U.S. Air War College Students Visit Ethiopia

March 6, 2008
NO. 06/08

Addis Ababa (U.S. Embassy) -- 14 students of the U.S. Air War College concluded a four-day visit, March 2-6, to Addis Ababa and Debre Zeit, Ethiopia. The students, who are lieutenant colonels and colonels completing a one-year course of professional military education at Maxwell Air Force Base in Alabama, visited Ethiopia as part of a familiarization trip through several African countries. The impressions and facts gathered throughout their journey will assist in the completion of their studies, since many of them are doing research on African political, economic, and military subjects.

While in Ethiopia, the group visited the African Union and the United Nations Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea and received briefings on the mission of the United States Combined Joint Task Force Horn of Africa based in Djibouti.  Aside from their official meetings, the fourteen officers visited an Ethiopian coffee factory in Addis Ababa, and enjoyed local culture and food at one of the excellent national restaurants.

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