U.S. Army National Guard Soldiers assigned to Task Force Red Dragon, Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA), conduct an Emergency Deployment Readiness Exercise (EDRE) at CSL Manda Bay, Kenya, June 17, 2022. During the EDRE, the East Africa Response Force (EARF) forward deployed from Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, to Manda Bay to exercise its capability to provide security augmentation while Soldiers with the EARF and CJTF-HOA security forces conducted presence patrols with Kenya Defense Forces and responded to multiple injects that included base defense drills. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Jeff Clements)
U.S. Army National Guard Soldiers assigned to Task Force Red Dragon, Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA), conduct an Emergency Deployment Readiness Exercise (EDRE) at CSL Manda Bay, Kenya, June 17, 2022. During the EDRE, the East Africa Response Force (EARF) forward deployed from Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, to Manda Bay to exercise its capability to provide security augmentation while Soldiers with the EARF and CJTF-HOA security forces conducted presence patrols with Kenya Defense Forces and responded to multiple injects that included base defense drills. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Jeff Clements)
U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Jami Shawley, commanding general of Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA), participates in an Emergency Deployment Readiness Exercise (EDRE) at CSL Manda Bay, Kenya, June 17, 2022. Shawley flew in with the East Africa Response Force (EARF) to observe and assess the exercise as well as visit with senior leaders and Soldiers. (U.S. Army National Guard photos by Staff Sgt. Jeff Clements)
U.S. Army National Guard Soldiers assigned to Task Force Red Dragon, Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA), conduct an Emergency Deployment Readiness Exercise (EDRE) at CSL Manda Bay, Kenya, June 17, 2022. During the EDRE, the East Africa Response Force (EARF) forward deployed from Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, to Manda Bay to exercise its capability to provide security augmentation while Soldiers with the EARF and CJTF-HOA security forces conducted presence patrols with Kenya Defense Forces and responded to multiple injects that included base defense drills. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Jeff Clements)
U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Jami Shawley, commanding general of Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA), participates in an Emergency Deployment Readiness Exercise (EDRE) at CSL Manda Bay, Kenya, June 17, 2022. Shawley flew in with the East Africa Response Force (EARF) to observe and assess the exercise as well as visit with senior leaders and Soldiers. (U.S. Army National Guard photos by Staff Sgt. Jeff Clements)
U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Jami Shawley, commanding general of Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA), participates in an Emergency Deployment Readiness Exercise (EDRE) at CSL Manda Bay, Kenya, June 17, 2022. Shawley flew in with the East Africa Response Force (EARF) to observe and assess the exercise as well as visit with senior leaders and Soldiers. (U.S. Army National Guard photos by Staff Sgt. Jeff Clements)
A Spanish Armed Forces soldier signals an MV-22 Osprey during Exercise Bull Shark, Grand Bara, Djibouti, June 21, 2022. Exercise Bull Shark is a personnel recovery exercise involving members of CJTF-HOA and the European Union Naval Force aimed to strengthen interoperability between like-minded partners in the region; members of the Spanish Armed Forces and Djibouti Armed Forces also participated in the exercise this iteration. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Blake Wiles)
Spanish Armed Forces soldiers and U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt Matthew Carlino, a Combined Joint Task Force – Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA) survival, evasion, resistance and escape specialist, communicate with simulated friendly forces during Exercise Bull Shark, Grand Bara, Djibouti, June 21, 2022. Exercise Bull Shark is a personnel recovery exercise involving members of CJTF-HOA and the European Union Naval Force aimed to strengthen interoperability between like-minded partners in the region; members of the Spanish Armed Forces and Djibouti Armed Forces also participated in the exercise this iteration. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Blake Wiles)
Spanish Armed Forces soldiers meet with U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt Matthew Carlino (right), a Combined Joint Task Force – Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA) survival, evasion, resistance and escape specialist, during Exercise Bull Shark, Grand Bara, Djibouti, June 21, 2022. Exercise Bull Shark is a personnel recovery exercise involving members of CJTF-HOA and the European Union Naval Force aimed to strengthen interoperability between like-minded partners in the region; members of the Spanish Armed Forces and Djibouti Armed Forces also participated in the exercise this iteration. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Blake Wiles)
U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt Matthew Carlino, a Combined Joint Task Force – Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA) survival, evasion, resistance, and escape specialist, communicates with simulated friendly forces during Exercise Bull Shark, Grand Bara, Djibouti, June 21, 2022. Exercise Bull Shark is a personnel recovery exercise involving members of CJTF-HOA and the European Union Naval Force aimed to strengthen interoperability between like-minded partners in the region; members of the Spanish Armed Forces and Djibouti Armed Forces also participated in the exercise this iteration. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Blake Wiles)
U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt Matthew Carlino, a Combined Joint Task Force – Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA) survival, evasion, resistance and escape specialist, uses a signal mirror during Exercise Bull Shark, Grand Bara, Djibouti, June 21, 2022. Exercise Bull Shark is a personnel recovery exercise involving members of CJTF-HOA and the European Union Naval Force aimed to strengthen interoperability between like-minded partners in the region; members of the Spanish Armed Forces and Djibouti Armed Forces also participated in the exercise this iteration. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Blake Wiles)
Spanish Armed Forces soldiers and U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt Matthew Carlino, a Combined Joint Task Force – Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA) survival, evasion, resistance and escape specialist, signal an MV-22 Osprey during Exercise Bull Shark, Grand Bara, Djibouti, June 21, 2022. Exercise Bull Shark is a personnel recovery exercise involving members of CJTF-HOA and the European Union Naval Force aimed to strengthen interoperability between like-minded partners in the region; members of the Spanish Armed Forces and Djibouti Armed Forces also participated in the exercise this iteration. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Blake Wiles)
Spanish Armed Forces soldiers and U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt Matthew Carlino, a Combined Joint Task Force – Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA) survival, evasion, resistance and escape specialist, communicate with simulated friendly forces during Exercise Bull Shark, Grand Bara, Djibouti, June 21, 2022. Exercise Bull Shark is a personnel recovery exercise involving members of CJTF-HOA and the European Union Naval Force aimed to strengthen interoperability between like-minded partners in the region; members of the Spanish Armed Forces and Djibouti Armed Forces also participated in the exercise this iteration. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Blake Wiles)
Spanish Armed Forces soldiers meet with U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt Matthew Carlino (right), a Combined Joint Task Force – Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA) survival, evasion, resistance and escape specialist, during Exercise Bull Shark, Grand Bara, Djibouti, June 21, 2022. Exercise Bull Shark is a personnel recovery exercise involving members of CJTF-HOA and the European Union Naval Force aimed to strengthen interoperability between like-minded partners in the region; members of the Spanish Armed Forces and Djibouti Armed Forces also participated in the exercise this iteration. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Blake Wiles)
A Spanish Armed Forces soldier and U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt Matthew Carlino, a Combined Joint Task Force – Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA) survival, evasion, resistance, and escape specialist, use a signal mirror during Exercise Bull Shark, Grand Bara, Djibouti, June 21, 2022. Exercise Bull Shark is a personnel recovery exercise involving members of CJTF-HOA and the European Union Naval Force aimed to strengthen interoperability between like-minded partners in the region; members of the Spanish Armed Forces and Djibouti Armed Forces also participated in the exercise this iteration. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Blake Wiles)
Spanish Armed Forces soldiers and U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt Matthew Carlino, a Combined Joint Task Force – Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA) survival, evasion, resistance and escape specialist, communicate with simulated friendly forces during Exercise Bull Shark, Grand Bara, Djibouti, June 21, 2022. Exercise Bull Shark is a personnel recovery exercise involving members of CJTF-HOA and the European Union Naval Force aimed to strengthen interoperability between like-minded partners in the region; members of the Spanish Armed Forces and Djibouti Armed Forces also participated in the exercise this iteration. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Blake Wiles)
A Spanish Armed Forces soldier and U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt Matthew Carlino, a Combined Joint Task Force – Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA) survival, evasion, resistance and escape specialist, both communicate with simulated friendly forces during Exercise Bull Shark, Grand Bara, Djibouti, June 21, 2022. Exercise Bull Shark is a personnel recovery exercise involving members of CJTF-HOA and the European Union Naval Force aimed to strengthen interoperability between like-minded partners in the region; members of the Spanish Armed Forces and Djibouti Armed Forces also participated in the exercise this iteration. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Blake Wiles)
U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Jami Shawley, commanding general of the Combined Joint Task Force – Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA), delivers comments during the Air Operations Battalion (AOB) transfer of authority ceremony from the 1st Battalion, 107th Aviation Regiment (AOB) to the 1st Battalion, 58th Aviation Regiment (AOB) at Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, June 15, 2022. The 1-107th AOB first arrived to Djibouti in October 2021, managing three critical sites across East Africa. The 1-58th AOB assumed their mission June 15, now providing support to CJTF-HOA. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Lynette M. Rolen)
U.S. Army Lt. Col. Travis Betz (left), battalion commander of the 1st Battalion, 58th Aviation Regiment (AOB) and U.S. Army 1st Sgt. Shane Kester (right), senior enlisted leader of the 1-58th AOB, uncase the regiment colors during the Air Operations Battalion (AOB) transfer of authority ceremony from the 1st Battalion, 107th Aviation Regiment to the 1-58th AOB at Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, June 15, 2022. The uncasing of the colors signifies the battalion’s arrival and preparedness to assume its role within the Combined Joint Task Force – Horn of Africa. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Lynette M. Rolen)
U.S. Army Lt. Col. Travis Betz (left), battalion commander of the 1st Battalion, 58th Aviation Regiment (AOB) and U.S. Army 1st Sgt. Shane Kester (right), senior enlisted leader of the 1-58th, uncase the regiment colors during the Air Operations Battalion (AOB) transfer of authority ceremony from the 1st Battalion, 107th Aviation Regiment (AOB) to the 1-58th AOB at Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, June 15, 2022. The uncasing of the colors signifies the battalion’s arrival and preparedness to assume its role within the Combined Joint Task Force – Horn of Africa. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Lynette M. Rolen)
