U.S. military presence in Africa

Last month, about 1,200 U.S. Marines, sailors and airmen participated in African Lion '13 where they drove 250 tons worth of vehicles and equipment on a 300 mile convoy and practiced low-level flying and aerial refueling.

U.S. troops are aiding the French fight against Islamist rebels here.

The northwest ramp of the airport at Niamey, Niger is the possible site of a U.S. drone base.

A special ramp at Ouagadougou's airport is reportedly a hub for U.S. military surveillance planes operating in the region.

U.S. coast guardsmen and sailors from the Navy and the Royal Navy helped sailors from Cape Verde's navy conduct maritime law enforcement operations. The Royal Navy frigate HMS Argyll and a Cape Verdean patrol boat conducted joint operations

In February and March, more than 1,000 troops from African countries and the U.S. participated in Flintlock 13. Flintlock is an annual special operations exercise held in the region. In April, U.S. Army medical troops trained Mauritanian medical personnel the latest in suture-less cataract surgery techniques during exercise MEDRETE 13-2.

In March, the U.S., five European countries and eight African nations participated in exercise Saharan Express 2013 aimed at developing anti-piracy skills here.

The South Sudanese village of Nizara is the possible site of a new U.S. drone base. U.S. special operations troops are also here helping to hunt Joseph Kony and his Lord's Resistance Army.

An airstrip under construction near Lamu in coastal Kenya is reportedly home to a new U.S. drone base.

In February, U.S. special operations troops co-hosted a conference for special ops forces from east Africa.

Camp Lemmonier, Djibouti is home to roughly 2,000 U.S. troops and serves as the major U.S. base in Africa.

Entebbe airport is apparently home to U.S. drone operations. U.S. special operations troops are also here helping to hunt Joseph Kony and his Lord's Resistance Army.

Arba Minch, Ethiopia is reportedly home to a U.S. drone base.

The U.S. has a drone base at the airport on the island of Mahe in the Seychelles.

U.S. Navy and Air Force troops provided medical treatment to more than 1,300 people here over five days in early April under the aegis of the U.S. Navy's Africa Partnership Station. Around the same time, U.S. special operations forces were teaching Cameroonian troops ground combat techniques.

U.S. special operations troops are here helping to hunt down Joseph Kony and his Lord's Resistance Army.

A two-man "travelling contact team" from the U.S. Army "recently" ran a three week course training 29 local troops in basic intelligence techniques. U.S. special operations troops are also here helping to hunt Joseph Kony and his Lord's Resistance Army.

Last week, U.S. milirary medical personnel and staff at the Nigerian navy hospital in Lagos exchanged "best practices" for treating trauma casualties.

A two-man "Travelling Contact Team" from U.S. Army Africa's Inspector General's office went to Monrovia to help the Liberian military stand up its own inspector general cadre.