U.S. Army Spc. Dennis Hanson, vertical construction engineer, 492nd Engineer Vertical Construction Company (EVCC), Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA), lifts lumber during construction of new buildings within the Djibouti Base Cluster, Djibouti, May 8, 2020. The 492nd EVCC performs construction projects throughout East Africa in support of CJTF-HOA. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Gage Daniel)

U.S. Army Sgt. Paul Ludowese (left) and Spc. Nabin Karki, vertical construction engineers, assigned to the 492nd Engineer Vertical Construction Company (EVCC), Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA), nail ceiling material during the construction of a new building within the Djibouti Base Cluster, Djibouti, May 8, 2020. The 492nd EVCC performs construction projects throughout East Africa in support of CJTF-HOA. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Gage Daniel)

U.S. Army Sgt. Paul Ludowese (left) and Spc. Nabin Karki, vertical construction engineers, 492nd Engineer Vertical Construction Company (EVCC), Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa, nail ceiling components during the construction of a new building within the Djibouti Base Cluster, Djibouti, May 8, 2020. The 492nd EVCC performs construction projects throughout East Africa in support of CJTF-HOA. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Gage Daniel)

U.S. Army Capt. Ethan Betts, medical logistics (MEDLOG) officer for Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA), prepares a shipment of medical supplies at Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, Apr. 24, 2020. Since the inception of the global COVID-19 pandemic, the MEDLOG team has shipped more than 7,000 surgical masks (facemasks), including 5,000 N95 respirators; 2,500 surgical gowns; 150 pairs of reusable goggles; and 20,000 pairs of gloves to outstations throughout East Africa. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Ashley Nicole Taylor)

Brian Clark, a project supervisor for the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA), removes a cover from a pallet of medical equipment at Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, Apr. 22, 2020. The medical equipment is part of Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa’s (CJTF-HOA) protective measures for COVID-19 to maintain the health of the force. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Ashley Nicole Taylor)

A pallet of medical equipment awaits distribution from the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) at Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, Apr. 22, 2020. The medical equipment is part of Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa’s (CJTF-HOA) protective measures for COVID-19 to maintain the health of the force. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Ashley Nicole Taylor)

U.S. Army Capt. Ethan Betts, medical logistics (MEDLOG) officer for Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA), places a medical sticker on a box of medical supplies at Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, Apr. 24, 2020. CJTF-HOA’s MEDLOG is responsible for distributing supplies and healthcare equipment, whether it be a computer system, a bandage, narcotics or PPE, to medical providers anywhere in East Africa. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Ashley Nicole Taylor)

U.S. Air Force Airmen assigned to the 75th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron (EAS), load a C-130J Super Hercules with cargo in Djibouti, Apr. 27, 2020. The 75th EAS provides strategic airlift capabilities across the Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA) area of responsibility and is responsible for moving many of the medical supplies pushed to outstations as part of the COVID-19 pandemic response. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Ashley Nicole Taylor)

A pallet of medical equipment awaits distribution from the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) at Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, Apr. 22, 2020. The medical equipment is part of Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa’s (CJTF-HOA) protective measures for COVID-19 to maintain the health of the force. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Ashley Nicole Taylor)

U.S. Army Sgt. Enock Langat, medical logistics (MEDLOG) noncommissioned officer for Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA), prepares a shipment of medical supplies at Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, Apr. 24, 2020. Since the inception of the COVID-19 outbreak, the MEDLOG team has shipped more than 7,000 surgical masks (facemasks), including 5,000 N95 respirators; 2,500 surgical gowns; 150 pairs of reusable goggles; and 20,000 pairs of gloves to outstations throughout East Africa. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Ashley Nicole Taylor)

U.S. Army Sgt. Enock Langat, medical logistics noncommissioned officer for Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA), stands in front of medical supplies at Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, Apr. 24, 2020. Since the inception of the COVID-19 outbreak, the MEDLOG team has shipped more than 7,000 surgical masks (facemasks), including 5,000 N95 respirators; 2,500 surgical gowns; 150 pairs of reusable goggles; and 20,000 pairs of gloves to outstations throughout East Africa. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Ashley Nicole Taylor)

A U.S. Air Force Airman assigned to the 75th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron (EAS), loads a C-130J Super Hercules with cargo in Djibouti, Apr. 27, 2020. The 75th EAS provides strategic airlift capabilities across the Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA) area of responsibility and is responsible for moving many of the medical supplies pushed to outstations as part of the COVID-19 pandemic response. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Ashley Nicole Taylor)

A C-130J Super Hercules transports cargo loaded by U.S. Air Force Airmen assigned to the 75th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron (EAS), in Djibouti, Apr. 27, 2020. The 75th EAS provides strategic airlift capabilities across the Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa area of responsibility and is responsible for moving many of the medical supplies pushed to outstations as part of the COVID-19 pandemic response. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Ashley Nicole Taylor)

U.S. Air Force Airmen assigned to the 75th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron (EAS), load a C-130J Super Hercules with cargo in Djibouti, Apr. 27, 2020. The 75th EAS provides strategic airlift capabilities across the Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA) area of responsibility and is responsible for moving many of the medical supplies pushed to outstations as part of the COVID-19 pandemic response. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Ashley Nicole Taylor)

U.S. Air Force Airmen assigned to the 75th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron (EAS), load a C-130J Super Hercules with cargo in Djibouti, Apr. 27, 2020. The 75th EAS provides strategic airlift capabilities across the Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA) area of responsibility and is responsible for moving many of the medical supplies pushed to outstations as part of the COVID-19 pandemic response. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Ashley Nicole Taylor)

U.S. Air Force Airmen assigned to the 75th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron (EAS), load a C-130J Super Hercules with cargo in Djibouti, Apr. 27, 2020. The 75th EAS provides strategic airlift capabilities across the Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA) area of responsibility and is responsible for moving many of the medical supplies pushed to outstations as part of the COVID-19 pandemic response. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Ashley Nicole Taylor)

Staff from the Expeditionary Medical Facility (EMF), demonstrate medical equipment used to stabilize patients at the COVID-19 Intensive Care Unit (ICU) facility at Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, April 9, 2020. The COVID-19 ICU is located separately from the EMF to prevent potential cross-contamination of the virus. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Kristen A. Heller)

U.S. Air Force Maj. Leah Chapman (left), Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa Surgeon Cell public health officer, demonstrates creating a cleaning solution using bleach and water during a training session for the high-traffic area disinfectant team at Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, March 27, 2020. The team learned how COVID-19 and other viruses can live on non-porous surfaces, such as metal, glass, plastic, and laminated surfaces, for several days. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Gage Daniel)

U.S. Navy personnel, from left, Hospital Corpsmen 2nd Class Jerry Marquez and Wickbol Monno, Lt. Gail Evangelista, nurse, and Cmdr. Hillary Meyer, nurse anesthetist, assigned to Naval Hospital Rota, Spain, stand in front of Michaud Expeditionary Medical Facility (EMF) at Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, April 16, 2020. The four-member team augments critical positions within the EMF during the COVID-19 pandemic, enabling existing EMF staff to execute their primary mission of treating trauma patients. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Dylan Murakami)

U.S. Navy Lt. Gail Evangelista, nurse, assigned to Naval Hospital Rota, Spain, dons a facemask prior to interacting with a patient at the Michaud Expeditionary Medical Facility (EMF) at Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, April 16, 2020. Evangelista is part of a four-member team sent by Naval Forces Africa to augment critical positions within the EMF during the COVID-19 pandemic, enabling existing EMF staff to execute their primary mission of treating trauma patients. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Dylan Murakami)

U.S. Navy Lt. Gail Evangelista, nurse, assigned to Naval Hospital Rota, Spain, takes a patient’s temperature at the Michaud Expeditionary Medical Facility (EMF) at Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, April 16, 2020. Evangelista is part of a four-member team sent by Naval Forces Africa to augment critical positions within the EMF during the COVID-19 pandemic, enabling existing EMF staff to fulfill their primary mission of treating trauma patients. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Dylan Murakami)

Staff from the COVID-19 Intensive Care Unit (ICU), part of the Expeditionary Medical Facility (EMF), demonstrate its medical and equipment capabilities at Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, April 9, 2020. The creation of the COVID-19 ICU aligns with coordinated preventive measures developed to mitigate the potential spread of COVID-19. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Kristen A. Heller)

U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Pauline Jones, Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa public health noncommissioned officer-in-charge, teaches service members assigned to a high-traffic area disinfectant team how to create and properly use a cleaning solution at Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, March 27, 2020. The team learned how COVID-19 and other viruses can live on non-porous surfaces, such as metal, glass, plastic, and laminated surfaces, for several days. The teams are now disinfecting high traffic locations and objects like water filling stations, benches and doors at common use facilities frequently touched by multiple individuals to prevent illness. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Gage Daniel)

U.S. Army Soldiers assigned to 1-200th Infantry Battalion, Task Force Guardian, Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa, ruck march during the Bataan Memorial Death March at Chabelley Airfield, Djibouti, March 15, 2020. The New Mexico National Guard’s 1-200th Infantry Battalion hosts an annual Bataan Memorial Death March at White Sands National Park, New Mexico, to honor the Prisoner of War Soldiers who were force-marched in the Philippines during World War II. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Gage Daniel)

Service members listen to a safety brief before starting the Bataan Memorial Death March at Chabelley Airfield, Djibouti, March 15, 2020. The 1-200th Infantry Battalion hosts a Bataan Memorial Death March annually at White Sands National Park, New Mexico, to honor the Prisoner of War Soldiers who were force-marched in the Philippines during World War II. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Gage Daniel)

A U.S. Army Soldier assigned to 1-200th Infantry Battalion, Task Force Guardian, Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa, checks in for the Bataan Memorial Death March at Chabelley Airfield, Djibouti, March 15, 2020. The 1-200th Infantry Battalion hosts a Bataan Memorial Death March annually at White Sands National Park, New Mexico, to honor the Prisoner of War Soldiers who were force-marched in the Philippines during World War II. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Gage Daniel)

CJTF-HOA Chief of Staff Biography

U.S. Army Spc. April Woolley, help desk technician, Communications Directorate, Combined Joint Task Force – Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA), simulates connecting palletized materials to a helicopter during a sling load training class at Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, Feb. 27, 2020. The class was designed to familiarize service members with basic sling load procedures, capabilities and operations. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Dylan Murakami)

U.S. Army Spc. Albert Terrazas, driver, Delta Company, Task Force Guardian, Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA), secures an apex fitting with a cotter pin during a sling load training class at Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, Feb. 27, 2020. The class was designed to familiarize service members with basic sling load procedures, capabilities and operations. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Dylan Murakami)

U.S. Air Force Col. Kjäll Gopaul, director of Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa’s Communications Directorate, teaches the basics of sling load operations at Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, Feb. 27, 2020. The class was designed to familiarize service members with basic sling load procedures, capabilities and operations. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Dylan Murakami)

U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class William Veith, platoon sergeant, Delta Company, Task Force Guardian, Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA), tightens a strap during a sling load training class at Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, Feb. 27, 2020. The class was designed to familiarize service members with basic sling load procedures, capabilities and operations. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Dylan Murakami)

U.S. Army soldiers assigned to Combined Joint Task Force – Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA) work together to palletize materials during a sling load training class at Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, Feb. 27, 2020. The class was designed to familiarize service members with basic sling load procedures, capabilities and operations. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Dylan Murakami)

U.S. Air Force Col. Kjäll Gopaul, director of Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa’s Communications Directorate, demonstrates sling load procedures during a training class at Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, Feb. 27, 2020. The class was designed to familiarize service members with basic sling load procedures, capabilities and operations. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Dylan Murakami)

Horses roam at Fazenda Sengha horse facility in the hills of Kigali, Rwanda, Feb. 20, 2020. Veterinarians from the 411th Civil Affairs Functional Specialty Team (CA FXST), Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA), performed a “One Health” assessment where they assessed animal care and lab skills of local veterinarians. There are approximately 150 horses in Rwanda, and Fazenda Sengha houses about a dozen. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Ashley Nicole Taylor)

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Jermel Walker, radio operator, assigned to Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA), performs a voice check with the newly acquired land mobile radios (LMRs) at Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, Feb. 21, 2020. The land mobile radios are essential communications tools for CJTF-HOA service members in East Africa. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Gage Daniel)

U.S. Marine Corps Cpls. Jermel Walker, left, and Michael Selfridge, radio operators, assigned to Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA), perform function checks on land mobile radios (LMRs), at Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, Feb. 21, 2020. Effective communication equipment is essential and helps CJTF-HOA maintain stability in East Africa. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Gage Daniel)

U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Michael D. Turello, commanding general of Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa, center, attends the 29th meeting of the Military Operations Coordination Committee, in Kampala, Uganda, Jan. 28, 2020. The meeting, hosted by the Government of Uganda, enabled participants the opportunity to discuss approaches for the facilitation of key African Union Peace and Security Council tasks. (Courtesy photo)

Participants of the 29th meeting of the Military Operations Coordination Committee gather for a group photo in Kampala, Uganda, Jan. 28, 2020. The meeting, hosted by the Government of Uganda, enabled participants the opportunity to discuss approaches for the facilitation of key African Union Peace and Security Council tasks. (Courtesy photo)

Representatives from several countries and organizations attend the 29th meeting of the Military Operations Coordination Committee, in Kampala, Uganda, Jan. 28, 2020. The meeting, hosted by the Government of Uganda, enabled participants the opportunity to discuss approaches for the facilitation of key African Union Peace and Security Council tasks. (Courtesy photo)

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Andrea Setzler, air movements noncommissioned officer in charge, Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA), seen at the transport dock at Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, Feb. 4, 2020. Setzler manages the first step in the process of transporting cargo throughout the CJTF-HOA area of operations, ensuring U.S. forces in the region have the supplies needed to maintain stability in East Africa. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Gage Daniel)