Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa’s Joint Corporal’s Course students graduated at Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, Sept. 4, 2015. The leadership course aimed to expand junior enlisted members’ knowledge in U.S. Marine Corp drill, land navigation, tactical communications, combat operations, war fighting, joint operations and combat physical training. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Gregory Brook)
Ten Marines, five soldiers, one sailor and one airman recently graduated from Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa’s Joint Corporals Course at Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti.
Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa personnel, coalition forces and East African partners receive their tan, brown or black belt during a Marine Corps Martial Arts graduation ceremony at Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, Sept. 8, 2015. Throughout the three-week class, students learned bayonet techniques, upper and lower body strikes, counters to chokes and holds, and unarmed manipulation. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Maria Bowman)
Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa personnel, coalition forces and East African partners receive their tan, brown or black belt during a Marine Corps Martial Arts graduation ceremony at Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, Sept. 8, 2015. Throughout the three-week class, students learned bayonet techniques, upper and lower body strikes, counters to chokes and holds, and unarmed manipulation. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Maria Bowman)
Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa personnel, coalition forces and East African partners receive their tan, brown or black belt during a Marine Corps Martial Arts graduation ceremony.
Recently, at the Africa Center for Strategic Studies Managing Security Resources in Africa Seminar, representatives from the Republic of Djibouti, Republic of Kenya, Somalia, Republic of Tanzania, Republic of Uganda, coalition partners, The East African Community and The United States met to discuss strategic security studies, research, and outreach activities in Africa.
Dr. Raymond Gilpin, Academic Dean at the Africa Center for Strategic Studies speaks with Major General Mark R. Stammer, Commanding General, Combined Joint Task Force – Horn of Africa, during the Africa Center for Strategic Studies Managing Security Resources in Africa Seminar, Kampala, Uganda. (CJTF-HOA photo, Released)
Combined Joint Task Force – Horn of Africa group photo during the Africa Center for Strategic Studies Managing Security Resources in Africa Seminar, Kampala, Uganda. (CJTF-HOA photo, Released)
Seminar participants pose for a group photo during the Africa Center for Strategic Studies Managing Security Resources in Africa Seminar, Kampala, Uganda. (CJTF-HOA photo, Released)
EOD technicians share knowledge with Tanzanian service members
9/6/2015
Cpl. Joseph S. Langu, Tanzania People’s Defense Force ammunition technician, holds a nasopharyngeal airway during a tactical combat casualty care first aid course at the Peace Keeping Training Center in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania Aug. 23, 2015. TPDF hosted a Humanitarian Action Course where U.S. Navy Explosive Ordnance Disposal technicians, assigned to Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa, shared best practices on medical procedures, ordnance safety and identification.
EOD technicians share knowledge with Tanzanian service members
9/6/2015
An Explosive Ordnance Disposal Technician assigned to Combined to Joint Task Force- Horn of Africa, left, coaches Tanzania People’s Defense Force ammunition technicians and officers through metal detector sweeps at the Peace Keeping Training Center in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania Aug. 23, 2015. EOD technicians shared best practices during a Humanitarian Mine Action Course, focusing on ordnance identification; safety, and tactical combat casualty care procedures. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Nesha Humes)
EOD technicians share knowledge with Tanzanian service members
9/6/2015
Pvt. Flora Flowin Mkinga, Tanzania People’s Defense Force ammunition technician, looks through binoculars during a reconnaissance practical at the Peace Keeping Training Center in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania Aug. 23, 2015. U.S. Navy Explosive Ordnance Disposal technicians, assigned to Combined to Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa, instructed Humanitarian Mine Action course students on ordnance safety and identification and tactical combat casualty care procedures.(U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Nesha Humes)
EOD technicians share knowledge with Tanzanian service members
9/6/2015
Sgt. Gaudence Siame, Tanzania People’s Defense Force ammunition technician, places a metal shape aside during a metal detector familiarization class at the Peace Keeping Training Center in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania Aug. 23, 2015. Two U.S. Navy Explosive Ordnance Disposal technicians, assigned to Combined to Joint Task Force- Horn of Africa, instructed a three-week Humanitarian Mine Action course to TPDF ammunition technicians and officers in order to increase ordnance knowledge. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Nesha Humes)
EOD technicians share knowledge with Tanzanian service members
9/6/2015
An Explosive Ordnance Disposal Technician assigned to Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa, review ordnance identification during a Humanitarian Mine Action course for the Tanzania People’s Defense Force in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania Aug. 26, 2015. HMA is funded by the Department of State and assists selected countries in relief and develops an indigenous mine action capability.(U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Nesha Humes)
EOD technicians share knowledge with Tanzanian service members
9/6/2015
Tanzania People’s Defense Force personnel look over various ordnance items during the Humanitarian Mine Action Instruction course at the Peace Keeping Training Center in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania Aug. 24, 2015. U.S. Navy Explosive Ordnance Disposal technicians, assigned to Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa, instructed 22 students in order to increase partner nation’s ordnance knowledge. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Nesha Humes)
EOD technicians share knowledge with Tanzanian service members
9/6/2015
An Explosive Ordnance Disposal Technician, assigned to CJTF-HOA, congratulates Pvt.Ramadhan Badru Mwita, a Tanzania People’s Defense Force ammunition technician, during the Humanitarian Mine Action course graduation at the Peace Keeping Training Center in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania Aug. 27, 2015. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Nesha Humes)
EOD technicians share knowledge with Tanzanian service members
9/6/2015
An Explosive Ordnance Disposal Technician, assigned to Combined to Joint Task Force- Horn of Africa, left, assists a Tanzania People’s Defense Force ammunition technician with demolition placement, at the Peace Keeping Training Center in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania Aug. 26, 2015. EOD technicians instructed a Humanitarian Mine Action Course for TPDF personnel, covering mine clearance procedures, minefield casualty recovery, demolition procedures, ordnance reconnaissance, metal detector familiarization, and tactical combat casualty care.
(U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Nesha Humes)
EOD technicians share knowledge with Tanzanian service members
9/6/2015
Members of Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit 12, assigned to Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa, held a Humanitarian Mine Action instruction course for Tanzanian People’s Defense Force soldiers, in Dar es Salaam, Aug. 6-28, 2015.
Ethiopian, Djiboutian militaries broaden communication, intelligence system skills at CJTF-HOA
9/6/2015
Members of the Djibouti Armed Forces (FAD) assemble the feed horn of a U.S. Africa Command Data Sharing Network (ADSN) terminal at Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, Aug. 31, 2015. The feed horn is used to transmit a signal by using the dish to focus the signal into a narrow stream and to receive transmissions reflected by the dish. The setup and tear down of the ADSN field communication system was part of a multi-week course, which was hosted by Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa communications and intelligence personnel, and was designed to broaden communication interoperability between host nation security forces. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Nathan Maysonet/released)
Ethiopian, Djiboutian militaries broaden communication, intelligence system skills at CJTF-HOA
9/6/2015
A member of the Djibouti Armed Forces (FAD) connects a cable connector during the setup of a U.S. Africa Command Data Sharing Network (ADSN) terminal at Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, Aug. 31, 2015. FAD personnel were tested on how quickly they could setup and tear down the field communication system as part of a multi-week ADSN course, which was hosted by Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa communications and intelligence personnel, and was designed to broaden communication interoperability between host nation security forces. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Nathan Maysonet/released)