Ghanaian Armed Forces' Special Boats Squadron Unit employees of the Ghanaian Armed Forces' Special Boats Squadron Unit took part in a collaborative military capacity-building program at the Tema Port as part of Operation Flintlock, a United States Africa Command exercise.
The project included exercises in mamarineprotection, tactical training, pirate assault rescue, and crew rescue and protection. It aims to build relationships between Africa, the US, and other international military and police organizations to increase security and stability in the African area.
1,300 military and navy personnel are being trained as part of the exercise, which is being held concurrently in Ghana and Cote d'Ivoire, to assist address the security concerns in the Sahel and coastal West Africa.
Ghana, Burkina Faso, Cabo Verde, Cameroun, Chad, Côte d'Ivoire, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, and Niger are included in the 2023 programme.
Others include Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa, Togo, and Tunisia.
Participants come from various countries, including Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, the Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Poland, Spain, the United Kingdom, and the United States.
Exercises sponsored by the US Africa Command are intended to strengthen relationships between African, US, and other international military and law enforcement organizations, improve interoperability during crises and operations, and improve security and stability in the area.
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At a press conference at the Tema Port, Major Adam Demarco, the Volta Site Lead and Liaison to the Maritime African Partners, said that the US government had given $5 million to the two-week training program.
He said that to help with that, training centers had been established in Sogakope, Daboya, and Tamale.
To increase and secure the security of Africa as a whole, he claimed that the alliance has brought together all of the partners in the African continent.
To form a coalition and work towards the goal, the number of trainees, according to Major Demarco, had been distributed among five separate locations in Ghana and Cote d'Ivoire.
"Our aim is to cooperate and provide greater collective security for the area, as well as encouraging all partners to take responsibility for the security issue, so we can have a more safe west coast across Africa," Major Demarco stated.
Although the training covered all areas of conflicts, he said that it was not done in reaction to any particular threat but rather to improve the collective security offered by all domain operations
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