AFRICOM Commander observes Djiboutian RIB, meets with key partners

U.S. Marine Corps Gen. Thomas D. Waldhauser, left center, commander of U.S. Africa Command, addresses U.S. Army Soldiers fromHeadquarters Company, 1-26 Infantry Battalion, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne, assigned to Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa, who train Rapid Intervention Battalion (RIB) soldiers during his visit with senior Djiboutian officials, including Chief of General Staff of the Djibouti Armed Forces Zakaria Cheik Ibrahim, at a training base in Djibouti, March 21, 2019. While in Djibouti, Waldhauser observed the ongoing growth and development of the RIB, the Djiboutian army’s elite military force, which the U.S. is in the process of training and equipping at the request of the Djiboutian government. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Shawn Nickel)