Feb. 11, 2025 Defense Secretary Discusses Force Posturing in Africa, Europe Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth spoke about DOD's force posturing priorities on the European and African continents while meeting with members of the media during a visit to U.S. Africa Command in Stuttgart, Germany.
April 27, 2023 Defense Department Ready to Support State Department Ensuring Safe Passage of Americans in Sudan The Defense Department remains actively engaged with the State Department in monitoring the security situation in Sudan, Air Force Brig. Gen. Pat Ryder said.
April 24, 2023 U.S. Troops Stand Ready to Help Diplomats as Sudan Conflict Continues The evacuation of the U.S. Embassy in Khartoum, Sudan, was handled professionally and with precision, and U.S. service members in the region stand ready to help the State Department if needed, the Pentagon press secretary said.
Dec. 23, 2022 Biden Signs National Defense Authorization Act Into Law President Joe Biden has signed the Fiscal 2023 National Defense Authorization Act into law, allotting $816.7 billion to the Defense Department.
April 22, 2021 Military Leaders Discuss Defense Authorization Request, Future Years Defense Program The commanders of U.S. Africa Command and U.S. Central Command testified before the Senate Armed Services Committee in review of the Defense Authorization Request for fiscal year 2022.
May 26, 2020 Russia Deploys Military Fighter Aircraft to Libya Russian fighter jets were recently deployed to Libya in order to support Russian state-sponsored private military contractors operating on the ground there, U.S. Africa Command officials said.