A U.S. Marine HMMWV loads onto a U.S. Navy Landing Craft Air Cushion (LCAC) in Arta, Djibouti, July 20, 2015. Marine HMMWVs serve as command and control, troop transport, shelter carrier, towed weapons mover, and can be used as an ambulance. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Maria Bowman)
A U.S. Navy Landing Craft Air Cushion (LCAC) approaches the USS Anchorage in Arta, Djibouti, July 20, 2015. The LCAC delivered U.S. Marines and equipment from the U.S. Navy vessel to Arta Beach, to do sustainment training. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Maria Bowman)
A U.S. Navy Landing Craft Air Cushion (LCAC) approaches USS Anchorage in Arta, Djibouti, July 20, 2015. USS Anchorage is a transport dock ship, and is designed to transport and land elements of a landing force for expeditionary warfare missions. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Maria Bowman)
The San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ship USS Anchorage (LPD-23) patrols the Gulf of Tadjoura as a Landing Craft Air Cushion (LCAC) approaches its stern during a two week sustainment exercise for the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit in Djibouti, Africa, July 20, 2015. USS Anchorage, also known as an amphibious warfare ship, and is designed to transport and land elements of a landing force for expeditionary warfare missions. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Nathan Maysonet)
A U.S. Navy Landing Craft Air Cushion (LCAC) departs a beach in Arta, Djibouti, July 20, 2015. LCACs for USS Anchorage delivered U.S. Marines from the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit and their equipment for sustainment training. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Maria Bowman)
A U.S. Navy Maritime Expeditionary Security Force member signals that it is safe for a U.S. Navy Landing Craft Air Cushion (LCAC) to leave the beach and travel back to the San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ship USS Anchorage (LPD-23) in Arta, Djibouti, July 20, 2015. LCACs for this military ship delivered U.S. Marines and equipment from the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit for sustainment training. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Maria Bowman)
A U.S. Marine Light Armored Vehicle (LAV-25) driver assigned to the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit, awaits orders after disembarking from a U.S. Navy Landing Craft Air Cushion (LCAC) from the San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ship USS Anchorage (LPD-23) as part of a two week training exercise at Arta Beach, Djibouti, July 20, 2015. The LAV-25 is a Marine Corps amphibious reconnaissance vehicle used for security, command and control, reconnaissance and assault. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Nathan Maysonet)
Crewmembers onboard a U.S. Navy Landing Craft Air Cushion (LCAC) help offload a fuel truck at Arta Beach, Djibouti, July 20, 2015. LCACs from the San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ship USS Anchorage (LPD-23) helped deliver U.S. Marines and equipment from the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit for sustainment training at the Djiboutian Armed Forces training range. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Nathan Maysonet)
U.S. Marines from the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit step off a U.S. Navy Landing Craft Air Cushion (LCAC) at Arta Beach, Djibouti, July 20, 2015. The Marines arrived in Djibouti from the San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ship USS Anchorage (LPD-23) for two weeks of sustainment training which included, live fire exercises, and mounted vehicle patrols. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Nathan Maysonet)
U.S. Marines from the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit disembark from a U.S. Navy Landing Craft Air Cushion (LCAC) in Arta, Djibouti, July 20, 2015. The Marines came from USS Anchorage for two weeks of training. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Maria Bowman)
A U.S. Navy Landing Craft Air Cushion (LCAC) sits on a beach in Arta, Djibouti, July 20, 2015, while U.S. Marines from the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit exited and their equipment were unloaded from the vessel. LCACs for USS Anchorage delivered U.S. Marines from the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit and their equipment for sustainment training. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Maria Bowman)
A U.S. Navy Landing Craft Air Cushion (LCAC) approaches a landing zone at Arta Beach, Djibouti, July 20, 2015. The LCAC is a hovercraft used by the U.S. Navy’s Assault Craft Units to transport and deliver personnel and equipment from ship to shore and across beaches and was in Djibouti as part of two week sustainment training exercise for the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Nathan Maysonet)
A U.S. Navy Maritime Expeditionary Security Force member completes work on a signal flag as part of sustainment training preparations for the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit at Arta Beach, Djibouti, July 20, 2015. Signal flags are used by security forces to alert oncoming U.S. Navy Landing Craft Air Cushion (LCAC), and other landing vessels, that the beachhead is safe and secure for landing and the offloading of personnel and equipment. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Nathan Maysonet)
Members of the 1/77th Armor Regiment, assigned to Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa, conduct range training in Arta, Djibouti, July 8, 2015. The service members, who recently arrived at Camp Lemonnier, were required to qualify on two small-arms weapon systems: the M4 rifle and the M9 pistol. U.S. Army soldiers regularly practice the fundamentals of shooting, as it is an important skill to the success of any mission they are conducting. (U.S. Air Force Photos by Staff Sgt. Maria Bowman)
Members of the 1/77th Armor Regiment conduct range training in Arta, Djibouti
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Members of the 1/77th Armor Regiment, assigned to Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa, conduct range training in Arta, Djibouti, July 8, 2015. The service members, who recently arrived at Camp Lemonnier, were required to qualify on two small-arms weapon systems: the M4 rifle and the M9 pistol. U.S. Army soldiers regularly practice the fundamentals of shooting, as it is an important skill to the success of any mission they are conducting.
From left, Dr. Moustapha Amain Mouhammad and Dr. Abdi Alias, physicians at the Dikhil Regional Hospital talk about the facility during a tour with Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa members in Dikhil, Djibouti, July 7, 2015. CJTF-HOA members visited the hospital to assess its public health, environmental and preventative medicine capacities and capabilities. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Nesha Humes)
Combined Joint Task Force–Horn of Africa members conduct an assessment with Dr. Moustapha Amain Mouhammad, left, Dikhil Regional Hospital physician, in the hospital’s vaccination room in Dikhil, Djibouti, July 7, 2015. U.S. Army Capt. Ervin Arredondo, Civil Affairs BN team leader, center, interpreted Spanish during the engagement with one of the Cuban trained physicians. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Nesha Humes)
Civil affairs, preventative medicine and environmental health service members from Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa, visited Dikhil Regional Hospital to assess its capacities and capabilities.
U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Mark Stammer, right, Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa Commander and Gen. Zakaria Cheikh Ibrahim, Djiboutian Armed Forces Chief of Defense, talk during an Iftar dinner at the Kempinski Hotel, Djibouti, June 29, 2015. CJTF-HOA has hosted an annual, fast-breaking Iftar dinner to honor its partner nation’s Ramadan since 2006. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Nesha Humes)
U.S. Air Force Brig. Gen. William P. West, Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa deputy commander, greets Iftar dinner guests at the Kempinski Hotel, Djibouti, June 29, 2015. Since 2006, CJTF-HOA, Camp Lemonnier, and U.S. Embassy leaders have gathered with Djiboutian military leaders and their families for the annual celebration of the month-long Ramadan fasting. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Nesha Humes)
