Over eight rotations, the Armed Forces of Liberia deployed approximately 800 of their 2,000 total personnel to Mali. In 2006, the U.S. government began tireless work to rebuild Liberia’s entire military and supported Liberia’s entrance in the peacekeeping realm. U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Paul Rogers, adjutant general of the Michigan National Guard, offered congratulations to the AFL by correspondence. The Michigan National Guard has been Liberia’s committed partner under the National Guard Bureau’s State Partnership Program (SPP) since 2009 and was involved in Liberia’s Security Sector Reform through the U.S. AFRICOM-sponsored Operation Onward Liberty (OOL). “The credit goes mainly to the people of Liberia, for the confidence they have in our new armed forces,” said Liberian Maj. Gen.

Source: GNN Liberia December 24, 2023 08:12 UTC