U.S. Service Members Participate in the Denzel Challenge

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Andrew Konen, assistant mortar section leader, East Africa Response Force (EARF), Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA), performs a box jump during the Denzel Challenge, Oct. 29, 2020, at Base Aérienne 188 (French Air Force Base), Djibouti. The Denzel Challenge was created to honor Thomas Dupoy, a French Air Force member who lost his life fighting for his country on Oct. 29, 2014. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Kristin Savage)



By CJTF-HOA Public Affairs Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti Nov 17, 2020
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