Cutlass Express 2016

By U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Victoria Sneed
Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa

Port of Djibouti, January 31, 2016

U.S. Navy Hospital Corpsman First Class Aaron Clifford, Cutlass Express medical instructor, explains how to treat a sucking chest wound on a simulated patient to Djibouti Coast Guardsmen and Marines during classroom instruction for exercise Cutlass Express Jan. 31, 2016, at the Djiboutian Coast Guard Academy, Djibouti. Exercise participants conducted a number of maritime security operations to include vessel queries, ship boarding, airborne maritime patrol operations, and search and rescue drills.

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Exercise Cutlass Express 2016 bolsters maritime security

Participants from Sudan, Rwanda, Kenya, and Djibouti stand in formation during the opening ceremony of exercise Cutlass Express 2016 at the Djibouti Navy Base, Djibouti, Feb. 1, 2016. More than 450 personnel from 18 countries coordinated at two locations for the fifth iteration of the maritime exercise. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Victoria Sneed)

February 9, 2016

Naval and Coast Guard personnel from across the globe joined together to train in waters off the Port of Djibouti, Jan. 31 to Feb. 5, 2016, as part of exercise Cutlass Express 2016.

EARF Soldiers conduct demolition training

U.S. Army Soldiers from the Bravo Company, 3rd Battalion, 15th Infantry Regiment, detonate explosives secured to a wood board during demolition training to learn how to breach through buildings, Aug. 30, 2016, in Arta, Djibouti. Bravo Co. 3/15 Inf. Rgt., from Fort Stewart, Ga., serves as the East Africa Response Force assigned to Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa to provide rapid response and security to protect embassies and foreign assets in the area of responsibility of CJTF-HOA. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Tiffany DeNault)

September 4, 2016

U.S. Army Soldiers from Bravo Company, 3rd Battalion, 15th Infantry Regiment, completed demolition training and learned how to use explosives to breach through buildings, Aug. 30, 2016 at Arta, Djibouti.

Djiboutian forces increase intelligence knowledge

Cynthia, Regional Joint Intel Training Facility (RJITF) instructor from Royal Air Force Molesworth, U.K., points out source information to Djiboutian Armed Forces members during an open source intelligence course at the People’s Palace, Djibouti, March 5-10, 2016. The course introduced students to finding different sources, how to validate those sources and risk assessments. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Victoria Sneed)

March 15, 2016

More than 15 Djiboutian Armed Forces (FAD) members joined instructors from the Regional Joint Intel Training Facility (RJITF) from Royal Air Force Molesworth, U.K., to learn open source intelligence (OSINT) research techniques at the People’s Palace, Djibouti, March 5-10, 2016.

Under Secretary Rose Gottemoeller travels to Djibouti

U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Otis Yeatts, 870th Air Expeditionary Squadron commander, shows Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security Rose Gottemoeller, a view from one of the perimeter posts at Chebelley Airfield, Djibouti, Nov. 14, 2015. Gottemoeller toured Chebelley and Camp Lemonnier as part of her orientation to the U.S. presence in Africa. As Under Secretary, Gottemoeller advises the Secretary of State on arms control, nonproliferation and disarmament.

November 16, 2015

Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security Rose Gottemoeller, travelled to Djibouti to visit Camp Lemonnier and Chebelley Airfield to meet with various counterparts to discuss international security issues and international anti-piracy efforts.

Task Force Alamo arrives in Djibouti

U.S. Army Lt. Col. Sean Ibarguen, commander, 1st Battalion 141st Infantry Regiment, known as “Task Force Alamo,” salutes for the playing of the national anthem, during the transfer of authority ceremony on Camp Lemonnier, July 5, 2018. Task Force Alamo is taking over authority and command from Task Force Bayonet. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Scott Jackson)

July 7, 2018

The responsibility as the Security Force Battalion for Combined Joint Task Force – Horn of Africa was transferred from one Texas Army National Guard battalion to another at a ceremony on Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, on July 5, 2018.