U.S. Army soldiers of Delta Company, 1st Battalion, 124th Infantry Regiment participate in a fire team exercise in Arta, Djibouti, Oct. 20, 2016. Delta Company regularly practices fire team exercises, utilizing maneuvers that were used in Iraq and Afghanistan. The intent of the exercise was to teach soldiers how to move from inside a vehicle when in contact with the enemy, exit the vehicle, and then return fire effectively using live ammunition on simulated targets. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Benjamin Raughton)
ARTA PLAGE, Djibouti – U.S. Army Soldiers from the 1st Battalion, 124th Infantry Regiment, assigned to Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa, begin the the mountain obstacle course portion of the French Marines Desert Survival Course, Oct. 10, 2016, at Arta Plage, Djibouti. Approximately 46 U.S. Army Soldiers with French Marines completed several tasks during the survival course, including desert operations, combat lifesaving skills, weapons training, survival cooking, how to decontaminate water, and water and mountain obstacle courses. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Tiffany DeNault)
Members of the U.S. Army Florida National Guard, 1st Battalion, 124th Infantry Regiment, watch a French Marine make dough to cook as part of survival skills training, Sept. 26, 2016, at Arta Plage, Djibouti. Approximately 46 U.S. Army Soldiers with Task Force Hurricane, assigned to Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa, along with French Marines completed the French Marine Desert Survival Course.. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Eric Summers Jr.)
ARTA PLAGE, Djibouti – U.S. Army Soldiers from the 1st Battalion, 124th Infantry Regiment, assigned to Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa, make their way across a portion of the mountain obstacle course, as part of the final day of the French Marines Desert Survival Course, Oct. 10, 2016, at Arta Plage, Djibouti. Approximately 46 U.S. Army Soldiers with French Marines completed several tasks during the survival course, including desert operations, combat lifesaving skills, weapons training, survival cooking, how to decontaminate water, and water and mountain obstacle courses. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Tiffany DeNault)
ARTA PLAGE, Djibouti – U.S. Army Soldiers from the 1st Battalion, 124th Infantry Regiment, assigned to Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa, complete a water obstacle course as part of the French Marines Desert Survival Course, Oct. 10, 2016, at Arta Plage, Djibouti. Approximately 46 U.S. Army Soldiers with French Marines completed several tasks during the survival course, including desert operations, combat lifesaving skills, weapons training, survival cooking, how to decontaminate water, and water and mountain obstacle courses. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Tiffany DeNault)
A French Marine instructor shows how to kneed dough before cooking it in a pan as part of a survival skills training session, Sept. 26, 2016, at Arta Plage, Djibouti. Approximately 46 U.S. Army Soldiers with Task Force Hurricane, assigned to Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa, along with French Marines completed the French Marine Desert Survival Course. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Eric Summers Jr.)
ARTA PLAGE, Djibouti – U.S. Army Soldiers from the 1st Battalion, 124th Infantry Regiment, assigned to Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa, complete a water obstacle course as part of the French Marines Desert Survival Course, Oct. 10, 2016, at Arta Plage, Djibouti. Approximately 46 U.S. Army Soldiers with French Marines completed several tasks during the survival course, including desert operations, combat lifesaving skills, weapons training, survival cooking, how to decontaminate water, and water and mountain obstacle courses. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Tiffany DeNault)
ARTA PLAGE, Djibouti – U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Juan Grisales and Sgt. 1st Class Servio Tiffer, 1st Battalion, 124th Infantry Regiment, and the rest of their team complete the first obstacle during a timed-water obstacle event as part of the French Marines Desert Survival Course, Oct. 10, 2016, at Arta Plage, Djibouti. Approximately 46 U.S. Army Soldiers with French Marines completed several tasks during the survival course, including desert operations, combat lifesaving skills, weapons training, survival cooking, how to decontaminate water, and water and mountain obstacle courses. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Tiffany DeNault)
Task Force Hurricane Soldiers Complete French Desert Survival Course
10/18/2016
Approximately 46 U.S. Army Soldiers with 1st Battalion, 124th Infantry Regiment, assigned to Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa, along with French Marines completed the French Marine Desert Survival Course, Oct. 12, 2016, at Arta Plage, Djibouti.
A Djiboutian soldier poses for a photo before taking part in a night vision goggles training exercise in Djibouti City, Oct. 10, 2016. Soldiers learned the components of an NVG kit, accountability, proper wear, usage and tactics such as signaling teammates during the four-day course. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Benjamin Raughton)
U.S. Army Spc. Christian Kelly, Charlie Company, 411th Civil Affairs Battalion team member, adjusts a Djiboutian soldier’s night vision goggles head mount in Djibouti City, Oct. 10, 2016. Soldiers worked in small teams to navigate obstacles in a dark room to find a designated object and bring it back outside the building during the NVG exercise. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Benjamin Raughton)
U.S. Army Capt. Samuel Lee, Charlie Company, 411th Civil Affairs Battalion team leader, speaks to Djiboutian soldiers during a night vision goggle training course in Djibouti City, Djibouti, Oct. 10, 2016. The course taught the soldiers the components of an NVG kit, accountability, proper wear, usage and tactics such as signaling teammates. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Benjamin Raughton)
A Djiboutian soldier enters a dark building during a night vision goggle training exercise in Djibouti City, Djibouti, Oct. 10, 2016. During the exercise, the soldiers worked in small teams to navigate obstacles in a dark room to find a designated object and bring it back outside the building. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Benjamin Raughton)
Djiboutian Army Cpl. Yosin, left, helps a fellow soldier, Mohamed, adjust his night vision goggle headmount during a night-vision goggle training course in Djibouti City, Djibouti, Oct. 10, 2016. Soldiers were tested on how quickly they could don their NVG gear during the class. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Benjamin Raughton)
Nearly 40 soldiers from the Djiboutian Army will be able to see in the dark after completing night vision goggle training Oct. 9-12, 2016, in Djibouti City, Djibouti.
The training, conducted by members of the U.S. Army’s Charlie Company, 411th Civil Affairs Battalion, which is currently mobilized to Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa, comes as the Djiboutian troops prepare for a two-year deployment to Somalia, as part of the African Union Mission in Somalia’s effort to remove al-Shabaab from the region.
U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Matthew Glaberman, Charlie Company, 411th Civil Affairs Battalion operations sergeant, discusses combat stress during a mental health sharing of best practices class Oct. 10, 2016, at Mogadishu, Somalia. Glaberman spoke with the attendees about how to identify signs of combat stress and methods to treat it. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Eric Summers Jr.)
A member of the Uganda People’s Defense Force takes notes during a mental health sharing of best practices Oct 10, 2016. The class was held by a member from Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa to discuss ways to identify, prevent and treat combat stress on the battlefield. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Eric Summers Jr.)
Members of the Uganda People’s Defense Force (UPDF) listen to U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Matthew Glaberman, Charlie Company, 411th Civil Affairs Battalion operations sergeant, as he speaks about ways to prepare for combat stress before a deployment Oct 10, 2016, at Mogadishu, Somalia. The UPDF is deployed in support of the African Union Mission to Somalia to combat extremist terrorists in the region and restore stability. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Eric Summers Jr.)
U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Matthew Glaberman, Charlie Company, 411th Civil Affairs Battalion operations sergeant, talks about the effects combat stress can have on a person in a deployed environment, and how to recognize and treat it during a mental health sharing of best practices Oct. 10, 2016, in Mogadishu, Somalia. More than 40 members of the Uganda People’s Defense Force attended the class to learn about combat stress while they are deployed in support of the African Union Mission to Somalia. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Eric Summers Jr.)
A U.S. Army Soldier deployed to Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa and more than 40 members of the Africa Union Mission to Somalia (AMISOM) gathered for a sharing of best practices for mental health Oct. 10, 2016, in Mogadishu, Somalia.
