<P> "...The first battalion started the United States Army Training and Evaluation Programme, which it will complete in September (2009), while the second battalion will complete the programme in December (2009). At that time, the United States contractors currently training and equipping the force will hand over to the Ministry of National Defense, which will assume responsibility for training and standing up the new army . The United States has indicated that it plans to assign as many as 60 United States serving military personnel to continue mentoring the Armed Forces of Liberia, beginning in January 2010 ." </P> <P> As of December 2010, a Logistics Command is being established within the AFL, taking the same name as a pre-Civil War AFL formation . </P> <P> Colonel Eric Wayma Dennis was appointed Deputy Chief of Staff on 11 February 2013 and served in that position until his death, of natural causes, on 8 August 2016 . Dennis was a pre-Civil War officer who rejoined in 2006 and re-rose to the rank of colonel . Dennis replaced Col. Daniel Moore as Deputy Chief of Staff . Lt. Col. Prince Charles Johnson III was promoted to Brig. Gen. and appointed Deputy Chief of Staff on 14 November 2016 . </P> <P> The Coast Guard was reactivated on the 53rd Armed Forces Day on February 11, 2010, with an initial strength of 40 personnel who had been trained in the United States . A United States Coast Guard officer is now serving at the U.S. Embassy in Monrovia supporting efforts to reestablish the Liberian Coast Guard . </P>

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