What a way for the intelligence shop (G-2) for AFRICOM to begin. The concern and scrutiny regarding the newest military command of the United States may be overshadowed a tad by recent events off the coast of Somalia.
As the efforts to restore a functioning centralized government in Somalia continues to flounder, there has been an increase in piracy in one of the world's busiest shipping regions. Several nations including the United States have deployed both naval and special forces assets to the region in an effort to curtail the criminal activity.