Armed Forces of Liberia
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The Armed Forces of Liberia (AFL) are the armed forces of the Republic of Liberia. Tracing its origins to a militia that was formed by the first black colonists in what is now Liberia, it was founded as the Liberian Frontier Force in 1908, and retitled in 1956. For almost all of its history, the AFL has received considerable materiel and training assistance from the United States. For most of the 1941–89 period, training was largely provided by U.S. advisers, though this assistance has not prevented the same generally low levels of effectiveness common to most of the armed forces in the developing world.
A Liberian color guard marches on Armed Forces Day in 2010.
Chief of the Liberian Frontier Force, Captain Alford Russ (seated far right) sits alongside members of President Barclay's party during the Liberian President's visit to Washington DC in 1943.
President Samuel Doe with United States Secretary of Defense Caspar Weinberger during a visit to Washington DC in 1982
President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf inspecting AFL soldiers on board USS Fort McHenry in 2008
William Tolbert
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William Richard Tolbert Jr. was a Liberian politician who served as the 20th president of Liberia from 1971 until his assassination in 1980.
Tolbert family in 1913
Tubman&Tolbert poster for 1968 inauguration.
Tolbert in Congress September 1976.