U.S. Navy Lt. Gail Evangelista, nurse, assigned to Naval Hospital Rota, Spain, dons a facemask prior to interacting with a patient at the Michaud Expeditionary Medical Facility (EMF) at Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, April 16, 2020. Evangelista is part of a four-member team sent by Naval Forces Africa to augment critical positions within the EMF during the COVID-19 pandemic, enabling existing EMF staff to execute their primary mission of treating trauma patients. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Dylan Murakami)
U.S. Navy Lt. Gail Evangelista, nurse, assigned to Naval Hospital Rota, Spain, takes a patient’s temperature at the Michaud Expeditionary Medical Facility (EMF) at Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, April 16, 2020. Evangelista is part of a four-member team sent by Naval Forces Africa to augment critical positions within the EMF during the COVID-19 pandemic, enabling existing EMF staff to fulfill their primary mission of treating trauma patients. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Dylan Murakami)
Staff from the COVID-19 Intensive Care Unit (ICU), part of the Expeditionary Medical Facility (EMF), demonstrate its medical and equipment capabilities at Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, April 9, 2020. The creation of the COVID-19 ICU aligns with coordinated preventive measures developed to mitigate the potential spread of COVID-19. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Kristen A. Heller)
Manda Bay, BMA name facilities for fallen service member
5/29/2020
Two contingency locations within CJTF-HOA's combined joint operations area recently named facilities in honor of U.S. Army Spc. Henry J. “Mitch” Mayfield Jr.
U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Jeffery Puckett talks through the process of upgrading living facilities at a base within the Djibouti Base Cluster, as well as keeping everyone safe in the process on May 8, 2020.
Capt. Steven Lathrop, Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa logistics director, speaks on the logistics mission continuing amidst the COVID-19 pandemic.
U.S. Army 1st Lt. Jennifer Niemann and Private First Class Ashley Ensminger, both assigned to the East Africa Response Force (EARF) for Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa, talk about their deployment to Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti and their experience as the first females in Easy Company, 2-506 Infantry Battalion, 101st Infantry Division (Airborne), out of Fort Campbell, Kentucky. The EARF is a rapid deployment force with the ability to protect U.S. citizens and diplomatic facilities, non-combatant evacuation operations, humanitarian assistance, disaster relief operations, and other missions as directed. Both Niemann and Ensminger responded to the attack on Manda Bay, Kenya, on Jan. 5, 2020.
U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Mike Turello, commanding general, Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa, and U.S. Navy Capt. Ken Crowe, commanding officer, Camp Lemonnier Djibouti, speak about the Coronavirus, or COVID-19.
Sgt. Maj. Shadonika Crawford: The road to the one percent
3/31/2020
Growing up a military brat, U.S. Army Sgt. Maj. Shadonika Crawford, equal opportunity advisor for Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA), never saw herself as the type to join the military, let alone being a sergeant major in the U.S. Army Reserve 29 years later.
Currently the highest ranking enlisted female within CJTF-HOA, Crawford became part of the one percent of military enlisted members in Jan. 2019, but she originally thought the military would be a temporary part of her life.
U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Pauline Jones, Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa public health noncommissioned officer-in-charge, teaches service members assigned to a high-traffic area disinfectant team how to create and properly use a cleaning solution at Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, March 27, 2020. The team learned how COVID-19 and other viruses can live on non-porous surfaces, such as metal, glass, plastic, and laminated surfaces, for several days. The teams are now disinfecting high traffic locations and objects like water filling stations, benches and doors at common use facilities frequently touched by multiple individuals to prevent illness. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Gage Daniel)
In order to keep personnel safe during the COVID-19 pandemic, Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti (CLDJ) and Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA) leadership created and trained a team of service members to disinfect high-usage areas around camp.
CAMP LEMONNIER, DJIBOUTI— Air Traffic Control is an around-the-clock job, and those in the career field need to maintain flexibility to continue the mission, no matter what’s going on in the rest of the world.
While most people know what to expect with weather in Djibouti, it takes an expert to predict when it will vary. These variations from typical weather patterns are what have the largest impact, so it is imperative to know when they are coming and what to expect. Prior to the execution of any given mission, it is important that Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA) key personnel understand and assess the potential weather-induced risks involved.
U.S. Army Soldiers assigned to 1-200th Infantry Battalion, Task Force Guardian, Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa, ruck march during the Bataan Memorial Death March at Chabelley Airfield, Djibouti, March 15, 2020. The New Mexico National Guard’s 1-200th Infantry Battalion hosts an annual Bataan Memorial Death March at White Sands National Park, New Mexico, to honor the Prisoner of War Soldiers who were force-marched in the Philippines during World War II. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Gage Daniel)
Service members listen to a safety brief before starting the Bataan Memorial Death March at Chabelley Airfield, Djibouti, March 15, 2020. The 1-200th Infantry Battalion hosts a Bataan Memorial Death March annually at White Sands National Park, New Mexico, to honor the Prisoner of War Soldiers who were force-marched in the Philippines during World War II. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Gage Daniel)
