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AFRICOM halts HQ plan; will phase in staff
By Charlie
Remember this plan - to split EUCOM, PACOM, and CENTCOM responsibility for Africa into a new COCOM? It has hit some snags recently, but it seems to be proceeding at pace, despite challenges:
STUTTGART, Germany — The U.S. Africa Command has shelved plans to build a new headquarters on the African continent in favor of placing staff there as needs arise.The new command already uses 13 Offices of Defense Cooperation at U.S. embassies in African capitals. It plans to open 11 more over the next four years.
The command will also take over the Combined Joint Task Force Horn of Africa, a 2,000-person base in Djibouti on Africa’s east coast.
AFRICOM had planned to select a site on the continent for a headquarters by Oct. 1, when it is to assume control of ongoing U.S. military missions there. The command last summer also favored building about six regional offices throughout the vast, 53-nation continent.
I find it tough to believe that an HQ cannot be established on the continent itself -Africa is a big place, and it does have countries friendly to the US. Until it finds a home:
The command is headquartered at Kelley Barracks in Stuttgart. Much of its personnel and duties are being inherited from the U.S. European Command, headquartered 10 miles to the east at Patch Barracks.
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I've quoted you and linked to you here: http://consul-at-arms.blogspot.com/2008/05/re-africom-halts-hq-plan-will-phase-in.html
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Cape Town! I cannot believe they cannot get a HQ there either. Except of course they have a lot of civilians who do not want to move to Africa. I'll bet if you pulled the string there is a lot of civilian resistance to leaving Germany........