How US Special Forces Are Still Waging a War on Terror in Africa
By
Stavros Atlamazoglou
Published
1 min ago
US Special Forces
The U.S. military might have largely shifted its focus on Great Power Competition and the danger posed by near-peer adversaries, such as China and Russia, but the terrorism threat ominously looms in the back. Although the Middle East has been the primary battlefield against terrorism for the past 20 years, parts of Africa have steadily risen to become a terrorist haven.
As a result, U.S. special operations forces continue to deploy for counterterrorism operations or training in the region.
In November, Army Green Berets from the 3rd Special Forces Group deployed to Mauritania to train with the local special operations forces.
During the Joint Combined Exchange Training (JCET), which lasted for a month, the Special Forces operators worked with Mauritanian commandos on marksmanship, small unit tactics, infiltration techniques, interdiction operations, combat casualty care, and mission planning and execution.
https://www.19fortyfive.com/2021/11/how-us-special-forces-are-still-waging-a-war-on-terror-in-africa/
