CJTF-HOA holds change of command ceremony

U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Lapthe C. Flora, incoming commander of Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA), speaks during a socially distanced change of command ceremony, June 8, 2020, at Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti. Flora thanked the audience for attending and encouraged CJTF-HOA members to embrace the changes that inevitably will come to the command over the course of the next year. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Ashley Nicole Taylor)

By Master Sgt. Brok McCarthy , Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa Jun 09, 2020

CJTF-HOA holds change of command ceremony

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United States Africa Command

CJTF-HOA holds change of command ceremony