Category Archives: African Defense Attaché Program

New Class of Defense Attachés Receive Briefing at ACSS

Five new U.S. military attachés assigned to African countries visited the Africa Center for Strategic Studies (ACSS) on Dec. 2, 2011. They will soon be deployed to Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Djibouti, Ghana, and Nigeria.



African Defense Attachés and Embassy Officials Attend Weeklong Seminar

Fifteen African defense attachés and civilian government officials recently attended the Africa Center’s African Defense Attaché Seminar at National Defense University.



African Defense Attaché Seminar

Description
This seminar is designed to acquaint African Defense Attachés and African embassy personnel with security portfolios who are newly assigned to the U.S., with the structures and workings of the U.S. government, and with U.S. security policies and programs pertaining to the African continent.
Audience
Newly assigned African Defense Attachés and local African embassy personnel with security [...]



After Action Report



Program Highlights



Program Schedule

16-20 November, Washington, DC [PDF]



Photos



Contact

Brad Gutierrez



Concept Paper

African Defense Attaché Program – November 2009 [PDF]