{"id":14613,"date":"2020-01-06T19:13:47","date_gmt":"2020-01-06T19:13:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/uncategorized\/2020\/01\/06\/africoms-east-africa-response-force-heads-to-manda-bay-after-deadly-jihadi-attack-in-kenya\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T05:25:40","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T05:25:40","slug":"africoms-east-africa-response-force-heads-to-manda-bay-after-deadly-jihadi-attack-in-kenya","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/flashpoints\/2020\/01\/06\/africoms-east-africa-response-force-heads-to-manda-bay-after-deadly-jihadi-attack-in-kenya\/","title":{"rendered":"AFRICOM\u2019s East Africa Response Force heads to Manda Bay after deadly jihadi attack in Kenya"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-smg-jwplayer-video\"><atype-video-jwplayer nostick=\"true\" playlisturl=\"https:\/\/cdn.jwplayer.com\/v2\/playlists\/fCzRqMW8?tags=aa3c5ea1-86ed-480d-b952-cc6bf32ff427\" poster=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/video-poster-aa3c5ea1-86ed-480d-b952-cc6bf32ff427.jpg\" aspectratio=\"16 \/ 9\" mute autostart=\"false\"><\/atype-video-jwplayer><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Militants from the terrorist group Al-Shabab attacked and briefly gained entry to a small U.S. base in eastern Kenya recently, killing three Americans.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">U.S. Africa Command\u2019s East Africa Response Force is now in Manda Bay, Kenya to bolster security of U.S. forces there \u2014 following <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/your-military\/2020\/01\/05\/us-aircraft-destroyed-no-troops-injured-in-jihadi-attack-on-base-in-kenya\/\" target=_blank>an attack<\/a> at the Kenya Defense Force Military Base that took the lives of one U.S. service member and two Department of Defense contractors on Sunday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe EARF provides a critical combat-ready, rapid deployment force,\u201d U.S. Army Maj. 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