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APS NASHVILLE Senegal Quicklook (Feb 3-12)
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Engagement Activities:
– Theater Security Cooperation
• Maritime / USMC
– Office Calls & DV Visits
– Other Key Engagements
• Development Advisor
• Medical Liaison
– Community Outreach
• Humanitarian & Civic Outreach
• Band
– Media Engagement
– Embarked Trainees
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Commander’s Observations
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Future Schedule
Maritime TSC
Event
Fisheries Observer
Training
Location
Date
Participants
Agency
Ashore
03-11 FEB
Fisheries Surveillance and
Enforcement Directorate &
Senegalese Navy (34)
METOC
Nashville
04-06 FEB
METOC Agencies (10)
CNE
Medical
Nashville
04-06 FEB
Senegalese Navy (19)
CNE
Small Boat
Maintenance
Nashville,
SN Naval Base
04-10 FEB
Senegalese Navy (15)
ETC
(NECC)
Port Security
Planning
Nashville
04-10 FEB
Gendarmerie, Police, Senegalese
Navy (18)
NCIS
STAAT
SAR Training
SN Naval Base
09-10 FEB
Senegalese Navy (20)
Malta CG
Nashville
09-10 FEB
Senegalese Navy (19)
USMC
Ashore
10-12 FEB
HASSMAR, Senegalese Navy (40)
Leadership
Principles
Oil Spill Response
NOAA
NAVFAC
Marine Corps TSC
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Conducted at Senegalese Army
Base in Thies
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150 Senegalese soldiers
including 15 Special Forces
personnel
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Courses:
– Officer / SNCO Leadership
– Common Combat Skills
– Logistics
– Combat Life Saver
– Intel
– Martial Arts (“MCAP”)
Office Calls and DV Visits
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Office Calls:
– Deputy Chief of Defense
– U.S. Ambassador to Senegal
– Chief of Army Staff
– Deputy Chief of Naval Staff
– Director of HASSMAR
– Director of Fisheries Protection
– Senegalese Navy N3
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NSH Reception:
– Senegalese Chief of Defense
– U.S. Ambassador
– Romanian Ambassador
– Turkish Ambassador
– Spanish Ambassador
– Reps from IT, NE & FR gov’ts
– Reps from Senegalese gov’t
Other Key Engagements
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Development Advisor:
– Head of Fisheries Surveillance &
Enforcement
– Director of Senegal Fisheries
– Commission Sous Regional de
Peche
(Sub-Regional Fisheries Commission includes: Cape Verde, Senegal,
Mauritania, The Gambia, GuineaBisseau, Guinea, Sierra Leone)
– HASSMAR
(High Authority on Maritime Safety and
Security)
– USAID - Natural Resources
Management
– Africa Center for Strategic Studies
(ACSS; Dakar Chapter)
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Medical Liaison:
– Armed Forces Medical Trng
Deputy Director
– USAID - Dakar, Director Health
Office
– DHAPP
– La Dantec & Principal Hospitals
Humanitarian & Civic Outreach
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Engineering Outreach Project:
– Rehab of Civil-Military Clinic on Naval base
– $10K from AFRICOM Humanitarian Assistance-other
– 5 Seabees (NMCB 11), 15-20 NSH sailors &10
Senegalese military daily
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Project Handclasp & Project ASPIRE Donations:
– SN & US Embassy request during APS FTM & PDSS
– 31 Pallets-medical, hygiene and clothing
– 6 Donation sites identified by Host Nation & US Embassy
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Recognition ceremony w/ US Ambassador & Min of Health
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Great support from Civil Affairs planning & ADVON
– Improved coordination resulted in positive
feedback from Embassy and Host Nation
Community Outreach
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Band Events:
– Lycee Abdoulaye Sadji Rufisque (High School)
– NASHVILLE Reception
– Center Culturel de Pikine
– La Pouponniere de la Medina for L’Empire des Enfants
– Joint performance w/ Senegalese Armed Forces Band
at the Senegalese Navy Officer’s Mess
– Lycee Seydina Limamoulaye Guediaway (High School)
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Team APS vs. Senegalese Navy in Futbol
Media Engagements
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Nation Coverage:
– Senegal military media onboard for tours & interviews
– Senegal media at various civic events
– Voice of America Radio
• US / USN Coverage:
– Navy.mil Photo of the Day (x3)
– CHINFO Top Story (x2)
– Surface Warfare Magazine
– Embarked 2 MCs
• MEDIA DAY:
– 10 Feb: Ongoing external media marketing via US
Embassy for APS Media Day / Press Conference
• PA Supported Events:
– Ship reception 05FEB09
– Office calls
– TSC training events
– Community outreach events
Embarked Trainees
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Group 1 embarked in Senegal:
– Togo: 3 Officers; 3 Enlisted
– Benin: 2 Officers; 1 Enlisted
– Ghana: 3 Officers; 3 Enlisted
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Embarkation period approx 3 weeks
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NSH running mate assigned to each
trainee
– Running mate skill set matched to
trainee background
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Training Topics (OJT & Lecture):
– Technical Skills (mainly
engineering, deck, navigation)
– Basic Shipboard Skills
– Leadership Development
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Group 2 embarks in Sekondi, Ghana
Commander’s Observations
• Events well received by Senegalese Armed Forces
and civilian community
• Request for engagement with USAF, increased
special forces engagement with USMC, additional
SAR training
• Strong USAID support for community outreach
programs
• ACSS Dakar Office interested in partnership
opportunities
APS NASHVILLE Future Events
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USS NASHVILLE:
– 14 Feb-13 Mar:
Monrovia, Liberia
(USMC only + HA delivery)
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20 Feb-10 Mar:
17-27 Mar:
01-13 Apr:
20 Apr - 1 May:
15-17 Apr:
08-15 May:
Sekondi, Ghana
Lagos, Nigeria
Limbe Cameroon
Port Gentil, Gabon
Libreville, Gabon
Dakar, Senegal