Kenya Navy Service Warrant Officer (Rev.) John Mutia Syanda, right, a senior chaplain at Kenya Navy Compound Manda Bay, gives a tour of his chapel to visiting chaplains April 26, 2019. Massachusetts National Guard chaplains visited Kenya as part of the State Partnership Program, which is a National Guard program that is a force multiplier aimed to build partnerships on many levels of assistance such as training, legal, logistics, religious affairs, medial and many other fields in military operations. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Shawn Nickel) Massachusetts senior National Guard chaplain visits CJTF-HOA, Kenya The senior chaplain assigned to the Massachusetts National Guard visited Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa and Kenya April 25-28, highlighting one of the National Guard’s lesser-known missions, building enduring partnerships through its State Partnership Program. Read more >
U.S. Air Force Brig. Gen. James R. Kriesel, deputy commanding general of Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa, signs the guest book at the Kigali Genocide Memorial in Kigali, Rwanda, May 7, 2019. A survivor of the genocide led Kriesel and his team on a private tour through the memorial, which holds the bodies of more than 250,000 of the estimated 1 million victims. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Shawn Nickel) CJTF-HOA deputy commanding general visits Rwanda during 25th Anniversary of genocide U.S. Air Force Brig. Gen. James R. Kriesel, deputy commanding general of Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa, visited Kigali, Rwanda, May 6-8, as part of a familiarization visit to countries within CJTF-HOA’s combined joint operations area. Read more >
U.S. Air Force Brig. Gen. James R. Kriesel, center, deputy commanding general of Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA), meets with a staff member at the Regional Centre for Operations Coordination (RCOC) in Seychelles, March 26, 2019. The RCOC, modeled after the Regional Maritime Information Exchange and Sharing Mechanism in Madagascar, helps provide a more effective and coordinated fight against piracy in the region. (Courtesy Photo) Seychelles, CJTF-HOA build partnership The East African island nation of Seychelles is a key partner with Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa, working towards increasing security and regional stability in the Indian Ocean. Read more >
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U.S. Air Force Brig. Gen. James R. Kriesel, center, deputy commanding general of Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA), meets with a staff member at the Regional Centre for Operations Coordination (RCOC) in Seychelles, March 26, 2019. The RCOC, modeled after the Regional Maritime Information Exchange and Sharing Mechanism in Madagascar, helps provide a more effective and coordinated fight against piracy in the region. (Courtesy Photo)

Seychelles, CJTF-HOA build partnership

The East African island nation of Seychelles is a key partner with Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa, working towards increasing security and regional stability in the Indian Ocean.
U.S. Air Force Brig. Gen. James R. Kriesel, deputy commanding general of Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa, signs the guest book at the Kigali Genocide Memorial in Kigali, Rwanda, May 7, 2019. A survivor of the genocide led Kriesel and his team on a private tour through the memorial, which holds the bodies of more than 250,000 of the estimated 1 million victims. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Shawn Nickel)

CJTF-HOA deputy commanding general visits Rwanda during 25th Anniversary of genocide

U.S. Air Force Brig. Gen. James R. Kriesel, deputy commanding general of Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa, visited Kigali, Rwanda, May 6-8, as part of a familiarization visit to countries within CJTF-HOA’s combined joint operations area.
Kenya Navy Service Warrant Officer (Rev.) John Mutia Syanda, right, a senior chaplain at Kenya Navy Compound Manda Bay, gives a tour of his chapel to visiting chaplains April 26, 2019. Massachusetts National Guard chaplains visited Kenya as part of the State Partnership Program, which is a National Guard program that is a force multiplier aimed to build partnerships on many levels of assistance such as training, legal, logistics, religious affairs, medial and many other fields in military operations. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Shawn Nickel)

Massachusetts senior National Guard chaplain visits CJTF-HOA, Kenya

The senior chaplain assigned to the Massachusetts National Guard visited Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa and Kenya April 25-28, highlighting one of the National Guard’s lesser-known missions, building enduring partnerships through its State Partnership Program.
U.S. Air Force Brig. Gen. James R. Kriesel, deputy commanding general, Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA), greets the participants of the Counter-Improvised Explosive Device strategy development seminar, hosted by the Humanitarian and Peace Support School, in Nairobi’s Embakasi district, April 2, 2019. Kriesel visited the Kenyan capital of Nairobi, April 2-3, 2019, as part of a familiarization tour of the CJTF-HOA combined joint operations area. (U.S. Air Force photo by Capt. Sharya Qureshi)

CJTF-HOA deputy commanding general visits Kenya

U.S. Air Force Brig. Gen. James R. Kriesel, deputy commanding general of Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa, visited the Kenyan capital of Nairobi April 2-3, 2019, as part of a familiarization tour of the CJTF-HOA combined joint operations area.
Dennis Walter Hearne, U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of Mozambique, speaks to U.S. service members assigned to Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA) in Maputo, Mozambique, April 11, 2019. CJTF-HOA led U.S. Department of Defense Cyclone Idai relief efforts in support of U.S. Agency for International Development’s (USAID) Disaster Assistance Response Team. The task force helped meet requirements identified by USAID assessment teams and humanitarian organizations working in the region by providing logistics support and manpower to USAID at the request of the Government of the Republic of Mozambique. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Thomas Grimes)

CJTF-HOA completes support of USAID-led Cyclone Idai relief efforts in Mozambique

Joint personnel assigned to Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa redeployed to Djibouti, April 12 after several weeks of providing airlift and logistics support in Mozambique in support of the U.S. Agency for International Development-led humanitarian response to Cyclone Idai.
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Service members from Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa are providing logistics and airlift capabilities to support the U.S. Department of Defense’s relief effort in the Republic of Mozambique and surrounding areas following Cyclone Idai. Teams from CJTF-HOA, which is leading DoD relief efforts, began immediate preparation to respond following a call for assistance from the U.S. Agency for International Development’s Disaster Assistance Response Team. (U.S. Air Force video by SrA Kirsten Brandes and Tech. Sgt. Thomas Grimes) More videos >

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U.S. Air Force Brig. Gen. James R. Kriesel, deputy commanding general of Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA), answers questions from U.S. Army Brig. Gen. Janeen Birckhead, assistant adjutant general for the Maryland Army National Guard, during her visit to Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, May 20, 2019. The visit provided leadership an opportunity to discuss changes to pre-mobilization training requirements and future information operations detachments’ manning needs in Djibouti. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Staff Sgt. Franklin R. Ramos)U.S. Air Force Brig. Gen. James R. Kriesel, right, deputy commanding general of Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA), briefs U.S. Army Brig. Gen. Janeen Birckhead, assistant adjutant general for the Maryland Army National Guard, about CJTF-HOA’s combined joint operations area during her visit to Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, May 20, 2019. The visit provided leadership an opportunity to discuss changes to pre-mobilization training requirements and future information operations detachments’ manning needs in Djibouti. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Staff Sgt. Franklin R. Ramos)U.S. Air Force Brig. Gen. James R. Kriesel, right, deputy commanding general of Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA), briefs U.S. Army Brig. Gen. Janeen Birckhead, assistant adjutant general for the Maryland Army National Guard, during her visit to Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, May 20, 2019. For more than seven years, the U.S. Army National Guard has been providing information operations detachments on nine-month rotations to CJTF-HOA. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Staff Sgt. Franklin R. Ramos)U.S. Army Brig. Gen. Janeen Birckhead, assistant adjutant general for the Maryland Army National Guard, watches the Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA) mission video during her visit to Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, May 20, 2019. The visit facilitated key leader engagements and provided members an overview of the current and future CJTF-HOA information operations mission. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Staff Sgt. Franklin R. Ramos)U.S. Air Force Brig. Gen. James R. Kriesel, right, deputy commanding general of Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA), speaks to U.S. Army Brig. Gen. Janeen Birckhead, assistant adjutant general for the Maryland Army National Guard, during her visit to Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, May 20, 2019. The visit facilitated key leader engagements and provided members an overview of the current and future CJTF-HOA information operations mission. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Staff Sgt. Franklin R. Ramos)U.S. Army Maj. Gen. James D. Craig, center, commanding general, Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA), poses with U.S. Army Soldiers assigned to CJTF-HOA, after a combat patching ceremony at Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, May 10, 2019. U.S. Army combat patches signify a Soldier’s service in a combat zone. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Nick Scott)U.S. Army Maj. Gen. James D. Craig, left, commanding general, Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA), addresses U.S. Army Soldiers assigned to CJTF-HOA after a combat patching ceremony at Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, May 10, 2019. Army combat patches signify a Soldier’s service in a combat zone and represent service in a member’s current, or prior, unit. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Nick Scott)U.S. Army Maj. Gen. James D. Craig, right, commanding general, Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA), presents U.S. Army Master Sgt. Eduardo Palomares a combat patch during a patching ceremony for U.S. Army Soldiers assigned to CJTF-HOA, at Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, May 10, 2019. Army combat patches signify a Soldier’s service in a combat zone and represent service in a member’s current, or prior, unit. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Nick Scott)
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