U.S. Army Soldiers from Bravo Company, 3rd Battalion, 15th Infantry Regiment, tape their M14 time fuse-prepared card board to a wood panel to detonate during demolition training to learn how to breach through buildings, Aug. 30, 2016, in Arta, Djibouti. Bravo Co., 3/15 Inf. Rgt., from Fort Stewart, Ga., serves as the East Africa Response Force assigned to Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa to provide rapid response and security to protect embassies and foreign assets in the area of responsibility of CJTF-HOA. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Tiffany DeNault)
U.S. Army Soldiers from Bravo Company, 3rd Battalion, 15th Infantry Regiment, detonate explosives secured to a wood panel during demolition training to learn how to breach through buildings, Aug. 30, 2016, in Arta, Djibouti. Bravo Co., 3/15 Inf. Rgt., from Fort Stewart, Ga., serves as the East Africa Response Force assigned to Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa to provide rapid response and security to protect embassies and foreign assets in the area of responsibility of CJTF-HOA. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Tiffany DeNault)
U.S. Army Soldiers from the Bravo Company, 3rd Battalion, 15th Infantry Regiment, prepare to detonate explosives secured to a wood board during demolition training to learn how to breach through buildings, Aug. 30, 2016, in Arta, Djibouti. Bravo Co., 3/15 Inf. Rgt., from Fort Stewart, Ga., serves as the East Africa Response Force assigned to Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa to provide rapid response and security to protect embassies and foreign assets in the area of responsibility of CJTF-HOA. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Tiffany DeNault)
U.S. Army Soldiers from Bravo Company, 3rd Battalion, 15th Infantry Regiment, completed demolition training and learned how to use explosives to breach through buildings, Aug. 30, 2016 at Arta, Djibouti.
U.S. Army Staff Sgt Smith, 403rd Civil Affairs Battalion counter poaching instructor, demonstrates techniques for engaging an enemy April 3, 2016, at Rungwa Game Reserve, Tanzania. Members of the 403rd CA BN, along with North Carolina Army National Guard, have been training Tanzania Rangers in anti-poaching tactics. Poaching and trafficking in wildlife has become a source of revenue for violent extremist organizations on the continent. (Courtesy photo provided by Army Sgt. Billy Allen.)
Two elephants walk through the Rungwa Game Reserve in Tanzania July 24, 2016. Tanzania Park and Game Reserve rangers have recently received training from the North Carolina Army National Guard and the 403rd Civil Affairs Battalion, a component of Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa, on how to capture poachers hunting the animals. Poaching and trafficking in wildlife has become a source of revenue for violent extremist organizations on the continent. (Courtesy photo provided by Army Sgt. Billy Allen.)
A Rungwa Game Reserve game warden applies a tourniquet to a simulated amputee during training Aug. 23, 2016, at Rungwa Game Reserve, Tanzania. Members form the 403rd Civil Affairs Battalion, a component of Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa, and North Carolina Army National Guard taught the rangers techniques to increase their skills in small unit tactics, first aid, gathering intelligence and other field crafts. The soldiers were training the rangers in how to combat poachers on the reserve. Poaching and trafficking in wildlife has become a source of revenue for violent extremist organizations on the continent. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Eric Summers Jr./Released)
Tanzania rangers build terrain maps to be judged by U.S. Soldiers during anti-poaching training Aug. 1, 2016, at Rungwa Game Reserve, Tanzania. The rangers built terrain models to learn how to represent geographic areas on maps to hunt and capture poachers. Poaching and trafficking in wildlife has become a source of revenue for violent extremist organizations on the continent. The training was conducted by members from North Carolina Army National Guard and 403rd Civil Affairs Battalion, a component of Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa. (Courtesy photo provided by Army Sgt. Billy Allen.)
U.S. Army Capt. Michael Wilson, 403rd Civil Affairs Battalion team leader, speaks with a Tanzanian Ranger after a demonstration of capabilities Aug 24, 2016, at Rungwa Game Reserve, Tanzania. Members form the 403rd Civil Affairs Battalion, a component of Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa, and North Carolina Army National Guard, taught the rangers techniques to increase their skills in small unit tactics, first aid, gathering intelligence and other field crafts. The soldiers were training the rangers in how to combat poachers on the reserve. Poaching and trafficking in wildlife has become a source of revenue for violent extremist organizations on the continent. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Eric Summers Jr./Released)
U.S. Army trains Tanzania Rangers to combat poachers
9/2/2016
U.S. Army Civil Affairs Battalion, a component of Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa, and North Carolina Army National guard soldiers trained Tanzanian Park and Game Reserve rangers in counter-poaching.
DJIBOUTI- U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class James Padden, Coastal Riverine Squadron Eight boat captain assigned to Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa, drives a SeaArk Dauntless patrol boat while providing security for a U.S. asset on June 27, 2016, in Djibouti. The CRS-8 provides security for any U.S. ship coming into, staying and leaving the port. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Tiffany DeNault)
DJIBOUTI- U.S. Navy sailors with Coastal Riverine Squadron Eight, assigned to Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa, provide security for a pier side U.S. asset on June 27, 2016, in Djibouti. CRS-8, out of Naval Station Newport, R.I., secures U.S. ships coming in and out of the port, and provides additional security during the ships’ in-port stay. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Tiffany DeNault)
U.S. Army Spc. David Betz, radio and telephone operator, Company A, 1st Battalion, 124th Infantry Regiment, conducts a search of the area surrounding Port de Peche during a port security mission with the Coastal Riverine Squadron 8, Aug. 8, 2016. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Aidana Baez/released)
U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Abel Baez, squad leader, Company A, 1st Battalion, 124th Infantry Regiment and Pfc. David Morales, rifleman, Company A, 1st Battalion, 124th Infantry Regiment, discuss how to circumvent a large number of civilian vehicles in order to effectively provide security for Coastal Riverine Squadron 8, while conducting a port security mission at Port de Peche, Aug. 8, 2016. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Aidana Baez/released)
Japanese and Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa service members meet for a tabletop exercise to discuss how they can support each other in an event involving the evacuation of Americans or Japanese from a hostile location in Africa, Aug. 27-28, 2016 at the Japanese base in Djibouti. During the exercise, both forces discussed route planning, logistics, equipment maintenance, how military personnel would be involved, medical support and use of air and ground transportation for evacuees. The plans also examined their strengths and weaknesses and reassessed the movement of evacuees to safety. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Benjamin Raughton/Released)
Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa Deputy Commander Rear Adm. William Wheeler talks with Lt. Gen. Shigeru Kobayashi, Commander of the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force’s Central Readiness Force at Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, Aug. 27, 2016. Japanese and CJTF-HOA service members met for a tabletop exercise to discuss how they can support each other in an event involving the evacuation of Americans or Japanese citizens from a hostile location in Africa. During the exercise, both forces discussed route planning, logistics, equipment maintenance, how military personnel would be involved, medical support and use of air and ground transportation for evacuees. The plans also examined for their strengths and weaknesses and reassessed the movement of evacuees to safety. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Benjamin Raughton/Released)
U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Brian Rusler, Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa joint logistics operations center director, speaks with Japanese service members during an exercise to discuss how they can support each other in an event involving the evacuation of Americans or Japanese from a hostile location in Africa, Aug. 28, 2016 at the Japanese base in Djibouti. During the exercise, both forces discussed route planning, logistics, equipment maintenance, how military personnel would be involved, medical support and use of air and ground transportation for evacuees. The plans also examined their strengths and weaknesses and reassessed the movement of evacuees to safety. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Benjamin Raughton/Released)
U.S. Navy Capt. Randy Gallagher, Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa CJ3-5-7 director, left, and Lt. j.g. Corey Shore, CJTF-HOA intelligence analyst, talk during a tabletop exercise, Aug. 28, 2016, at the Japanese base in Djibouti. The exercise focused on supporting Japanese military forces in the event of a necessary evacuation of Americans or Japanese citizens from a hostile location in Africa. During the multi-day exercise, both forces discussed route planning, logistics, equipment maintenance, how military personnel would be involved, medical support and use of air and ground transportation for evacuees. The plans also examined their strengths and weaknesses and reassessed the movement of evacuees to safety. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Benjamin Raughton/Released)
U.S., Japanese forces talk tactics for evacuation operations
8/30/2016
The table-top exercise focused on supporting Japanese military forces in the event of a necessary evacuation of Americans or Japanese citizens from a hostile location in Africa. During the multi-day exercise, both forces discussed route planning, logistics, equipment maintenance, how military personnel would be involved, medical support and use of air and ground transportation for evacuees. The plans also examined their strengths and weaknesses and reassessed the movement of evacuees to safety.
MOGADISHU, Somalia- An exercise conducted by the Somali Police Force Maritime Police Unit brings a mock captured crew to the exercise attendants in order to demonstrate the unit’s capabilities with new training vessels, Aug. 25, 2016, in Mogadishu, Somalia. Representatives from approximately seven countries working to improve security and stability in Somalia attended the exercise demonstration and brief from the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime mentors on maritime and custodial work in Somalia. The UNODC mentors trained the maritime unit to perform interdiction operations around the coast of Somalia with their new vessels. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Tiffany DeNault)
