Thailand and ADF Co-Host Peacekeeping Exercise

07/06/2018
PIRAP JABIRU is a biennial exercise Australia has been co-hosting with Thailand since 1998.  As a key regional peacekeeping forum, it provides an environment to come together to enhance our collective understanding of the planning considerations necessary to be successful on contemporary peace operations. Australia and Thailand bring together more…

CJTF-Horn of Africa Response Force in South Sudan

01/24/2014
01/24/2014: Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa's East Africa Response Force or the EARF has been positioned at the U.S. Embassy in Juba, South Sudan, since Dec. 18, 2013 when the initial evacuation of U.S. citizens took place.  The EARF is part of a Defense Department initiative of regionally aligned…

Visiting SP-MAGTF Crisis Response in Spain: Prior to the Sudan Mission

01/09/2014
01/09/2014: Second Line of Defense’s Murielle Delaporte visited the SP-MAGTF Crisis Response in Morón Air Base, Spain a few days prior to their mission to South Sudan to extract US embassy personnel.  The SP-MAGTF Crisis Response was formed over an 8-month period and first deployed to Europe for temporary basing…

Special Purpose MAGTF Deploys to South Sudan

01/05/2014
01/05/2014  The Special Purpose MAGTF is a very flexible instrument. As  Brigadier General James S. O’Meara currently serving as commander, U.S. Marine  Forces Europe, and deputy commander, U.S. Marine Forces Africa, commented about the SP-MAGTF in an earlier interview we conducted with him: The SP-MAGTF is the basic Marine Corps…

South Sudan’s Independence

07/14/2011
07/13/2011 By Richard Weitz On July 9, the Republic of South Sudan became the world’s 193rd independent country. A moving independence ceremony, attended by many of the world’s leaders, occurred at the new country’s new national capital of Juba. In a welcome development, the Republic of Sudan, the new country’s…