CJTF-HOA Photo

By CJTF-HOA Public Affairs

December 8, 2009

DJIBOUTI, Djibouti - Peter Marwa (center), acting director of the East Africa Standby Brigade (EASTBRIG), speaks to Vice Admiral Robert T. Moeller (right), U.S. Africa Command's (AFRICOM) deputy to the commander for military operations, and Rear Admiral Tony Kurta, commander of Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa, December 4, 2009. Marwa, Moeller, and Kurta witnessed the graduation of participants in the East Africa Standby Force Field Training Exercise, a four-day exercise in Djibouti designed to test EASTBRIG's initial operating capabilities. Approximately 1,500 participants from 10 East African nations took part in the exercise. (U.S. Africa Command photo)

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