Mapped: The U.S. military’s presence in Africa | Killer Apps
http://killerapps.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2013/05/01/mapped_the_us_militarys_presence_in_africa_this_spring
A map of countries where the U.S. has recently (spring, 2013) conducted exercises, operations or has bases in Africa. https://maps.google.com/maps/ms?msa=0&msid=214657238798825140083.0004dbadd2fc3b8a05e62&ie=UTF8&t=h&l
https://dl.dropbox.com/s/ope8mr9oupby3ba/mapped.png
The United States may be deploying 10 additional troops to Mali, but that’s just a drop in the bucket of the U.S. military’s presence in Africa, which has been quietly building for the last decade. You’ve probably heard about the 2,000-troop hub at Camp Lemmonier, Djibouti, and the 100 special operators hunting Joseph Kony. But less is known about the handful of U.S. drone bases scattered across the continent and the dozens of exercises involving hundreds, if not thousands, of American troops (Click the placemarks on the map above for a quick description of what U.S. troops are doing in each country.)
Summer on the beach... Be careful of sunburns, stray self-propelled artillery trampling your towel and the occasional C-130 landing on it - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g-DyYiTTq4Y and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K8lzX67aeVs
I love a good military fuck-up for entertainment - the Desert One debacle is certainly among the very best and this new article does justice to its awesomeness: http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/print/2006/05/the-desert-one-debacle/4803