Joint training exercise "Neptune's Falcon" tests interservice communications

By CJTF-HOA Public Affairs

December 30, 2013

Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa airmen and sailors conducted a joint search and recovery training exercise from the Port of Djibouti recently. Joint search and rescue is a key capability of CJTF-HOA.

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Incoming EARF completes validation, demonstrates crisis response capability

Soldiers from Bravo Company, 3rd Battalion, 15th Infantry Regiment, board a C-130J Super Hercules assigned to the 75th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron Feb. 13, 2016, at Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti. Members of the U.S. Army’s Bravo Company 3-15, from Fort Stewart, Georgia, completed a validation exercise displaying their ability to assume responsibility from Alpha Company 3-15, as the East Africa Response Force assigned to Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Peter Thompson)

February 17, 2016

Within hours of being notified, CJTF-HOA’s East Africa Response Force prepared dozens of Soldiers and tons of supplies for takeoff during an emergency response exercise, validating the EARF’s rapid response capabilities.

Joint SAR training tests interservice communications

Coastal Riverine Squadron One-Forward Sailors head out to sea in Sea Ark Patrol Boats to take part in a joint search and rescue training exercise with the 303rd Expeditionary Rescue Squadron Dec. 20, 2013. This was an opportunity for Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa units to train with other units based at Camp Lemonnier, to test interservice communications and expand mission capabilities. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Jasmine Reif)

December 30, 2013

Seventeen Sailors, from the Coastal Riverine Squadron One-Forward (CRS1-FWD), and 13 Airmen from the 449th Air Expeditionary Group conducted a joint search and recovery training exercise called “Neptune’s Falcon” in the Gulf of Tadjoura, off the coast of Djibouti, Dec. 20, 2013.

Although sister services work together daily at the Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa, the U.S. Air Force and U.S. Navy rarely train together. This exercise gave them a chance to tes

French/U.S. Air Forces hone aerial combat skills

French Air Force Capt. Christophe Dubois reviews plans with U.S. Air Force Maj. Adam Rudolphi, 303rd Expeditionary Rescue Squadron commander, prior to a joint training exercise near Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, Sept. 8. The training placed HH-60s from the 303 ERQS against French Mirage fighters in a simulated hostile rescue scenario, challenging the U.S. helicopters to rescue downed aircrew while being engaged by the fighters. (French Air Force photo by Sergent-chef Kevin Congini)

September 10, 2013

In the skies above Djibouti, members of the U.S. and French Air Forces joined together in an unlikely training scenario, pitting helicopters against fighter aircraft in a simulated hostile rescue situation.

Members of Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa's 303rd Expeditionary Rescue Squadron partnered with French Air Force Mirage 2000-5 fighter pilots here to conduct a combat exercise in which U.S. HH-60 Pave Hawk helicopters recovered downed aircrew while being engaged by enemy

'Train Like You Fight': Coalition Exercise Preps PJs For Real-World Emergency

GRAND BARA DESERT, Djibouti (Sept. 25, 2012) - Two U.S. Air Force pararescuemen assigned to the 82nd Expeditionary Rescue Squadron weather through the elements to rush an exercise victim to a U.S. Marine Corps CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter during Mass Casualty Exercise 12-1 which started in the Grand Bara Desert, Djibouti, Sept. 25, 2012. The exercise followed a fictitious storyline, but called for the employment of real-world assets. While French and U.S. forces conduct frequent combined training events, this was the first exercise of this type between the two nations in Djibouti. The U.S. forces involved are assigned to Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa, or CJTF-HOA. CJTF-HOA works with coalition partners, such as the French, and with countries in East Africa to promote regional security and stability. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Veronica McMahon)

October 4, 2012

Many moving parts go into producing and executing an exercise and U.S. Air Force pararescuemen, or PJs, deployed in support of Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa, or CJTF-HOA, put their skills to the test recently during a mass casualty exercise which began in Djibouti's Grand Bara Desert.

Mass Casualty Exercise 12-1, a U.S. and French crisis response exercise held Sept. 25, 2012, allowed CJTF-HOA's PJ team to work alongside the French armed forces, as well as their U.S.

A joint approach to field sanitation

U.S. Army 1st Lt. Elizabeth Kim, officer in charge of environmental health for Camp Lemonnier, confers with U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Pauline Jones, noncommissioned officer in charge of preventative medicine, during a Field Sanitation Team Training course at Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, Feb. 14, 2017. As course instructors, Kim and Jones taught participating service members field sanitation practices proven to mitigate disease and non-battle related injuries. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Master Sgt. Paul Gorman)

February 23, 2017

Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen and Marines gathered to take part in a week-long Field Sanitation Team Training course at Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, Feb. 13-17, 2017.