Africa Regional Media Hub
United States Department of State
MEDIA ADVISORY | March 13 Digital Press briefing on Exercise Flintlock in Ghana and Cote d’Ivoire
EVENT: Please join us on Monday, March 13, 2023, for a digital press briefing on Exercise Flintlock, USAFRICOM’s largest special operations exercise, happening in Ghana and Cote d’Ivoire 1-15 March 2023. Featured speaker is Special Operations Command Africa’s commander, Rear Admiral Jamie Sands.
Rear Admiral Sands will discuss the security situation across Africa, give expert opinion about the threat of violent extremism, and highlight the special operations exercise Flintlock currently taking place in Ghana and Cote d’Ivoire. After brief opening remarks, the speaker will take questions from participating journalists.
DETAILS:
Speaker: Rear Admiral Jamie Sands, Commander of Special Operations Command Africa
Date: Monday, March 13, 2023
Time: 15:00 Accra (GMT) |17:00 Johannesburg | 16:00 Stuttgart| 11:00 Washington
Language: English.
Ground rules: The briefing will be on the record.
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BIOGRAPHY:
Rear Admiral Jamie Sands III
Commander, Special Operations Command Africa
Rear Admiral Milton J. “Jamie” Sands III is the Commander, Special Operations Command Africa, headquartered at Kelley Barracks near Stuttgart, Germany. Rear Admiral Sands is responsible for the full spectrum of Special Operations activities across the African continent and the more than 1,500 U.S. military, interagency and international military personnel operating throughout Africa and Europe. Special Operations Command Africa is designated as U.S. Africa Command’s lead counterterror operations component.
LOGISTICS:
- Participants should log in to join the conference 10 minutes early.
- Participants will be asked to type in their name, press affiliation, and location.
- The speaker will give brief opening remarks, and then the moderator will open the floor to questions.
- Participants will be instructed to type their questions or indicate to the moderator in the chat that they wish to ask a live question. Journalists may also submit written questions in advance when registering on Eventbrite or via e-mail to afmediahub@state.gov.
- If you experience technical difficulties during the briefing, you may send an e-mail to afmediahub@state.gov to alert the moderator to any issues.