APS NASHVILLE Ghana Quicklook 1 (Feb 20-28)

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Engagement Activities:

– Security Cooperation • Maritime / Expeditionary – Office Calls & DV Visits – Other Key Engagements • Development Advisor • Medical Liaison – Community Outreach • Humanitarian & Civic • Band – Media Engagement •

Liberia Update

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Future Schedule

Maritime TSC

Event Oil Platform Protection SAR Training Oceanography & Meteorology Small Boat Maintenance Maritime Law Enforcement Intel Port Security Planning Medical Training Fisheries Protection Oil Spill Response

Begins week of 2 Mar

Location NSH NSH Date 23 - 24 FEB 23 - 27 FEB NSH NB SEKONDI NSH NB SEKONDI NSH NSH NSH NB SEKONDI 25 - 27 FEB 23 FEB - 05 MAR 23 FEB - 05 MAR 23 FEB - 05 MAR 23 FEB - 05 MAR 02 - 05 MAR 02 - 05 MAR 03 - 05 MAR Participants GN (13) GN (13) Agency ITALIAN NAVY ROYAL DANISH NAVY, NSH METOC Civ (10) GN, MOZ (24) GN, MOZ, CV (13) GN (16) GN, Civ (21) GN (15) GN (13) GN, Civ (24) ETC USCG C6F NCIS C6F / NSH ITALIAN CG NAV.ENV. AFRICOM

Expeditionary TSC

• Conducted at Burma Camp and Ghana Air Force Base in Accra • Combined USMC, Spanish and Portuguese Marine instructor team • Over 100 Ghanaian Army, Air Force and Navy students • Courses:

– Intel – Communications – Supply & Logistics – Combat Life Saver – Vehicle Ops & Maintenance

Office Calls and DV Visits

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Office Calls

Minister of Western Region Essikado Chief COS for Chief of Defense Staff COS for Chief of Naval Staff Flag Officer Commanding, Western Naval Command Flag Officer Fleet (Fleet Commander) Air Base Commander Dir. Gen. of Training, Ghana Armed Forces Director General of the Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Training Centre (KAIPTC) British Military Assistance Training Team (BMATT) Vice Chancellor, Univ. of Ghana Dir. Gen. Ghana Maritime Authority (GMA)

NSH Reception

• • • • • Attendees included: AMB Teitelbaum Essikado Chief FOC Western Naval Command FOC Eastern Naval Command FOF • • •

DV Visits

AMB Teitelbaum, US AMB to Ghana AMB Yates, Africa Command Deputy to the Cmdr for Civil-Military Affairs AMB Obanikoro, Nigeria High Commissioner to Ghana

Other Key Engagements

Development Advisor

– Coastal Erosion Workshop – Illegal, Unregulated, Unreported (IUU) Fishing Seminar – Fisheries Monitoring, Control & Surveillance (MCS), Dept of Fisheries – Ghanaian Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) – Regional Maritime University – USAID

Medical Liaison

– Regional Director of Health Services – Regional Deputy Director Veterinarian Services – Ghanaian Armed Forces – Senior Medical Officer West Region (GAF SMO West Region)

Humanitarian & Civic Outreach

Medical Outreach

- Project HOPE medical mentoring at 2 clinics - DoD medical team – Ghanaian Navy, Army and AF clinics

Engineering Outreach

- 2 Engineering Outreach Projects - Regional Hospital and Primary School

Other key events:

- Delivery of 41 pallets of Project Handclasp - Beach Clean-up co-sponsored by University of Ghana - Book donation to Cape Coast University

Community Outreach

Band Events

- Takoradi Services Basic Schools – Combined Ghanaian /US Navy Band concert. Performed for 300 children - Akroma Plaza, Takoradi – Combined Ghanaian Navy /US Band concert. Performed for an audience of 150.

- Bompeh Secondary Technical School, Takoradi – Performed for 400 students.

- Nashville Reception – 300 attendees / crew - Africa Beach Hotel – Performed for an audience of 200.

- Raybow Hotel, Takoradi – Combined concert with GN Band for an audience of 150

Sports Day

- Team APS vs. Ghana Navy in Football and Basketball

Media Engagements

Media coverage remained robust and on message - Interest high among Regional and National media - 25 outlets have confirmed participation in APS Media Day / Press Conference (4Mar) This week’s highlights: - SKYY Radio program with FoF - 6 press releases (print) - 1 Daily News Update (video) - More than 30 still photos released.

- 28 articles released (tracked by Embassy and Google Alert)

APS HIGHLIGHTS – Sekondi, Ghana

Engine repair Native Dance Group at Reception Commodore, NSH CO, Nigerian CDR, with Nigerian High Commissioner Vehicle security inspection training NSH Chaplain with Ghanaian Clergy Compartment entry during Boarding officers course

APS NASHVILLE Liberia Update – week of 23 Feb

Courses in progress

- Leadership - USMC Martial Arts & Non Lethal Weapon Seminar - Logistics & ORM -Combat Life Saver - Officer Candidate exchanges. - 20 AFL Officer Candidates will participate in the ORM exchange and participate in a class on combat orders and Military Decision-Making Process (MDMP).

Project Handclasp Donation in Liberia:

28 pallets of Handclasp material

• 16 pallets to sites identified by Liberian Ministry of Health • 12 pallets to United Methodist Church of Liberia (from UMC, USA)

Media Interface

-14 news releases across 11 US outlets - Wide coverage in local print and radio media. US Embassy facilitating; pleased with coverage to date

APS NASHVILLE SOE

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3-11 Feb

Dakar, Senegal

16 Feb-13 Mar

: Monrovia, Liberia

(USMC trng and HA delivery only)

20 Feb-10 Mar

: Sekondi, Ghana

17-27 Mar

: Lagos, Nigeria

01-13 Apr

: Limbe, Cameroon

15-17 Apr

: Libreville, Gabon

20 Apr-1 May

: Port Gentil, Gabon

08-15 May

: Dakar, Senegal