre Dakis/ SPMAGTF-CR-AF Combat Camera/Released)

U.S. Marines with SPMAGTF Crisis Response - Africa load bags of concrete, that will be used by local and international health organizations to build Ebola Treatment Units, into an MV-22B Osprey during Operation United Assistance in Monrovia, Liberia, Nov. 21, 2014. United Assistance is a Department of Defense operation to provide command and control, logistics, training, and engineering support to U.S. Agency for International Development- led efforts to contain the Ebola virus outbreak in West African nations. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Andre Dakis/ SPMAGTF-CR-AF Combat Camera/Released)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Andre Dakis

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