# African military leaders attend Land Forces Colloquium

- Link: https://www.military.africa/2021/09/african-military-leaders-attend-land-forces-colloquium/
- Published: 2021-09-24T15:05:32+01:00
- Author: Military Africa

African military leaders visit Grafenwoehr to discuss training with US forces as
part of a four-day African Land Forces Colloquium (ALFC 2021).

Eleven African States and U.S military personnel are attending the inaugural African
Land Forces Colloquium held on September 20 at the 7th Army Training Center headquarters
in Grafenwoehr, Germany.

The colloquium is designed to showcase military capabilities and address key issues
in the U.S. Africa Command and U.S. Army Europe and Africa area of responsibility.

The four-day event hosted by Maj. Gen. Andrew Rohling, the U.S. Army’s deputy commander
for Africa with the theme “U.S. Army Europe, Africa training, from tactical to operational,”
focuses on U.S. Army warfighting skills, platforms and training methods.  

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AH-64D Apache attack helicopters fly during a live-fire aerial gunnery on Grafenwoehr
Training Area, Germany, Sept. 21, 2021. African leaders attending the African Land
Forces Colloquium observed the gunnery while learning about what capabilities are
available at the training area. (Immanuel Johnson/Stars and Stripes)

The event was attended by senior officers from Morocco, Tunisia, Senegal, Nigeria,
Kenya, Djibouti, Botswana, Rwanda, Côte d’Ivoire, Gabon, and Ghana will include 
inspection of capabilities of the 7th Army Training Command, Grafenwoehr Training
Area, the Joint Multinational Readiness Centre, and the Joint Multinational Simulation
Centre located in Grafenwoehr and Hohenfels in Germany.

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Participating officers were treated to a demonstration of the capabilities of the
7th Army Training Command, Grafenwoehr Training Area, the Joint Multinational Readiness
Center, and the Joint Multinational Simulation Center located in Grafenwoehr and
Hohenfels, Germany. 

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Part of the capability demonstration includes an aerial gunnery display involving
AH-64D Apache attack helicopters on the facility’s Bavarian range by the 12th Combat
Aviation Brigade.

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U.S. _Stars and Stripes_ quoted 1st Lt. Lisabeth Quinn, battalion fire support officer
for the 1-3 Attack Reconnaissance Battalion, “We have three to four aircraft engaging
targets downrange,”

Soldiers also can integrate unmanned aerial systems or vehicles, and joint terminal
attack controllers with the Apaches when available.

Speaking about the training, Maj. Gen. Thomas Oppong-Peprah, Ghana’s chief of army
staff, said Tuesday, So far what I have seen today specifically, there are facilities
and opportunities for us to train our personnel either [by bringing] them over here
to Grafenwoehr, or they come to Ghana.”

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