KENYA – Kenyan Defense Force combat engineers use mine detectors to scan the road for mock-improvised explosive devices during their final portion of tactical combat medical training during Deliberate Kindle 2016, Sept. 15, at a Kenyan training facility. The medical training was just one portion of the four-week course taught by Task Force Sparta, which is currently assigned to Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa. The course was designed to give Humanitarian Mine Action training to course attendees to prepare them for future deployments with the African Union Mission in Somalia. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Tiffany DeNault)
KENYA- U.S. Navy Explosive Ordnance Disposal Technician 3rd Class Nick Mettler, assigned to Task Force Sparta and currently deployed to Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa, races Kenyan Defense Force combat engineers during a buddy carry lesson for the tactical combat medical training portion of Deliberate Kindle 2016, Sept. 14, at a Kenyan training facility. The medical training was just one portion of the four-week course designed to give Humanitarian Mine Action training to course attendees to prepare them for future deployments with the African Union Mission in Somalia. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Tiffany DeNault)
KENYA- U.S. Navy Chief Petty Officer Ryan Waller, Task Force Sparta explosive ordnance disposal technician and Deliberate Kindle instructor, shows Kenyan Defense Force soldiers and officers how to properly use a tourniquet during tactical combat medical training, Sept. 14, 2016, at a Kenyan training center. Deliberate Kindle is a four-week Humanitarian Mine Action course designed to provide training in countering improvised explosive devices and unexploded ordnance, train-the-trainer, and medical training to approximately 53 KDF soldiers in preparation for future deployments with the African Union Mission in Somalia. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Tiffany DeNault)
KENYA- Combat engineers with the Kenyan Defense Force review improvised explosive device (IED) study guides during Deliberate Kindle 2016, a four-week Humanitarian Mine Action course taught by Task Force Sparta, Sept. 13, at a Kenyan training center. U.S. Navy explosive ordnance disposal technicians and a dive independent duty corpsman provided training in countering improvised explosive devices and unexploded ordnance, train-the-trainer, and tactical combat medical care training to approximately 53 KDF soldiers and officers in preparation for the KDF’s deployment with the African Union Mission in Somalia. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Tiffany DeNault)
KENYA- A U.S. Navy Sailor from Task Force Sparta, assigned to Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa, conducts tactical combat medical training for Kenyan Defense Force combat engineers during Deliberate Kindle 2016, Sept. 14, at a Kenyan training facility. Deliberate Kindle is a four-week Humanitarian Mine Action course designed to provide training in countering improvised explosive devices and unexploded ordnance, train-the-trainer, and medical training to approximately 53 KDF in preparation for future deployments with the African Union Mission in Somalia. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Tiffany DeNault)
KENYA- U.S. Navy Chief Petty Officer Ryan Waller, Task Force Sparta explosive ordnance disposal technician and Deliberate Kindle instructor, explains the final portion of the tactical combat medical training to Kenyan Defense Force combat engineers during Deliberate Kindle 2016, Sept. 15, at a Kenyan training facility. The medical training was just one portion of the four-week course designed to give Humanitarian Mine Action training to course attendees, so as to prepare them for future deployments with the African Union Mission in Somalia. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Tiffany DeNault)
Task Force Sparta holds medical training with Kenyan Defense Forces
8:55 AM9/30/2016
This was one scenario used by U.S Navy Sailors from Task Force Sparta, currently assigned to Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa, as they taught tactical combat medical training to approximately 53 Kenyan Defense Force (KDF) soldiers and officers, Sept. 13-15, at a Kenyan training center.
KENYA- Kenya Defense Forces combat engineer soldiers and officers return from a class break to continue a class on demolitions taught by U.S. Navy Sailors from Task Force Sparta, assigned to Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa, during Deliberate Kindle 2016, Sept. 16, at a training center in Kenya. U.S. Navy explosive ordnance disposal technicians and a dive independent duty corpsman provided counter-improvised explosive device, tactical combat medical care, and train-the-trainer skills to approximately 53 KDF soldiers and officers in preparation for the KDF’s deployment with the African Union Mission in Somalia. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Tiffany DeNault)
KENYA- U.S. Navy Chief Petty Officer Ryan Waller, assigned to Task Force Sparta and senior instructor for Deliberate Kindle 2016, demonstrates to Kenya Defense Forces combat engineers how to work around certain obstacles when an improvised explosive device is detected, as part of training during Deliberate Kindle 2016, Sept. 16, at a training center in Kenya. Deliberate Kindle is a four-week counter-improvised explosive device course designed to provide C-IED, medical, and train-the-trainer skills to approximately 53 KDF soldiers in preparation for future deployments with the African Union Mission in Somalia. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Tiffany DeNault)
KENYA- Kenya Defense Forces combat engineers practice setting up an electric demolition with mock training aids during Deliberate Kindle 2016, Sept. 16, at a training center in Kenya. U.S. Navy Task Force Sparta explosive ordnance disposal technicians and a dive independent duty corpsman, assigned to Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa, provided counter-improvised explosive device, tactical combat medical care, and train-the-trainer skills to approximately 53 KDF soldiers and officers in preparation the KDF’s deployment with the African Union Mission in Somalia. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Tiffany DeNault)
KENYA- U.S. Navy Explosive Ordnance Disposal Technician 3rd Class Nick Mettler of Task Force Sparta, whose unit is currently assigned to Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa, demonstrates how to set up an electric demolition to Kenya Defense Forces combat engineers during Deliberate Kindle 2016, Sept. 16, at a training center in Kenya. Deliberate Kindle is a four-week counter-improvised explosive device course designed to provide C-IED, medical, and train-the-trainer skills to approximately 53 KDF soldiers in preparation for future deployments with the African Union Mission in Somalia. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Tiffany DeNault)
KENYA- U.S. Navy Chief Petty Officer Ryan Waller, assigned to Task Force Sparta and senior instructor for Deliberate Kindle 2016, teaches Kenya Defense Forces combat engineer soldiers and officers on the difference between electric and non-electric explosives during Deliberate Kindle 2016, Sept. 16, at a training center in Kenya. Deliberate Kindle is a four-week counter-improvised explosive device course designed to provide C-IED, medical, and train-the-trainer skills to approximately 53 KDF soldiers in preparation for future deployments with the African Union Mission in Somalia. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Tiffany DeNault)
KENYA- Kenya Defense Forces combat engineer soldiers and officers complete a written test at the end of their second week of class during Deliberate Kindle 2016, Sept. 16, at a training center in Kenya. U.S. Navy Task Force Sparta explosive ordnance disposal technicians and a dive independent duty corpsman, assigned to Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa, provided counter-improvised explosive device, tactical combat medical care, and train-the-trainer skills to approximately 53 KDF soldiers and officers in preparation the KDF’s deployment with the African Union Mission in Somalia. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Tiffany DeNault)
KENYA – U.S. Navy Ensign Christina Hammervold and Chief Petty Officer Ryan Waller, Task Force Sparta, speak with Kenya Defense Forces Warrant Officer Athumani, a squadron sergeant major, before resuming the medical portion of Deliberate Kindle 2016, Sept. 13, at a training center in Kenya. U.S. Navy explosive ordnance disposal technicians and a dive independent duty corpsman provided counter-improvised explosive device, tactical combat medical care, and train-the-trainer skills to approximately 53 KDF soldiers and officers in preparation the KDF’s deployment with the African Union Mission in Somalia. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Tiffany DeNault)
Task Force Sparta teaches Humanitarian Mine Action training to AMISOM Troop Contributing Country
8:17 AM9/28/2016
A team from Task Force Sparta, assigned to Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa, is teaching lifesaving skills to Kenya Defense Forces (KDF) combat engineer soldiers and officers during Deliberate Kindle 2016, Sept. 5-30, at a training center in Kenya.
Doctors, attendees and facilitators of the Continued Medical Education conference pose for a photo in Mogadishu, Somalia, Sept. 14, 2016. The conference brought nearly 20 medical students and general practitioners from various sectors of Somalia together to receive training various medical practices, specifically in the field of radiology and pediatrics. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Benjamin Raughton)
U.S. Army Maj. Andrew Mosier, 403rd Civil Affairs Battalion physician, instructs Somali doctors during the Continuing Medical Education Conference in Mogadishu, Somalia, Sept. 14, 2016. The conference brought nearly 20 medical students and general practitioners from various sectors of Somalia together to receive training on various medical practices, specifically in the fields of radiology and pediatrics. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Benjamin Raughton)
U.S. Army Maj. Andrew Mosier, 403rd Civil Affairs Battalion physician, instructs nearly 20 Somali doctors during the Continuing Medical Education Conference in Mogadishu, Somalia, Sept. 14, 2016. The conference covered topics concerning treatment for different types of broken bones, swollen lymph nodes, and arthritis, and they also practiced reading radiographs. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Benjamin Raughton)
Somali doctors emboldened by Mogadishu medical training
4:44 PM9/24/2016
The Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa J3 Military Coordination Cell, along with the United Nations Support Office in Somalia (UNSOS), hosted the year’s third Continuing Medical Education Conference Sept. 14, 2016, in Mogadishu, Somalia.
The conference brought 20 medical students and general practitioners from various sectors of Mogadishu together to receive training on various medical practices, specifically in the fields of radiology and pediatrics.
Rwanda Defense Force soldiers carry mock casualties from an ambush site during a medical exercise Sept. 9, 2016, at the Rwanda Military Academy, Rwanda. The exercise, part of a two-week medical course, tested the RDF soldiers’ abilities to apply techniques of care under fire and other battlefield medical tactics. U.S. Army Soldiers from the 1st Battalion, 124th Infantry Regiment, assigned to Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa, instructed the course. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Eric Summers Jr.)