CJTF-HOA deputy commanding general gauges progress in South Sudan
9/5/2019
U.S. Air Force Brig. Gen. James R. Kriesel, deputy commanding general of Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA), meets with South Sudan People's Defence Forces (SSPDF) chief of military intelligence, Maj. Gen. Rin Tueny Mabor, August 15, 2019. The meeting marks the first time a United States General had visited with the SSPDF in South Sudan. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Senior Airman Codie Trimble)
CJTF-HOA deputy commanding general gauges progress in South Sudan
9/5/2019
U.S. Air Force Brig. Gen. James R. Kriesel, deputy commanding general of Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA), meets with Charles Moore, deputy head of mission assigned to the British Embassy in South Sudan, in Juba, South Sudan, Aug. 15, 2019. Kriesel and Moore discussed the capabilities CJTF-HOA can bring to the British Embassy in South Sudan. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Senior Airman Codie Trimble)
CJTF-HOA Command Senior Enlisted Leader visits EARF during live-fire exercise
8/30/2019
U.S. Army Command Sgt. Maj. Shawn Carns, command senior enlisted leader (SEL), Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA), visits U.S. Army Soldiers from the East Africa Response Force (EARF), deployed in support of CJTF-HOA, during his battlefield circulation visit at Arta Range, Djibouti, Aug. 26, 2019. Battlefield circulation visits allow Carns to meet with units within CJTF-HOA’s combined joint operations area for familiarization and rapport-building. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. J.D. Strong II)
CJTF-HOA Command Senior Enlisted Leader visits EARF during live-fire exercise
8/30/2019
U.S. Army Command Sgt. Maj. Shawn Carns, command senior enlisted leader (SEL), Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa, visits with U.S. Army Soldiers from the East African Response Force (EARF), deployed in support of Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa, during his battlefield circulation visit at Arta Range, Djibouti, Aug. 26, 2019. Battlefield circulation visits allow Carns to meet with units within CJTF-HOA’s combined joint operations area for familiarization and rapport-building. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. J.D. Strong II)
CJTF-HOA Command Senior Enlisted Leader visits EARF during live-fire exercise
8/30/2019
U.S. Army Soldiers from the East African Response Force (EARF), deployed in support of Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa, fire an M-240 bravo machine gun during a live-fire exercise at Arta Range, Djibouti, Aug. 26, 2019. The EARF conducts live fires as part of their readiness and squad certifications. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. J.D. Strong II)
CJTF-HOA Command Senior Enlisted Leader visits EARF during live-fire exercise
8/30/2019
U.S. Army Command Sgt. Maj. Shawn Carns, command senior enlisted leader (SEL), Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA), takes notes while being briefed by U.S. Army First Lt. Nicholas Noga, platoon leader, 101st Division, 1st Battalion, 26th Infantry Regiment, Task Force Warrior, assigned to CJTF-HOA, during his battlefield circulation visit at Arta Range, Djibouti, Aug. 26, 2019. Battlefield circulation visits allow Carns to meet with units within CJTF-HOA’s combined joint operations area for familiarization and rapport-building. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. J.D. Strong II)
CJTF-HOA Command Senior Enlisted Leader visits EARF during live-fire exercise
8/30/2019
U.S. Army Command Sgt. Maj. Shawn Carns, command senior enlisted leader (CSEL), Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA), visited U.S. Army Soldiers assigned to the East Africa Response Force (EARF), deployed in support of CJTF-HOA, as they conducted a live-fire exercise at Arta Range, Djibouti, Aug. 26.
Command Senior Enlisted Leader Blog: Forward March
8/19/2019
Command Sgt. Maj. Shawn Carns, command senior enlisted leader, Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa, discusses his key takeaways after attending the Africa Senior Enlisted Leader Conference in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany.
U.S. Air Force Brig. Gen. James R. Kriesel, deputy commanding general of Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa, meets with doctors at Kamenge Military Hospital in Bujumbura, Burundi, July 18, 2019. The hospital has 30 specialists, 25 medical doctors and almost 250 nurses and technicians, and relies on medical and information exchanges with partner nations, including the United States, to stay ahead of the spread of Ebola. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Senior Airman Codie Trimble)
U.S. Air Force Brig. Gen. James R. Kriesel, deputy commanding general of Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa, meets with doctors at Kamenge Military Hospital in Bujumbura, Burundi, July 18, 2019. The hospital has 30 specialists, 25 medical doctors and almost 250 nurses and technicians, and relies on medical and information exchanges with partner nations, including the United States, to stay ahead of the spread of Ebola. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Senior Airman Codie Trimble)
U.S. Air Force Brig. Gen. James R. Kriesel, deputy commanding general of Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa, poses with soldiers from the Burundi National Defence Force (BNDF) in Bujumbura, Burundi, July 18, 2019. The BNDF is the Burundi’s military force with more than 20,000 personnel. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Senior Airman Codie Trimble)
CJTF-HOA supports multinational effort to save Djiboutian lives, land
8/16/2019
U.S. Army Soldiers from 465th Engineer Company, 926th Engineer Battalion, 926th Engineer Brigade, 412th Theater Engineer Command, based in Birmingham, Alabama, assigned to Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa, assess the building of a dirt berm at the Douda landfill in Djibouti, Aug. 14, 2019. During a fire at the landfill, the 465th used bulldozers to create dirt berms that would make firebreaks and stop the flames from spreading outward. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. J.D. Strong II)
CJTF-HOA supports multinational effort to save Djiboutian lives, land
8/16/2019
U.S. Army 1st Lt. Daniel Csakai, platoon leader, 465th Engineer Company, 926th Engineer Battalion, 926th Engineer Brigade, 412th Theater Engineer Command, based in Birmingham, Alabama, assigned to Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa, speaks with a Djibouti Fire Brigade firefighter about the firefighting efforts at Douda landfill in Djibouti, Aug. 14, 2019. During a fire at the landfill, the 465th used bulldozers to create dirt berms that would make firebreaks and stop the flames from spreading outward. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. J.D. Strong II)
CJTF-HOA supports multinational effort to save Djiboutian lives, land
8/16/2019
A Djiboutian Fire Brigade firefighter traverses the Douda landfill in Djibouti, Aug. 14, 2019. At the request of the government of Djibouti and in support of the U.S. Embassy Djibouti, Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa engineers worked alongside Camp Lemonnier, Djiboutian, French and Chinese firefighters to help stop a fire at the landfill from spreading. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. J.D. Strong II)
CJTF-HOA supports multinational effort to save Djiboutian lives, land
8/16/2019
U.S. Army Soldiers from 465th Engineer Company, 926th Engineer Battalion, 926th Engineer Brigade, 412th Theater Engineer Command, based in Birmingham, Alabama, assigned to Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa, assess their firefighting sector at the Douda landfill in Djibouti, Aug. 14, 2019. During a fire at the landfill, the 465th used bulldozers to create dirt berms that would make firebreaks and stop the flames from spreading outward. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. J.D. Strong II)
CJTF-HOA supports multinational effort to save Djiboutian lives, land
8/16/2019
U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Michael Turello, commanding general, Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA), right, speaks with Stephen Skola, deputy fire chief, Camp Lemonnier Fire and Emergency Services, about the firefighting efforts at Douda landfill in Djibouti, Aug. 14, 2019. At the request of the government of Djibouti and in support of the U.S. Embassy Djibouti, CJTF-HOA engineers worked alongside Camp Lemonnier, Djiboutian, French and Chinese firefighters to help stop a fire at the landfill from spreading. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. J.D. Strong II)
CJTF-HOA supports multinational effort to save Djiboutian lives, land
8/16/2019
Camp Lemonnier Fire and Emergency Services firefighters use a hose to extinguish a fire alongside Chinese firefighters at Douda landfill in Djibouti, Aug. 14, 2019. At the request of the government of Djibouti and in support of the U.S. Embassy Djibouti, Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa engineers worked alongside Camp Lemonnier, Djiboutian, French and Chinese firefighters to help stop a fire at the landfill from spreading. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. J.D. Strong II)
CJTF-HOA supports multinational effort to save Djiboutian lives, land
8/16/2019
Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA) service members provided critical support in a multinational effort to combat a fire at the Douda landfill in Djibouti City, August 14. CJTF-HOA engineers worked alongside Camp Lemonnier, Djiboutian, French and Chinese firefighters to help contain the fire, which was low-level but widespread and encroaching dangerously close to a surrounding village and the civilian airport.
U.S. Army Gen. Stephen J. Townsend, commander, U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM), center left, meets with foreign liaison officers assigned to Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA), during a visit to Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti (CLDJ), Aug. 6, 2019. Townsend visited CLDJ to familiarize himself with CJTF-HOA personnel and mission. AFRICOM is responsible for building defense capabilities, responding to crises, deterring and defeating transnational threats in order to advance U.S. national interests and promote regional security, stability, and prosperity, all in concert with interagency and international partners. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Gabrielle Spalding)
U.S. Army Gen. Stephen J. Townsend, commander, U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM), center-right, is escorted while touring Camp Lemonnier by U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Michael Turello, commanding general, Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA), and U.S. Ambassador to Djibouti, Larry E. André at Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, August 5, 2019. As commander of AFRICOM Townsend is in charge of military relations with African nations, the African Union and African regional security organizations. Townsend visited Djibouti as part of his familiarization of CJTF-HOA. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. J.D. Strong II)
