The move marks a change in strategy in the level of direct US military involvement on the ground in Kenya.
US and Kenya to resume military training from July in policy shift
The US military is sending an unspecified number of special-operations forces for joint military exercises with Kenya from July in a strategic shift by President Joe Biden administration in fight against global terrorism.
The US military said its special-operations troops will assist the Kenyan military beef up their capabilities in undertaking anti-terrorism operations in the region.
The move marks a change in strategy in the level of direct US military involvement on the ground in Kenya.
“We are sending a security force assistance team there (Kenya). In fact, the advanced elements of that element was just there doing a recon and setting the conditions,” Major-General Andrew M.
Rohling, deputy commanding general of the US Army in-charge of Europe and Africa, said in a security update yesterday.
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