ROTC cadets experience Djiboutian military culture
8/1/2016
Katherine Wilson, a U.S. Army Reserve Officer Training Corps cadet from Seton Hall University, talks to a Djiboutian Army cadet during a language exchange at the Djiboutian Military Academy at Arta, July 25, 2016. The cadets are spending three weeks with the Djiboutian Army in a culture exchange program, where they are learning each other’s language and methods of military operations. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Benjamin Raughton/Released)
ROTC cadets experience Djiboutian military culture
8/1/2016
Jackson Guenther, a U.S. Army Reserve Officer Training Corps cadet from Mississippi State University, receives instruction from a Djiboutian Army weapons instructor at the Djiboutian Army Academy in Arta, Djibouti, July 25, 2016. More than 30 cadets took turns field-stripping and reassembling the rifle. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Benjamin Raughton/Released)
ROTC cadets experience Djiboutian military culture
8/1/2016
Nick Lange, a U.S. Army Reserve Officer Training Corp cadet from Clemson University, throws a football to a Djiboutian Army weapons instructor during a break at the Djiboutian Army Academy in Arta, Djibouti, July 25, 2016. The cadets are spending three weeks with the Djiboutian Army in a culture exchange program, where they are learning each other’s language and methods of military operations. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Benjamin Raughton/Released)
ROTC cadets experience Djiboutian military culture
8/1/2016
A group of U.S. Army Reserve Officer Training Corps cadets talks during a break at the Djiboutian Army Academy in Arta, Djibouti, July 25, 2016. The cadets are spending three weeks with the Djiboutian Army in a culture exchange program, where they are learning each other’s language and methods of military operations. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Benjamin Raughton/Released)
ROTC cadets experience Djiboutian military culture
8/1/2016
A Djiboutian Army weapons instructor replaces the cover on an AK-47, teaching U.S. Army Reserve Officer Training Corps cadets how to safely disassemble and reassemble the rifle at the Djiboutian Army Academy in Arta, Djibouti, July 25, 2016. More than 30 cadets took turns field-stripping and reassembling the rifle. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Benjamin Raughton/Released)
ROTC cadets experience Djiboutian military culture
8/1/2016
U.S. Army Reserve Officer Training Corps cadets watch as a Djiboutian Army weapons instructor teaches them how to safely field strip an AK-47 at the Djiboutian Army Academy in Arta, Djibouti, July 25, 2016. After the cadets learned the fundamentals, they competed with each other to see who could field strip the weapon quickest. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Benjamin Raughton/Released)
ROTC cadets experience Djiboutian military culture
8/1/2016
More than 30 U.S. Army Reserve Officers’ Training Corps cadets are attending a three-week culture, understanding and language proficiency (CULP) course in Arta, Djibouti, July 16-Aug. 6.
Senior Airman Dabnell Morales, 81st Expeditionary Rescue Squadron aerospace propulsion journeyman, left, Staff Sgt. Michael Patterson, 81st ERQS aerospace propulsion craftsman, center, and Senior Airman Tavaris Scott, 81st ERQS crew chief, replace a C-130J Hercules tire at Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, July 18, 2016. The C-130J underwent routine maintenance to continue the mission of personnel recovery and protect and defend United States interests in Eastern Africa. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Benjamin Raughton)
Senior Airman Tavaris Scott, 81st Expeditionary Rescue Squadron crew chief, left, and Staff Sgt. Michael Patterson, 81st ERQS aerospace propulsion craftsman, team up to change a tire on a C-130J Hercules main landing gear at Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, July 18, 2016. The C-130J underwent routine maintenance to continue the mission of personnel recovery and protect and defend United States interests in Eastern Africa. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Benjamin Raughton)
A C-130J Hercules sits on the flightline awaiting maintenance at Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, July 18, 2016, 2016. The C-130J underwent routine maintenance to continue the mission of personnel recovery and protect and defend United States interests in Eastern Africa. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Benjamin Raughton)
Bearings covered in red grease sit on a towel before being replaced on a C-130J Hercules during a tire change at Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, July 18, 2016. The C-130J underwent routine maintenance to continue the mission of personnel recovery and protect and defend United States interests in Eastern Africa. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Benjamin Raughton)
Staff Sgt. Michael Patterson, 81st Expeditionary Rescue Squadron aerospace propulsion craftsman, looks through the center of a C-130J Hercules main landing gear at Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, July 18, 2016. The C-130J underwent routine maintenance to continue the mission of personnel recovery and protect and defend United States interests in Eastern Africa. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Benjamin Raughton)
Aircraft maintainers come face-to-face with those challenges every day; they are responsible for putting the 81st Expeditionary Rescue Squadron’s C-130J Hercules in the air.
Burundian National Defense Force Soldiers take notes as Nevada National Guard Spc. Richard Taylor, 422d Expeditionary Signal Battalion, currently assigned to CJTF-HOA’s communications unit, shares lessons learned and best practices for operating their African Data Sharing Network terminal June 8-17, 2016, at Bujumbura, Burundi. The soldiers led a sharing of best practices for installing, operating, and maintaining their African Data Sharing Network satellite terminal. The ADSN communication package provides a dynamic intelligence sharing platform for the African Union Mission in Somalia’s troop contributing countries. (U.S. Army photo by 1st Lt. Justin R. Klatt)
Burundian National Defense Force Soldiers work together to install their African Data Sharing Network terminal June 8-17, 2016, at Bujumbura, Burundi. Combined Joint Task Force–Horn of Africa communication Soldiers led a sharing of best practices for installing, operating, and maintaining their ADSN satellite terminal. The ADSN communication package provides a dynamic intelligence sharing platform for the African Union Mission in Somalia’s troop contributing countries. (U.S. Army photo by 1st Lt. Justin R. Klatt)
Burundian National Defense Force Soldiers work together to install their African Data Sharing Network termianl. Combined Joint Task Force–Horn of Africa communications Soldiers led a sharing of best practices for installing, operating, and maintaining their satellite terminal, June 8 – 17, 2016. The ADSN communication package provides a dynamic intelligence sharing platform for the African Union Mission in Somalia’s troop contributing countries. (U.S. Army photo by 1st Lt. Justin R. Klatt)
Nevada National Guard Sgt. Corey Metzker and Spc. Richard Taylor, 422nd Expeditionary Signal Battalion, currently assigned to Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa’s communications unit, oversee Burundian National Defense Force soldiers as they install a newly refurbished African Data Sharing Network terminal June 8 – 17, 2016, at Bujumbura, Burundi. The Soldiers led a sharing of best practices for installing, operating, and maintaining their African Data Sharing Network satellite terminal. The ADSN communication package provides a dynamic intelligence sharing platform for the African Union Mission in Somalia’s troop contributing countries. (U.S. Army photo by 1st Lt. Justin R. Klatt)
Nevada National Guard Sgt. Corey Metzker and Spc. Richard Taylor, of the 422nd Expeditionary Signal Battalion, currently assigned to CJTF-HOA’s communications unit, share lessons learned and best practices with Burundian National Defense Force Soldiers June 8 – 17, 2016, at Bujumbura, Burundi. The soldiers led a sharing of best practices for installing, operating, and maintaining their African Data Sharing Network satellite terminal. The ADSN communication package provides a dynamic intelligence sharing platform for the African Union Mission in Somalia’s troop contributing countries. (U.S. Army photo by 1st Lt. Justin R. Klatt)
Burundian National Defense Force Soldiers take notes as Nevada National Guard Spc. Richard Taylor, 422d Expeditionary Signal Battalion, currently assigned to CJTF-HOA’s communications unit, shares lessons learned and best practices for operating their African Data Sharing Network terminal June 8-17, 2016, at Bujumbura, Burundi. The soldiers led a sharing of best practices for installing, operating, and maintaining their African Data Sharing Network satellite terminal. The ADSN communication package provides a dynamic intelligence sharing platform for the African Union Mission in Somalia’s troop contributing countries. (U.S. Army photo by 1st Lt. Justin R. Klatt)
U.S., Burundi share communications hardware best practices
7/26/2016
Members of Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa communications team recently worked with Burundian National Defense Force’s communications unit to share best practices for installing, operating, and maintaining their newly refurbished African Data Sharing Network Satellite Terminal June 8-17, 2016, at Bujumbura, Burundi.
