State, Defense department officials meet, discuss future of East Africa
12/14/2018
Amb. Donald Yamamoto, U.S. Ambassador to Somalia, addresses U.S. diplomats and joint service personnel at a meeting during the Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA) East Africa Security Forum (EASF) at Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti Dec. 13, 2018. The EASF provides opportunities for CJTF-HOA and interagency leaders to assess and align efforts, and develop synchronized courses of action that support common goals. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Nick Scott)
State, Defense department officials meet, discuss future of East Africa
12/14/2018
More than 30 U.S. State Department officials, representing 12 East Africa countries, joined military leaders from the Combined Joint Task Force Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA) for an East Africa Security Forum at Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, Dec. 11-13.
U.S. Army Maj. Ivette Blanco-Padilla, dental officer in charge, 403rd Civil Affairs Battalion (CAB), Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa, Djibouti, gives a medical book to a student during a ceremony at the Djibouti Nursing School, Dec. 10, 2018. More than 30 students completed a semester-long medical English discussion group, facilitated by the 403rd CAB, which serves as a language laboratory where students develop practical linguistic and rhetorical skills through relationship building and information exchange. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Shawn Nickel)
U.S. Army Lt. Col. Delnora Erickson, an oncologist assigned to the 403rd Civil Affairs Battalion (CAB), Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa, Djibouti, presents a certificate of completion to a Djibouti Nursing School student during a ceremony at the Djibouti Nursing School, Dec. 10, 2018. More than 30 students completed a semester-long medical English discussion group, facilitated by the 403rd CAB, which serves as a language laboratory where students develop practical linguistic and rhetorical skills through relationship building and information exchange. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Shawn Nickel)
Djibouti Nursing School students, faculty and guests listen to opening remarks by Amb. Larry André Jr., U.S. Ambassador to Djibouti, during a certification ceremony held by the 403rd Civil Affairs Battalion (CAB), an Army Reserve unit assigned to Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa, Djibouti, Dec. 10, 2018. More than 30 students completed a semester-long medical English discussion group, facilitated by the 403rd CAB, which serves as a language laboratory where students develop practical linguistic and rhetorical skills through relationship building and information exchange. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Shawn Nickel)
CJTF-HOA participates in Foreign Legion’s annual Grand Bara 15k race to strengthen partnerships
12/14/2018
U.S. Navy Capt. Thomas S. Wall, chief of staff for Combined Joint Task Force -Horn of Africa post with his deputy, U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Michael Mansfield and secretary, U.S. Army Capt. Shannon Hernandez before participating in the annual Grand Bara race. Nearly 200 members of CJTF-HOA ran alongside 2,500 Djiboutian, Chinese, and coalition service members and civilians during the 15k (9.3 mile) race across a stretch of Djibouti’s Grand Bara Desert, Dec. 13. (U.S. Army photo by Capt. Olivia Cobiskey)
CJTF-HOA participates in Foreign Legion’s annual Grand Bara 15k race to strengthen partnerships
12/14/2018
Task Force Alamo, a U.S. Army Reserve unit from Texas, gathered before the race. Nearly 200 members of Combined Joint Task Force – Horn of Africa ran alongside 2,500 Djiboutian, Chinese, and coalition service members and civilians during the 15k (9.3 mile) race across a stretch of Djibouti’s Grand Bara Desert, Dec. 13. (U.S. Army photo by Capt. Olivia Cobiskey)
CJTF-HOA participates in Foreign Legion’s annual Grand Bara 15k race to strengthen partnerships
12/14/2018
A runner approaches a kilometer marker during a 15-kilometer run through the Grand Bara Desert in Djibouti. Hosted by the French Foreign Legion, nearly 200 members of Combined Joint Task Force – Horn of Africa ran alongside 2,500 Djiboutian, Chinese, and coalition service members and civilians during the race across a stretch of Djibouti’s Grand Bara Desert, Dec. 13. (U.S. Army photo by Capt. Olivia Cobiskey)
CJTF-HOA participates in Foreign Legion’s annual Grand Bara 15k race to strengthen partnerships
12/14/2018
Runners compete in the 36th annual Grand Bara 15K race in the Grand Bara Desert, Djibouti. Nearly 200 members of Combined Joint Task Force – Horn of Africa ran alongside 2,500 Djiboutian, Chinese, and coalition service members and civilians during the race across a stretch of Djibouti’s Grand Bara Desert, Dec. 13. (U.S. Army photo by Capt. Olivia Cobiskey)
CJTF-HOA participates in Foreign Legion’s annual Grand Bara 15k race to strengthen partnerships
12/14/2018
Hosted by the French Armed Forces 5th Combined Overseas Marine Battalion the Grand Bara race honors the long history of the French relationship with Djibouti. Participants in the race follow a 15-kilometer line of rocks in the Grand Bara desert, which the Foreign Legion used to make its Soldiers paint as punishment.
Nearly 200 members of Combined Joint Task Force – Horn of Africa ran alongside 2,500 Djiboutian, Chinese, and coalition service members and civilians during the 15k (9.3 mile) race across a stretch of Djibouti’s Grand Bara Desert, Dec. 13. (U.S. Army photo by Capt. Olivia Cobiskey)
CJTF-HOA participates in Foreign Legion’s annual Grand Bara 15k race to strengthen partnerships
12/14/2018
A U.S. Soldier poses for a photo with an officer in the Chinese military after exchanging patches. Nearly 200 members of Combined Joint Task Force – Horn of Africa ran alongside 2,500 Djiboutian, Chinese, and coalition service members and civilians during the 15k (9.3 mile) race across a stretch of Djibouti’s Grand Bara Desert, Dec. 13. (U.S. Army photo by Capt. Olivia Cobiskey)
CJTF-HOA participates in Foreign Legion’s annual Grand Bara 15k race to strengthen partnerships
12/14/2018
The sonic boom of a pair of French Mirage fighter jets signified the start of the 36th annual Grand Bara Run, where nearly 200 members of Combined Joint Task Force – Horn of Africa ran alongside 2,500 Djiboutian, Chinese and coalition service members and civilians during the 15k (9.3 mile) race across a stretch of Djibouti’s Grand Bara Desert, Dec. 13.
Coastal Riverine Squadron 8 shipmate camaraderie best weapon in deterrence
12/13/2018
U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Morgan Cushing (left), U.S. Navy Chief Petty Officer Michael Williams (middle) and U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Stephen Jacquet, Coastal Riverine Squadron 8, Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa, Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, watch a possible threat while conducting surveillance from a Rigid Hull Inflatable Boat during an armed security escort in the Gulf of Tadjourah, Dec. 7, 2018. Coastal Riverine Squadron 8 conducts force protection of strategic shipping and naval vessels operating in the inshore and coastal areas, anchorages and harbors, from bare beach to sophisticated port facilities. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Shawn Nickel)
Coastal Riverine Squadron 8 shipmate camaraderie best weapon in deterrence
12/13/2018
U.S. Navy Sailors from Coastal Riverine Squadron (CRS) 8, Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa, Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, pilot Rigid Hull Inflatable Boats while en route to provide armed escort to the fleet replenishment oiler USNS Henry J. Kaiser (T-AO 187), in the Gulf of Tadjourah, Dec. 7, 2018. Coastal Riverine Squadron 8 is a hardware-equipped, intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance embedded, deployable asset that provides centralized planning, control, coordination and integration of its boat and security platoons. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Shawn Nickel)
Coastal Riverine Squadron 8 shipmate camaraderie best weapon in deterrence
12/13/2018
U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Morgan Cushing (left), U.S. Navy Chief Petty Officer Michael Williams (middle) and U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Stephen Jacquet, Coastal Riverine Squadron 8, Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa, Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, watch a possible threat while conducting surveillance from a Rigid Hull Inflatable Boat during an armed security escort in the Gulf of Tadjourah, Dec. 7, 2018. Coastal Riverine Squadron 8 conducts force protection of strategic shipping and naval vessels operating in the inshore and coastal areas, anchorages and harbors, from bare beach to sophisticated port facilities. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Shawn Nickel)
Coastal Riverine Squadron 8 shipmate camaraderie best weapon in deterrence
12/13/2018
The fleet replenishment oiler USNS Henry J. Kaiser (T-AO 187) is in view behind a Coastal Riverine Squadron 8, Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa, Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, Rigid Hull Inflatable Boat during an armed security escort in the Gulf of Tadjourah, Dec. 7, 2018. Coastal Riverine Squadron 8’s anti-terrorism and force protection missions include harbor and homeland defense, coastal surveillance and special missions. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Shawn Nickel)
Coastal Riverine Squadron 8 shipmate camaraderie best weapon in deterrence
12/13/2018
U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Alexander Weigel, engineer under instruction, Coastal Riverine Squadron 8 (CRS 8), Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa, Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, mans a security post on a Rigid Hull Inflatable Boat (RHIB) while en route to provide armed security escort in the Gulf of Tadjourah, Dec. 7, 2018. Each RHIB team in CRS 8 is made of up a diverse group of U.S. Navy Reserve Sailors with different skills and backgrounds, which aids in protecting U.S. and partner interests in the East Africa combined joint operations area. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Shawn Nickel)
Coastal Riverine Squadron 8 shipmate camaraderie best weapon in deterrence
12/13/2018
U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Morgan Cushing, coxswain in training, Coastal Riverine Squadron 8, Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa, Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, pilots a Rigid Hull Inflatable Boat (RHIB) while providing an armed security escort in the Gulf of Tadjourah, Dec. 7, 2018. Coastal Riverine Squadron 8 conducts force protection of strategic shipping and naval vessels operating in the inshore and coastal areas, anchorages and harbors, from bare beach to sophisticated port facilities. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Shawn Nickel)
Coastal Riverine Squadron 8 shipmate camaraderie best weapon in deterrence
12/13/2018
U.S. Navy Sailors from Coastal Riverine Squadron (CRS) 8, Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa, Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, pilot Rigid Hull Inflatable Boats while en route to provide armed escort to the fleet replenishment oiler USNS Henry J. Kaiser (T-AO 187), in the Gulf of Tadjourah, Dec. 7, 2018. Coastal Riverine Squadron 8 is a hardware-equipped, intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance embedded, deployable asset that provides centralized planning, control, coordination and integration of its boat and security platoons. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Shawn Nickel)
Coastal Riverine Squadron 8 shipmate camaraderie best weapon in deterrence
12/13/2018
What is a pirate’s favorite letter? Rrr…? Nope. It’s the Sea. And pirates beware, because Coastal Riverine Squadron 8 conducts maritime security operations regularly. With their twin-engine Rigid Hull Inflatable Boats mounted with three fully-automatic weapons and a team of highly-skilled Sailors, they look menacing to any foe.
