Improving Maritime Safety and Security in the AFRICOM Region.

U.S. Navy Capt. John Nowell, commodore of Africa Partnership Station 2008 has extensive time in West and Central Africa over the past two plus years and has led our efforts to help improve maritime safety and security in the region. He will be able to discuss the successes and lessons learned from this most recent mission. Moreover, the commodore can address the topic of why the U.S. Navy is taking a keen interest in Africa from an American audience perspective - AFRICOM, global commerce, regio