Col. Mitch Meyers, Preventive Medicine Officer, shows a group of Djiboutian children proper flossing techniques during a dental civic action program mission in Ali Sabieh, Djibouti, Feb. 10, 2016. Without the DENTCAP provided via U.S. Africa Command’s humanitarian civil assistance program, the residents of Ali Sabieh may go years without dental care. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Dan DeCook)

Members of the 403rd Civil Affairs Battalion begin prep work on a mobile dental station in Ali Sabieh, Djibouti, Feb. 10, 2016. The 403rd CA BN, deployed in support of Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa, worked alongside Djibouti Ministry of Health personnel to provide dental care to villagers. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Dan DeCook)

Tools and local anesthetic are prepared for use during a dental civic action program mission in Ali Sabieh, Djibouti, Feb. 10, 2016. The 403rd Civil Affairs Battalion, deployed in support of Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa, worked alongside Djibouti Ministry of Health personnel to provide dental care to villagers. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Dan DeCook)

Capt. Bryan Hays, 403rd Civil Affair Battalion Dental Cell Officer in Charge, and Staff Sgt. Nakisha Susberry, 403rd CA BN Dental Cell NCO in charge, work on extracting a tooth during a dental civic action program mission in Ali Sabieh, Djibouti, Feb. 10, 2016. Members of the Djibouti Ministry of Health and the 403 CA BN provided more than 10 hours of dental assistance to the local villagers. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Dan DeCook)

A tooth removed during a dental civic action program mission lays on a table in Ali Sabieh, Djibouti, Feb. 10, 2016. Members of the Djibouti Ministry of Health and the 403 CA BN removed more than 50 infected teeth during two days of dental assistance to the local villagers. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Dan DeCook)

Capt. Bryan Hays, 403rd Civil Affairs Battalion Dental Cell Office in Charge, inspects the molar of a local woman in Ali Sabieh, Djibouti, Feb. 10, 2016. Members of the Djibouti Ministry of Health and the 403 CA BN provided more than 10 hours of dental assistance to the local villagers. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Dan DeCook)

Capt. Bryan Hays, 403rd Civil Affair Battalion Dental Cell Officer in Charge, examines the teeth of a Djiboutian child in Ali Sabieh, Djibouti, Feb. 10, 2016. The dental civic action program was part of U.S. Africa Command’s humanitarian civil assistance program, which aims to provide emergency dental procedures as well as basic extractions and dental education. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Dan DeCook)

Sgt. 1st Class Melissa Ferris, 403rd Civil Affairs Battalion Delta Company senior medic, delivers medical attention to a man who has injured in a multi-vehicle accident in Djibouti, Feb. 10, 2016. Ferris is an Army Reservist and a 11-year veteran of the Syracuse New York police department. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Dan DeCook)

U.S. Army Reserves Sgt. 1st Class Cynthia Price, 403rd Civil Affairs Battalion Delta Company team sgt., and Ivyland Pennyslvania volunteer firefighterposes for a photo in Ivyland, Pennsylvania. (Courtesy photo)

U.S. Army Reserves Sgt. 1st Class Melissa Ferris, 403rd Civil Affairs Battalion Delta Company senior medic and 21-year Syracuse police officer, poses for a photo in Syracuse, New York. (Courtesy photo)

Sgts. 1st Class Melissa Ferris, 403rd Civil Affairs Battalion Delta Company senior medic, and Cynthia Price, team sgt., load a victim into an ambulance at the scene of a multi-vehicle accident in Djibouti, Feb. 10, 2016. Ferris is a Syracuse New York police officer and Price is a volunteer firefighter in Ivyland, Pennsylvania. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Dan DeCook)

Sgts. 1st Class Melissa Ferris, 403rd Civil Affairs Battalion Delta Company senior medic, and Cynthia Price, team sgt., load a victim into an ambulance at the scene of a multi-vehicle accident in Djibouti, Feb. 10, 2016. Ferris is an Army Reservist and a Syracuse, New York police officer. Price, also a Reservist, is from Ivyland, Pennsylvania where she is a volunteer firefighter. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Dan DeCook)

Sgts. 1st Class Melissa Ferris, 403rd Civil Affairs Battalion Delta Company senior medic, and Cynthia Price, team sgt., provide a victim emergency medical treatment at the scene of a multi-vehicle accident in Djibouti, Feb. 10, 2016. Ferris is a Syracuse, New York police officer and Price is a volunteer firefighter in Ivyland, Pennsylvania. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Dan DeCook)

Sgts. 1st Class Melissa Ferris, 403rd Civil Affairs Battalion Delta Company senior medic, and Cynthia Price, team sgt., provide a victim emergency medical treatment at the scene of a multi-vehicle accident in Djibouti, Feb. 10, 2016. The civil affairs team were en route to a remote village near the Somali border to provide basic dental care to local villagers when the team cam upon the vehicle accident. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Dan DeCook)

Sgts. 1st Class Melissa Ferris, 403rd Civil Affairs Battalion Delta Company senior medic, and Cynthia Price, team sgt., provide a victim emergency medical treatment at the scene of a multi-vehicle accident in Djibouti, Feb. 10, 2016. Ferris is an Army Reservist and a Syracuse, New York police officer. Price, also a Reservist, is from Ivyland, Pennsylvania where she is a volunteer firefighter. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Dan DeCook)

U.S., Sudan and Denmark Navy members follow the progression of scenarios from the exercise control group during Cutlass Express 2016 at the Port of Djibouti, Feb. 4, 2016. Exercise Cutlass Express provides an opportunity for maritime forces from eastern African, western Indian Ocean island nations, Europe, and the U.S. to work side-by-side to better synchronize maritime security operations for potential real-world scenarios.

Kenya Defense Force members command crewmembers to their knees after finding a simulated illegal weapons stash as part of the 2016 Cutlass Express exercise near the Port of Djibouti, Feb. 2, 2016. Cutlass Express is a U.S. Africa Command-sponsored multinational maritime exercise designed to increase maritime safety and security in the waters off East Africa, western Indian Ocean, and in the Gulf of Aden.

A Djibouti Marine searches a vessel suspected of illicit activity during a visit, board, search and seizure scenario as part of the 2016 Cutlass Express exercise near the Port of Djibouti, Feb. 3, 2016. The goal of the exercise was to strengthen regional cooperation and help address challenges that no single nation is capable of tackling alone.

U.S. Navy Hospital Corpsman First Class Aaron Clifford, Cutlass Express medical instructor, explains how to treat a sucking chest wound on a simulated patient to Djibouti Coast Guardsmen and Marines during classroom instruction for exercise Cutlass Express Jan. 31, 2016, at the Djiboutian Coast Guard Academy, Djibouti. Exercise participants conducted a number of maritime security operations to include vessel queries, ship boarding, airborne maritime patrol operations, and search and rescue drills.

Participants from Sudan, Rwanda, Kenya, and Djibouti stand in formation during the opening ceremony of exercise Cutlass Express 2016 at the Djibouti Navy Base, Djibouti, Feb. 1, 2016. More than 450 personnel from 18 countries coordinated at two locations for the fifth iteration of the maritime exercise. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Victoria Sneed)

U.S. Army Sgt. Nathaniel Mitcavish, Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa Civil Affairs specialist, discusses essential tasks for Civil-Military Cooperation officers Feb. 3, 2016, at Rwanda Defense Force headquarters, Kigali, Rwanda. The interaction between CJTF-HOA and RDF personnel was the first of four phases in a plan to increase interoperability between CJTF-HOA, RDF and Rwanda Peace Academy, supporting regional training efforts for peacekeeping operations and enabling the impact of those partners to grow. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Peter Thompson)

Rwanda Defense Force Army Capt. Edouard Turatsinze, Ministry of Defense Public Relations and Communications officer, reads from a list of essential tasks for Civil-Military Cooperation officers Feb. 3, 2016, at Rwanda Defense Force headquarters, Kigali, Rwanda. During conversations and breakout sessions the civil affairs and RDF explored the use of essential tasks and supporting tasks as means of identifying needed skills for proficient CIMIC personnel prior to peacekeeping and regional security organization deployments. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Peter Thompson)

U.S. Army Sgt. Nathaniel Mitcavish, Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa Civil Affairs specialist, discusses essential tasks for Civil-Military Cooperation (CIMIC) officers Feb. 3, 2016, at Rwanda Defense Force headquarters, Kigali, Rwanda. During the engagement, U.S. Army civil affairs and Rwanda Defense Force CIMIC personnel discussed similarities and differences between the organizations. The RDF plans to use the knowledge gained during the event to address training and organizational needs for their forces. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Peter Thompson)

U.S. Army Capt. Morgan Shepard, Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa Public Information officer, discusses civil military operations and the roles of Public Affairs and Public Information Officers Feb. 2, 2016, at RDF headquarters, Kigali, Rwanda. During the engagement, U.S. Army civil affairs and Rwanda Defense Force Civil Military Co-operation (CIMIC) discussed similarities and differences between the organizations. The RDF will use the knowledge gained during the event to address training and organizational needs for their forces. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Peter Thompson)

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Christopher Gordon, Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa civil affairs specialist, discusses civil affairs pre-deployment training tasks Feb. 3, 2016, at Rwanda Defence Force headquarters, Kigali, Rwanda. Rwandan CIMIC officers have many of the same roles and responsibilities as U.S. Army civil affairs. Army civil affairs specialists are responsible for researching civil environments, acting as liaisons between civil components of an operational environment, and conducting security force assistance, while enabling the civil-military operations of the supported commander. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Peter Thompson)

U.S. Army Capt. Morgan Shepard, Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa Public Information officer, listens as Rwanda Defense Force Army Capt. Edouard Turatsinze, Ministry of Defense Public Relations and Communications officer, discusses a topic Feb. 2, 2016, at RDF headquarters, Kigali, Rwanda. The interaction between CJTF-HOA and RDF personnel was the first of four phases in plan to increase interoperability between CJTF-HOA, RDF and Rwanda Peace Academy, supporting regional training efforts for peacekeeping operations and enabling the impact of those partners to grow. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Peter Thompson)

Representatives from the Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa Army civil affairs battalion and information operations office sign a guest book at the Rwanda Peace Academy Feb. 4, 2016, in Musanze, Rwanda. Rwanda is one of the largest contributors of forces to peacekeeping operations in East Africa. The Ministry of Defence's impact continues to expand as the Rwanda Peace Academy takes on a larger role as an international training, research and education center. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Peter Thompson)

U.S. Army Capt. Morgan Shepard, Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa Public Information officer, listens as Rwanda Defense Force Army Capt. Edouard Turatsinze, Ministry of Defense Public Relations and Communications officer, discusses a topic Feb. 2, 2016, at RDF headquarters, Kigali, Rwanda. CIMIC officers have many of the same roles and responsibilities as U.S. Army civil affairs personnel. Army civil affairs specialists are responsible for researching, coordinating, conducting and participating in the planning and production of civil affairs related documents, while enabling the civil-military operations of the supported commander. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Peter Thompson)

Gen. Frank Gorenc, U.S. Air Forces in Europe and Air Forces Africa commander, speaks to Airmen during an Air Force All Call at Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, Feb. 3, 2016. He explained the budget concern, performance feedback reform, current technology and the way ahead for all of these. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Kate Thornton)

Gen. Frank Gorenc, U.S. Air Forces in Europe and Air Forces Africa commander, takes questions from Airmen of the 82nd Rescue Squadron at Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, Feb. 2, 2016. In addition to exuding pride for the people with whom he serves, Gorenc covered key topics and clarified some changes to the Air Force and its operations. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Kate Thornton)

Gen. Frank Gorenc, U.S. Air Forces in Europe and Air Forces Africa commander, speaks with Airmen of the 82nd Rescue Squadron at Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, Feb. 2, 2016. Gorenc visited several facilities, spoke and ate with Airmen, and hosted an All Call for all Air Force personnel assigned to Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Kate Thornton)

Gen. Frank Gorenc, U.S. Air Forces in Europe and Air Forces Africa commander, speaks with Airmen at Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, Feb. 2, 2016. His goals were to see how the mission is going, solicit feedback on future plans, and learn more about the Airmen accomplishing the mission here. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Kate Thornton)

U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Mark Stammer, Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa commanding general, speaks to attendees at the conclusion of the East Africa Security Synchronization Conference Jan. 22, 2016, at Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti. The conference provided an opportunity for attendees to better understand the benefits of a regional approach to African security instead of strictly country-focused planning. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Peter Thompson)

Members of the East Africa Security Synchronization Conference discuss Africa Contingency Operations Training and Assistance Jan. 21, 2016, at Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti. The conference consisted of discussion panels and briefings that addressed a spectrum of topics including upcoming political elections, regional threat analysis and training assistance activities to secure the best outcome for the region. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Peter Thompson)

Military members in a working group discuss Africa Contingency Operations Training and Assistance during the East Africa Security Synchronization Conference Jan. 21, 2016, at Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti. More than 70 U.S. embassy representatives from each East African country and organizations including the African Union, U.S. Africa Command, and AFRICOM components attended the event to kick start the process of synchronizing and prioritizing all activities in East Africa. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Peter Thompson)

Amb. Susan Page, Chargé d'Affaires to the African Union, speaks to participants of the East Africa Security Synchronization Conference Jan. 21, 2016, at Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti. The conference consisted of discussion panels and briefings that addressed a spectrum of topics including upcoming political elections, regional threat analysis and training assistance activities to secure the best outcome for the region. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Peter Thompson)

Victor John, Africa Contingency Operations Training and Assistance program operations manager, speaks to audience members during the East Africa Security Synchronization Conference Jan. 20, 2016, at Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti. More than 70 U.S. embassy representatives from each East African country and organizations including the African Union, U.S. Africa Command, and AFRICOM components attended the event to kick start the process of synchronizing and prioritizing all activities in East Africa. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Peter Thompson)

Command Sgt. Maj. Butler Kendrick Jr., Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa senior enlisted leader, discusses a topic with members of the East Africa Security Synchronization Conference Jan. 20, 2016, at Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti. The EASSC is the only conference between U.S. Department of State and U.S. military representatives dedicated to aligning military and political priorities for East Africa. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Peter Thompson)

Amb. Tom Kelly, U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of Djibouti, speaks to attendees of the East Africa Security Synchronization Conference Jan. 20, 2016, at Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti. The conference provided an opportunity for attendees to better understand the benefits of a regional approach to African security instead of strictly country-focused planning. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Peter Thompson)

U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Mark Stammer, Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa commanding general, welcomes attendees to the East Africa Security Synchronization Conference Jan. 20, 2016, at Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti. The EASSC is the only conference between U.S. Department of State and U.S. military representatives dedicated to aligning military and political priorities for East Africa. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Peter Thompson)