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3rd Special Forces Group Gears Up For Africa Deployment Less Than A Year After Returning Home

Drew Brooks, The Fayetteville Observer
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US Troops Launch Exercises In African Region Challenged By Boko Haram

A green beret with 3rd Special Forces Group (Airborne) practices patrolling techniques with Nigerien soldiers during Exercise Flintlock 2017 in Diffa, Niger, Feb. 28, 2017.

3rd Special Forces Group Gears Up For Africa Deployment Less Than A Year After Returning Home

Drew Brooks, The Fayetteville Observer

French trainers conduct basic weapon safety training with troops from Niger during Flintlock 2014 in Diffa, Niger. Flintlock is a multi-national exercise with participants from Burkina Faso, Canada, Chad, France, Germany, Italy, Mauritania, the Netherlands, Norway, Nigeria, Senegal, United Kingdom, United States and Niger focusing on building partner capacity to help strengthen stability across Africa.

US Troops Launch Exercises In African Region Challenged By Boko Haram

The regional exercises include troops from several local nations as well as U.S. special forces.

John Vandiver, Stars and Stripes