The air was heavy that day - not just from the summer heat, but from the weight of loss that clung to everyone in the room. Families sat close together, shoulders brushing, as if physical proximity could offer some small measure of comfort. Outside the chapel, the faint hum of military vehicles was a distant reminder of the larger conflict at hand. Inside, however, time felt suspended. It was just us, the grieving, and the silence.
CAMP LEMONNIER, Djibouti– Combined Joint Task Force – Horn of Africa’s 2nd Security Force Assistance Brigade and the Djiboutian Battalion Intervention Rapide (BIR) strengthened their enduring partnership during a field training exercise at Justified Accord 2025 (JA25), held Feb. 10-12 2025 at the Arta Range Complex, Djibouti
Multinational Exercise Bull Shark 24-2 reinforces U.S. bonds with allies and partners
10:17 AM5/15/2024
The objective of exercise Bull Shark 24-2 was to strategize, simulate, and carry out various personnel recovery scenarios involving land, sea, and air units, while ensuring effective communication among all participants. These included multiple branches of the U.S. military, Spanish Navy, French Force, Armed Forces of Djibouti, Bataillon d’intervention rapide, Djiboutian Navy, and the Djiboutian Coast Guard.
International workshop drives humanitarian assistance best practices
3:52 PM12/7/2022
The Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA), in coordination with the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and their Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance (BHA), hosted multinational military partners and civil authorities for a Humanitarian Operations Workshop (HOW) at Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, Nov. 29 - 30.