 From Soldiers Radio and Television, this is the Army Today. Their business is Africa, one of the largest and most diverse regions of our planet. For U.S. Army Africa, this is where they make a difference. I think the impact can't be measured by one snapshot event. The impact is measured over time. Colonel Timothy Mitchell has spent most of his Army career focused on Africa. Currently, he serves as the Director of Security Operations at U.S. Army Africa, where he oversees the execution of some 200 mil-to-mil events every year. What we are most focused on with each individual event is trying to provide a professional, responsive, well-executed training. There are 54 countries in Africa and almost all have some sort of connection with U.S. Army Africa, primarily connections that are based on training events, exercises that are crafted here in Italy. It's taking baby steps. The strategy that we're trying to achieve is to start small and then work our way up. The primary tool are exercises that put U.S. boots on the ground. What it is is trying to build the capacity of the Africans so that they're able to solve their own problems. Here in the hills of Italy, bilateral and multinational training events are shaped, integrating both U.S. and African requirements and objectives, hands-on scenarios ranging from humanitarian assistance to combat tactics and techniques. Americans are there. They're working side-by-side Africans working together to do certain things. The cultivation of multinational military alliances is a move seen by many as a critical factor in U.S. national security, beneficial to all. Gil McKay. That's the Army Today from Soldiers Radio and Television.