Military leaders Mark End of U.S. Marines Engagement in Uganda
U.S. Marines and U.S. Navy Sailors
with Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force, Crisis Response-Africa 20.1,
Marine Forces Europe and Africa, and members of the Uganda People's Defense
Force celebrate in Camp Singo, Uganda, in February.
American
and Ugandan military leaders held a virtual ceremony this week marking the end
of a U.S. Marine engagement with Uganda as
part of that nation's six-year participation in the African Peacekeeping Rapid
Response Partnership.
Major
Gen. Stephen M. Neary, commander of U.S. Marine Corps Forces Europe and
Africa spoke by video teleconference with Brig.
Gen. Peter Omola, the Uganda Rapid Deployment Capability Center Commandant and
his soldiers.
While the overall APRRP effort is not ending,
the event marked th...