CJTF-HOA visits with U.S. Ambassador to Burundi

By Tech. Sgt. Ashley Nicole Taylor
CJTF-HOA

January 31, 2020

Key leaders from Combined Joint Task Force- Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA), brief Ambassador Eunice S. Reddick, Chargé d’affaires of the U.S. Embassy to Burundi, at Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, Jan. 31, 2020. Reddick visited to learn more about the CJTF-HOA mission. (U.S. Air Force photo illustration by Tech. Sgt. Ashley Nicole Taylor)

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