🇳🇬🇺🇸 @NigerianNavy SBS and @3rdSFGroup strengthened #VBSS skills during a recent #JCET. Training alongside trusted partners enhances readiness and supports a safer, more secure maritime domain. @USAfricaCommand @USinNigeria #VBSS #Partnerships @USAfricaCommand @USinNigeria

🇳🇬🇺🇸Precision fires. Fast rope insertion. Ambush live fire. Nigerian SBS × U.S. SOF #JCET. No shortcuts. Just reps. @3rdSFGroup @USSOCOM @USAfricaCommand @USinNigeria @NigerianNavy

🇳🇬🇺🇸U.S. @3rdSFGroup and Nigeria’s Special Boat Service members conduct casualty recovery and stabilization training during a #JCET. This strengthens their ability to operate in complex environments when standard medical evacuation is impossible, including combat zones, collapsed structures, confined spaces, and hostile terrain.@USAfricaCommand @USinNigeria

#Flintlock26 isn’t just an exercise, it’s momentum. The work built here continues forward. The knowledge gained here must not remain confined to mission reports. It must flow into our units, enrich our doctrines, and strengthen our capabilities so that every effort becomes operationally relevant, every lesson helps save lives, and every bond of brotherhood translates into more effective coordination in service of our peoples. - Maj Gen Aly @MINDEF_CI #Flintlock26 n’est pas seulement un exercice, c’est un élan. Le travail accompli ici se poursuivra. Les connaissances acquises ici ne doivent pas rester confinées aux rapports de mission. Elles doivent irriguer nos unités, enrichir nos doctrines et renforcer nos capacités afin que chaque effort devienne opérationnellement pertinent, que chaque leçon contribue à sauver des vies et que chaque lien de fraternité se traduise par une coordination plus efficace au service de nos peuples. - Maj Gen Aly @MINDEF_CI @USAfricaCommand @USEmbAbidjan

Security Starts with Opportunity Soldiers from @3rdSFGroup Civil Affairs stepped away from #Flintlock26’s tactical lanes to invest in the next generation. From visiting primary schools to partnering with #CôtedIvoire’s military during a public service career day, #SOF leaders engaged more than 1,200 students, showcasing opportunities with @GendarmerieRci and @MINDEF_C. This is investing in the future. @USEmbAbidjan @USAfricaCommand

Day by day. Rep by rep. Midway through #Flintlock26 and forces across Côte d'Ivoire & Libya aren't slowing down. Ground. Maritime. Air. Command & Control. 30+ nations sharpening the edge together. This is what a ready network looks like. @USEmbAbidjan @USEmbassyLibya @USAfricaCommand @USSOCOM

In fast. Out clean. Mission complete. From infil to exfil, Cabo Verde #SOF conducted a mission along the Ivorian shoreline during #Flintlock26 demonstrating the ability to project power from sea to land and back again. #CaboVerde @USAfricaCommand #Maritime

Part 1. Before the search. Before the legal finish. First, you have to get onboard. #VBSS is full spectrum: approach, board, control the vessel, control the personnel, move through the compartments, protect evidence. Every step has to be right - because what happens next depends on how well you executed it. At #Flintlock26, special operations forces test these steps not only with other #SOF, but with law enforcement. Stay tuned for part 2. #Tunisia #Morocco #Securité #Civ #CivSecu @USAfricaCommand

🇨🇮🇺🇸 From witnessing conflict to telling its story At #Flintlock26, student journalists worked with U.S. & Ivorian communicators to document training and build the skills needed for responsible, accurate reporting. Strong partnerships and impactful storytelling starts with understanding. @USAfricaCommand @USASOCNews @USEmbAbidjan

Libya, Italy, and the United States Announce Flintlock 2026 Exercise in Libya Senior leaders from Libya, Italy, and the United States have issued a joint announcement confirming the start of exercise Flintlock 2026 in Libya, with the formal commencement to follow an opening ceremony in Sirte this week. Flintlock, U.S. Africa Command’s premier annual multinational special operations exercise, convenes forces from over 30 nations across Cote d’Ivoire and Libya. The training will feature integrated air, ground, and maritime scenarios designed to enhance the combat readiness and effectiveness of all participating nations. Libya’s leadership in hosting a portion of the exercise marks a historic milestone. By facilitating the training of over ten nations, Libya’s joint forces are highlighting their commitment to regional security and demonstrating the strength of military unity. Italy has played a key leadership role in planning and supporting the execution of the exercise in Libya, providing essential leadership and resources. Flintlock supports the continued development of a unified Libyan military, foundational to the long-term security and prosperity of North Africa. This effort underscores a broad international commitment to secure and sovereign African nations, led by their own people. We are proud to co-host the opening portion of this exercise for the first time in Libya, in the city of Sirte, a place that perfectly embodies how joint local and international cooperation can deter terrorist threats to the security of Libya, its partners, and the United States.

🇨🇲 🇺🇸 91st Civil Affairs Battalion @USASOCNews conducts 1st @SOCAFRICA Civil Affairs #JCET with Cameroon’s elite Bataillon d’intervention rapide (BIR) in Garoua, Cameroon, strengthening readiness and civ-mil relationships. #ICYMI @USEmbYaounde @USAfricaCommand #Cameroon @mindefcm @3rdSFGroup

🇨🇮🇺🇸In anticipation of #Flintlock2026, @ArmeesRCI hosted special ops planners from 30+ nations for a final planning event! At #Flintlock2026, more than 1000 military personnel will train alongside each other during various ground and maritime scenarios in #CôtedIvoire and #Libya to enhance readiness in #counterterrorism operations. @USEmbAbidjan @USAfricaCommand

🇬🇦🇺🇸Precision planning. @USASOCNews 91st Civil Affairs and Gabonese @Parcs_Gabon forces refined synchronized maneuvers during an Akanda National Park #JCET, building the speed and trust needed for collective defense. @USAfricaCommand @USEmbassyGabon @USSOCOM

🇸🇱🇺🇸 During a Sierra Leone #JCET, @USASOCNews 91st Civil Affairs and Sierra Leone national forces trained on civil-military operations, lifesaving skills, and mission planning to strengthen regional defense. @USEmbFreetown @USAfricaCommand @USSOCOM

U.S. Army soldiers assigned to @3rdSFGroup prepare ammunition during a Joint Combined Exchange Training in Bundase, Ghana. JCETs enhance U.S. relationships with partner nations by developing and maintaining critical military-to-military connections.