CJTF-HOA deputy commanding general gauges progress in South Sudan

By Senior Airman Codie Trimble
U.S. Air Force

CJTF-HOA, September 5, 2019

U.S. Air Force Brig. Gen. James R. Kriesel, deputy commanding general of Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA), meets with Charles Moore, deputy head of mission assigned to the British Embassy in South Sudan, in Juba, South Sudan, Aug. 15, 2019. Kriesel and Moore discussed the capabilities CJTF-HOA can bring to the British Embassy in South Sudan. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Senior Airman Codie Trimble)

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