Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa Image

By Staff Sgt. Maria Bowman
CJTF-HOA

Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, June 23, 2015

U.S. Army Sgt. Maj. Claudell Taylor (center), former Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa command senior enlisted leader, assumed the position for six weeks, when Marine Sgt. Maj. Bonnie Skinner returned to the United States. Taylor was the interim CSEL until U.S. Army Sgt. Maj. Butler Kendrick arrived in mid-June to take over responsibility. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Maria Bowman)

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