U.S. Army Cpl. Gregory McLellan and U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Clinton Smith, Joint Corporals Leadership Development Course students, plot grid points during the land navigation portion of Camp Lemonnier's Joint Corporal’s Leadership Development Course at Arta, Djibouti, March 3, 2016. During the evaluation Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen, and Marines had to find eight different points and navigate to those points in a timed event. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Dan DeCook)
U.S. Marine Corps Gunnery Sgt. Richard Gyabin, Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa Marine Coordination Element senior enlisted leader, gives a motivational speech, Feb. 26, 2016, before the opening of CJTF-HOA's Joint Corporals Leadership Development Course at Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti. The course, developed by the Marine Corps University, places significant emphasis on developing leadership to prepare junior enlisted members for their transition from subordinates to small unit leaders. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Dan DeCook)
Djiboutian Armed Forces students pose for a picture with their instructors and facilitator during an open source intelligence course at the People’s Palace, Djibouti, March 5-10, 2016. Students learned to gather pertinent information from Internet sources such as search engines, use of geospatial imagery, social media, and other publications. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Victoria Sneed)
A Djiboutian Armed Forces (FAD) member presents information gathered from open sources during an open source intelligence course at the People’s Palace, Djibouti, March 5-10, 2016. More than 15 FAD members learned to gather pertinent information from Internet sources such as search engines, use of geospatial imagery, social media, and other publications. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Victoria Sneed)
Cynthia, Regional Joint Intel Training Facility (RJITF) instructor from Royal Air Force Molesworth, U.K., points out source information to Djiboutian Armed Forces members during an open source intelligence course at the People’s Palace, Djibouti, March 5-10, 2016. The course introduced students to finding different sources, how to validate those sources and risk assessments. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Victoria Sneed)
More than 15 Djiboutian Armed Forces (FAD) members joined instructors from the Regional Joint Intel Training Facility (RJITF) from Royal Air Force Molesworth, U.K., to learn open source intelligence (OSINT) research techniques at the People’s Palace, Djibouti, March 5-10, 2016.
Devil dogs lead the pack with Joint Service Corporals Course
3/15/2016
A graduation ceremony honored 34 members of Camp Lemonnier and Combined
Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa as they graduated from a Joint Corporals
Leadership Development Course March 11, 2016, at Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti.
The course, developed by the Marine Corps University, places significant
emphasis on developing leadership to prepare junior enlisted Marines for
their transition from subordinates to small unit leaders.
U.S. Army Sgt. Wilberto Garcia, Regionally Aligned Forces (RAF) assistant instructor, helps a member of the Djiboutian Armed Forces March 10, 2016, during basic rifle marksman training at Arta range in Djibouti. They picked up their weapons, took a prone fighting position and fired, advanced 10 meters and fired from the kneeling position, advanced 10 more meters and fired from the standing position, then finally fired while walking toward their target. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Kate Thornton)
U.S. Army Sgt. Wilberto Garcia, Regionally Aligned Forces (RAF) assistant instructor, runs with a member of the Djiboutian Armed Forces March 10, 2016, during basic rifle marksman training at Arta range in Djibouti. They picked up their weapons, took a prone fighting position and fired, advanced 10 meters and fired from the kneeling position, advanced 10 more meters and fired from the standing position, then finally fired while walking toward their target. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Kate Thornton)
U.S. Army Sgt. Wilberto Garcia, Regionally Aligned Forces (RAF) assistant instructor, helps a member of the Djiboutian Armed Forces (FAD) March 10, 2016, during basic rifle marksman training at Arta range in Djibouti. After learning land navigation skills in the first of three training phases, the FAD soldiers accomplished the second phase consisting of ready-up drills and stress shooting to prepare them for combat. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Kate Thornton)
Rifles and ammo sit ready for firing March 10, 2016, during basic rifle marksman training at Arta range in Djibouti. Pairs of Djiboutian soldiers carried a litter 100 meters before even picking up their weapon to increase their heart rate to simulate combat stress. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Kate Thornton)
U.S. Army Sgt. Rob Shelton, Regionally Aligned Forces (RAF) instructor, speaks to members of the Djiboutian Armed Forces (FAD) March 10, 2016, before basic rifle marksman training at Arta range in Djibouti. Pairs of FAD soldiers carried a litter 100 meters before even picking up their weapon to increase their heart rate to simulate combat stress. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Kate Thornton)
U.S. Army Regionally Aligned Forces (RAF) Soldiers brief safety rules to members of the Djiboutian Armed Forces (FAD) March 10, 2016, during basic rifle marksman training at Arta range in Djibouti. After learning land navigation skills in the first of three training phases, the FAD soldiers accomplished the second phase consisting of ready-up drills and stress shooting to prepare them for combat. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Kate Thornton)
Soldiers from the Djiboutian Armed Forces (FAD) completed basic rifle marksman training with help from U.S. Army Regionally Aligned Forces (RAF) Soldiers March 10, 2016, at Arta range, Djibouti.
A Ugandan military officer analyzes maps prior to an exercise Feb. 29, 2016, during an African Union Mission in Somalia staff officers course in Nairobi, Kenya. The course included traditional classroom instruction, hands-on application, practical exercises, exposure to high-level military decision-making, and ended with one final exercise. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Kate Thornton)
U.S. Army Capt. Erik Buendia, 403rd Civil Affair Battalion, mentors Burundi and Kenyan military officers on civil military engagement Feb. 29, 2016, during an African Union Mission in Somalia staff officers course in Nairobi, Kenya. The course covered six main functions necessary for successful military operations: logistics and personnel, intelligence, public information, civil affairs, military operations, and command leadership. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Kate Thornton)
Kenyan, Ugandan and Burundi military officers review information with their mentor Feb. 29, 2016, during an African Union Mission in Somalia staff officers course in Nairobi, Kenya. The course, administered by the U.S. State Department’s Africa Contingency Operations and Training Assistance program, prepared the officers to work at the AMISOM headquarters level. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Kate Thornton)
A Ugandan military officer enters a classroom Feb. 29, 2016, during an African Union Mission in Somalia staff officers course in Nairobi, Kenya. The U.S. State Department’s Africa Contingency Operations and Training Assistance program sponsors courses like this every quarter and has trained approximately 45,000 African soldiers since 2004. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Kate Thornton)
Course prepares AMISOM partners for headquarters, security operations in Somalia
3/11/2016
Nearly 30 military officers from African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) troop contributing countries met in Nairobi, Kenya, for a staff officers course administered by the U.S. State Department’s Africa Contingency Operations and Training Assistance (ACOTA) program.
An officer from the Uganda People’s Defence Force speaks to a media role player at a simulated press conference March 3, 2016, during an exercise to complete an AMISOM staff officers course in Nairobi, Kenya. The press conference tested the different directorate officers’ ability to answer questions accurately, confidently and without revealing sensitive military information. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Kate Thornton)
