U.S. Army Sgt. Connor Dowd and Sgt. 1st Class Gregory Reid with C Company, 1-102nd Infantry Regiment (Mountain), Task Force Iron Gray, Combined Joint Task Force – Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA), high-five students during a cultural engagement at a school in Lamu County, Kenya, Nov. 2, 2021. CJTF-HOA’s efforts, as part of a comprehensive whole-of-government approach, are aimed at increasing African partner nations’ capacity to maintain a stable environment, with an effective government that provides a degree of economic and social advancement to its citizens.
(U.S. Army Photo by Staff Sgt. Amanda Stock)
U.S. Army Sgt. Andrew Lerman with Charlie Company, 1-102nd Infantry Regiment (Mountain), Task Force Iron Gray, Combined Joint Task Force – Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA), participates in a game with students during a cultural engagement at a school in Lamu County, Kenya, Nov. 2, 2021. CJTF-HOA efforts, as part of a comprehensive whole-of-government approach, are aimed at increasing African partner nations’ capacity to maintain a stable environment, with an effective government that provides a degree of economic and social advancement to its citizens.
(U.S. Army Photo by Staff Sgt. Amanda Stock)
U.S. Air Force Maj. Kathryn Escatel with the 475th Expeditionary Air Base Squadron, dances with students during a cultural engagement at a school in Lamu County, Kenya, Nov. 2, 2021. The Combined Joint Task Force – Horn of Africa’s efforts, as part of a comprehensive whole-of-government approach, are aimed at increasing African partner nations’ capacity to maintain a stable environment, with an effective government that provides a degree of economic and social advancement to its citizens.
(U.S. Army Photo by Staff Sgt. Amanda Stock)
U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Shawn Danaher and Sgt. Quinton Banus, both with B Company, 572nd Brigade Engineer Battalion, Task Force Iron Gray, Combined Joint Task Force – Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA), repair the gutter system at a school in Lamu County, Kenya, Nov. 2, 2021. CJTF-HOA’s efforts, as part of a comprehensive whole-of-government approach, are aimed at increasing African partner nations’ capacity to maintain a stable environment, with an effective government that provides a degree of economic and social advancement to its citizens.
(U.S. Army Photo by Staff Sgt. Amanda Stock)
U.S. Army Spc. Tyler Hoar, C Company, 1-102nd Infantry Regiment (Mountain), Task Force Iron Gray, Combined Joint Task Force – Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA), plays soccer with a student during a cultural engagement at a school in Lamu County, Kenya, Nov. 2, 2021. CJTF-HOA efforts, as part of a comprehensive whole-of-government approach, are aimed at increasing African partner nations’ capacity to maintain a stable environment, with an effective government that provides a degree of economic and social advancement to its citizens.
(U.S. Army Photo by Staff Sgt. Amanda Stock)
Students at a local school in Lamu County, Kenya, welcome U.S. service members with song and dance during a cultural exchange engagement, Nov. 2, 2021. Combined Joint Task Force – Horn of Africa’s (CJTF-HOA) efforts, as part of a comprehensive whole-of-government approach, are aimed at increasing African partner nations’ capacity to maintain a stable environment, with an effective government that provides a degree of economic and social advancement to its citizens.
(U.S. Army Photo by Staff Sgt. Amanda Stock)
U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Shawn Danaher and Sgt. Quinton Banus, both with B Company, 572nd Brigade Engineer Battalion, Task Force Iron Gray, Combined Joint Task Force – Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA), repair the gutter system at a school in Lamu County, Kenya, Nov. 2, 2021. CJTF-HOA’s efforts as part of a comprehensive whole-of-government approach, are aimed at increasing African partner nations’ capacity to maintain a stable environment, with an effective government that provides a degree of economic and social advancement to its citizens.
(U.S. Army Photo by Staff Sgt. Amanda Stock)
U.S. Army Spc. David Fox with C Company, 1-102nd Infantry Regiment (Mountain), Task Force Iron Gray, Combined Joint Task Force – Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA), plays with a football with students during a cultural engagement at a school in Lamu County, Kenya, Nov. 2, 2021. CJTF-HOA efforts, as part of a comprehensive whole-of-government approach, are aimed at increasing African partner nations’ capacity to maintain a stable environment, with an effective government that provides a degree of economic and social advancement to its citizens.
(U.S. Army Photo by Staff Sgt. Amanda Stock)
U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Shawn Danaher with B Company, 572nd Brigade Engineer Battalion, Task Force Iron Gray, Combined Joint Task Force – Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA), repairs the gutter system at a school in Lamu County, Kenya, Nov. 2, 2021. CJTF-HOA’s efforts, as part of a comprehensive whole-of-government approach, are aimed at increasing African partner nations’ capacity to maintain a stable environment, with an effective government that provides a degree of economic and social advancement to its citizens.
(U.S. Army Photo by Staff Sgt. Amanda Stock)
U.S. Army Soldiers with Task Force Iron Gray, Combined Joint Task Force – Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA), and the 404th Civil Affairs Battalion (Airborne), Civil Affairs East Africa, and U.S. Airmen with the 475th Expeditionary Air Base Squadron, visited the school Nov. 2, 2021, to donate the supplies, repair the school’s water system, and engage with students.
U.S. Army hosts Joint Expeditionary Mountain Warfare Course in Djibouti
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Five U.S. Army Mountain Warfare School instructors with the Vermont Army National Guard travelled to Djibouti to teach a five-day Joint Expeditionary Mountain Warfare Course to service members from France’s 5th Overseas Interarms Regiment (5e RIAOM) at the Arta Range Complex, Dec. 12-16, 2021.
U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Octavio Baeza, radio shop noncommissioned officer, Combined Joint Task Force – Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA), instructs Djiboutian service members how to reconfigure a handheld radio at Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, Nov. 12, 2021. CJTF-HOA regularly trains with and works alongside allied and partner nations, coalition forces and interagency/intergovernmental organizations to achieve a unified effort in East Africa. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Spc. Gauret Stearns)
U.S. Army Spc. Samuel Okeng, radio shop specialist, Combined Joint Task Force – Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA), shows Djiboutian service members how to reconfigure a handheld radio at Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, Nov. 12, 2021. CJTF-HOA regularly trains with and works alongside allied and partner nations, coalition forces and interagency/intergovernmental organizations to achieve a unified effort in East Africa. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Spc. Gauret Stearns)
A U.S. Army Soldier from Combined Joint Task Force – Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA), shows Djiboutian service members how to reconfigure a handheld radio at Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, Nov. 12, 2021. CJTF-HOA regularly trains with and works alongside allied and partner nations, coalition forces and interagency/intergovernmental organizations to achieve a unified effort in East Africa. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Spc. Gauret Stearns)
U.S. Army Spc. Samuel Okeng, radio shop specialist, Combined Joint Task Force – Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA), shows Djiboutian service members how to reconfigure a handheld radio at Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, Nov. 12, 2021. CJTF-HOA regularly trains with and works alongside allied and partner nations, coalition forces and interagency/intergovernmental organizations to achieve a unified effort in East Africa. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Spc. Gauret Stearns)
U.S. Army Spc. Samuel Okeng, radio shop specialist, Combined Joint Task Force – Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA), shows Djiboutian service members how to reconfigure a handheld radio at Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, Nov. 12, 2021. CJTF-HOA regularly trains with and works alongside allied and partner nations, coalition forces and interagency/intergovernmental organizations to achieve a unified effort in East Africa. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Spc. Gauret Stearns)
A U.S. Air Force pararescueman, assigned to the 82nd Expeditionary Rescue Squadron signals a Spanish AB-212 helicopter for extraction during Exercise Bull Shark over the Gulf of Aden near Djibouti, Dec. 3, 2021. Exercise Bull Shark was a combined training between U.S. and Spanish Forces to strengthen personnel recovery capabilities in support of the Warfighter Recovery Network initiative throughout Africa. (Photo by U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Jeffrey Jordan)
A U.S. Air Force pararescueman, assigned to the 82nd Expeditionary Rescue Squadron and a simulated rescued individual are hoisted into a Spanish AB-212 helicopter during Exercise Bull Shark over the Gulf of Aden near Djibouti, Dec. 3, 2021. Exercise Bull Shark was a combined training between U.S. and Spanish Forces to strengthen personnel recovery capabilities in support of the Warfighter Recovery Network initiative throughout Africa. (Photo by U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Jeffrey Jordan)
A U.S. Air Force pararescueman, assigned to the 82nd Expeditionary Rescue Squadron and a simulated rescued individual are hoisted into a Spanish AB-212 helicopter during Exercise Bull Shark over the Gulf of Aden near Djibouti, Dec. 3, 2021. Exercise Bull Shark was a combined training between U.S. and Spanish Forces to strengthen personnel recovery capabilities in support of the Warfighter Recovery Network initiative throughout Africa. (Photo by U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Jeffrey Jordan)
A U.S. Air Force pararescueman, assigned to the with 82nd Expeditionary Rescue Squadron parachutes into open waters during Exercise Bull Shark over the Gulf of Aden near Djibouti, Dec. 3, 2021. Exercise Bull Shark was a combined training between U.S. and Spanish Forces to strengthen personnel recovery capabilities in support of the Warfighter Recovery Network initiative throughout Africa. (Photo by U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Jeffrey Jordan)