10:57 AM10/2/2020

U.S. Army Soldiers from Charlie Troop, 2-106 Cavalry, Task Force Bayonet, deployed with the East Africa Response Force (EARF) in support of Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA), palletize gear during an Emergency Deployment Readiness Exercise (EDRE) at Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti (CLDJ), Sep. 25, 2020. The EARF is responsible for providing combat-ready rapid deployment capabilities to support crisis operations on the African continent. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Dana J. Cable)

10:57 AM10/2/2020

U.S. Army Soldiers from Charlie Troop, 2-106 Cavalry, Task Force Bayonet, deployed with the East Africa Response Force (EARF) in support of Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA), load pallets of cargo on a C-130J Super Hercules, assigned to the 75th Air Expeditionary Squadron during an Emergency Deployment Readiness Exercise (EDRE) at Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti (CLDJ), Sep. 25, 2020. The EARF is responsible for providing combat-ready rapid deployment capabilities to support crisis operations on the African continent. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Dana J. Cable)

10:57 AM10/2/2020

U.S. Army Soldiers from Charlie Troop, 2-206 Cavalry, Task Force Bayonet, deployed with the East Africa Response Force (EARF) in support of Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA), load pallets of cargo on a C-130J Super Hercules, assigned to the 75th Air Expeditionary Squadron during an Emergency Deployment Readiness Exercise (EDRE) at Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti (CLDJ), Sep. 25, 2020. The EARF is responsible for providing combat-ready rapid deployment capabilities to support crisis operations on the African continent. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Dana J. Cable)

10:57 AM10/2/2020

U.S. Army Soldiers from Charlie Troop, 2-206 Cavalry, Task Force Bayonet, deployed with the East Africa Response Force (EARF) in support of Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA), load pallets of cargo on a C-130J Super Hercules, assigned to the 75th Air Expeditionary Squadron during an Emergency Deployment Readiness Exercise (EDRE) at Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti (CLDJ), Sep. 25, 2020. The EARF is responsible for providing combat-ready rapid deployment capabilities to support crisis operations on the African continent. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Dana J. Cable)

6:41 AM10/2/2020

6:18 AM10/2/2020

U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Lapthe C. Flora, commanding general, Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA), and U.S. Army Brig. Gen. Damian T. Donahoe, deputy commanding general, CJTF-HOA, attend the Solemn Opening Session of the National Assembly, in Djibouti, Africa, Oct. 1, 2020. The U.S. military and the country of Djibouti have been close strategic partners since 2002.

6:11 AM10/2/2020

U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Lapthe C. Flora (second row, first seat), commanding general, Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA), and U.S. Army Brig. Gen. Damian T. Donahoe (third row, first seat), deputy commanding general, CJTF-HOA, attend the Solemn Opening Session of the National Assembly, in Djibouti, Africa, Oct. 1, 2020. The U.S. military and the country of Djibouti have been close strategic partners since 2002. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Dana J. Cable)

6:11 AM10/2/2020

U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Lapthe C. Flora, commanding general, Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA), and U.S. Army Brig. Gen. Damian T. Donahoe, deputy commanding general, CJTF-HOA, attend the Solemn Opening Session of the National Assembly, in Djibouti, Africa, Oct. 1, 2020. The U.S. military and the country of Djibouti have been close strategic partners since 2002. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Dana J. Cable)

6:11 AM10/2/2020

U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Lapthe C. Flora, commanding general, Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA), and U.S. Army Brig. Gen. Damian T. Donahoe, deputy commanding general, CJTF-HOA, attend the Solemn Opening Session of the National Assembly, in Djibouti, Africa, Oct. 1, 2020. The U.S. military and the country of Djibouti have been close strategic partners since 2002. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Dana J. Cable)

6:11 AM10/2/2020

U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Lapthe C. Flora, commanding general, Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA), and U.S. Army Brig. Gen. Damian T. Donahoe, deputy commanding general, CJTF-HOA, attend the Solemn Opening Session of the National Assembly, in Djibouti, Africa, Oct. 1, 2020. The U.S. military and the country of Djibouti have been close strategic partners since 2002. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Dana J. Cable)

11:16 AM9/29/2020

U.S Army Engineers from the 760th Engineer Vertical Construction Company (EVCC), assisted the Djiboutian National Army’s Rapid Intervention Battalion (RIB), with improving their existing training range, Sept. 16, 2020, near Ali Oune, Djibouti. The newly improved range will better prepare the RIB to train their Soldiers in a wider variety of operations.

11:08 AM9/29/2020

An aerial view of a jobsite occupied by the 760th Engineer Vertical Construction Company (EVCC), Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA), at a Djiboutian National Army Rapid Intervention Battalion (RIB) installation, near Ali Oune, Djibouti, Sep. 16, 2020. The 760th EVCC is assisting the Djiboutian National Army’s RIB with improving a training range. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Joshua Young)

11:08 AM9/29/2020

U.S. Army Spc. Thomas Brooks, heavy equipment operator, 760th Engineer Vertical Construction Company (EVCC), Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA), clears berms using a DOZER at a Djiboutian National Army Rapid Intervention Battalion (RIB) installation, near Ali Oune, Djibouti, Sep. 16, 2020. The 760th EVCC is assisting the Djiboutian National Army’s RIB with improving a training range. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Joshua Young)

11:01 AM9/29/2020

U.S. Army Sgt. Joseph Armstrong, 760th Engineer Vertical Construction Company (EVCC), Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA), radios instructions to DOZER operator, U.S. Army Spc. Thomas Brooks, 760th EVCC heavy equipment operator, at a Djiboutian National Army Rapid Intervention Battalion (RIB) installation, near Ali Oune, Djibouti, Sep. 16, 2020. The 760th EVCC is assisting the Djiboutian National Army’s RIB with improving a training range. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Joshua Young)

11:01 AM9/29/2020

U.S. Army Spc. Thomas Brooks, heavy equipment operator, 760th Engineer Vertical Construction Company (EVCC), Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA), clears berms using a DOZER at a Djiboutian National Army Rapid Intervention Battalion (RIB) installation, near Ali Oune, Djibouti, Sep. 16, 2020. The 760th EVCC is assisting the Djiboutian National Army’s RIB with improving a training range. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Joshua Young)

11:43 AM9/27/2020

Soldiers with Bravo Company, 2nd Battalion, 135th Infantry Regiment watch a drone hover over a scaled military base during Counter Unmanned Aircraft Systems training at Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, Aug. 19, 2020. Task Force Bayonet is the first task force and battalion to received C-UAS training from Asymmetrical Warfare Group, said Matthew Delay, an instructor with the group. (U.S. Army Photo by Sgt. Sirrina Martinez)

11:43 AM9/27/2020

Bravo Company, 2nd Battalion, 135th Infantry Regiment Soldiers Spc. Adam Wilhelm (center) uses the Drone Defender V2 to disable a drone while Spc. Abraham Kiplagat (left) and Spc. Jackson Carr (right) observe during Counter Unmanned Aircraft Systems training at Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, Aug. 19, 2020. The Drone Defender V2 is an electronic warfare weapon that is capable of downing and disabling a small Unmanned Aircraft System, also known as a drone. (U.S. Army Photo by Sgt. Sirrina Martinez)

11:43 AM9/27/2020

Matthew Delay, an instructor with Asymmetrical Warfare Group, briefs Soldiers with Bravo Company, 2nd Battalion, 135th Infantry Regiment on the functions of the Drone Defender V2 during Counter Unmanned Aircraft Systems training at Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, Aug. 19, 2020. “The training was designed to supplement UAS/CUAS training Task Force Bayonet received prior to deployment,” Delay said. (U.S. Army Photo by Sgt. Sirrina Martinez)

11:43 AM9/27/2020

A drone used during Counter Unmanned Aircraft Systems Training at Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, Aug. 19, 2020. Soldiers with Bravo Company, 2nd Battalion, 135th Infantry Regiment practiced disabling the drones with the Drone Defender V2, an electronic warfare weapon that is capable of downing a drone. (U.S. Army Photo by Sgt. Sirrina Martinez)

11:43 AM9/27/2020

A Soldier with Bravo Company, 2nd Battalion, 135th Infantry Regiment looks through the optic device of the Drone Defender V2 during Counter Unmanned Aircraft Systems training at Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, Aug. 19, 2020. The Drone Defender V2 is an electronic warfare weapon that is capable of downing and disabling a small Unmanned Aircraft System, also known as a drone. (U.S. Army Photo by Sgt. Sirrina Martinez)