&nbsp; Combined Joint Task Force — Horn of Africa

CA Batallion holds EDG with Djiboutian students

CA Batallion holds EDG with Djiboutian students

Civil Affairs conducts EDG in Balbala

CA Batallion holds EDG with Djiboutian students

CJTF-HOA, CLDJ honors USMC Military Working Dog

MIAT meets with CJTF-HOA

CJTF-HOA, CLDJ honors USMC Military Working Dog

MIAT meets with CJTF-HOA

CJTF-HOA, CLDJ honors USMC Military Working Dog

CJTF-HOA service members participate in 9/11 remembrance ceremony

CJTF-HOA service members participate in 9/11 remembrance ceremony

CJTF-HOA service members participate in 9/11 remembrance ceremony

CJTF-HOA deputy commanding general gauges progress in South Sudan

CJTF-HOA deputy commanding general gauges progress in South Sudan

CJTF-HOA deputy commanding general gauges progress in South Sudan

CJTF-HOA deputy commanding general gauges progress in South Sudan

CJTF-HOA deputy commanding general gauges progress in South Sudan

CJTF-HOA deputy commanding general gauges progress in South Sudan

CJTF-HOA deputy commanding general gauges progress in South Sudan

CJTF-HOA Command Senior Enlisted Leader visits EARF during live-fire exercise

CJTF-HOA Command Senior Enlisted Leader visits EARF during live-fire exercise

CJTF-HOA Command Senior Enlisted Leader visits EARF during live-fire exercise

CJTF-HOA Command Senior Enlisted Leader visits EARF during live-fire exercise

CJTF-HOA supports multinational effort to save Djiboutian lives, land

CJTF-HOA supports multinational effort to save Djiboutian lives, land

CJTF-HOA supports multinational effort to save Djiboutian lives, land

CJTF-HOA supports multinational effort to save Djiboutian lives, land

CJTF-HOA supports multinational effort to save Djiboutian lives, land

CJTF-HOA supports multinational effort to save Djiboutian lives, land

AFRICOM commander visits with CJTF-HOA

Civil Affairs conducts EDG in Balbala

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Michael Nalizra, team sergeant assigned to the 403rd Civil Affairs Battalion, Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa, speaks with Djiboutian students during an English discussion group (EDG) in Balbala, Djibouti, Sept. 12, 2019. The EDG serves as a language laboratory in which students develop practical linguistic and rhetorical skills through relationship building and information exchange. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. J.D. Strong II)

Photo by: Staff Sgt. J.D. Strong II, Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti

CA Batallion holds EDG with Djiboutian students

U.S. Army Spc. Elijah Alvarado, a civil affairs specialist assigned to the 411th Civil Affairs Battalion, Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa, talks with Djiboutian students during an English discussion group (EDG) in Balbala, Djibouti, Aug. 30, 2019. The EDG serves as a “language laboratory” in which students develop practical linguistic and rhetorical skills through relationship building and information exchange. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Gabrielle Spalding)

Photo by: Senior Airman Gabrielle Spalding, Balbala, Djibouti

CA Batallion holds EDG with Djiboutian students

A Djiboutian student discusses the topic of “love” during a weekly English discussion group (EDG) in Balbala, Djibouti, Aug. 30, 2019. The EDG, led by members from the 411th Civil Affairs Battalion, Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa, serves as a “language laboratory” in which students develop practical linguistic and rhetorical skills through relationship building and information exchange. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Gabrielle Spalding)

Photo by: Senior Airman Gabrielle Spalding, Balbala, Djibouti

Civil Affairs conducts EDG in Balbala

U.S. Army Capt. Adrienne Gibson, team chief assigned to the 403rd Civil Affairs Battalion, Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa, talks with Djiboutian students during an English discussion group (EDG) in Balbala, Djibouti, Sept. 12, 2019. The EDG serves as a language laboratory in which students develop practical linguistic and rhetorical skills through relationship building and information exchange. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. J.D. Strong II)

Photo by: Staff Sgt. J.D. Strong II, Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti

CA Batallion holds EDG with Djiboutian students

A Djiboutian student raises his hand during a weekly English discussion group (EDG) in Balbala, Djibouti, Aug. 30, 2019. The EDG, led by members from the 411th Civil Affairs Battalion, Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa, serves as a “language laboratory” in which students develop practical linguistic and rhetorical skills through relationship building and information exchange. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Gabrielle Spalding)

Photo by: Senior Airman Gabrielle Spalding, Balbala, Djibouti

CJTF-HOA, CLDJ honors USMC Military Working Dog

U.S. Marine Corporal Cameron Woodside, military working dog handler, assigned to Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA), holds the remains of Aarno, military working dog, during a dignified transfer at Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti (CLDJ), Sept. 19, 2019. Aarno passed away of natural causes while assigned to CJTF-HOA. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Gabrielle Spalding)

Photo by: Senior Airman Gabrielle Spalding, Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti

MIAT meets with CJTF-HOA

U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Michael Turello, commanding general, Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA), meets with CJTF-HOA leadership and a maintenance assistance and inspection team (MAIT) at Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, Sept. 16, 2019. MAITs are focused on finding solutions to logistics and maintenance challenges. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. J.D. Strong II)

Photo by: Staff Sgt. J.D. Strong II, Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti

CJTF-HOA, CLDJ honors USMC Military Working Dog

Service members assigned to Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA) and Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti (CLDJ), salute during the dignified transfer of U.S. Marine military working dog, Aarno, at CLDJ, Sept. 19, 2019. Aarno passed away of natural causes while assigned to CLDJ-HOA. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Gabrielle Spalding)

Photo by: Senior Airman Gabrielle Spalding, Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti

MIAT meets with CJTF-HOA

U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Michael Turello, commanding general, Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA), left, and U.S. Army Command Sgt. Maj. Shawn Carns, CJTF-HOA command senior enlisted leader, meet with CJTF-HOA leadership and a maintenance assistance and inspection team (MAIT) at Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, Sept. 16, 2019. MAITs are focused on finding solutions to logistics and maintenance challenges. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. J.D. Strong II)

Photo by: Staff Sgt. J.D. Strong II, Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti

CJTF-HOA, CLDJ honors USMC Military Working Dog

A memorial for U.S. Marine military working dog, Aarno, is displayed at the Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti (CLDJ), Sept. 7, 2019. Service members assigned to Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA) and CLDJ, were able to pay their respects to Aarno, who passed away while assigned to CJTF-HOA. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Gabrielle Spalding)

Photo by: Senior Airman Gabrielle Spalding, Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti

CJTF-HOA service members participate in 9/11 remembrance ceremony

A flag detail, composed of U.S. service members, prepare to raise the U.S. flag during a 9/11 remembrance ceremony, at Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, Sept. 11, 2019. The detail marched 2,977 paces, each step representing a life lost in New York City, Washington D.C. and Pennsylvania 18 years ago. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. J.D. Strong II)

Photo by: Senior Airman Gabrielle Spalding, CJTF-HOA

CJTF-HOA service members participate in 9/11 remembrance ceremony

U.S. Service members deployed to the Horn of Africa salute during a 9/11remembrance ceremony at Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, Sept. 11, 2019. The ceremony honored those who lost their lives in New York City, Washington D.C. and Pennsylvania 18 years ago. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Jacqueline Robinson)

Photo by: Senior Airman Gabrielle Spalding, CJTF-HOA

Task Force Warrior trains with 5th RIAOM Marines

U.S. Army 1st Lt. Brian Caulfield security forces liason officer assigned to Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA) and SCH Ferrer Dimitri combatives instructor assigned to the 5th Overseas Intermarines Regiment spar during a combatives exchange at Djibouti Air Base, Djibouti, Sept. 2, 2019. The purpose of the joint training was to share French Marine and U.S. Army combative techniques and further the relationship between the two forces. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. J.D. Strong II)

Photo by: Staff Sgt. J.D. Strong II

Task Force Warrior trains with 5th RIAOM Marines

A U.S. Army Soldier assigned to Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA) waits for a completion of a drill during a combatives exchange at Djibouti Air Base, Djibouti, Sept. 2, 2019. The purpose of the joint training was to share French Marine and U.S. Army combative techniques and further the relationship between the two forces. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. J.D. Strong II)

Photo by: Staff Sgt. J.D. Strong II

Task Force Warrior trains with 5th RIAOM Marines

U.S. Army Soldiers assigned to Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA) and French Marines assigned to the 5th Overseas Intermarines Regiment (RIAOM) don headgear during a combatives exchange at Djibouti Air Base, Djibouti, Sept. 2, 2019. The purpose of the joint training was to share French Marine and U.S. Army combative techniques and further the relationship between the two forces. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. J.D. Strong II)

Photo by: Staff Sgt. J.D. Strong II

Task Force Warrior trains with 5th RIAOM Marines

U.S. Army Soldier assigned to Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA) and French Marine assigned to the 5th Overseas Intermarines Regiment (RIAOM) spar during a combatives exchange at Djibouti Air Base, Djibouti, Sept. 2, 2019. The purpose of the joint training was to share French Marine and U.S. Army combative techniques and further the relationship between the two forces. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. J.D. Strong II)

Photo by: Staff Sgt. J.D. Strong II

Task Force Warrior trains with 5th RIAOM Marines

U.S. Army Soldiers assigned to Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA) and French Marines assigned to the 5th Overseas Intermarines Regiment (RIAOM) participated in a combatives exchange training at Djibouti Air Base, Djibouti, Sept. 2, 2019. The purpose of the joint training was to share French Marine and U.S. Army combative techniques and further the relationship between the two forces. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. J.D. Strong II)

Photo by: Staff Sgt. J.D. Strong II

CJTF-HOA service members participate in 9/11 remembrance ceremony

U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Michael Turello, commanding general, Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa, right, Amb. Larry André, U.S. Ambassador to Djibouti, reflect during the invocation of the 9/11remembrance ceremony at Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, Sept. 11, 2019. The ceremony honored those who lost their lives in New York City, Washington D.C. and Pennsylvania 18 years ago. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. J.D. Strong II)

Photo by: Senior Airman Gabrielle Spalding, CJTF-HOA

Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa Image

Photo by: Staff Sgt. J.D. Strong II, CJTF-HOA

CJTF-HOA deputy commanding general gauges progress in South Sudan

U.S. Air Force Brig. Gen. James R. Kriesel, deputy commanding general of Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA), meets with doctors from the Center for Disease Control (CDC) in Juba, South Sudan, Aug. 14, 2019. Kriesl and the CDC team discussed the progress CJTF-HOA is helping South Sudan make through CJTF-HOA's medical civil action projects with the citizens of South Sudan. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Senior Airman Codie Trimble)

Photo by: Senior Airman Codie Trimble, CJTF-HOA

CJTF-HOA deputy commanding general gauges progress in South Sudan

Photo by: Senior Airman Codie Trimble, CJTF-HOA

CJTF-HOA deputy commanding general gauges progress in South Sudan

U.S. Air Force Brig. Gen. James R. Kriesel, deputy commanding general of Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA), listens to Alec Augustine-Marciel, a political officer assigned to the U.S. Embassy in South Sudan, in Juba, South Sudan August 14. Augustine-Marciel briefed Kriesel on the ever-changing political landscape in South Sudan. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Senior Airman Codie Trimble)

Photo by: Senior Airman Codie Trimble, CJTF-HOA

CJTF-HOA deputy commanding general gauges progress in South Sudan

U.S. Air Force Brig. Gen. James R. Kriesel, deputy commanding general of Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA), meets with David Shearer, special representative of the Secretary-General for South Sudan and head of the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS), in Juba, South Sudan, Aug. 15, 2019. UNMISS has 14,000 peacekeepers, police, security and civilian personnel from at least 60 different countries working to deter violence against civilians by providing a safe and secure environment for South Sudanese people. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Senior Airman Codie Trimble)

Photo by: Senior Airman Codie Trimble, CJTF-HOA

CJTF-HOA deputy commanding general gauges progress in South Sudan

U.S. Air Force Brig. Gen. James R. Kriesel, deputy commanding general of Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA), meets with James Hope, United Stated Agency for International Development (USAID) country director, in Juba, South Sudan, Aug. 15, 2019. Kriesel and Hope discussed the kinds of assistance that USAID is providing the country, mainly through food aid. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Senior Airman Codie Trimble)

Photo by: Senior Airman Codie Trimble, CJTF-HOA

CJTF-HOA deputy commanding general gauges progress in South Sudan

U.S. Air Force Brig. Gen. James R. Kriesel, deputy commanding general of Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA), meets with South Sudan People's Defence Forces (SSPDF) chief of military intelligence, Maj. Gen. Rin Tueny Mabor, August 15, 2019. The meeting marks the first time a United States General had visited with the SSPDF in South Sudan. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Senior Airman Codie Trimble)

Photo by: Senior Airman Codie Trimble, CJTF-HOA

CJTF-HOA deputy commanding general gauges progress in South Sudan

U.S. Air Force Brig. Gen. James R. Kriesel, deputy commanding general of Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA), meets with Charles Moore, deputy head of mission assigned to the British Embassy in South Sudan, in Juba, South Sudan, Aug. 15, 2019. Kriesel and Moore discussed the capabilities CJTF-HOA can bring to the British Embassy in South Sudan. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Senior Airman Codie Trimble)

Photo by: Senior Airman Codie Trimble, CJTF-HOA

CJTF-HOA Command Senior Enlisted Leader visits EARF during live-fire exercise

U.S. Army Command Sgt. Maj. Shawn Carns, command senior enlisted leader (SEL), Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA), visits U.S. Army Soldiers from the East Africa Response Force (EARF), deployed in support of CJTF-HOA, during his battlefield circulation visit at Arta Range, Djibouti, Aug. 26, 2019. Battlefield circulation visits allow Carns to meet with units within CJTF-HOA’s combined joint operations area for familiarization and rapport-building. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. J.D. Strong II)

Photo by: Staff Sgt. J.D. Strong II

CJTF-HOA Command Senior Enlisted Leader visits EARF during live-fire exercise

U.S. Army Command Sgt. Maj. Shawn Carns, command senior enlisted leader (SEL), Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa, visits with U.S. Army Soldiers from the East African Response Force (EARF), deployed in support of Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa, during his battlefield circulation visit at Arta Range, Djibouti, Aug. 26, 2019. Battlefield circulation visits allow Carns to meet with units within CJTF-HOA’s combined joint operations area for familiarization and rapport-building. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. J.D. Strong II)

Photo by: Staff Sgt. J.D. Strong II

CJTF-HOA Command Senior Enlisted Leader visits EARF during live-fire exercise

U.S. Army Soldiers from the East African Response Force (EARF), deployed in support of Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa, fire an M-240 bravo machine gun during a live-fire exercise at Arta Range, Djibouti, Aug. 26, 2019. The EARF conducts live fires as part of their readiness and squad certifications. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. J.D. Strong II)

Photo by: Staff Sgt. J.D. Strong II

CJTF-HOA Command Senior Enlisted Leader visits EARF during live-fire exercise

U.S. Army Command Sgt. Maj. Shawn Carns, command senior enlisted leader (SEL), Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA), takes notes while being briefed by U.S. Army First Lt. Nicholas Noga, platoon leader, 101st Division, 1st Battalion, 26th Infantry Regiment, Task Force Warrior, assigned to CJTF-HOA, during his battlefield circulation visit at Arta Range, Djibouti, Aug. 26, 2019. Battlefield circulation visits allow Carns to meet with units within CJTF-HOA’s combined joint operations area for familiarization and rapport-building. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. J.D. Strong II)

Photo by: Staff Sgt. J.D. Strong II

Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa Image

U.S. Air Force Brig. Gen. James R. Kriesel, deputy commanding general of Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa, meets with doctors at Kamenge Military Hospital in Bujumbura, Burundi, July 18, 2019. The hospital has 30 specialists, 25 medical doctors and almost 250 nurses and technicians, and relies on medical and information exchanges with partner nations, including the United States, to stay ahead of the spread of Ebola. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Senior Airman Codie Trimble)

Photo by: Senior Airman Codie Trimble, CJTF-HOA

Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa Image

Photo by: Senior Airman Codie E Trimble, CJTF-HOA

Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa Image

U.S. Air Force Brig. Gen. James R. Kriesel, deputy commanding general of Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa, poses with soldiers from the Burundi National Defence Force (BNDF) in Bujumbura, Burundi, July 18, 2019. The BNDF is the Burundi’s military force with more than 20,000 personnel. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Senior Airman Codie Trimble)

Photo by: Senior Airman Codie E Trimble

CJTF-HOA supports multinational effort to save Djiboutian lives, land

U.S. Army Soldiers from 465th Engineer Company, 926th Engineer Battalion, 926th Engineer Brigade, 412th Theater Engineer Command, based in Birmingham, Alabama, assigned to Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa, assess the building of a dirt berm at the Douda landfill in Djibouti, Aug. 14, 2019. During a fire at the landfill, the 465th used bulldozers to create dirt berms that would make firebreaks and stop the flames from spreading outward. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. J.D. Strong II)

Photo by: Staff Sgt. J.D. Strong

CJTF-HOA supports multinational effort to save Djiboutian lives, land

U.S. Army 1st Lt. Daniel Csakai, platoon leader, 465th Engineer Company, 926th Engineer Battalion, 926th Engineer Brigade, 412th Theater Engineer Command, based in Birmingham, Alabama, assigned to Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa, speaks with a Djibouti Fire Brigade firefighter about the firefighting efforts at Douda landfill in Djibouti, Aug. 14, 2019. During a fire at the landfill, the 465th used bulldozers to create dirt berms that would make firebreaks and stop the flames from spreading outward. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. J.D. Strong II)

Photo by: Staff Sgt. J.D. Strong

CJTF-HOA supports multinational effort to save Djiboutian lives, land

A Djiboutian Fire Brigade firefighter traverses the Douda landfill in Djibouti, Aug. 14, 2019. At the request of the government of Djibouti and in support of the U.S. Embassy Djibouti, Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa engineers worked alongside Camp Lemonnier, Djiboutian, French and Chinese firefighters to help stop a fire at the landfill from spreading. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. J.D. Strong II)

Photo by: Staff Sgt. J.D. Strong

CJTF-HOA supports multinational effort to save Djiboutian lives, land

U.S. Army Soldiers from 465th Engineer Company, 926th Engineer Battalion, 926th Engineer Brigade, 412th Theater Engineer Command, based in Birmingham, Alabama, assigned to Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa, assess their firefighting sector at the Douda landfill in Djibouti, Aug. 14, 2019. During a fire at the landfill, the 465th used bulldozers to create dirt berms that would make firebreaks and stop the flames from spreading outward. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. J.D. Strong II)

Photo by: Staff Sgt. J.D. Strong

CJTF-HOA supports multinational effort to save Djiboutian lives, land

U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Michael Turello, commanding general, Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA), right, speaks with Stephen Skola, deputy fire chief, Camp Lemonnier Fire and Emergency Services, about the firefighting efforts at Douda landfill in Djibouti, Aug. 14, 2019. At the request of the government of Djibouti and in support of the U.S. Embassy Djibouti, CJTF-HOA engineers worked alongside Camp Lemonnier, Djiboutian, French and Chinese firefighters to help stop a fire at the landfill from spreading. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. J.D. Strong II)

Photo by: Staff Sgt. J.D. Strong

CJTF-HOA supports multinational effort to save Djiboutian lives, land

Camp Lemonnier Fire and Emergency Services firefighters use a hose to extinguish a fire alongside Chinese firefighters at Douda landfill in Djibouti, Aug. 14, 2019. At the request of the government of Djibouti and in support of the U.S. Embassy Djibouti, Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa engineers worked alongside Camp Lemonnier, Djiboutian, French and Chinese firefighters to help stop a fire at the landfill from spreading. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. J.D. Strong II)

Photo by: Staff Sgt. J.D. Strong

AFRICOM commander visits with CJTF-HOA

U.S. Army Gen. Stephen J. Townsend, commander, U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM), center left, meets with foreign liaison officers assigned to Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA), during a visit to Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti (CLDJ), Aug. 6, 2019. Townsend visited CLDJ to familiarize himself with CJTF-HOA personnel and mission. AFRICOM is responsible for building defense capabilities, responding to crises, deterring and defeating transnational threats in order to advance U.S. national interests and promote regional security, stability, and prosperity, all in concert with interagency and international partners. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Gabrielle Spalding)