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 hosts 2019 Capstone cohort

U.S. military senior officers participate in the Capstone Military Leadership Program classroom session at Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, Feb. 13, 2019. Capstone is a joint-service professional military education course for newly-promoted brigadier generals and rear admirals serving in the U.S. military. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Nick Scott)

February 15, 2019

Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa hosted a Capstone Military Leadership Program for newly-promoted, U.S military general and flag officers from around the globe at Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, Feb. 13-14, 2019.

Djibouti officials, U.S., coalition forces meet to coordinate emergency response effort for future crisis

M. Ahmed Mohamed Madar, Djibouti executive secretary of disaster management, speaks during an Emergency Response Information Exchange multinational discussion, Feb. 12, 2019 at Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti. The three-day discussion included representatives from the U.S., Japan, Germany, Italy, France, Spain and Djibouti, who identified various capabilities each nation can offer during the event of a natural disaster in Djibouti, including communication equipment, emergency vehicles and medical support. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Franklin R. Ramos)

February 15, 2019

Joint personnel assigned to Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA) hosted an Emergency Response Information Exchange (ERIE) multinational discussion from Feb. 12-14, 2019.

U.S. Navy Seabees turn over Ali Oune Medial Clinic to Djiboutian officials

U.S. Navy Seabees from Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 1, assigned to Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa, stand in formation during the Ali Oune Medial Clinic ribbon cutting ceremony in Ali Oune, Djibouti, Jan. 31, 2019. The clinic, which the Seabees have worked on for five months, is intended to enhance the Ministry of Health for Djibouti’s ability to provide basic medical, birth and after care to the Ali Oune village and its more than 1,000 residents and rural neighbors. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Shawn Nickel)

January 31, 2019

U.S. Navy Seabees from Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 1, assigned to Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa, turned over the newly constructed Ali Oune Medial Clinic to Djibouti government officials during a ribbon cutting ceremony at the clinic Jan. 31.

403rd Civil Affairs Functional Specialty Team conducts Combat Lifesaver Course for Italian partners

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Duan Erzell, a communication’s specialist with the 403rd Civil Affairs (CA) Battalion, participates in a tourniquet application demonstration as a simulated casualty during a Combat Lifesaver Course (CLS) at Base Militar Italiano de Supporte, Djibouti, Jan. 15, 2019. Proper tourniquet application is a primary focus of the CLS, a course medics from the 403rd CA Functional Specialty Team recently conducted for members of Base Militar Italiano de Supporte. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Kirsten Brandes)

January 28, 2019

A team of medics with the 403rd Civil Affairs Battalion Functional Specialty Team, assigned to Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa, conducted a Combat Lifesaver Course for a class of 16 members of the Italian Army, Navy, Air Force and Carabinieri (National Police) on Base Militar Italiano de Supporte, Jan. 14-18.

Joint Personnel Center gives recently-deployed Sailors peace of mind

U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Michael Roseborough, a personnel specialist with the Joint Personnel Center (JPC) assigned to Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa, answers questions during a mass in-processing briefing at Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, Jan. 25, 2019. Mass in-processing briefings are one of the primary tasks the JPC accomplishes for CJTF-HOA, addressing the questions and concerns of recently-deployed Sailors. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Kirsten Brandes)

January 25, 2019

The Sailors and Marines of the Joint Personnel Center assigned to Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa are no strangers to paperwork. Every two weeks, the office conducts mass in-processing briefings, to ensure incoming Sailors, and the folders full of paperwork they deploy with, are squared away.