CJTF-HOA Photo

By Staff Sergeant Ronald Lafosse, CJTF-HOA

October 8, 2009

KAMPALA, Uganda - Collins Othira Akena, of the Uganda Meteorological Department, shows U.S. Navy Lieutenant Commander Ricardo Trevino and U.S. Air Force Technical Sergeant David Giddens, with Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa Meteorological and Oceanographic Department, the locations of Uganda's weather sensors, October 2, 2009. A team from Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa's Meteorological and Oceanographic Department deployed to Uganda in preparation for exercise Natural Fire, a humanitarian assistance and disaster relief exercise led by U.S. Army Africa. (Photo by Staff Sergeant Ronald Lafosse, CJTF-HOA)

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