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Listen in for an exclusive interview with the 6th Commander of United States Africa Command, Gen. Michael Langley, as he discusses regional security, the US-Africa partnership, cybersecurity, and AI on Capital FM with Bruhan Makong. Plus, stay updated with the latest on the “art of distraction”—the ongoing clash between US President Trump and Elon Musk over The Big Beautiful Bill.

 In this enlightening episode, we dive deep into the role of the Inspector General (IG) - a pivotal resource for all leaders. Join us as our special guest, Colonel Elizabeth Gum, current IG and former Commander, shares invaluable insights into the IG's mission and its support for leaders. Don't miss out on her expert advice and personal experiences as a Commander. Learn how the IG in a resource every Commander has to leverage in their decision making. What's the process if you need the IG's help? We give you all this and more.COL Elizabeth R. Gum entered the United States Army from the University of Texas at Austin, commissioning as a Medical Service Corps Officer.  Her assignments include Republic of Korea, Germany, Hawaii, Continental United States, and two combat tours:  Iraq and Afghanistan. She served as the Medical Logistics Officer, United States Africa Command; Chief, Logistics Division and Chief, Materiel, Tripler Army Medical Center; Medical Logistics Officer, 15th Sustainment Brigade, 1st Armored Division; CENTCOM Materiel Recovery Element LNO to MEDCOM; Chief, Logistics Division and Chief, Materiel, William Beaumont Army Medical Center; S4/Chief, Logistics, 121 Combat Support Hospital/Brian Allgood Army Community Hospital; Contingency Command Post Surgeon, United States Army North; Commander, C Company 15th Forward Support Division; 1st Cavalry Division MEDLOG Officer; 1st Armored Division MEDLOG Officer; 123rd Main Support Battalion Division Medical Supply Officer and Evacuation Platoon Leader.  She most recently served as the Commander, Army Health Clinic Baumholder, prior to assuming her current duties as Command Inspector General, Regional Health Command Europe.COL Gums's awards and decorations include the Bronze Star Medal (1 OLC), Meritorious Service Medal (2 OLC), Joint Service Commendation Medal, Army Commendation Medal (4 OLC), Army Achievement Medal (1 OLC), NATO Medal (OEF), Combat Medic Badge, and Airborne Badge.  She is also a Fellow, American College of Healthcare Executives; Demonstrated Master Logistician, the International Society of Logistics, and a member of the Order of Military Medical Merit.  Additional skills include Arbinger Facilitator, craft ninja and party planner extraordinaire.  For more information on the U.S. Army Inspector General: https://www.army.mil/ig#org-resourcesDisclaimer: The views expressed in this podcast are the guests and host's alone and do not reflect the official position of the Medical Service Corps, the Department of Defense, or the US Government. All information discussed is unclassified approved for public release and found on open cleared sources.For more episodes listen on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or YouTube @ Be All You Can Be MSC For more information, suggestions, or questions please contact: beallyoucanbemsc@gmail.com

Nicholas Richard-Thompson and Tunde Osazua from the Black Alliance for Peace join Breht to discuss AFRICOM, or The United States Africa Command - responsible for U.S. military operations and imperialism on the continent. Together they discuss the ongoing conflict in Palestine, the connections between black liberation movements and palestinian liberation, BAP's Month of Action against AFRICOM, recent coups in West Africa, developments in Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger, the recent history of Libya, the role of French neo-colonialism on the continent, the revolutionary contributions of Patrice Lumumba and Kwame Nkrumah, and much more!      Learn more and support Black Alliance for Peace    Follow Nicholas on Twitter    Follow Tunde on Twitter   BAP Chicago's Twitter Check out Rev Left's episode on Thomas Sankara Revolution in Sahel?   Get 15% off any book from Leftwingbooks.net    outro music 'Terrorist?'  by Lowkey Support Rev Left Radio  or make a one time donation: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/revleft

In this episode, SSgt Matt Miranda had the opportunity to sit down with SEAC Ramón "CZ" Colón-López to talk about leadership and the Joint Force. SEAC Ramón "CZ" Colón-López is the Senior Enlisted Advisor to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the most senior enlisted service member, by position, in the United States Armed Forces, and the principal military advisor to the Chairman on all matters involving joint and combined total force integration, utilization, health of the force, and joint development for enlisted personnel. SEAC Colón-López enlisted in the United States Air Force in December 1990. He has held assignments in U.S. Air Forces Europe, Air Combat Command, Air Force Special Operations Command, Air Education and Training Command, Pacific Air Forces, Joint Special Operations Command, and Air Forces Central Command. He has deployed numerous times in support of operations Southern Watch, Northern Watch, Enduring Freedom, Iraqi Freedom, New Dawn, Resolute Support, Inherent Resolve, and to several other classified locations. Prior to assuming his current position, he served as the Command Senior Enlisted Leader for United States Africa Command.

Nicholas Richard-Thompson and Tunde Osazua from the Black Alliance for Peace join Breht to discuss AFRICOM, or The United States Africa Command - responsible for U.S. military operations on the continent. Together they discuss BAP's month of action against AFRICOM, the strategic role that AFRICOM plays in the maintenance of US empire, the importance of proletarian internationalism in the fight against capitalism-imperialism, neocolonialism and comprador regimes, the consequences of 14 years of AFRICOM, and much more.   Learn more and support Black Alliance for Peace here: https://linktr.ee/blackallianceforpeace   Follow Nicholas on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Nicholasseanrt   Follow Tunde on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TundeOsazua   BAP Chicago's Twitter: https://twitter.com/bap_chicago Outro music "I'm a African" by Dead Prez Support Rev Left Radio: https://www.patreon.com/RevLeftRadio

On the show, Chris Hedges discusses the journalist Glen Ford and the radical black press with Ajamu Baraka, national organizer and spokesperson with the Black Alliance for Peace. Glen Ford, who died in the summer of 2021, was one of the country's most insightful political commentators and radical journalists. He appeared several times on this show. He spoke for the marginalized and excoriated the elites. Glen was the co-publisher of the radical Black Commentator. He co-founded Black Agenda Report with Bruce Dixon and Margaret Kimberley in 2006. Glen repeatedly called out the Black political elites, exposing for example New Jersey Senator Cory Booker's close ties with right-wing organizations such as the Manhattan Institute and the Bradley Foundation and Booker's advocacy of neoliberalism, austerity programs, school privatization, and other initiatives that are at the forefront of the war on the poor, especially poor Blacks. He called the Black political leaders who sold their soul to corporations and America's imperial projects the “Black misleadership class.” While many Black leftists betrayed the most basic tenants of their political beliefs to support Barack Obama following his election to the presidency in 2008, Glen saw through the charade. He lambasted Obama and Hillary Clinton as “political twins” and warned that the policies they advocated were deeply harmful to Black people. He saw Obama and the Democratic Party as not the lesser evil, but the more effective evil. The Democrats, he knew, were better at masking their subservience to corporations, the ruling elites, and the military-industrial complex while assiduously doing their bidding. Glen was also keenly aware that the evils of white supremacy and corporate plundering are the driving engine behind America's imperial projects. He kept a close watch on the United States Africa Command, AFRICOM, and its expanding military footprint on the continent. A talented and brilliant writer, gifted with an acerbic sense of humor and uncompromising in his integrity and courage, he will be very hard to replace. Glen Ford's new book is: The Black Agenda https://www.orbooks.com/catalog/the-black-agenda/

Major General Todd McCaffrey | Army Infantry Officer, retired Service History: Todd served in the Army for over 34 years retiring in the grade of Major General. He completed his military career as the Chief of Staff, United States Africa Command in Stuttgart, Germany. Prior to his final military posting Todd served in an array of positions during a career that included seventeen moves and multiple deployments. Among his assignments, he has served in combat as both an infantry battalion and brigade commander; he was the US Army’s Director of Training, and he commanded an Army Training Division assisting US Army Reserve and US Army National Guard units attain and maintain readiness. He remains privileged to have led, served and fought alongside the best men and women this Nation has to offer. Education/Major(s): BS in Organization Leadership (1986), US Military Academy; MS in Economics/Operations Research (1997), Colorado School of Mines; MS in National Security Studies (2007), US Army War College Todd assists the Veterans and Military Services Team at the University of South Carolina attract, admit, enroll, and support military and veteran students. He also helps align the university’s world class research capabilities with critical national security challenges. Director of Military Affairs | Leadership Bio (https://www.sc.edu/uofsc/posts/2020/10/todd_mccaffrey_qa.php#.YJ9BroeSk2w) |  Email: mccafft@mailbox.sc.edu |Phone: 803-576-6829 | LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/todd-mccaffrey-6ba54141/) University of South Carolina Military Student Affairs (https://www.sc.edu/about/offices_and_divisions/veterans_and_military_services/index.php) Purple Heart Parking.  The Purple Heart parking initiative, launched across the Columbia campus, comes with a new parking pass level also launches along with the symbolic space, which is ADA van compliant. The space is set apart with a special paint job and sign provided by Carl Lopez, commander of the South Carolina Department of the Military Order of the Purple Heart. Purple Heart Parking decals at a reduced rate. These decals provide Purple Heart recipients with expanded parking options on campus. Contact Parking Services for details. Phone: 803-777-5160 --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/mettle-of-honor/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/mettle-of-honor/support

Nigerian military is considering seeking external help, to rescue over 300 schoolboys of Government Science Secondary School Kankara, Katsina State.A top military officer said that one of the options being considered is for the federal government to seek assistance from the United States Africa Command to launch a rescue bid leveraging on its sophisticated technology for such operation.

Quelle politique africaine pour les États-Unis ? À l'arrivée de Barack Obama à la Maison Blanche, en 2008, les espoirs ont été grands sur le continent. Douche froide en revanche lorsque Donald Trump lui a succédé, huit ans plus tard. Aujourd'hui, Donald Trump brigue un second mandat pour le camp républicain. En face de lui, le démocrate Joe Biden. Hormis le récent accord avec le Soudan, quelles sont leurs positions, leurs propositions pour l'Afrique ? Jeffrey Hawkins est l'ancien ambassadeur des États-Unis en Centrafrique entre 2015 et 2017. Il est devenu chercheur associé à l'Iris et répond aux questions de RFI. RFI : Deux hommes sont face à face pour cette présidentielle américaine : Donald Trump et Joe Biden. Peut-on dire également deux visions différentes de la politique étrangère et particulièrement de la politique africaine ? Jeffrey Hawkins : Absolument. [Joe] Biden représente la politique étrangère américaine classique, basée sur les valeurs, sur la démocratie, sur le multilatéralisme, l’engagement avec le monde. [Donald] Trump, c’est tout à fait autre chose. C’est un président qui se concentre sur ses intérêts personnels et les intérêts de sa base politique aux États-Unis. Une base qui est plutôt blanche, plutôt de l’Amérique profonde. La diaspora africaine ne fait pas partie de son électorat, les Afro-Américains non plus, ils penchent plutôt du côté démocrate. Pas la peine d’aller chercher une politique en Afrique qui pourrait plaire à ces gens-là. [Joe] Biden par contre, c’est une partie importante de sa base, Biden est aussi entouré par des gens qui connaissent bien l’Afrique. Il a déjà émis [pour] sa campagne un document destiné aux diasporas africaines. Justement, si l’on regarde les programmes des deux candidats, est-ce que le programme de Donald Trump fait une place à part entière à l’Afrique ? Et est-ce que celui de Joe Biden, que vous avez commencé à évoquer, fait également une part entière à l’Afrique ? Principalement, pour [Donald] Trump, l’intérêt pour l’Afrique, s’il y en a, c’est plutôt comme lieu de concurrence entre les grandes puissances. Un intérêt économique peut-être, l’administration Trump a vaguement cherché à promouvoir un peu l’investissement, le commerce, mais l’Afrique pour [Donald] Trump, c’est surtout un lieu de combat avec les Chinois. Joe Biden, par contre, c’est quelqu’un qui voit l’intérêt pour l’Afrique : Biden, comme vice-président, est parti en Afrique, et aussi comme président de la Commission des Affaires étrangères au Sénat, il a également voyagé en Afrique. ►À voir aussi : Vidéo - La diplomatie selon Trump [2/6]: l’Afrique, continent oublié Alors que Donald Trump ne s’est pas déplacé… Donald Trump n’en a fait aucun. Donc, une grosse différence et je pense que Joe Biden, il voit l’intérêt de l’Afrique pour l’Afrique et pas comme terrain de concurrence avec les Chinois. Et déjà, dans ce document qu’il a envoyé à la communauté africaine aux États-Unis, il a promis entre autres d’éliminer ce « visa ban » contre les pays musulmans, y compris les pays en Afrique, de ressusciter un programme pour la jeunesse africaine, Yali [Young African Leaders Initiative], etc. Il parle justement de renforcer l’initiative des jeunes leaders africains, qui avait été mise en place par l’équipe de Barack Obama en 2010 notamment… Tout à fait. Et il faut se rappeler qu’à l’époque, systématiquement chaque année, on avait une promotion de jeunes Africains qui partait aux États-Unis avec ce programme, plusieurs centaines d’ailleurs. Et systématiquement, le président [Barack] Obama les a rencontrés. Plus maintenant, [Donald] Trump n’a jamais rencontré les Yali, [comme] on appelle ces jeunes Africains qui partent aux États-Unis. Et [Joe] Biden est entouré d’une équipe qui est prête à affronter ces défis et saisir ces opportunités. Justement, on sait que Joe Biden est entouré d’une cellule qui travaille déjà sur la politique africaine du candidat démocrate, est-ce que Donald Trump est également entouré d’une cellule qui lui a établi un programme pour la politique africaine ? (Rires) Sa cellule Afrique, c’est le département d’État, donc c’est le sous-secrétaire d’État pour l’Afrique au département d’État, ce sont les gens au département de la Défense. Mais le problème, c’est que [Donald] Trump est très dédaigneux de l’expertise. Certes, celui qui est le sous-secrétaire d’État pour les Affaires africaines au département d’État. Tibor Nagy est quelqu’un de très expérimenté, quelqu’un qui connait l’Afrique, un diplomate professionnel, mais s’il n’est pas écouté à la Maison Blanche, on peine à faire marcher la chose. Et en plus, systématiquement, il cherche le désengagement. Donc, il a essayé chaque année de couper des budgets pour la coopération américaine partout et aussi en Afrique, il a cherché à réduire les effectifs de l’Africom [Commandement des États-Unis pour l'Afrique (en anglais United States Africa Command)], donc de soldats sur le continent. Justement, l’idée d’un retrait ou d’une diminution des forces américaines, au Sahel notamment, avait été évoquée, mise en avant. Sait-on si Joe Biden a pris position sur la politique sécuritaire des États-Unis sur le continent africain ? Pas de façon concrète, mais il est clair et certain qu’il va suivre la ligne du président [Barack] Obama. Et ce qui est très intéressant dans ce retrait dont on parle chez Donald Trump, c’est que lui veut bien réduire les effectifs et couper les budgets, mais le Congrès américain, y compris les Républicains qui dominent d’ailleurs le Sénat, ne le suit pas. Donc chaque année, il essaie de couper et cela ne se fait pas. Le département de la Défense a déjà annoncé de possibles retraits des effectifs militaires du continent, mais le Congrès s’y oppose, cela ne se fait pas, il y a des discussions et l'on reste dans l’ambiguïté. Donc, on a un président qui veut se désengager et un Congrès qui ne suit pas. On a un nouveau candidat, Joe Biden, qui va certainement chercher à renforcer la coopération. ►À lire aussi : La politique africaine de Barack Obama : quel héritage ?

Listen to the Sat. April 27, 2019 edition of the Pan-African Journal: Worldwide Radio Broadcast hosted by Abayomi Azikiwe, editor of the Pan-African News Wire. The program features our regular PANW report with dispatches on the upcoming national parliamentary and presidential elections in the Republic of South Africa where the incumbent President Cyril Ramaphosa is campaigning for a resounding ruling party victory for the African National Congress (ANC); the United States Africa Command has launched another round of aerial strikes in the Horn of Africa nation of Somalia; Libya is continuing as a battlefield between counter-revolutionary militias for the control for the capital of Tripoli; the People's Republic of China has held the Second Belt Road Initiative Forum in Beijing. In the second hour we continue our tribute to Dr. Kwame Nkrumah of Africa on the 47th anniversary of his transition. Finally we commemorate the 25th anniversary of South African Freedom Day with an archived United Nations General Assembly 73rd Ordinary Session address from President Cyril Ramaphosa.

Listen to the Sun. Oct. 22, 2017 special edition of the Pan-African Journal: Worldwide Radio Broadcast hosted by Abayomi Azikiwe, editor of the Pan-African News Wire. The program features our regular PANW report with dispatches on the recent interview with the Southern African Development Community Executive Secretary who discussed economic challenges in the sub-continent; Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe has returned from a successful mission to the South American state of Uruguay where he attended a World Health Organization (WHO) conference on non-communicable diseases; the current situation in Africa has much bearing on the publication and marketing of literature; and United States Africa Command operations in the region has come to light as a result of the killing of several Green Berets in the West African state of Niger. In the second hour we rebroadcast an interview with Abayomi Azikiwe aired originally over the Progressive Radio Network. Finally we continue our monthlong commemoration of the martyrdom of Dr. Ernesto Che Guevara through an audio documentary on Cuba ten years after the triumph of the revolution.

“This message of extremism is alien. It's alien to their culture, it's alien to their communities, it's alien for their future," said ambassador Phillip Carter, former deputy to the commander for civil military engagements, United States Africa Command).

A Life in the Military General Carter Ham, Former Commander, United States Africa Command. Monday, February 3, 2014 4:00pm-5:30pm 041 Haldeman Center Sponsored by: Dickey Center Intended Audience(s): Public Categories: A Life in the Military General (ret) Carter Ham One of the very few enlisted men to rise through the ranks to Four-Star General, Carter Ham reflects on his nearly 40 year career in the US Army. General Ham retired in 2013 after serving as the Commander of United States Africa Command. Throughout his distinguished career the General held a wide range of leadership positions including: Commanding General of the US Army Europe, Director of Operations for the Joint Staff and Commander of the 1st Infantry Division. General Ham was at the forefront of many of the top issues the Pentagon faced in recent years and participated in combat operations in Iraq and oversaw America's military engagement in Libya. In addition to advocating for treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), he was the military lead for the Department of Defense's review of the Don't Ask, Don't Tell policy. General Ham will share his thoughts on these experiences and more.