U.S. Army Soldiers from the 1st Battalion, 124th Infantry Regiment, Bravo Company position mortars and set up a perimeter before live-fire training Aug. 8, 2016, at Arta, Djibouti. The unit fired multiple rounds from M224and M252 cannon weapon systems to practice accuracy and teamwork. The 1-124, a component of Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa, is deployed from Cocoa, Fla., to perform security operations in the region. (U.S. Air Force Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Eric Summers Jr./Released)
U.S. Army Spc. Alan George, 1st Battalion, 124th Infantry regiment, Bravo Company, hangs a mortar round before releasing it for deployment Aug. 8, 2016, at Arta, Djibouti. The process of ‘hanging’ a mortar involves holding the mortar round in the launch tube and, once the command of fire is announced, dropping the round in the tube for discharge. The 1-124, a component of Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa, is deployed from Cocoa, Fla., to perform security operations in the region. (U.S. Air Force Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Eric Summers Jr./Released)
U.S. Army brings the boom: Soldiers conduct mortar fire training
8/11/2016
U.S. Army Soldiers from the 1st Battalion, 124th Infantry Regiment, Bravo Company, deployed from Cocoa, Fla., conducted mortar training Aug. 8, 2016, at Arta, Djibouti.
Maj. Gen. Kurt L. Sonntag, Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa commander, gives closing remarks at the fifth iteration of the East Africa Public Information Officer’s Conference in Djibouti, Aug. 4, 2016. The conference brought together more than 35 PIOs from key regional partners to exchange best practices and lessons learned, identify challenges and strategies to address them, and to identify opportunities for greater coordination and collaboration. Topics of discussion ranged from countering violent extremism to effectively leveraging social media as a communications platform in Somalia. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Benjamin Raughton/Released)
Abdulhalim Rijaal, U.S. Department of State program manager for East Africa, discusses challenges, lessons learned and strategies with African Union Mission to Somalia members during the Public Information Officer’s Conference in Djibouti, Aug. 3, 2016. Public information officers attended the conference in Djibouti from Kenya, Uganda, Burundi, Djibouti, Ethiopia and Somalia. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Benjamin Raughton/Released)
A member of the African Union Mission to Somalia attends a small group meeting during the fifth Public Information Officer’s Conference in Djibouti, Aug. 3, 2016. The conference brought together more than 35 PIOs from key regional partners to exchange best practices and lessons learned, identify challenges and strategies to address them and to identify opportunities for greater coordination and collaboration. Topics of discussion ranged from countering violent extremism to effectively leveraging social media as a communications platform in Somalia. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Benjamin Raughton/Released)
Abdulhalim Rijaal, U.S. Department of State program manager for East Africa, gives a speech at the fifth East Africa Public Information Officer’s Conference in Djibouti, Aug. 3, 2016. One of Rijaal’s goals during the conference was to learn from his African Union Mission to Somalia partners what is happening in each sector of Somalia. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Benjamin Raughton/Released)
PIO conference highlights social media, messaging in Somalia
8/9/2016
Public information officers from the African Union Mission in Somalia, Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa, and the United Nations Support Office in Somalia gathered at the Djibouti Palace Kempinski for the fifth iteration of the East Africa Public Information Officer Conference, Aug. 2-4, 2016.
U.S. Air Force Airmen conduct joint inspection training
8/2/2016
Jesus Rabago, a Kellogg, Brown and Root contractor and Joint Inspection training student, checks to ensure cargo is properly strapped down and held in place during the JI practical demonstration performance evaluation July 28, 2016, at Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti. The week-long course taught the KBR contractors about the JI process and governing directives, as well as providing additional information about ensuring cargo is safe for loading onto an aircraft. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Eric Summers Jr./Released)
U.S. Air Force Airmen conduct joint inspection training
8/2/2016
Staff Sgt. Bryan Oliver, 821st Contingency Response Squadron aerial port contingency response supervisor, provides feedback to Kellogg, Brown and Root contractors during a joint inspection training practical demonstration performance evaluation July 28, 2016, at Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti. The week-long course taught the KBR contractors about the JI process and governing directives, as well as providing additional information about ensuring cargo is safe for loading onto an aircraft. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Eric Summers Jr./Released)
U.S. Air Force Airmen conduct joint inspection training
8/2/2016
A Kellogg, Brown and Root contractor writes down cargo measurements during a joint inspection training practical demonstration performance evaluation July 28, 2016, at Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti. The week-long course taught the KBR contractors about the JI process and governing directives, as well as providing additional information about ensuring cargo is safe for loading onto an aircraft. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Eric Summers Jr./Released)
U.S. Air Force Airmen conduct joint inspection training
8/2/2016
Airmen from the 821st Contingency Response Squadron, deployed from Travis Air Force Base, Calif., taught several Kellogg, Brown and Root contractors about the JI process, governing directives and more about ensuring cargo is safe for loading onto an aircraft.
ROTC cadets experience Djiboutian military culture
8/1/2016
Michael Moser, a U.S. Army Reserve Officer Training Corps cadet from Seattle University, reviews vocabulary words learned during a language exchange program at the Djiboutian Military Academy at 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
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.
