U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Lapthe C. Flora, commanding general, Combined Joint Task Force – Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA), and Command Master Chief Petty Officer Alex Hebert, senior enlisted leader, CJTF-HOA, admire a new plaque for the commander’s conference after its unveiling at the CJTF-HOA headquarters building, Oct. 13, 2020, at Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti. The incoming and outgoing senior enlisted leaders kept the plaque’s creation a secret so they could surprise Flora during the unveiling. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Senior Airman Kristin Savage)
U.S. Army Sgt. Joyce Blanco Parades, heavy equipment operator, 760th Engineer Vertical Construction Company, and U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Jody Sambury, self-help leading petty officer, Public Works Department, unveil a plaque with the Combined Joint Task Force – Horn of Africa logo at the CJTF-HOA headquarters building, Oct. 13, 2020, Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti. The plaque was commissioned by the outgoing and incoming senior enlisted leaders for CJTF-HOA and will be displayed on the wall in the commander’s conference room. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Senior Airman Kristin Savage)
U.S. Navy Command Master Chief Petty Officer Alex Hebert, command senior enlisted leader, Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA), addresses the new HOA staff at Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, Oct. 10, 2020. Nearly 200 Soldiers from the 196th Maneuver Enhancement Brigade (MEB), of Sioux Falls, South Dakota Army National Guard became the new headquarters staff after arriving at Combined Joint Task Force – Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA), Sept. 25, 2020. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Dana J. Cable)
The new Combined Joint Task Force –Horn of Africa staff at Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, Oct. 10, 2020. Nearly 200 Soldiers from the 196th Maneuver Enhancement Brigade (MEB), of Sioux Falls, South Dakota Army National Guard became the new headquarters staff after arriving at Combined Joint Task Force – Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA), Sept. 25, 2020. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Dana J. Cable)
U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Lapthe C. Flora, commanding general, Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA), addresses the new HOA staff at Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, Oct. 10, 2020. Nearly 200 Soldiers from the 196th Maneuver Enhancement Brigade (MEB), of Sioux Falls, South Dakota Army National Guard became the new headquarters staff after arriving at Combined Joint Task Force – Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA), Sept. 25, 2020. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Dana J. Cable)
U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Lapthe C. Flora, commanding general, Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA), addresses the new HOA staff at Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, Oct. 10, 2020. Nearly 200 Soldiers from the 196th Maneuver Enhancement Brigade (MEB), of Sioux Falls, South Dakota Army National Guard became the new headquarters staff after arriving at Combined Joint Task Force – Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA), Sept. 25, 2020. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Dana J. Cable)
U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Lapthe C. Flora, commanding general, Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA), addresses the new HOA staff at Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, Oct. 10, 2020. Nearly 200 Soldiers from the 196th Maneuver Enhancement Brigade (MEB), of Sioux Falls, South Dakota Army National Guard became the new headquarters staff after arriving at Combined Joint Task Force – Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA), Sept. 25, 2020. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Dana J. Cable)
U.S. Army Soldiers receive their flu shots while in-processing at Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, Oct. 9, 2020. Nearly 200 Soldiers from the 196th Maneuver Enhancement Brigade (MEB), of Sioux Falls, South Dakota Army National Guard became the new headquarters staff after arriving at Combined Joint Task Force – Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA), Sept. 25, 2020. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Dana J. Cable)
U.S. Army Soldiers receive their flu shots while in-processing at Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, Oct. 9, 2020. Nearly 200 Soldiers from the 196th Maneuver Enhancement Brigade (MEB), of Sioux Falls, South Dakota Army National Guard became the new headquarters staff after arriving at Combined Joint Task Force – Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA), Sept. 25, 2020. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Dana J. Cable)
U.S. Army Soldiers receive their flu shots while in-processing at Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, Oct. 9, 2020. Nearly 200 Soldiers from the 196th Maneuver Enhancement Brigade (MEB), of Sioux Falls, South Dakota Army National Guard became the new headquarters staff after arriving at Combined Joint Task Force – Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA), Sept. 25, 2020. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Dana J. Cable)
U.S. Army Soldiers receive their flu shots while in-processing at Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, Oct. 9, 2020. Nearly 200 Soldiers from the 196th Maneuver Enhancement Brigade (MEB), of Sioux Falls, South Dakota Army National Guard became the new headquarters staff after arriving at Combined Joint Task Force – Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA), Sept. 25, 2020. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Dana J. Cable)
U.S. Army Soldiers receive their flu shots while in-processing at Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, Oct. 9, 2020. Nearly 200 Soldiers from the 196th Maneuver Enhancement Brigade (MEB), of Sioux Falls, South Dakota Army National Guard became the new headquarters staff after arriving at Combined Joint Task Force – Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA), Sept. 25, 2020. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Dana J. Cable)
Nearly 200 Soldiers from the 196th Maneuver Enhancement Brigade (MEB), of Sioux Falls, South Dakota Army National Guard became the new headquarters staff after arriving at Combined Joint Task Force – Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA), Sept. 25, 2020.
Last month, U.S. Air Force pararescuemen from the 82nd Expeditionary Rescue Squadron participated in a mass casualty exercise over East Africa. Mass casualty exercises prepare pararescuemen and support personnel for potential real-world operations with large numbers of casualties.
U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Joel K. Tyler, J-3 operations and cyber director, U.S. Arica Command, visited Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, Sept. 27, 2020. Tyler visited East Africa to assess U.S. operations, force protection, and posture location support.
U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Joel K. Tyler, J-3 operations and cyber director, U.S. Arica Command meets with Djiboutian Col. Dahir Hassan Abadid, commander of Armored Regiment and Djiboutian Maj. Mohamed Assowen, commander of the Rapid Intervention Battalion (RIB) while watching a live-fire exercise conducted by the RIB, Sept. 28, 2020. The RIB’s mission is to serve as a reactionary force to accomplish specific tasks directed by their higher command in the Djiboutian army. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Dana J. Cable)
Andrea Tomaszewicz, U.S. Embassy Djibouti Deputy Chief of Mission and U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Lapthe C. Flora, commanding general, Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA), provide a CJTF-HOA mission brief to U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Joel K. Tyler, J-3 operations and cyber director, U.S. Arica Command, after arriving at Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, Sept. 27, 2020. Tyler visited East Africa to assess U.S. operations, force protection, and posture location support. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Dana J. Cable)
Djiboutian National Army’s Rapid Intervention Battalion (RIB) conducts a live-fire exercise in Djibouti, Africa, Sept. 28, 2020. The RIB’s mission is to serve as a reactionary force to accomplish specific tasks directed by their higher command in the Djiboutian army. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Dana J. Cable)
U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Nicholas Wabeke, 776th Expeditionary Air Base Squadron commander, gives U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Joel K. Tyler, J-3 operations and cyber director, a tour of Chabelley Airfield, Djibouti, Sept. 28, 2020. Tyler visited East Africa to assess U.S. operations, force protection, and posture location support. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Dana J. Cable)
U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Joel K. Tyler, J-3 operations and cyber director, speaks with U.S. Army Capt. Michael Hoemke, Security Forces commander at Chabelley Airfield, Sept. 28, 2020. Tyler visited East Africa to assess U.S. operations, force protection, and posture location support. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Dana J. Cable)