APS NASHVILLE Weekly Report Apr 19

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APS NASHVILLE Weekly Report (Apr 19)

• Gabon Engagement (Libreville)
• Leadership
• Other Key Engagements
• Maritime TSC
• Community Outreach
• São Tomé Engagement
• Port Gentil (Gabon) Overview
• Future Schedule

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Libreville Leadership Engagement

• Office Calls
• Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs (Acting
  Minister)
  
• Chief of Defense Staff
• Chief of Naval Staff
• Mayor of Libreville
• Mayor of Port Owendo

• DV Visits
• EU Representative
• NSH Reception
• Held at AMB residence
• Ambassadors from Brazil, Cameroon, China, Congo
  Brazzaville, Congo Kinshasa, Egypt, Equatorial
  Guinea, France, Germany, Japan, Korea, Morocco,
  Russia, Saudi Arabia, Spain, Ukraine
• EU Representative
• Various other DVs

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Other Key Libreville Engagements

• Maritime TSC
• METOC (AFRICOM / C6F)
• NOAA-facilitated ARGO Buoy
• Handover ceremony
• -- Attended by AMB Reddick and Dep Minister of
  Foreign Affairs
  
• Community Outreach
• Medical Dental Outreach
• Project Handclasp delivery to Embassy for further
  distribution
  
• Band performance

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São Tomé Engagement

• Key Leader Engagement
• AMB hosted DV APS brief, luncheon tour
• -- Key attendees Minister of Interior, CG
  Commander, AMB from Gabon
  
• STP CG Engagement
• STP CG APS Familiarization
• -- Ship tour, lunch, APS brief for 30 STP CG
• CMDRE tour of STP CG facilities
• Ops Center and small boat maintenance assist
• Community Outreach
• Delivery of 30 wheelchairs to the STEPUP NGO
• Delivery of donated books and magazines

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São Tomé Snapshots
STP Coast Guard Ops Center
AMB Reddick and STP DVs Tour USS NASHVILLE
STP APS brief with AMB Reddick and Minister of
the Interior
Some of the STP CG facilities built by U.S. Navy
Seabees Fall 2008
APS brief in STP
Boat ramp and head bldg
Seawall and security fence
Boat ramp
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EVENTS IN EXECUTION USS ELROD
USS NASHVILLE GABON PORT GENTIL (20 APR 01
MAY)

• Office Calls Visits
• Minister of Defense
• General Secretary of Defence
• Chief of Naval Staff
• Governor of Ogooue Maritime
• Mayor of Port Gentil
• Commander Ogooue Maritime
• Naval Command
• Ships Tours
• Gabonese Navy
• Press Conf Media Day
• Receptions
• NSH hosted
• GN hosted

• Maritime TSC
• Small Boat Maint (ETC)
• Port Security (NCIS)
• Shipboard Medical (CNE)
• Maritime LE (USCG)
• Oil Spill Response (NAVENV)
• SAR Training (Malta CG)
• Intelligence (NAVAF)
• Fisheries (Portuguese Navy)
• Information Tech Workshop
• Expeditionary TSC
• Patrol Recon Exercise
• Embarked Trainees
• Group 5 will embark (Kenya, The Gambia)

• Tech Assists
• Rodman Patrol Craft
• P400 Patrol Craft
• AIS
• Computer Systems

• Community Activities
• Medical, Dental Outreach
• Soccer Match
• Band Concerts
• COMREL

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Embarked Trainee Program

• Completion ceremony held for Cape Verde and Sao
• Tome embarked trainees
• Currently onboard
• Cameroon 3 officers, 3 enlisted
• Gabon 1 officer, 2 enlisted
• Running mates
• Skill set matched to trainee background
• Language proficiency a challenge
• Training Topics (OJT Lecture)
• Technical Skills (nav, eng and deck)
• Basic Shipboard Skills
• CPO Mess-hosted leadership round-table

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APS NASHVILLE SOE

• 3-11 Feb Dakar, Senegal
• 16 Feb-13 Mar Monrovia, Liberia
• (USMC trng and
  HA delivery only)
  
• 20 Feb-10 Mar Sekondi, Ghana
• 17-27 Mar Lagos, Nigeria
• 01-13 Apr Limbe, Cameroon
• 15-17 Apr Libreville, Gabon
• 18 Apr Sao Tome
• 20 Apr-1 May Port Gentil, Gabon
• 08-15 May Dakar, Senegal