ARTA, Djibouti – U.S. Marines with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response-Africa (SPMAGTF-CR-AF) conduct a live fire exercise during small arms fire team training, Oct. 5, 2016, at Arta, Djibouti. Assigned to Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa, SPMAGTF-CR-AF completed team level range drills to continue sustainment of core skills and build from individual skill levels. The next level of training will consist of squad training. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Tiffany DeNault)
ARTA, Djibouti-U.S. Marines with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response-Africa (SPMAGTF-CR-AF), practice small arms fire team training before the live fire range drill, Oct. 5, 2016, at Arta, Djibouti. Assigned to Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa, SPMAGTF-CR-AF completed team level range drills to continue sustainment of core skills and build from individual skill levels. The next level of training will consist of squad training. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Tiffany DeNault)
ARTA, Djibouti – U.S. Marines with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response-Africa (SPMAGTF-CR-AF) conduct an after action review over the live fire exercise portion of small arms fire team training, Oct. 5, 2016, at Arta, Djibouti. Assigned to Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa, SPMAGTF-CR-AF completed team level range drills to continue sustainment of core skills and build from individual skill levels. The next level of training will consist of squad training. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Tiffany DeNault)
ARTA, Djibouti – U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpls. Jonathan Lupton and Quintin Johnson, Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response-Africa (SPMAGTF-CR-AF), practice small arms fire team training before the live fire range drill, Oct. 5, 2016, at Arta, Djibouti. Assigned to Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa, SPMAGTF-CR-AF completed team level range drills to continue sustainment of core skills and build from individual skill levels. The next level of training will consist of squad training. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Rion Ehrman)
ARTA, Djibouti – U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Khalil Hitt, Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response-Africa (SPMAGTF-CR-AF) machine gunner, reloads his M4 carbine during live fire range drills for small arms fire team training, Oct. 5, 2016, at Arta, Djibouti. Assigned to Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa, SPMAGTF-CR-AF completed team level range drills to continue sustainment of core skills and build from individual skill levels. The next level of training will consist of squad training. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Tiffany DeNault)
ARTA, Djibouti – U.S. Marines with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response-Africa (SPMAGTF-CR-AF), conduct small arms fire team training, Oct. 5, 2016, at Arta, Djibouti. Assigned to Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa, SPMAGTF-CR-AF completed team level range drills to continue sustainment of core skills and build from individual skill levels. The next level of training will consist of squad training. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Rion Ehrman)
ARTA, Djibouti – A U.S. Marine assigned to Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response-Africa (SPMAGTF-CR-AF) loads a magazine during live fire small arms fire team training, Oct. 5, 2016, at Arta, Djibouti. Assigned to Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa, SPMAGTF-CR-AF completed team level range drills to continue sustainment of core skills and build from individual skill levels. The next level of training will consist of squad training. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Rion Ehrman)
U.S. Marines with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response-Africa (SPMAGTF-CR-AF) conduct a live fire exercise during small arms fire team training, Oct. 5, 2016, at Arta, Djibouti. Assigned to Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa, SPMAGTF-CR-AF completed team level range drills to continue sustainment of core skills and build from individual skill levels. The next level of training will consist of squad training.
A student and her mother work on lessons together outside a school in Dikhil, Djibouti, Sept. 27, 2016. A new schoolhouse addition is scheduled to open later this year that will provide additional classrooms to accommodate a growing Dikhil population and local nomadic tribes that also send their children to Dikhil schools. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Benjamin Raughton)
U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Sean Boyle, 411th Civil Affairs Battalion, center, speaks to village elders in Dikhil, Djibouti, Sept. 27, 2016. Boyle met with the village elders to learn about the Dikhil community, the challenges they face, and how U.S. forces can help build closer relationships with the Djiboutians living throughout the country. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Benjamin Raughton)
Djibouti Armed Forces (FAD) service members set up an Africa Data Sharing Network (ADSN) satellite during training validation Sept. 28, 2016, at FAD Headquarters in Djibouti. While conducting the best practices training, the U.S. Army, assigned to Combined Joint Task-Horn of Africa, also held an ADSN validation with the FAD soldiers to prepare them to deploy to Somalia. The ADSN provides network and Voice over Internet Protocol capabilities between the several African countries participating in the Africa Union Mission in Somalia. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Eric Summers Jr.)
Djibouti Armed Forces (FAD) service members set up a modem for the Africa Data Sharing Network (ADSN) during a training validation Sept. 29, 2016, at FAD Headquarters in Djibouti. While conducting the best practices training, the U.S. Army, assigned to Combined Joint Task-Horn of Africa, also held an ADSN validation with the FAD soldiers to prepare them to deploy to Somalia. The ADSN provides network and Voice over Internet Protocol capabilities between the several African countries participating in the Africa Union Mission in Somalia. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Eric Summers Jr.)
Djibouti Armed Forces (FAD) service members set up an Africa Data Sharing Network (ADSN) satellite during validation training Sept. 28, 2016, at FAD Headquarters in Djibouti. While conducting the best practices training, the U.S. Army, assigned to Combined Joint Task-Horn of Africa, also held an ADSN validation with the FAD soldiers to prepare them to deploy to Somalia. The ADSN provides network and Voice over Internet Protocol capabilities between the several African countries participating in the Africa Union Mission in Somalia. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Henry Rios)
A Djibouti Armed Forces (FAD) service member sweats from the heat while setting up an Africa Data Sharing Network (ADSN) satellite Sept. 28, 2016, at FAD Headquarters in Djibouti. While conducting the best practices training, the U.S. Army, assigned to Combined Joint Task-Horn of Africa, also held an ADSN validation with the FAD soldiers to prepare them to deploy to Somalia. The ADSN provides network and Voice over Internet Protocol capabilities between the several African countries participating in Africa Union Mission in Somalia. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Eric Summers Jr.)
U.S. Army Spc. Dillin Hart, a Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa technician on the Africa Data Sharing Network (ADSN) system, reviews network configurations with members of the Djibouti Armed Forces (FAD) during training validation Sept. 28, 2016, at FAD Headquarters in Djibouti. While conducting the best practices training, the U.S. Army technicians assigned to Combined Joint Task-Horn of Africa, also held an ADSN validation with the FAD soldiers to prepare them to deploy to Somalia. The ADSN provides network and Voice over Internet Protocol capabilities between the several African countries participating in the Africa Union Mission in Somalia. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Eric Summers Jr.)
A Djibouti Armed Forces (FAD) service member connects a cord to run between an Africa Data Sharing Network (ADSN) modem and laptop Sept. 29, 2016, at FAD Headquarters in Djibouti. While conducting the best practices training, the U.S. Army, assigned to Combined Joint Task-Horn of Africa, also held an ADSN validation with the FAD soldiers to prepare them to deploy to Somalia. The ADSN provides network and Voice over Internet Protocol capabilities between the several African countries participating in Africa Union Mission in Somalia. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Eric Summers Jr.)
A Djibouti Armed Forces (FAD) soldier secures the legs to an Africa Data Sharing Network (ADSN) satellite during a best practices training with U.S. Army Soldiers Sept. 28, 2016, at FAD Headquarters in Djibouti. While conducting the best practices training, the U.S. Army, assigned to Combined Joint Task-Horn of Africa, also held an ADSN validation with the FAD soldiers to prepare them to deploy to Somalia. The ADSN provides network and Voice over Internet Protocol capabilities between several African countries participating in the Africa Union Mission in Somalia. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Eric Summers Jr.)
A Djibouti Armed Forces service member places a call to confirm connectivity of a Voice over Internet Protocol phone during validation training Sept. 28, 2016, at FAD Headquarters in Djibouti. While conducting the best practices training, the U.S. Army technicians assigned to Combined Joint Task-Horn of Africa also held an Africa Data Sharing Network validation with the FAD soldiers, to prepare them to deploy to Somalia. The ADSN provides network and Voice over Internet Protocol capabilities between the several African countries participating in the Africa Union Mission in Somalia. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Eric Summers Jr.)
Network training readies Djiboutian soldiers for Somalia mission
10/5/2016
U.S. Army Soldiers from the Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa communications directorate held an Africa Data Sharing Network (ADSN) sharing of best practices and validation session with Djibouti Armed Forces (FAD) members Sept. 28, 2016, at FAD Headquarters in Djibouti City, Djibouti.
A team from the 403rd and 411th Civil Affairs Battalions, assigned to Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa, traveled to Dikhil, Djibouti, and met with village elders and community members Sept. 27, 2016, to learn about the education and general welfare of an existing school system in the village.
