Major General Greg Lusk, Adjutant General for the North Carolina National Guard, speaking with U.S. Ambassador to Tanzania Mark Childress, Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Tourism (MNRT) Major General Gaudence Milanzi, and game scouts. The game scouts are participating in training conducted by U.S. military experts and funded by the U.S. government to increase their capacity to combat wildlife poaching and trafficking. (Photo Courtesy of U.S. Embassy)
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U.S. Embassy Dar es Salaam
TANZANIA
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August 26, 2016
For Immediate Release
U.S. Army and National Guard Train 50 Tanzanian Game Scouts
Rungwa Game Reserve, TANZANIA. On Wednesday, Ambassador Mark Childress observed a training demonstration of field techniques learned by Tanzanian game scouts to increase their capacity to combat wildlife poaching and trafficking in Rungwa Game Reserve. The game scouts have been participating in a training conducted by U.S. military experts from U.S. Army Africa Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa and the North Carolina National Guard Special Forces, and funded by the U.S. government.
During two three-week training sessions between July 25 and September 9, 50 Tanzanian game scouts are being trained in surveillance and patrol techniques, arrest and detention procedures, search and seizure, crime scene investigation, first aid, human rights and rules of engagement.
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