Thirty-two French service members with the 5th Overseas Interarms Regiment (5e RIAOM) successfully complete the Joint Expeditionary Mountain Warfare Course and are awarded the Ram’s Head device and certificate of completion during a graduation ceremony at the French Combat Training Center at Arta Beach, Djibouti, Dec. 16, 2021. Five instructors from the U.S. Army Mountain Warfare School in Jericho, Vt. taught a five-day Joint Expeditionary Mountain Warfare Course on basic military mountaineering skills to French service members in Djibouti to strengthen the relationships among the international forces working together in the region.
(U.S. Army Photo by Staff Sgt. Amanda Stock)
A French service member with the 5th Overseas Interarms Regiment (5e RIAOM) rappells approximately 200 feet down a mountain at the Arta Range Complex, Djibouti, Dec. 15, 2021. Five instructors from the U.S. Army Mountain Warfare School in Jericho, Vt. taught a five-day Joint Expeditionary Mountain Warfare Course on basic military mountaineering skills to French service members in Djibouti to strengthen the relationships among the international forces working together in the region.
(U.S. Army Photo by Staff Sgt. Amanda Stock)
French service members with the 5th Overseas Interams Regiment (5e RIAOM) rappel down a mountain at the Arta Range Complex, Djibouti, Dec. 15, 2021. Five instructors from the U.S. Army Mountain Warfare School in Jericho, Vt. taught a five-day Joint Expeditionary Mountain Warfare Course on basic military mountaineering skills to French service members in Djibouti to strengthen the relationships among the international forces working together in the region.
(U.S. Army Photos by Staff Sgt. Amanda Stock)
U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Christopher George, an instructor at the U.S. Army Mountain Warfare School, and U.S. Army Sgt. Charles Riczu, 1-102nd Infantry Regiment (Mountain), Task Force Iron Gray, Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA), demonstrate fixed rope ascension techniques to French service members at the Arta Range Complex, Djibouti, Dec. 15, 2021. Five instructors from the U.S. Army Mountain Warfare School in Jericho, Vt. taught a five-day Joint Expeditionary Mountain Warfare Course on basic military mountaineering skills to French service members in Djibouti to strengthen the relationships among the international forces working together in the region.
(U.S. Army Photo by Staff Sgt. Amanda Stock)
U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Elijah Amendola, 1-102nd Infantry Regiment (Mountain), Task Force Iron Gray, Combined Joint Task Force – Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA), assists a French service member with the 5th Overseas Interarms Regiment (5e RIAOM) on fixed rope techniques at the Arta Range Complex, Djibouti, Dec. 15, 2021. Five instructors from the U.S. Army Mountain Warfare School in Jericho, Vt. taught a five-day Joint Expeditionary Mountain Warfare Course on basic military mountaineering skills to French service members in Djibouti to strengthen the relationships among the international forces working together in the region.
(U.S. Army Photo by Staff Sgt. Amanda Stock)
French service members with the 5th Overseas Interarms Regiment (5e RIAOM) practice casualty evacuation techniques at the French Combat Training Center at Arta Beach, Djibouti, Dec. 14, 2021. Five instructors from the U.S. Army Mountain Warfare School in Jericho, Vt. taught a five-day Joint Expeditionary Mountain Warfare Course on basic military mountaineering skills to French service members in Djibouti to strengthen the relationships among the international forces working together in the region.
(U.S. Army Photo by Staff Sgt. Amanda Stock)
French service members with the 5th Overseas Interarms Regiment (5e RIAOM) practice hauling a casualty up a mountain at the Arta Range Complex, Djibouti, Dec. 14, 2021. Five instructors from the U.S. Army Mountain Warfare School in Jericho, Vt. taught a five-day Joint Expeditionary Mountain Warfare Course on basic military mountaineering skills to French service members in Djibouti to strengthen the relationships among the international forces working together in the region.
(U.S. Army Photo by Staff Sgt. Amanda Stock)
U.S. Army Staff Sgt. John Hampson, an instructor at the U.S. Army Mountain Warfare School, instructs French service members with the 5th Overseas Interarms Regiment (5e RIAOM) on casualty evacuation techniques at the French Combat Training Center at Arta Beach, Djibouti, Dec. 14, 2021. Five instructors from the U.S. Army Mountain Warfare School in Jericho, Vt. taught a five-day Joint Expeditionary Mountain Warfare Course on basic military mountaineering skills to French service members in Djibouti to strengthen the relationships among the international forces working together in the region.
(U.S. Army Photo by Staff Sgt. Amanda Stock)
U.S. Army hosts Joint Expeditionary Mountain Warfare Course in Djibouti
12/21/2021
Five U.S. Army Mountain Warfare School instructors with the Vermont Army National Guard travelled to Djibouti to teach a five-day Joint Expeditionary Mountain Warfare Course to service members from France’s 5th Overseas Interarms Regiment (5e RIAOM) at the Arta Range Complex, Dec. 12-16, 2021.
U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Octavio Baeza, radio shop noncommissioned officer, Combined Joint Task Force – Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA), instructs Djiboutian service members how to reconfigure a handheld radio at Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, Nov. 12, 2021. CJTF-HOA regularly trains with and works alongside allied and partner nations, coalition forces and interagency/intergovernmental organizations to achieve a unified effort in East Africa. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Spc. Gauret Stearns)
U.S. Army Spc. Samuel Okeng, radio shop specialist, Combined Joint Task Force – Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA), shows Djiboutian service members how to reconfigure a handheld radio at Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, Nov. 12, 2021. CJTF-HOA regularly trains with and works alongside allied and partner nations, coalition forces and interagency/intergovernmental organizations to achieve a unified effort in East Africa. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Spc. Gauret Stearns)
A U.S. Army Soldier from Combined Joint Task Force – Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA), shows Djiboutian service members how to reconfigure a handheld radio at Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, Nov. 12, 2021. CJTF-HOA regularly trains with and works alongside allied and partner nations, coalition forces and interagency/intergovernmental organizations to achieve a unified effort in East Africa. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Spc. Gauret Stearns)
U.S. Army Spc. Samuel Okeng, radio shop specialist, Combined Joint Task Force – Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA), shows Djiboutian service members how to reconfigure a handheld radio at Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, Nov. 12, 2021. CJTF-HOA regularly trains with and works alongside allied and partner nations, coalition forces and interagency/intergovernmental organizations to achieve a unified effort in East Africa. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Spc. Gauret Stearns)
U.S. Army Spc. Samuel Okeng, radio shop specialist, Combined Joint Task Force – Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA), shows Djiboutian service members how to reconfigure a handheld radio at Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, Nov. 12, 2021. CJTF-HOA regularly trains with and works alongside allied and partner nations, coalition forces and interagency/intergovernmental organizations to achieve a unified effort in East Africa. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Spc. Gauret Stearns)
A U.S. Air Force pararescueman, assigned to the 82nd Expeditionary Rescue Squadron signals a Spanish AB-212 helicopter for extraction during Exercise Bull Shark over the Gulf of Aden near Djibouti, Dec. 3, 2021. Exercise Bull Shark was a combined training between U.S. and Spanish Forces to strengthen personnel recovery capabilities in support of the Warfighter Recovery Network initiative throughout Africa. (Photo by U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Jeffrey Jordan)
A U.S. Air Force pararescueman, assigned to the 82nd Expeditionary Rescue Squadron and a simulated rescued individual are hoisted into a Spanish AB-212 helicopter during Exercise Bull Shark over the Gulf of Aden near Djibouti, Dec. 3, 2021. Exercise Bull Shark was a combined training between U.S. and Spanish Forces to strengthen personnel recovery capabilities in support of the Warfighter Recovery Network initiative throughout Africa. (Photo by U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Jeffrey Jordan)
A U.S. Air Force pararescueman, assigned to the 82nd Expeditionary Rescue Squadron and a simulated rescued individual are hoisted into a Spanish AB-212 helicopter during Exercise Bull Shark over the Gulf of Aden near Djibouti, Dec. 3, 2021. Exercise Bull Shark was a combined training between U.S. and Spanish Forces to strengthen personnel recovery capabilities in support of the Warfighter Recovery Network initiative throughout Africa. (Photo by U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Jeffrey Jordan)
A U.S. Air Force pararescueman, assigned to the with 82nd Expeditionary Rescue Squadron parachutes into open waters during Exercise Bull Shark over the Gulf of Aden near Djibouti, Dec. 3, 2021. Exercise Bull Shark was a combined training between U.S. and Spanish Forces to strengthen personnel recovery capabilities in support of the Warfighter Recovery Network initiative throughout Africa. (Photo by U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Jeffrey Jordan)
U.S. Air Force pararescuemen, assigned to the 82nd Expeditionary Rescue Squadron jump from of a KC-130J Super Hercules during Exercise Bull Shark over the Gulf of Aden near Djibouti, Dec. 3, 2021. Exercise Bull Shark was a combined training between U.S. and Spanish Forces to strengthen personnel recovery capabilities in support of the Warfighter Recovery Network initiative throughout Africa. (Photo by U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Jeffrey Jordan)
U.S. and Spanish join forces in African Warfighter Recovery Network
12/10/2021
On Dec. 3, 2021, U.S. and Spanish forces conducted exercise Bull Shark, a water rescue training that strengthened their combined ability to operate as highly-effective teams and demonstrated their current operational capabilities. During the exercise, several personnel were stranded off the coast of Djibouti in the Gulf of Aden, calling the Warfighter Recovery Network into action.
