A U.S. Army Soldier assigned to Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa applies a tourniquet to a simulated casualty during a task that requires the evacuation and treatment of a casualty, part of an Expert Infantryman Badge evaluation at Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, Feb. 2, 2018. After two weeks of training and five days of testing, 50 Soldiers completed the process to earn the coveted special skills badge that requires Soldiers to perform an Army Physical Fitness Test, day and night land navigation, a 12-mile forced march, and 30 individual tasks covering weapons, medical, and security patrol skills. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Timothy Moore)

U.S. Army Soldiers assigned to Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa begin the 12-mile march during an Expert Infantryman Badge evaluation at Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, Feb. 2, 2018. After two weeks of training and five days of testing, 50 Soldiers completed the process to earn the coveted special skills badge that requires Soldiers to perform an Army Physical Fitness Test, day and night land navigation, a 12-mile forced march, and 30 individual tasks covering weapons, medical, and security patrol skills. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Timothy Moore)

A U.S. Army Soldier assigned to Combined Joint Task Force – Horn of Africa receives his Expert Infantryman Badge during the badge ceremony at Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, Feb. 2, 2018. After two weeks of training and five days of testing, 50 Soldiers completed the process to earn the coveted special skills badge that requires Soldiers to perform an Army Physical Fitness Test, day and night land navigation, a 12-mile forced march, and 30 individual tasks covering weapons, medical, and security patrol skills. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Timothy Moore)

A U.S. Army Soldier assigned to Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa pulls a simulated casualty during a task that requires the evacuation and treatment of a casualty, part of an Expert Infantryman Badge evaluation at Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, Feb. 2, 2018. After two weeks of training and five days of testing, 50 Soldiers completed the process to earn the coveted special skills badge that requires Soldiers to perform an Army Physical Fitness Test, day and night land navigation, a 12-mile forced march, and 30 individual tasks covering weapons, medical, and security patrol skills. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Timothy Moore)

U.S. Army Soldiers assigned to Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa run during the Army Physical Fitness Test portion of an Expert Infantryman Badge evaluation at Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, Jan. 29, 2018. After two weeks of training and five days of testing, 50 Soldiers completed the process to earn the coveted special skills badge that requires Soldiers to perform an Army Physical Fitness Test, day and night land navigation, a 12-mile forced march, and 30 individual tasks covering weapons, medical, and security patrol skills. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Timothy Moore)

A U.S. Army Soldier assigned to Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa performs a pushup during the Army Physical Fitness Test portion of an Expert Infantryman Badge evaluation at Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, Jan. 29, 2018. After two weeks of training and five days of testing, 50 Soldiers completed the process to earn the coveted special skills badge that requires Soldiers to perform an Army Physical Fitness Test, day and night land navigation, a 12-mile forced march, and 30 individual tasks covering weapons, medical, and security patrol skills. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Timothy Moore)

U.S. Army Soldiers assigned to Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa pose for a photo after receiving their Expert Infantryman Badge during a ceremony at Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, Feb. 2, 2018. After two weeks of training and five days of testing, 50 Soldiers completed the process to earn the coveted special skills badge that requires Soldiers to perform an Army Physical Fitness Test, day and night land navigation, a 12-mile forced march, and 30 individual tasks covering weapons, medical, and security patrol skills. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Timothy Moore)

A U.S. Army Soldier assigned to Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa performs a pushup during the Army Physical Fitness Test portion of an Expert Infantryman Badge evaluation at Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, Jan. 29, 2018. After two weeks of training and five days of testing, 50 Soldiers completed the process to earn the coveted special skills badge that requires Soldiers to perform an Army Physical Fitness Test, day and night land navigation, a 12-mile forced march, and 30 individual tasks covering weapons, medical, and security patrol skills. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Timothy Moore)

U.S. Army Soldiers assigned to Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa perform pushups during the Army Physical Fitness Test portion of an Expert Infantryman Badge evaluation at Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, Jan. 29, 2018. After two weeks of training and five days of testing, 50 Soldiers completed the process to earn the coveted special skills badge that requires Soldiers to perform an Army Physical Fitness Test, day and night land navigation, a 12-mile forced march, and 30 individual tasks covering weapons, medical, and security patrol skills. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Timothy Moore)

U.S. Army Soldiers assigned to Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa plot grid points during land navigation training in preparation for an Expert Infantryman Badge evaluation at Arta Range, Djibouti, Jan. 25, 2018. After two weeks of training and five days of testing, 50 Soldiers completed the process to earn the coveted special skills badge that requires Soldiers to perform an Army Physical Fitness Test, day and night land navigation, a 12-mile forced march, and 30 individual tasks covering weapons, medical, and security patrol skills. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Timothy Moore)

A U.S. Army Soldier assigned to Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa puts a firing stake in the ground for a mounted M240B machine gun during training for an Expert Infantryman Badge evaluation at Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, Jan. 24, 2018. The stake is used as a reference point for the firing zone as he prepares to set up a defensive position. After two weeks of training and five days of testing, 50 Soldiers completed the process to earn the coveted special skills badge that requires Soldiers to perform an Army Physical Fitness Test, day and night land navigation, a 12-mile forced march, and 30 individual tasks covering weapons, medical, and security patrol skills. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Timothy Moore)

U.S. Army Soldiers assigned to Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa discuss land navigation during training in preparation for an Expert Infantryman Badge evaluation at Arta Range, Djibouti, Jan. 25, 2018. After two weeks of training and five days of testing, 50 Soldiers completed the process to earn the coveted special skills badge that requires Soldiers to perform an Army Physical Fitness Test, day and night land navigation, a 12-mile forced march, and 30 individual tasks covering weapons, medical, and security patrol skills. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Timothy Moore)

A U.S. Army Soldier assigned to Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa uses a compass to locate a grid point during land navigation training in preparation for an Expert Infantryman Badge evaluation at Arta Range, Djibouti, Jan. 25, 2018. After two weeks of training and five days of testing, 50 Soldiers completed the process to earn the coveted special skills badge that requires Soldiers to perform an Army Physical Fitness Test, day and night land navigation, a 12-mile forced march, and 30 individual tasks covering weapons, medical, and security patrol skills. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Timothy Moore)

A U.S. Army Soldier assigned to Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa plots a grid point during land navigation training in preparation for an Expert Infantryman Badge evaluation at Arta Range, Djibouti, Jan. 25, 2018. After two weeks of training and five days of testing, 50 Soldiers completed the process to earn the coveted special skills badge that requires Soldiers to perform an Army Physical Fitness Test, day and night land navigation, a 12-mile forced march, and 30 individual tasks covering weapons, medical, and security patrol skills. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Timothy Moore)

A U.S. Army Soldier assigned to Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa puts on a gas mask during training in preparation for an Expert Infantryman Badge evaluation at Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, Jan. 24, 2018. After two weeks of training and five days of testing, 50 Soldiers completed the process to earn the coveted special skills badge that requires Soldiers to perform an Army Physical Fitness Test, day and night land navigation, a 12-mile forced march, and 30 individual tasks covering weapons, medical, and security patrol skills. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Timothy Moore)

U.S. Army Spc. William Reed, a multisystem transmission operator and maintainer assigned to the Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA) Communications Directorate, watches as a service member of the Djibouti Armed Forces (FAD) sets up an antenna during a military-to-military exchange course at Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, Jan. 8, 2018. Throughout a two-week period, communications experts advised Djiboutian service members on how to set up, operate, maintain, and troubleshoot network equipment to increase communication capabilities between African Union Mission in Somalia forces. (U.S. Air Force photo illustration by Staff Sgt. Timothy Moore)

U.S. Army Spc. William Reed, a multisystem transmission operator and maintainer assigned to the Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA) Communications Directorate, watches as a member of the Djibouti Armed Forces (FAD) sets up an antenna during a military-to-military exchange course at Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, Jan. 8, 2018. Throughout a two-week period, communications experts advised Djiboutian service members on how to set up, operate, maintain, and troubleshoot network equipment to increase communication capabilities between African Union Mission in Somalia forces. (U.S. Air Force photo illustration by Staff Sgt. Timothy Moore)

U.S. Army Spc. William Reed, a multisystem transmission operator and maintainer assigned to the Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA) Communications Directorate, helps a service member of the Djibouti Armed Forces (FAD) set up an antenna during a military-to-military exchange course at Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, Jan. 8, 2018. Throughout a two-week period, communications experts advised Djiboutian service members on how to set up, operate, maintain, and troubleshoot network equipment to increase communication capabilities between African Union Mission in Somalia forces. (U.S. Air Force photo illustration by Staff Sgt. Timothy Moore)

U.S. Army Spc. William Reed, a multisystem transmission operator and maintainer assigned to the Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA) Communications Directorate, inspects the cable connector created by a Djibouti Armed Forces member during a military-to-military exchange course at Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, Jan. 10, 2018. Throughout a two-week period, communications experts advised Djiboutian service members on how to set up, operate, maintain, and troubleshoot network equipment to increase communication capabilities between African Union Mission in Somalia forces. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Timothy Moore)

A Djibouti Armed Forces (FAD) member reviews a guide to set up the wires for a cable during a military-to-military exchange course with U.S. Soldiers assigned to the Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA) Communications Directorate, at Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, Jan. 10, 2018. Throughout a two-week period, communications experts advised Djiboutian service members on how to set up, operate, maintain, and troubleshoot network equipment to increase communication capabilities between African Union Mission in Somalia forces. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Timothy Moore)

U.S. Army Spc. Taylor Noble, a multisystem transmission operator and maintainer assigned to the Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA) Communications Directorate, watches as service members of the Djibouti Armed Forces (FAD) set up an antenna during a military-to-military exchange course at Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, Jan. 8, 2018. Throughout a two-week period, communications experts advised Djiboutian service members on how to set up, operate, maintain, and troubleshoot network equipment to increase communication capabilities between African Union Mission in Somalia forces. (U.S. Air Force photo illustration by Staff Sgt. Timothy Moore)

U.S. Army Spc. Matthew Jousselin, right, a multisystem transmission operator and maintainer assigned to the Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA) Communications Directorate, explains how to arrange the wires in a cable to a Djibouti Armed Forces (FAD) member during a military-to-military exchange course at Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, Jan. 10, 2018. Throughout a two-week period, communications experts advised Djiboutian service members on how to set up, operate, maintain, and troubleshoot network equipment to increase communication capabilities between African Union Mission in Somalia forces. (U.S. Air Force photo illustration by Staff Sgt. Timothy Moore)

Djibouti Armed Forces (FAD) members watch as another FAD member checks the cable connections on an antenna during a military-to-military exchange course with U.S. Soldiers assigned to the Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA) Communications Directorate, at Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, Jan. 9, 2018. Throughout a two-week period, communications experts advised Djiboutian service members on how to set up, operate, maintain, and troubleshoot network equipment to increase communication capabilities between African Union Mission in Somalia forces. (U.S. Air Force photo illustration by Staff Sgt. Timothy Moore)

A Djibouti Armed Forces (FAD) member reviews a sheet of input commands during a military-to-military exchange course with U.S. Soldiers assigned to the Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA) Communications Directorate, at Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, Jan. 9, 2018. Throughout a two-week period, communications experts advised Djiboutian service members on how to set up, operate, maintain, and troubleshoot network equipment to increase communication capabilities between African Union Mission in Somalia forces. (U.S. Air Force photo illustration by Staff Sgt. Timothy Moore)

U.S. Army Spc. Taylor Noble, a multisystem transmission operator and maintainer assigned to the Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA) Communications Directorate, shows members of the Djibouti Armed Forces (FAD) how to acquire a satellite signal through using an antenna during a military-to-military exchange course at Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, Jan. 8, 2018. Throughout a two-week period, communications experts advised Djiboutian service members on how to set up, operate, maintain, and troubleshoot network equipment to increase communication capabilities between African Union Mission in Somalia forces. (U.S. Air Force photo illustration by Staff Sgt. Timothy Moore)

U.S. Soldiers assigned to the Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA) Communications Directorate and members of the Djibouti Armed Forces pose for a photo after completing a military-to-military exchange course at Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, Jan. 17, 2018. Throughout a two-week period, communications experts advised Djiboutian service members on how to set up, operate, maintain, and troubleshoot network equipment to increase communication capabilities between African Union Mission in Somalia forces. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Timothy M. Ahearn)

U.S. service members assigned to Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa complete a ruck march as part of the competition to earn the German Armed Forces Proficiency Badge (GAFPB), a decoration of the Armed Forces of the Federal Republic of Germany, at Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, Nov. 30, 2017. Competitors must complete a physical fitness test, uniformed swim, weapons qualification, ruck march, first aid course and chemical warfare course to be awarded the GAFPB, one of the few foreign allied military awards that U.S. service members are authorized to wear. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Allyson L. Manners)

U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Michael McGhee, Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa Public Affairs broadcast journalist, tests his equipment at Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, Oct. 28, 2017. McGhee recently arrived at Camp Lemonnier. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Timothy Moore)

U.S. Army Brig. Gen. Eugene Leboeuf, U.S. Army Africa (USARAF) acting commanding general, meets with U.S. Marine Corps Brig. Gen. David Furness, Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa commanding general, during a visit to Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, on Oct. 25, 2017. Leboeuf is visiting key leaders and locations in East Africa to align USARAF strategic plans and training efforts in the region. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Tech. Sgt. Joe Harwood)

U.S. Airmen from the 449th Air Expeditionary Group load pallets of medical and humanitarian aid supplies onto a U.S. C-130J Super Hercules at Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, Oct. 17, 2017. The aid is being delivered to the Somali people following a devastating terrorist attack that killed and injured hundreds in Mogadishu on Oct. 14. Working with the Federal Government of Somalia, the U.S. Mission to Somalia immediately arranged for the air shipment. On a Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa mission, the C-130 carried several pallets of medical equipment and supplies. The United States will continue to stand with the Somali government, its people, and international allies to combat terrorism and support efforts to achieve peace, security and prosperity. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Gustavo Castillo)

U.S. Airmen from the 449th Air Expeditionary Group load pallets of medical and humanitarian aid supplies onto a U.S. C-130J Super Hercules at Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, Oct. 17, 2017. The aid is being delivered to the Somali people following a devastating terrorist attack that killed and injured hundreds in Mogadishu on Oct. 14. Working with the Federal Government of Somalia, the U.S. Mission to Somalia immediately arranged for the air shipment. On a Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa mission, the C-130 carried several pallets of medical equipment and supplies. The United States will continue to stand with the Somali government, its people, and international allies to combat terrorism and support efforts to achieve peace, security and prosperity. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Gustavo Castillo)

Somalia President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed and U.S. Marine Corps Gen. Thomas Waldhauser, U.S. Africa Command commander, pose for a photo in Mogadishu, Somalia, Oct. 12, 2017. Waldhauser and Martin Dale, the Chargé d’Affaires of the U.S. Mission to Somalia, along with other senior U.S. military and Department of State leaders, visited Somalia to engage with key Somalia stakeholders and express the U.S. government’s commitment to the security and stability of the Federal Government of Somalia, Somali National Security Forces, and the African Union Mission in Somalia. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Eboni Prince)

U.S. military and Department of State officials meet with Somalia President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed in Mogadishu, Somalia, Oct. 12, 2017. Topics of interest covered during the meeting included U.S. and Somali national interests in the region and opportunities to strengthen the Somali National Security Forces, particularly as the African Union mission in Somalia troops transition out of the security role in coming years. Attendees of the meeting included Martin Dale, the Chargé d’Affaires of the U.S. Mission to Somalia, U.S. Marine Corps Gen. Thomas Waldhauser, U.S. Africa Command commander, U.S. Marine Corps Brig. Gen. David Furness, Combined Joint Task Force – Horn of Africa commanding general, and U.S. Army Brig. Gen. Miguel Castellanos, deputy commanding general of CJTF-HOA in Somalia (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Eboni Prince)

U.S. military and Department of State officials meet with Somalia President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed in Mogadishu, Somalia, Oct. 12, 2017. Topics of interest covered during the meeting included U.S. and Somali national interests in the region and opportunities to strengthen the Somali National Security Forces, particularly as the African Union mission in Somalia troops transition out of the security role in coming years. Attendees of the meeting included Martin Dale, the Chargé d’Affaires of the U.S. Mission to Somalia, U.S. Marine Corps Gen. Thomas Waldhauser, U.S. Africa Command commander, U.S. Marine Corps Brig. Gen. David Furness, Combined Joint Task Force – Horn of Africa commanding general, and U.S. Army Brig. Gen. Miguel Castellanos, deputy commanding general of CJTF-HOA in Somalia (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Eboni Prince)

U.S. military and Department of State officials meet with Somalia President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed in Mogadishu, Somalia, Oct. 12, 2017. Topics of interest covered during the meeting included U.S. and Somali national interests in the region and opportunities to strengthen the Somali National Security Forces, particularly as the African Union mission in Somalia troops transition out of the security role in coming years. Attendees of the meeting included Martin Dale, the Chargé d’Affaires of the U.S. Mission to Somalia, U.S. Marine Corps Gen. Thomas Waldhauser, U.S. Africa Command commander, U.S. Marine Corps Brig. Gen. David Furness, Combined Joint Task Force – Horn of Africa commanding general, and U.S. Army Brig. Gen. Miguel Castellanos, deputy commanding general of CJTF-HOA in Somalia (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Eboni Prince)

U.S. Marine Sgt. Raymundo Rodriguez, Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA) budget chief and faculty advisor for the CJTF-HOA Joint Corporals Course, assists in advising Abdo-Salam Yacin, a Djibouti Armed Forces (FAD) soldier, during sword instruction held at Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, Oct. 7, 2017. The skillsets provided through the course can help CJTF-HOA in supporting Djibouti by reinforcing abilities that can be used in combating transnational threats, executing effective peace operations, responding to crisis and promoting regional stability. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Tech. Sgt. Andria Allmond)

U.S. Marine Cpl. Payton Martin of the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit helps Abdo-Salam Yacin, a Djibouti Armed Forces (FAD) soldier, observe the use of the guidon during the U.S. Marine Corps Corporals Course held by Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa at Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, Oct. 7, 2017. FAD participation in the CJTF-HOA Joint Corporals Course denotes the important occasion of an African military taking part in this curriculum. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Tech. Sgt. Andria Allmond)

Abdo-Salam Yacin, a Djibouti Armed Forces (FAD) soldier, observes the use of the guidon during the U.S. Marine Corps Corporals Course held by Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA) at Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, Oct. 7, 2017. Two FAD soldiers represent African partner-nation members taking part in the Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa Joint Corporals Course. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Tech. Sgt. Andria Allmond)

Abdo-Salam Yacin, a Djibouti Armed Forces (FAD) soldier, observes the use of tactical communication radios as instructed by U.S. Army Spc. Christinejoy Cantor, Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA) tactical communications, during the U.S. Marine Corps Corporals Course held CJTF-HOA at Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, Oct. 4, 2017. The course lasts from Oct. 2 – 19 and included partner-nation members. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Tech. Sgt. Andria Allmond)

Two Djibouti Armed Forces (FAD) soldiers, Maoulid Daher Cheick and Abdo-Salam Yacin, observe during a lecture for the U.S. Marine Corps Corporals Course held at Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, Oct. 4, 2017. The Combined Task Force – Horn of Africa hosts a joint corporals course for the military branches here, but this iteration also included partner military members. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Tech. Sgt. Andria Allmond)