Friday, March 1, 2019

U.S. Special Forces Bolster African Armies


DW: Flintlock: US Special Forces bolster African armies

Despite US special commando raids and drone strikes, as well as military training given to African allies, terrorism in the Sahel region is on the rise. Can the military put an end to the insurgency?

At the Zagreb military camp in Burkina Faso, US Special Operations forces are sharpening over 20 African armies in the art of countering extremist organizations.

Despite the armies coming from so many diverse countries, they show off cooperation in small unit tactics and intelligence sharing.

The Cameroonian assault team, from an elite battalion, uses a drone to track militias. Their intelligence is then shared with over the 2,000 service members participating in the Flintlock 2019.

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WNU Editor:  This training appears to not be working .... ‘We Are Not Winning’ Counterterror War in Sahel, US Military Leader in Africa Says (VOA).

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

They have the gear. They got the training.

Either they have no leaders with vision that they buy into or all the brains have emigrated.