Burkinabe Minister of Defense and Veteran Affairs, Chèrif Sy welcomes participants and partner nations to this year’s Flintlock 2019, a multi-national special operations exercise hosted by Burkina Faso. By bringing members of the G5 Sahel, Multinational Joint Task Force, and various troop contributing nations together to develop and implement complimentary tactical operations, Flintlock 2019 better enables African partners to conduct real world missions structured around a coherent campaign plan.

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