Unified Command Structure

2. Unified Command Structure 5 Geographical Commands • European Command (EUCOM) • Pacific Command (PACOM) • Central Command (CENTCOM) • Northern Command (NORTHCOM) • Southern Command (SOUTHCOM) AFRICOM will be 6th geographic command CDR and staff entirely focused on Africa

3. Our Area of Responsibility Consolidates the continent under one unified command 1 Oct 08 USNORTHCOM USNORTHCOM USEUCOM USEUCOM USCENTCOM USCENTCOM USAFRICOM USSOUTHCOM USSOUTHCOM USPACOM USPACOM Simplifies coordination of DOD activities in Africa and facilitates cooperation with existing regional organizations

4. USAFRICOM’s Mission … Our Proposed Mission Statement United States Africa Command 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. We are a command under construction… Accepting missions from the other unified commands in a deliberate, seamless fashion Building the team and building relationships with our partners and friends

5. Commander’s Initial Guidance Build the Team Enable the Work of Africans Accept Missions Engage the U.S. Engage Africa Add Value & Do No Harm

6. Our Role Department of State leads U.S. foreign policy Continent-wide: African Union Regional: Regional Economic Community (REC) Bi-Lateral: With each nation Embassies Coordinate all activities with USAMBs to host nations Exercise military to military contacts USAID Treasury FBI Commerce Energy Agriculture Others DHS Help harmonize the U.S. Government effort Apply DOD capabilities to meet needs of African states and organizations, and support U.S. foreign policy

7. Building the (Broader) Team We seek to partner with everyone with interests on the continent and its island nations • U.S. Government • State, USAID, Treasury, Homeland Security, and other U.S. Government agencies • U.S. Missions in Africa • African Partners • African Union and its Regional Economic Communities (RECs) • African nations, African militaries • International Partners • UN, NATO, EU, Euro. Militaries • Donor community • Civil Society • NGOs, Humanitarian relief and development organizations • Academia, ‘think tanks’ • Industry • Private sector organizations

8. Where We Add Value Activities Missions MEDFLAG CJTF-Horn of Africa and OEF-Trans-Sahara Africa Partnership Station Programs Exercises FLINTLOCK 07, Mali

9. Strategy of “Active Security” Persistent, Sustained Level of Effort Building Partner Security Capacity Fostering Continued Dialogue and Development Supporting Humanitarian Assistance Efforts Providing Crisis Response …to Enable the Work of Africans Oriented on Preventing Conflict

10. A Draft Vision for a New Command A Joint, Interagency, Intergovernmental, and Multinational (JIIM) unified command that… • Develops and implements Department of Defense programs thatadd value to the important endeavor of enhancing stability and security on the continent of Africa and its island nations. • Is a trusted and reliable security partner with the nations and security organizations of Africa. • Is a listening and learning organization. • Directs, integrates, and employs credible and relevant military capability in peace and in response to crisis. Partnership Security Stability Hope!

11. Building Strong Relationships Openness and Transparency Responsiveness Innovation Listening and Learning Mutual Trust, Mutual Confidence, Mutual Respect, Mutual Competence

12. Headquarters Organization Commander USAFRICOM CSM Special Staff Deputy to the Commander Civ-Mil Activities Deputy to the Commander Military Ops Chief of Staff Office of Shared Services Directorate for C4 Systems Directorate for Resources Directorate for Intelligence & Knowledge Development Directorate for Strategy, Plans & Programs Directorate for Operations & Logistics Directorate for Outreach

13. Mission Transfer Process 1 Oct 2008 1 Oct 2007 Strategy, Plans, and Policy Theater Security Cooperation Plans and Activities Contingency Planning Humanitarian Assistance/ Disaster Relief Crisis Response On-Going Operations, Training, Exercises TSCTP and OEF-TS

14. Africa’s Size Before transferring missions we must understand Africa’s Size Argentina United States China Africa: 11,608,000 sq mi China: 3,704,427 sq mi US: 3,044,503 sq mi Western Europe: 1,414,807 sq mi Argentina: 1,077,924 sq mi Western Europe

15. AU HQ Addis Ababa African Standby Force NASBRIG EASBRIG ECOBRIG FOMAC SADCBRIG

16. Main African Regional & Sub-Regional Economic Groups SUB-Regional Organizations AU African Union AMU Arab Maghreb Union AL Arab League CBI Cross Border Initiatives CEMAC Economic & Monetary Community of Central Africa CILSS Permanent Interstate Committee on Drought Control in the Sahel COMESA Common Market for East and Southern Africa EAC East Africa Community ECCAS Economic Community of Central African States ECOWAS Economic Community of West African States IGAD Inter Governmental Authority for Development IOC Indian Ocean Community MRU Manu River Union SACU Southern Africa Customs Union SADC Southern Africa Development Community WAEMU West African Economic and Monetary Union AMU Algeria* Libya* Morocco* (HQ) Mauritania* Tunisia* IGAD Djibouti (HQ) Ethiopia Kenya* Somalia Sudan Eritrea Uganda* Eritrea (Withdrew in 2007) ECOWAS Benin Burkina Faso Cape Verde Cote d’Ivoire Gambia Ghana Guinea Guinea-Bissau Liberia Mali Niger Nigeria (HQ) Senegal Sierra Leone Togo Mauritania (Withdrew 2002) EAC Kenya* Uganda* Tanzania* (HQ) Burundi* Rwanda* SADC Angola* Lesotho Malawi Mozambique Swaziland Tanzania* Zambia Zimbabwe Namibia South Africa Mauritius Democratic Republic of the Congo* Madagascar Seychelles Botswana (HQ) ECCAS (CEEAC) Gabon (HQ) Burundi* Cameroon Central African Republic Chad Democratic Republic of the Congo* Republic of the Congo Equatorial Guinea Rwanda* Sao Tome & Principe Angola**

17. Inherited Presence • Offices for Military Assistance and Security • EUCOM – Offices of Defense Cooperation (ODC) • CENTCOM – US Liaison Offices (USLO) • AFRICOM – will expand mission to Offices of Security Cooperation (OSC) CJTF HOA Liaison Officers (LNOs) TSCTP Liaison Officers Current EUCOM (9): Algeria Botswana Ghana Liberia Morocco Nigeria Senegal S. Africa Tunisia Current CENTCOM (4): Djibouti Eritrea Ethiopia Kenya

18. CJTF-HOA MILITARY SUPPORT Counter Terrorism Coastal Security Civil Affairs Water & MED / VETCAPs AMIS/UNAMID Counter Terrorism AMISOM Support Civil Affairs MED / VETCAPs ERITREA YEMEN Counter Terrorism Coastal Security Civil Affairs Wells, Schools & MED / VETCAPs SUDAN DJIBOUTI ETHIOPIA Civil Affairs MED / VETCAPs Counter Terrorism Commando Civil Affairs Schools & MED / VETCAPs SOMALIA Civil Affairs Schools UGANDA KENYA Adv Infantry Trng Maritime Ops & EOD Civil Affairs Wells & MED / VETCAPs LEGEND Mil to Mil SEYCHELLES TANZANIA Civil Affairs COMOROS HCA Projects Partnership-Security-Stability United States Africa Command

19. Capacity Building Programs • Tools / Activities • Exercises • Foreign Military Financing (FMF) • International Military Education and Training • Military to Military Programs • Medical Programs • Humanitarian Assistance Programs • Construction projects • Environmental Programs • State Partnership Program • Security programs • Peacekeeping • Security Sector Reform • Maritime and Air Security • Counter Terrorism • Military Professionalization • Provide Support to USG (non- DOD) Programs • Disease Prevention • Education • Economic Security

20. 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

21. 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, EUCOM-provided mentors • Provides all training, equipment, and infrastructure construction • EUCOM 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

22. 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 • EUCOM actions: • Ship visits and maritime training • Provision of equipment • Boats, Coastal Radars, and Automated Identification Systems (AIS)

23. Ghana Cameroon Gabon Angola Sao Tome & Principe Africa Partnership Station (APS) • Chief of Staff – CDR Nigel May, UK • 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 • Recent Developments • Coalition support expanding • UK, FR, GE, Ghana, Cameroon • PO, IT, SP, Morocco • NGO participation growing • Project Hope (Liberia, Ghana) • Wildlife Conservation Society (Gabon) Coalition and NGO support expands

24. Africa Partnership Station (APS) • Recent events (Oct ’07) • Multi-national APS staff forms • APS roll out - Washington, DC • First APS TSC event (Nov ’07) • 19 Nov – 12 teams to Accra, Ghana • Mil-Mil interaction, USAID seminar on fisheries, and ACSS sponsored workshop • Deploy SeaBees for HCA projects • Medical clinic for future turnover to Project Hope (medical NGO) • Next steps • Focus on APS events in Ghana, Cameroon, Gabon, STP, and Angola USS FORT McHENRY (LSD 43) Oct 07- May 08 HSV-2 SWIFT Jan 08 – Jun 08 AFRICOM delivers engagement Expeditionary Partnership Teams

25. Air Security Broad expanses of “ungoverned airspace” • EUCOM, through USAFE, 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

26. Counter-Terrorism • OEF-Trans-Sahara is EUCOM / 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

27. Partnership Development • Goal: To build on regional relationships with African Union and sub-regional organizations • AFRICOM support regional cooperation and coalition development through conferences and workshops

28. US—African Exercises • Disaster Preparedness • NATURAL FIRE • GOLDEN SPEAR • Command and Control • AFRICA ENDEAVOR • Capacity Building • FLINTLOCK • SHARED ACCORD • Medical Training • MEDFLAG • Naval Forces • West African and SWIO Training Cruises

29. State’s FY08 FMF Request Foreign Military Financing (FMF) • Funding of foreign militaries in order to help countries meet defense needs

30. State’s FY08 IMET Request International Military Education and Training (IMET) • Provides military education, training, and professional development of African military personnel

31. Security cooperation is just one part of US collaboration with Africa… US spends $9B per year in Africa on: Health Development DOD spends $250M annually on: Peacekeeping training Logistics and airlift support to PKO Border/coastal security capacity building Joint Training Exercises US-African Military Engagement • - Trade promotion • - Good governance

32. Medical and Humanitarian Assistance • HIV/AIDS prevention • Malaria Prevention Program • Humanitarian Mine Action Program • Medical facility, clinic, orphanage, and school construction • Excess US property is provided to African clinics, hospitals, and schools • Synchronization of medical and dental outreach to support humanitarian assistance objectives • Other Humanitarian Assistance (HA) projects • School improvements • Well drilling • Infrastructure development projects

33. Africa Clearing House • Africa Clearing House – a forum for exchange of information and to coordinate activities and programs on the African continent by external donors • Participants • France, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, United Kingdom, EU, NATO, UN, and US • Brazil, India, Portugal, Spain have also been invited • Meetings held annually • Open to all interested nations with engagement in Africa • Last meeting hosted by Germany in Mar 07 • Next meeting TBD in 2008 (to be hosted by Japan?) • Inclusion of NGOs possible in future

34. State Partnership Program Current State Partnerships Tunisia (2004) Wyoming Morocco (2003) Utah North Dakota Ghana (2004) The State Partnership Program (SPP) partners a US state’s National Guard with an African partner for mil-to-mil, civ-to-mil, and civ-to-civ training, exercise, and relationship building South Africa (2003) New York Nigeria (2006) California Senegal (In process – April 2007) Vermont North Carolina Botswana (In process – April 2007) 34

35. Command Challenges • Mission transfer process • 3 current commands • CJTF-HOA: budget, staff, continent-wide tasking • Full capacity of command personnel • US military • US interagency staffing • Foreign military liaison officers (LNOs) • Strategic plan for working with NGOs • Maturation of Component Commands

36. Command Challenges • Coordination of continent-wide activities • Africa Clearing House • US governmental activities • European partner activities • Strategic Communications • US government • African Union and regional economic communities • Global partners