U.S. Army Reserves Sgt. 1st Class Cynthia Price, 403rd Civil Affairs Battalion Delta Company team sgt., and Ivyland Pennyslvania volunteer firefighterposes for a photo in Ivyland, Pennsylvania. (Courtesy photo)
U.S. Army Reserves Sgt. 1st Class Melissa Ferris, 403rd Civil Affairs Battalion Delta Company senior medic and 21-year Syracuse police officer, poses for a photo in Syracuse, New York. (Courtesy photo)
Sgts. 1st Class Melissa Ferris, 403rd Civil Affairs Battalion Delta Company senior medic, and Cynthia Price, team sgt., load a victim into an ambulance at the scene of a multi-vehicle accident in Djibouti, Feb. 10, 2016. Ferris is a Syracuse New York police officer and Price is a volunteer firefighter in Ivyland, Pennsylvania. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Dan DeCook)
Sgts. 1st Class Melissa Ferris, 403rd Civil Affairs Battalion Delta Company senior medic, and Cynthia Price, team sgt., load a victim into an ambulance at the scene of a multi-vehicle accident in Djibouti, Feb. 10, 2016. Ferris is an Army Reservist and a Syracuse, New York police officer. Price, also a Reservist, is from Ivyland, Pennsylvania where she is a volunteer firefighter. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Dan DeCook)
Sgts. 1st Class Melissa Ferris, 403rd Civil Affairs Battalion Delta Company senior medic, and Cynthia Price, team sgt., provide a victim emergency medical treatment at the scene of a multi-vehicle accident in Djibouti, Feb. 10, 2016. Ferris is a Syracuse, New York police officer and Price is a volunteer firefighter in Ivyland, Pennsylvania. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Dan DeCook)
Sgts. 1st Class Melissa Ferris, 403rd Civil Affairs Battalion Delta Company senior medic, and Cynthia Price, team sgt., provide a victim emergency medical treatment at the scene of a multi-vehicle accident in Djibouti, Feb. 10, 2016. The civil affairs team were en route to a remote village near the Somali border to provide basic dental care to local villagers when the team cam upon the vehicle accident. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Dan DeCook)
Sgts. 1st Class Melissa Ferris, 403rd Civil Affairs Battalion Delta Company senior medic, and Cynthia Price, team sgt., provide a victim emergency medical treatment at the scene of a multi-vehicle accident in Djibouti, Feb. 10, 2016. Ferris is an Army Reservist and a Syracuse, New York police officer. Price, also a Reservist, is from Ivyland, Pennsylvania where she is a volunteer firefighter. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Dan DeCook)
En route to pull teeth, Army Civil Affairs members pull man from tractor-trailer crash
2/12/2016
On a busy two-way road packed with motorists about an hour south of Djibouti City, four 18-wheelers sat smashed together, their cabs crushed like soda cans in a recycle bin. Shattered glass covered the streets, and the screams of a trapped man filled the air.
Before coming face-to-face with this tragic accident, members from the 403rd Civil Affairs Battalion, assigned to the Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa, were en route to Ali Adde, a remote village not far from the Somali border, for a dental civic action program mission to provide basic dental care to local villagers, Feb. 10, 2016.
U.S., Sudan and Denmark Navy members follow the progression of scenarios from the exercise control group during Cutlass Express 2016 at the Port of Djibouti, Feb. 4, 2016. Exercise Cutlass Express provides an opportunity for maritime forces from eastern African, western Indian Ocean island nations, Europe, and the U.S. to work side-by-side to better synchronize maritime security operations for potential real-world scenarios.
Kenya Defense Force members command crewmembers to their knees after finding a simulated illegal weapons stash as part of the 2016 Cutlass Express exercise near the Port of Djibouti, Feb. 2, 2016. Cutlass Express is a U.S. Africa Command-sponsored multinational maritime exercise designed to increase maritime safety and security in the waters off East Africa, western Indian Ocean, and in the Gulf of Aden.
A Djibouti Marine searches a vessel suspected of illicit activity during a visit, board, search and seizure scenario as part of the 2016 Cutlass Express exercise near the Port of Djibouti, Feb. 3, 2016. The goal of the exercise was to strengthen regional cooperation and help address challenges that no single nation is capable of tackling alone.
U.S. Navy Hospital Corpsman First Class Aaron Clifford, Cutlass Express medical instructor, explains how to treat a sucking chest wound on a simulated patient to Djibouti Coast Guardsmen and Marines during classroom instruction for exercise Cutlass Express Jan. 31, 2016, at the Djiboutian Coast Guard Academy, Djibouti. Exercise participants conducted a number of maritime security operations to include vessel queries, ship boarding, airborne maritime patrol operations, and search and rescue drills.
Participants from Sudan, Rwanda, Kenya, and Djibouti stand in formation during the opening ceremony of exercise Cutlass Express 2016 at the Djibouti Navy Base, Djibouti, Feb. 1, 2016. More than 450 personnel from 18 countries coordinated at two locations for the fifth iteration of the maritime exercise. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Victoria Sneed)
Naval and Coast Guard personnel from across the globe joined together to train in waters off the Port of Djibouti, Jan. 31 to Feb. 5, 2016, as part of exercise Cutlass Express 2016.
U.S., Rwanda forces complete first of four phases to enhance Rwanda peacekeeping operations
2/8/2016
U.S. Army Sgt. Nathaniel Mitcavish, Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa Civil Affairs specialist, discusses essential tasks for Civil-Military Cooperation officers Feb. 3, 2016, at Rwanda Defense Force headquarters, Kigali, Rwanda. The interaction between CJTF-HOA and RDF personnel was the first of four phases in a plan to increase interoperability between CJTF-HOA, RDF and Rwanda Peace Academy, supporting regional training efforts for peacekeeping operations and enabling the impact of those partners to grow. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Peter Thompson)
U.S., Rwanda forces complete first of four phases to enhance Rwanda peacekeeping operations
2/8/2016
Rwanda Defense Force Army Capt. Edouard Turatsinze, Ministry of Defense Public Relations and Communications officer, reads from a list of essential tasks for Civil-Military Cooperation officers Feb. 3, 2016, at Rwanda Defense Force headquarters, Kigali, Rwanda. During conversations and breakout sessions the civil affairs and RDF explored the use of essential tasks and supporting tasks as means of identifying needed skills for proficient CIMIC personnel prior to peacekeeping and regional security organization deployments. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Peter Thompson)
U.S., Rwanda forces complete first of four phases to enhance Rwanda peacekeeping operations
2/8/2016
U.S. Army Sgt. Nathaniel Mitcavish, Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa Civil Affairs specialist, discusses essential tasks for Civil-Military Cooperation (CIMIC) officers Feb. 3, 2016, at Rwanda Defense Force headquarters, Kigali, Rwanda. During the engagement, U.S. Army civil affairs and Rwanda Defense Force CIMIC personnel discussed similarities and differences between the organizations. The RDF plans to use the knowledge gained during the event to address training and organizational needs for their forces. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Peter Thompson)
U.S., Rwanda forces complete first of four phases to enhance Rwanda peacekeeping operations
2/8/2016
U.S. Army Capt. Morgan Shepard, Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa Public Information officer, discusses civil military operations and the roles of Public Affairs and Public Information Officers Feb. 2, 2016, at RDF headquarters, Kigali, Rwanda. During the engagement, U.S. Army civil affairs and Rwanda Defense Force Civil Military Co-operation (CIMIC) discussed similarities and differences between the organizations. The RDF will use the knowledge gained during the event to address training and organizational needs for their forces. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Peter Thompson)
U.S., Rwanda forces complete first of four phases to enhance Rwanda peacekeeping operations
2/8/2016
U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Christopher Gordon, Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa civil affairs specialist, discusses civil affairs pre-deployment training tasks Feb. 3, 2016, at Rwanda Defence Force headquarters, Kigali, Rwanda. Rwandan CIMIC officers have many of the same roles and responsibilities as U.S. Army civil affairs. Army civil affairs specialists are responsible for researching civil environments, acting as liaisons between civil components of an operational environment, and conducting security force assistance, while enabling the civil-military operations of the supported commander. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Peter Thompson)
U.S., Rwanda forces complete first of four phases to enhance Rwanda peacekeeping operations
2/8/2016
U.S. Army Capt. Morgan Shepard, Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa Public Information officer, listens as Rwanda Defense Force Army Capt. Edouard Turatsinze, Ministry of Defense Public Relations and Communications officer, discusses a topic Feb. 2, 2016, at RDF headquarters, Kigali, Rwanda. The interaction between CJTF-HOA and RDF personnel was the first of four phases in plan to increase interoperability between CJTF-HOA, RDF and Rwanda Peace Academy, supporting regional training efforts for peacekeeping operations and enabling the impact of those partners to grow. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Peter Thompson)
