Purpose/Mission

Details: "to support regional forces from the African Union's Regional Task Force that are working to apprehend or remove Lord's Resistance Army leader Joseph Kony and other senior leaders from the battlefield and to protect local populations"

Domestic Legal Authority

Details: "This deployment is in furtherance of the national security and foreign policy interests of the United States, including the policy expressed in the Lord's Resistance Army Disarmament and Northern Uganda Recovery Act of 2009, Public Law 111-172, enacted May 24, 2010. I have approved this deployment pursuant to my constitutional authority to conduct U.S. foreign relations and as Commander in Chief and Chief Executive."

Claimed International Legal Basis

Details: Deployment is "to enhance U.S. support to these regional forces"

Estimated Scope/Duration

Mission-bound but indeterminate

Details: "During these deployments, the number of U.S. Armed Forces deployed to the central Africa region will fluctuate, and may increase to as many as approximately 300."

Type of Enemy or Mission

Details: Lord's Resistance Army

Military Activity

Details: "U.S. aircraft, aircrews, and support personnel deployed to central Africa.... The approximately 150 additional personnel will principally operate and maintain U.S. aircraft to provide air mobility support to foreign partner forces"

US Casualties Reported

Unknown

Non-US Casualties Reported

Unknown