U.S. service members from the U.S. Army National Guard and U.S. Air Force, assigned to Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA), participated in a joint-force combined arms marksmanship competition July 20-25, 2022, at Camp Simba, Kenya. The event hosted 52 participants with individual and team competitions using multiple weapon systems. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Sgt. Thomas Johnson)
U.S. service members take part in joint-force marksmanship competition in Kenya
2:09 PM8/5/2022
CAMP SIMBA, Kenya – U.S. service members from the U.S. Army National Guard and U.S. Air Force, assigned to Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA), participated in a joint-force combined arms marksmanship competition July 20-25, 2022, at Camp Simba, Kenya.
The event hosted 52 participants with individual and team competitions using multiple weapon systems.
The matches simulated combat scenarios with competitors engaging targets from multiple distances and positions, with target transitioning, weapon manipulation, while combining all of those skills under the stress of time and accuracy.
Virginia National Guard Soldiers assigned to 1st squad, 1st platoon, B Company, 1-116th Infantry Regiment, Task Force Red Dragon, Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA) respond to a vehicle accident during an area security patrol May 25, 2022, Manda Bay, Kenya. (courtesy photo)
On Wednesday, May 25th, 1st squad, 1st platoon, B Company, 1-116th Infantry Regiment, Task Force Red Dragon, Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA) were conducting an area security patrol outside of Camp Simba, in Manda Bay, Kenya. They responded to an automobile accident during the course of their patrol where they freed victims from an overturned vehicle and provided medical aid to individuals involved in the accident.
A Djiboutian nurse performs infant CPR on a mannequin during a knowledge exchange event at Dar El Hanan hospital, Djibouti City, Djibouti, July 21, 2022. Members of the Civil Affairs-Africa functional specialty team and the Camp Lemonnier Expeditionary Medical Facility educated 28 Djiboutian nurses in Basic Life Saving techniques, maternal care, and infant care during the knowledge exchange event. (Department of Defense photo by U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Thomas Johns)
Une infirmière djiboutienne effectue la réanimation d'un nourrisson sur un mannequin lors d'un échange de connaissances à l'hôpital Dar El Hanan, à Djibouti, le 21 juillet 2022. Des membres de l'équipe des Affaires civiles et du centre médical expéditionnaire du Camp Lemonnier ont formé 28 infirmières djiboutiennes aux techniques de base de sauvetage, aux soins maternels et des nourrissons lors de l'événement d'échange de connaissances. (Photo du Departement de la Défense par le sergent-chef Thomas Johns de l'US Air Force)
Camp Lemonnier Expeditionary Medical Facility partners with Civil Affairs to conduct Knowledge Exchange with Djiboutian nurses
1:37 PM7/30/2022
A Djiboutian nurse simulates listening breathing on a mannequin during a knowledge exchange event with Camp Lemonnier Expeditionary Medical Facility and Civil Affairs-Africa at the Dar El Hanan hospital in Djibouti City, Djibouti, July 21, 2022. The knowledge exchange emphasized the importance of medical care for new mothers and infants. (Department of Defense photo by U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Thomas Johns)
Une infirmière djiboutienne simule une respiration d'écoute sur un mannequin lors d’un échange de connaissances avec le centre médical expéditionnaire du Camp Lemonnier et l’équipe des Affaires civiles à l'hôpital Dar El Hanan à Djibouti, le 21 juillet 2022. L'échange de connaissances a souligné l'importance des soins médicaux pour les mères et les nourrissons. (Photo du Departement de Défense par le sergent-chef Thomas Johns de l'armée de l'air américaine)
Camp Lemonnier Expeditionary Medical Facility partners with Civil Affairs to conduct Knowledge Exchange with Djiboutian nurses
1:37 PM7/30/2022
Members of Camp Lemonnier’s Expeditionary Medical Facility (EMF) collaborated with members of the 403rd Civil Affairs Battalion, assigned to Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA), to conduct a knowledge exchange event at the Dar El Hanan Hospital in Djibouti City, Djibouti, from June 30 to July 21, 2022.
U.S. Military Working Dog unit Maintains Readiness in Djibouti
1:26 PM7/30/2022
Whenever the K-9 unit isn't protecting U.S. assets they train their military working dogs by pushing their boundaries to ensure peak effectiveness during the work day.
U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Jami Shawley, commanding general of Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA), joined the Honorable Mr. Jonathan Pratt, U.S.
Ambassador to Djibouti, and Dr. Ahmed Robleh Abdilleh, Ministère de la Santé
de Djibouti, to speak at the opening of the expansion of Djibouti’s Ministry
of Health’s PK12 Field Hospital in Balbala, Djibouti, July 20, 2022.Working shoulder-to-shoulder with Djibouti’s Ministry of Health, U.S.
Embassy development specialists, and Civil Affairs, the service members of
CJTF-HOA’s 319th Engineer Support Company successfully added a five-bed
intensive care unit, and a 30-bed isolation facility with bathrooms, which
doubles the capacity of the PK12 Field Hospital. This work enables medical
professionals from Civil Affairs to conduct critical training with their
counterparts from the Ministry of Health. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt 1st Class Michael Davis)
From left to right, the Honorable Mr. Jonathan Pratt, U.S. Ambassador to Djibouti, Dr. Ahmed Robleh Abdilleh, ministre de la Santé de Djibouti, and U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Jami Shawley, commanding general of Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA), gather for a photo at the opening of the expansion of Djibouti’s Ministry of Health’s PK12 Field Hospital in Balbala, Djibouti, July 20, 2022.
Working shoulder-to-shoulder with Djibouti’s Ministry of Health, U.S. Embassy development specialists, and Civil Affairs, the service members of CJTF-HOA’s 319th Engineer Support Company successfully added a five-bed
intensive care unit, and a 30-bed isolation facility with bathrooms, which doubles the capacity of the PK12 Field Hospital. This work enables medical professionals from Civil Affairs to conduct critical training with their counterparts from the Ministry of Health. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. 1st Class Michael Davis Jr.)
U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Jami Shawley, commanding general of Combined Joint Task Force-Horn
of Africa (CJTF-HOA), joined the Honorable Mr. Jonathan Pratt, U.S.
Ambassador to Djibouti, and Dr. Ahmed Robleh Abdilleh, Ministère de la Santé
de Djibouti, to speak at the opening of the expansion of Djibouti’s Ministry
of Health’s PK12 Field Hospital in Balbala, Djibouti, July 20, 2022. Working shoulder-to-shoulder with Djibouti’s Ministry of Health, U.S.
Embassy development specialists, and Civil Affairs, the service members of
CJTF-HOA’s 319th Engineer Support Company successfully added a five-bed
intensive care unit, and a 30-bed isolation facility with bathrooms, which
doubles the capacity of the PK12 Field Hospital. This work enables medical
professionals from Civil Affairs to conduct critical training with their
counterparts from the Ministry of Health. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt 1st Class Michael Davis)
CJTF-HOA Engineers, Civil Affairs expands PK12 Field Hospital in Djibouti
6:48 AM7/27/2022
U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Jami Shawley, commanding general of Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA), joined the Honorable Mr. Jonathan Pratt, U.S. Ambassador to Djibouti, and Dr. Ahmed Robleh Abdilleh, Ministère de la Santé de Djibouti, to speak at the opening of the expansion of Djibouti’s Ministry of Health’s PK12 Field Hospital in Balbala, Djibouti, July 20, 2022.
Participants of the Logistics in East Africa Forum (LEAF) are pictured together at the Kempinski Palace, Djibouti, July 12, 2022. The forum was the first of its kind for the East Africa region, involving multinational partners. The forum is a multinational logistics meeting bringing together CJTF-HOA’s partners, exchanging knowledge about capabilities to improve interoperability, burden sharing and to enhance the combined ability to support logistical activities. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Dallin Wrye)
U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Jami Shawley, commanding general of the Combined Joint Task Force – Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA), delivers comments during the Logistics in East Africa Forum (LEAF) at the Kempinski Palace, Djibouti, July 12, 2022. The LEAF is a multinational logistics meeting bringing together CJTF-HOA’s partners, exchanging knowledge about capabilities to improve interoperability, burden sharing and to enhance the combined ability to support logistical activities. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Lynette M. Rolen)
U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Jami Shawley, commanding general of the Combined Joint Task Force – Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA), delivers comments during the Logistics in East Africa Forum (LEAF) at the Kempinski Palace, Djibouti, July 12, 2022. The LEAF is a multinational logistics meeting bringing together CJTF-HOA’s partners, exchanging knowledge about capabilities to improve interoperability, burden sharing and to enhance the combined ability to support logistical activities. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Lynette M. Rolen)
U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Jami Shawley, commanding general of the Combined Joint Task Force – Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA), delivers comments during the Logistics in East Africa Forum (LEAF) at the Kempinski Palace, Djibouti, July 12, 2022. The LEAF is a multinational logistics meeting bringing together CJTF-HOA’s partners, exchanging knowledge about capabilities to improve interoperability, burden sharing and to enhance the combined ability to support logistical activities. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Lynette M. Rolen)
U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Jami Shawley, commanding general of the Combined Joint Task Force – Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA), delivers comments during the Logistics in East Africa Forum (LEAF) at the Kempinski Palace, Djibouti, July 12, 2022. The LEAF is a multinational logistics meeting bringing together CJTF-HOA’s partners, exchanging knowledge about capabilities to improve interoperability, burden sharing and to enhance the combined ability to support logistical activities. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Dallin Wrye)
CJTF-HOA, partner nations come together to discuss logistics in East Africa
11:55 AM7/26/2022
Partner nations and members of the Combined Joint Task Force – Horn of Africa hosted the first Logistics in East Africa Forum July 12 at the Kempinski Palace, Djibouti.
U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Jami Shawley, commanding general of Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA), tours a local school in Djibouti, June 6, 2022. Service members serving at Camp Lemonnier volunteer often, conducting knowledge exchanges and playing basketball, soccer, and other activities with the children. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Kiersten Breunig)