Quote Originally Posted by Stan View Post
What I had not realized was just how much had been budgeted to plant AFRICOM on African soil. The amount staggers the total sum for all of Africa and then some. Some of these folks estimated hiring over 2,500 locals in addition to construction, maintenance and transportation contracts.

I asked if any of this information was provided to the potential host countries and the answer was NO.

The current line of defense budget cuts will now make that proposal impossible
Hey Stan,

US are building new embassies all over Central Africa. Is there some plans to set AFRICOM in that part of Africa?
By the way a unique central command center for all africa is not what I would qualify as a extremely smart decision. France, UK... had several bases and that was for a good reason: you can't deploy troops all over Africa only from Djibouti. (It's too hot anyway there)