KENYA- Kenya Defense Forces soldiers prepare non-electric demolition charges during Deliberate Kindle 2016 taught by U.S. Navy Sailors from Task Force Sparta, Sept. 19, at a training center in Kenya. Deliberate Kindle 2016 is taught by U.S. Navy explosive ordnance disposal technicians and a dive independent duty corpsman assigned to Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa. It is a four-week Humanitarian Mine Action course designed to provide training in countering improvised explosive devices and unexploded ordnance, medical, and train-the-trainer skills to approximately 53 KDF soldiers in preparation for future deployments with the African Union Mission in Somalia. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Tiffany DeNault)

KENYA – Kenya Defense Forces combat engineer enlisted soldiers and officers ignited sections of time fuse for demolition training taught by U.S. Navy Sailors from Task Force Sparta during Deliberate Kindle 2016, Sept. 19, at a training center in Kenya. Deliberate Kindle 2016 is taught by U.S. Navy explosive ordnance disposal technicians and a dive independent duty corpsman, assigned to Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa, is a four-week Humanitarian Mine Assistance course designed to provide training in countering improvised explosive devices and unexploded ordnance, medical, and train-the-trainer skills to approximately 53 KDF soldiers in preparation for future deployments with the African Union Mission in Somalia. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Tiffany DeNault)

KENYA- A Kenya Defense Force combat engineer ignites a small section of time fuse for timing calculations during demolition training taught by U.S. Navy Sailors from Task Force Sparta during Deliberate Kindle 2016, Sept. 19, at a training center in Kenya. Deliberate Kindle 2016 is taught by U.S. Navy explosive ordnance disposal technicians and a dive independent duty corpsman assigned to Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa. It is a four-week Humanitarian Mine Action course designed to provide training in countering improvised explosive devices and unexploded ordnance, medical, and train-the-trainer skills to approximately 53 KDF soldiers in preparation for future deployments with the African Union Mission in Somalia. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Tiffany DeNault)

KENYA- Kenya Defense Force combat engineer soldiers and officers measure time fuse for timing calculations during demolition training taught by U.S. Navy Sailors from Task Force Sparta during Deliberate Kindle 2016, Sept. 19, at a training center in Kenya. Deliberate Kindle 2016 is taught by U.S. Navy explosive ordnance disposal technicians and a dive independent duty corpsman assigned to Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa. It is a four-week Humanitarian Mine Action course designed to provide training in countering improvised explosive devices and unexploded ordnance, medical, and train-the-trainer skills to approximately 53 KDF soldiers, in preparation for future deployments with the African Union Mission in Somalia. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Tiffany DeNault)

DJIBOUTI- U.S., French and Djiboutian airborne forces attend a church mass honoring St. Michel’s day, the patron saint of paratroopers, Sept. 29, 2016, at the French air base in Djibouti City, Djibouti. The airborne forces began the celebrations with a static line and high altitude low opening jump toward a designated drop zone, followed by a church mass and a ceremony where several U.S. airborne forces were awarded French jump wings. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Tiffany DeNault)

U.S. Army Lt. Col. Julio Acosta, 1st Battalion, 124th Infantry Regiment commander, repacks his parachute after landing on the designated drop zone Sept. 29, 2016, in Djibouti. U.S., French and Djiboutian airborne forces celebrated with a static line and high altitude low opening jump toward a designated drop zone. St. Michel is the patron saint of paratroopers, and the day included a celebratory mass and American jumpers being awarded French jump wings. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Eric Summers Jr.)

Two French airborne soldiers clear the drop zone after a static line jump from a C-160 Transall in celebration of St. Michel’s Day Sept. 29, 2016, at Djibouti. U.S., French and Djiboutian airborne forces celebrated with a static line and high altitude low opening jump toward a designated drop zone. St. Michel is the patron saint of paratroopers, and the day included a celebratory mass and American jumpers being awarded French jump wings. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Eric Summers Jr.)

DJIBOUTI- French airborne forces pin jump wings on U.S. Army Soldiers for completing static line and high altitude low opening (HALO) jumps commemorating St. Michel, the patron saint of paratroopers, Sept. 29, 2016, at the French air base in Djibouti City, Djibouti. U.S., French and Djiboutian airborne forces began the St. Michel celebration with a static line and HALO jump at a designated drop zone, followed by a church mass and a ceremony where several U.S. airborne forces were awarded French jump wings. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Tiffany DeNault)

U.S. Army Soldiers exit the drop zone after a static-line jump from a French military C-160 Transall aircraft Sept. 29, 2016, in Djibouti. U.S., French and Djiboutian airborne forces celebrated with a static line and high altitude low opening jump toward a designated drop zone. St. Michel is the patron saint of paratroopers, and the day included a celebratory mass and American jumpers being awarded French jump wings. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Eric Summers Jr.)

Military members from the U.S. Army, Djibouti Armed Forces, and French military descend from a French C-160 Transall Sept. 29, 2016 in Djibouti. U.S., French and Djiboutian airborne forces celebrated with a static line and high altitude low opening jump toward a designated drop zone. St. Michel is the patron saint of paratroopers, and the day included a celebratory mass and American jumpers being awarded French jump wings. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Eric Summers Jr.)

Military members from the U.S. Army, Djibouti Armed Forces, and French military kick off a St. Michel’s Day celebration by jumping out of a C-160 Transall in Djibouti, Sept. 29, 2016. The paratroopers commemorated the day with a static line and high altitude low opening jump toward a designated drop zone. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Benjamin Raughton)

A French airborne soldier lands safely on the ground during a high altitude low opening jump in celebration of St. Michel’s Day in Djibouti, Sept. 29, 2016. The celebration was in honor of St. Michel, the patron saint of paratroopers, and included a celebratory mass and American jumpers being awarded French jump wings. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Benjamin Raughton)

DJIBOUTI- U.S., French and Djiboutian airborne forces attend a ceremony honoring St. Michel’s day, the patron saint of paratroopers, Sept. 29, 2016, at the French air base in Djibouti City, Djibouti. The airborne forces began the celebrations with a static line and high altitude low opening jump toward a designated drop zone, followed by a church mass and a ceremony where several U.S. airborne forces were awarded French jump wings. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Tiffany DeNault)

KENYA – Kenyan Defense Force combat engineers conduct simulated medical care during a mine strike exercise as part of tactical combat medical training for Deliberate Kindle 2016, Sept. 15, at a Kenyan training facility. The medical training was just one portion of the four-week course taught by Task Force Sparta, which is currently deployed to Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa. The course was designed to give Humanitarian Mine Action training to course attendees, so as to prepare them for future deployments with the African Union Mission in Somalia. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Tiffany DeNault)

KENYA- U.S. Navy Sailors from Task Force Sparta, assigned to Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa, demonstrate the final portion of the tactical combat medical training to Kenyan Defense Force combat engineers during Deliberate Kindle 2016, Sept. 15, at a Kenyan training facility. The medical training was just one portion of the four-week course designed to give Humanitarian Mine Action training to approximately 53 KDF soldiers and officers to prepare them for future deployments with the African Union Mission in Somalia. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Tiffany DeNault)

KENYA- U.S. Navy Hospitalman 1st Class Aaron Christensen, a dive independent duty corpsman assigned to Task Force Sparta, teaches tactical combat medical care to approximately 53 Kenyan Defense Force soldiers and officers during Deliberate Kindle 2016, Sept. 14, at a Kenyan training facility. The medical training was just one portion of the four-week course taught by Task Force Sparta, which is currently assigned to Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa. The course was designed to give Humanitarian Mine Assistance training to course attendees, to prepare them for future deployments with the African Union Mission in Somalia. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Tiffany DeNault)

KENYA – Kenyan Defense Force combat engineers use mine detectors to scan the road for mock-improvised explosive devices during their final portion of tactical combat medical training during Deliberate Kindle 2016, Sept. 15, at a Kenyan training facility. The medical training was just one portion of the four-week course taught by Task Force Sparta, which is currently assigned to Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa. The course was designed to give Humanitarian Mine Action training to course attendees to prepare them for future deployments with the African Union Mission in Somalia. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Tiffany DeNault)

KENYA- U.S. Navy Explosive Ordnance Disposal Technician 3rd Class Nick Mettler, assigned to Task Force Sparta and currently deployed to Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa, races Kenyan Defense Force combat engineers during a buddy carry lesson for the tactical combat medical training portion of Deliberate Kindle 2016, Sept. 14, at a Kenyan training facility. The medical training was just one portion of the four-week course designed to give Humanitarian Mine Action training to course attendees to prepare them for future deployments with the African Union Mission in Somalia. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Tiffany DeNault)

KENYA- U.S. Navy Chief Petty Officer Ryan Waller, Task Force Sparta explosive ordnance disposal technician and Deliberate Kindle instructor, shows Kenyan Defense Force soldiers and officers how to properly use a tourniquet during tactical combat medical training, Sept. 14, 2016, at a Kenyan training center. Deliberate Kindle is a four-week Humanitarian Mine Action course designed to provide training in countering improvised explosive devices and unexploded ordnance, train-the-trainer, and medical training to approximately 53 KDF soldiers in preparation for future deployments with the African Union Mission in Somalia. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Tiffany DeNault)

KENYA- Combat engineers with the Kenyan Defense Force review improvised explosive device (IED) study guides during Deliberate Kindle 2016, a four-week Humanitarian Mine Action course taught by Task Force Sparta, Sept. 13, at a Kenyan training center. U.S. Navy explosive ordnance disposal technicians and a dive independent duty corpsman provided training in countering improvised explosive devices and unexploded ordnance, train-the-trainer, and tactical combat medical care training to approximately 53 KDF soldiers and officers in preparation for the KDF’s deployment with the African Union Mission in Somalia. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Tiffany DeNault)

KENYA- A U.S. Navy Sailor from Task Force Sparta, assigned to Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa, conducts tactical combat medical training for Kenyan Defense Force combat engineers during Deliberate Kindle 2016, Sept. 14, at a Kenyan training facility. Deliberate Kindle is a four-week Humanitarian Mine Action course designed to provide training in countering improvised explosive devices and unexploded ordnance, train-the-trainer, and medical training to approximately 53 KDF in preparation for future deployments with the African Union Mission in Somalia. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Tiffany DeNault)

KENYA- U.S. Navy Chief Petty Officer Ryan Waller, Task Force Sparta explosive ordnance disposal technician and Deliberate Kindle instructor, explains the final portion of the tactical combat medical training to Kenyan Defense Force combat engineers during Deliberate Kindle 2016, Sept. 15, at a Kenyan training facility. The medical training was just one portion of the four-week course designed to give Humanitarian Mine Action training to course attendees, so as to prepare them for future deployments with the African Union Mission in Somalia. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Tiffany DeNault)

KENYA- Kenya Defense Forces combat engineer soldiers and officers return from a class break to continue a class on demolitions taught by U.S. Navy Sailors from Task Force Sparta, assigned to Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa, during Deliberate Kindle 2016, Sept. 16, at a training center in Kenya. U.S. Navy explosive ordnance disposal technicians and a dive independent duty corpsman provided counter-improvised explosive device, tactical combat medical care, and train-the-trainer skills to approximately 53 KDF soldiers and officers in preparation for the KDF’s deployment with the African Union Mission in Somalia. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Tiffany DeNault)

KENYA- U.S. Navy Chief Petty Officer Ryan Waller, assigned to Task Force Sparta and senior instructor for Deliberate Kindle 2016, demonstrates to Kenya Defense Forces combat engineers how to work around certain obstacles when an improvised explosive device is detected, as part of training during Deliberate Kindle 2016, Sept. 16, at a training center in Kenya. Deliberate Kindle is a four-week counter-improvised explosive device course designed to provide C-IED, medical, and train-the-trainer skills to approximately 53 KDF soldiers in preparation for future deployments with the African Union Mission in Somalia. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Tiffany DeNault)

KENYA- Kenya Defense Forces combat engineers practice setting up an electric demolition with mock training aids during Deliberate Kindle 2016, Sept. 16, at a training center in Kenya. U.S. Navy Task Force Sparta explosive ordnance disposal technicians and a dive independent duty corpsman, assigned to Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa, provided counter-improvised explosive device, tactical combat medical care, and train-the-trainer skills to approximately 53 KDF soldiers and officers in preparation the KDF’s deployment with the African Union Mission in Somalia. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Tiffany DeNault)

KENYA- U.S. Navy Explosive Ordnance Disposal Technician 3rd Class Nick Mettler of Task Force Sparta, whose unit is currently assigned to Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa, demonstrates how to set up an electric demolition to Kenya Defense Forces combat engineers during Deliberate Kindle 2016, Sept. 16, at a training center in Kenya. Deliberate Kindle is a four-week counter-improvised explosive device course designed to provide C-IED, medical, and train-the-trainer skills to approximately 53 KDF soldiers in preparation for future deployments with the African Union Mission in Somalia. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Tiffany DeNault)

KENYA- U.S. Navy Chief Petty Officer Ryan Waller, assigned to Task Force Sparta and senior instructor for Deliberate Kindle 2016, teaches Kenya Defense Forces combat engineer soldiers and officers on the difference between electric and non-electric explosives during Deliberate Kindle 2016, Sept. 16, at a training center in Kenya. Deliberate Kindle is a four-week counter-improvised explosive device course designed to provide C-IED, medical, and train-the-trainer skills to approximately 53 KDF soldiers in preparation for future deployments with the African Union Mission in Somalia. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Tiffany DeNault)

KENYA- Kenya Defense Forces combat engineer soldiers and officers complete a written test at the end of their second week of class during Deliberate Kindle 2016, Sept. 16, at a training center in Kenya. U.S. Navy Task Force Sparta explosive ordnance disposal technicians and a dive independent duty corpsman, assigned to Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa, provided counter-improvised explosive device, tactical combat medical care, and train-the-trainer skills to approximately 53 KDF soldiers and officers in preparation the KDF’s deployment with the African Union Mission in Somalia. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Tiffany DeNault)

KENYA – U.S. Navy Ensign Christina Hammervold and Chief Petty Officer Ryan Waller, Task Force Sparta, speak with Kenya Defense Forces Warrant Officer Athumani, a squadron sergeant major, before resuming the medical portion of Deliberate Kindle 2016, Sept. 13, at a training center in Kenya. U.S. Navy explosive ordnance disposal technicians and a dive independent duty corpsman provided counter-improvised explosive device, tactical combat medical care, and train-the-trainer skills to approximately 53 KDF soldiers and officers in preparation the KDF’s deployment with the African Union Mission in Somalia. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Tiffany DeNault)

Doctors, attendees and facilitators of the Continued Medical Education conference pose for a photo in Mogadishu, Somalia, Sept. 14, 2016. The conference brought nearly 20 medical students and general practitioners from various sectors of Somalia together to receive training various medical practices, specifically in the field of radiology and pediatrics. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Benjamin Raughton)

U.S. Army Maj. Andrew Mosier, 403rd Civil Affairs Battalion physician, instructs Somali doctors during the Continuing Medical Education Conference in Mogadishu, Somalia, Sept. 14, 2016. The conference brought nearly 20 medical students and general practitioners from various sectors of Somalia together to receive training on various medical practices, specifically in the fields of radiology and pediatrics. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Benjamin Raughton)

U.S. Army Maj. Andrew Mosier, 403rd Civil Affairs Battalion physician, instructs nearly 20 Somali doctors during the Continuing Medical Education Conference in Mogadishu, Somalia, Sept. 14, 2016. The conference covered topics concerning treatment for different types of broken bones, swollen lymph nodes, and arthritis, and they also practiced reading radiographs. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Benjamin Raughton)

Rwanda Defense Force soldiers carry mock casualties from an ambush site during a medical exercise Sept. 9, 2016, at the Rwanda Military Academy, Rwanda. The exercise, part of a two-week medical course, tested the RDF soldiers’ abilities to apply techniques of care under fire and other battlefield medical tactics. U.S. Army Soldiers from the 1st Battalion, 124th Infantry Regiment, assigned to Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa, instructed the course. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Eric Summers Jr.)

A Rwanda Defense Force soldier calls in a 9-line report to request a medical evacuation, while Army Sgt. Jonathan Lopez, 1st Battalion, 124th Infantry Regiment medic, observes during a medical exercise Sept. 9, 2016, at the Rwanda Military Academy, Rwanda. The exercise, part of a two-week medical course, tested the RDF soldiers’ abilities to apply techniques of care under fire and other battlefield medical tactics. U.S. Army Soldiers from the 1st Battalion, 124th Infantry Regiment, assigned to Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa, instructed the course. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Eric Summers Jr.)

U.S. Army Sgt. Isabella Kulacz, 1st Battalion, 124th Infantry Regiment medic, instructs Rwanda Defense Force soldiers on controlling the airway during a two-week medical course Sept. 8, 2016, at Rwanda Military Academy, Rwanda. Kulacz and Sgt. Jonathan Lopez, both medics with the 1/124 Inf. Rgt., assigned to Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa, taught the students techniques equivalent to the U.S. Army’s Combat Lifesaver Skills course. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Eric Summers Jr.)

A Rwanda Defense Force Soldier applies a bandage to a simulated-wounded casualty during a medical training exercise Sept. 9, 2016, at the Rwanda Military Academy, Rwanda. The exercise, part of a two-week medical course, tested the RDF soldiers’ abilities to apply techniques of care under fire and other battlefield medical tactics. U.S. Army Soldiers from the 1st Battalion, 124th Infantry Regiment, assigned to Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa, instructed the course. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Eric Summers Jr.)

A mock casualty receives a needle chest decompression from a Rwanda Defense Force soldier during a battlefield medical assessment Sept. 8, 2016, at the Rwanda Military Academy, Rwanda. The RDF soldiers participated in a two-week medical course, taught by U.S. Army soldiers deployed to Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa, to learn basic battlefield medical care techniques. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Eric Summers Jr.)

U.S. Army Sgt. Jonathan Lopez, 1st Battalion, 124th Infantry Regiment medic, shows a Rwanda Defense Force soldier where to look for a pulse to check the vitality of a mock casualty during a two-week medical course Sept. 8, 2016, at Rwanda Military Academy, Rwanda. U.S. Army soldiers, currently deployed to Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa, taught the class. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Eric Summers Jr.)

Rwanda Defense Force soldiers hold up tourniquets before self-applying them during a two-week medical course Sept. 8, 2016, at the Rwanda Military Academy, Rwanda. U.S. Army Soldiers from Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa trained the ally nation in basic skills that could potentially save a life on the battlefield. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Eric Summers Jr.)

Rwanda Defense Force soldiers apply a pressure bandage to a simulated casualty Sept. 8, 2016, at the Rwanda Military Academy, Rwanda. The RDF soldiers participated in a two-week medical course, taught by U.S. Army soldiers deployed to Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa, to learn basic battlefield medical care techniques. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Eric Summers Jr.)