Prevention is the Best Medicine

By Anastasia, Denman E. SrA
Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa

Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, October 23, 2015

Service members from the 404th and 415th Civil Affairs battalion conduct a preventative health course in Obock, Djibouti.

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CJTF-HOA Foreign Liaison Officers observe U.S. Navy Maritime Security Operations

Foreign Liaison Officers (FLOs), assigned to Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA), receive a safety brief prior to observing maritime security operations (MSO) with Coastal Riverine Squadron (CRS) 8 at the Port of Djibouti, Oct. 23, 2018. The CJTF-HOA FLOs observed the operations to better understand MSO and the CRS-8 mission. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Timothy M. Ahearn)

October 24, 2018

CAMP LEMONNIER, Djibouti—Five Foreign Liaison Officers (FLOs) assigned to Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA) participated in maritime security operations (MSO) familiarization at the Port of Djibouti, Oct. 23.

CJTF-HOA Leaders Recognize Service Members during ALL Hands

Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa’s Senior Enlisted Leader, Command Master Chief Karl W. Parsons, presents a quarterly award plaque and certificate to U.S. Army Spc. Emmett M. Ryan, communications specialist for CJTF-HOA, on Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, Oct. 20, 2018. Ryan was recognized as the CJTF-HOA Junior Service Member of the Quarter during a CJTF-HOA all-hands call. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Scott Jackson)

October 23, 2018

CJTF-HOA’s commanding general, Maj. Gen. James D. Craig, and CJTF-HOA’s Senior Enlisted Leader, Command Master Chief Karl Parsons, presented quarterly awards, thanked galley employees and praised members of the CJTF-HOA staff.

Army Civil Affairs investigates Ribta village Well

U.S. Army Maj. Michael Ahrens, 404th Civil Affairs Functional Specialty team, environmental health scientst collects well water to test at the Ribta village in the Tadjoura region Djibouti, Sept. 13, 2018. The remoteness of the village causes the villagers to rely on the well as a primary water source, but with its contamination, they have to travel kilometers to draw water. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Scott Jackson)

October 19, 2018

Ribta is located in a small valley in the mountains of the Tadjoura region, far from any city and public water systems; the villagers there rely on well water for drinking and watering their crops.

St. Michael anniversary celebratory jump

U.S. Army Capt. Mark Olving, team leader, Civil Affairs Team 305, 404th Civil Affairs battalion, packs his parachute bag after a static line jump outside Djibouti City, Djibouti, Oct. 1, 2018. American servicemembers and coalition partners jumped together to celebrate the Feast Day of Archangel Michael, the patron saint of paratroopers. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Scott Jackson)

October 19, 2018

American, French, Japanese and Italian forces performed a static line jump near Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti Oct. 1.

Civil Affairs Battalion transfers authority

The 404th Civil Affairs Battalion and 403rd CA Battalion salute during the national anthem during a transfer of authority ceremony on Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, Oct. 13, 2018. The 404th CA Battalion transferred its authority to the 403rd CA Battalion, who will now continue the mission throughout the Horn of Africa. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Scott Jackson)

October 19, 2018

The 403rd Civil Affairs Battalion received authority from the 404th CA Battalion.

Prevention is the Best Medicine

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CJTF-HOA Foreign Liaison Officers observe U.S. Navy Maritime Security Operations

CJTF-HOA Leaders Recognize Service Members during ALL Hands

Army Civil Affairs investigates Ribta village Well

St. Michael anniversary celebratory jump

Civil Affairs Battalion transfers authority