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Gen. Townsend visits Mozambique, South Africa, Botswana
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USS Hershel “Woody” Williams crew hosts Women, Peace, and Security event in Djibouti
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USS Hershel “Woody” Williams crew hosts Women, Peace, and Security event in Djibouti
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Warfighter Recovery Network conducts multi-day rescue at sea
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Warfighter Recovery Network conducts multi-day rescue at sea
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U.S. special operations forces train alongside partners in Mauritania
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U.S. special operations forces train alongside partners in Mauritania
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U.S. special operations forces train alongside partners in Mauritania
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U.S. special operations forces train alongside partners in Mauritania
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Task Force mission over Djibouti highlights partnership and commitment
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Task Force mission over Djibouti highlights partnership and commitment
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Task Force mission over Djibouti highlights partnership and commitment
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Task Force mission over Djibouti highlights partnership and commitment
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Task Force mission over Djibouti highlights partnership and commitment
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Bomber Task Force mission over Djibouti highlights partnership and commitment
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Bomber Task Force mission over Djibouti highlights partnership and commitment
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U.S. special operations forces train alongside partners in Senegal
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U.S. special operations forces train alongside partners in Senegal
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U.S. special operations forces train alongside partners in Senegal
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U.S. special operations forces train alongside partners in Senegal
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First Moroccan attends Swiss NCO course
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U.S., Kenya forces enhance partnership through integrated training
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First Moroccan attends Swiss NCO course
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First Moroccan attends Swiss NCO course
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First Moroccan attends Swiss NCO course
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First Moroccan attends Swiss NCO course
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U.S. special operations forces train alongside partners in Senegal
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Planning is underway for the African Land Forces Summit 2022
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Planning is underway for the African Land Forces Summit 2022
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Planning is underway for the African Land Forces Summit 2022
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AGAPE provides opportunity to build strategies in evolving environment
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AGAPE provides opportunity to build strategies in evolving environment
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AGAPE provides opportunity to build strategies in evolving environment
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U.S., Kenya forces enhance partnership through integrated training
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U.S., Kenya forces enhance partnership through integrated training
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U.S., Kenya forces enhance partnership through integrated training
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U.S., Kenya forces enhance partnership through integrated training
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U.S., Kenya forces enhance partnership through integrated training
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U.S., Kenya forces enhance partnership through integrated training
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Gen. Townsend visits Mozambique, South Africa, Botswana
to advance mutual security interests
U.S. Army General Stephen Townsend, commander, U.S. Africa Command, reviews a Mozambican Armed Defense Forces formation Nov. 18, 2021. The visit to Maputo was part of a multi-country trip to the Southern Africa region from Nov. 17-23 to reinforce the U.S. government’s commitment to supporting peace and stability in the region.
Photo by: Col. Jackie Breeden, Mozambique
USS Hershel “Woody” Williams crew hosts Women, Peace, and Security event in Djibouti
Maj. Cynthia Abraham, left, addresses a gathering of Djiboutian, French, Italian, Kenyan, and U.S. military personnel as the master of ceremonies during a Women, Peace, and Security conference held aboard the Expeditionary Sea Base USS Hershel "Woody" Williams, Nov. 15, 2021. WPS events are designed to engage with local communities and partner nations to build relationships and gain local insight and knowledge.
Photo by: PO3 Malachi , Djibouti City, Djibouti
USS Hershel “Woody” Williams crew hosts Women, Peace, and Security event in Djibouti
Djibouti Armed Forces Lt. Col. Amina Mohamed Moussa, commander of the Army Female Battalion, addresses a gathering of Djiboutian, French, Italian, Kenyan, and U.S. military personnel as the master of ceremonies during a Women, Peace, and Security conference held aboard the Expeditionary Sea Base USS Hershel "Woody" Williams, Nov. 15, 2021. WPS events are designed to engage with local communities and partner nations to build relationships and gain local insight and knowledge.
Photo by: U.S. Africa Command Public Affairs
Warfighter Recovery Network conducts multi-day rescue at sea
A Super Puma helicopter assigned to Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa Personnel Recovery Task Force hovers near U.S. flagged cargo ship Liberty Grace during a complex, two-day medical evacuation from the Indian Ocean, Nov. 13-14.
Photo by: Courtesy photo, INDIAN OCEAN
Warfighter Recovery Network conducts multi-day rescue at sea
U.S. Air Force Pararescuemen assigned to Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa Personnel Recovery Task Force hoist U.K. Merchant Mariner Kevin Nixon on board a Super Puma helicopter during a complex, two-day medical evacuation from the Indian Ocean, Nov. 13-14.
Photo by: Courtesy photo, INDIAN OCEAN
U.S. special operations forces train alongside partners in Mauritania
A Mauritanian sailor applies a tourniquet to a simulated casualty during a final training exercise with U.S. Army Green Berets assigned to 3rd Special Forces Group (Airborne) while participating in a Joint Combined Exchange Training in Nouakchott, Mauritania, Nov. 8, 2021. The teams focused on honing basic skills such as close quarters battles, small unit tactics and mission planning.
Photo by: Staff Sgt. Nicholas Byers, Nouakchott, Mauritania
U.S. special operations forces train alongside partners in Mauritania
A Mauritanian sailor performs a litter carry with a simulated casualty in a final training exercise with U.S. Army Green Berets assigned to 3rd Special Forces Group (Airborne) during a Joint Combined Exchange Training in Nouakchott, Mauritania, Nov. 8, 2021. The teams focused on honing basic skills such as close quarters battles, small unit tactics and mission planning. (This photo has been altered by blurring faces due to security concerns.)
Photo by: Staff Sgt. Nicholas Byers, Nouakchott, Mauritania
U.S. special operations forces train alongside partners in Mauritania
U.S. Army Green Berets assigned to 3rd Special Forces Group (Airborne) oversee a final training exercise with Mauritanian sailors during a Joint Combined Exchange Training in Nouakchott, Mauritania, Nov. 8, 2021. The teams focused on honing basic skills such as close quarters battles, small unit tactics and mission planning.
Photo by: Staff Sgt. Nicholas Byers, Nouakchott, Mauritania
U.S. special operations forces train alongside partners in Mauritania
A U.S. Army Green Beret assigned to 3rd Special Forces Group (Airborne) goes over range safety procedures prior to a final training exercise with Mauritanian sailors during a Joint Combined Exchange Training in Nouakchott, Mauritania, Nov. 8, 2021. The teams focused on honing basic skills such as close quarters battles, small unit tactics and mission planning.
Photo by: Staff Sgt. Nicholas Byers, Nouakchott, Mauritania
Task Force mission over Djibouti highlights partnership and commitment
A Japanese P-3 Orion from the Japan Self-Defense Force Base Djibouti, flies over Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, Nov. 11, 2021. The mission joined a Bomber Task Force mission that represented the international participants' collective commitment to stability and security in the Horn of Africa, highlighted Djibouti as a leading security partner in the region, and exercised U.S. ability to operate in and through a variety of airspaces.
Photo by: Pfc. Gauret Stearns, Djibouti
Task Force mission over Djibouti highlights partnership and commitment
A U.S. Air Force C-130 Hercules flies over Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, Nov. 11, 2021. The aircraft joined a Bomber Task Force (BTF) mission that represented the international participants' collective commitment to stability and security in the Horn of Africa, highlighted Djibouti as a leading security partner in the region, and exercised U.S. ability to operate in and through a variety of airspaces.
Photo by: Pfc. Gauret Stearns, Djibouti
Task Force mission over Djibouti highlights partnership and commitment
A U.S. Air Force B-1B Lancer from the 9th Expeditionary Bomb Squadron, Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, flies a Bomber Task Force mission alongside two French Dassault Mirage 2000s, as well as a U.S. C-130 Hercules from Camp Lemonnier and a Japanese P-3 Orion from the Japan Self-Defense Force Base Djibouti, over Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, Nov. 11, 2021. The mission represented the international participants' collective commitment to stability and security in the Horn of Africa, highlighted Djibouti as a leading security partner in the region, and exercised U.S. ability to operate in and through a variety of airspaces.
Photo by: Tech. Sgt. Michael Cossaboom, Djibouti
Task Force mission over Djibouti highlights partnership and commitment
A U.S. Air Force B-1B Lancer from the 9th Expeditionary Bomb Squadron, Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, flies a Bomber Task Force mission alongside two U.K. and two U.S. F-35 Lightning IIs from U.K. Carrier Strike Group's HMS Queen Elizabeth over Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, Nov. 11, 2021. The mission represented the international participants' collective commitment to stability and security in the Horn of Africa, highlighted Djibouti as a leading security partner in the region, and exercised U.S. ability to operate in and through a variety of airspaces.
Photo by: Tech. Sgt. Michael Cossaboom, Djibouti
Task Force mission over Djibouti highlights partnership and commitment
A U.S. Air Force B-1B Lancer from the 9th Expeditionary Bomb Squadron, Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, flies a Bomber Task Force mission alongside two French Dassault Mirage 2000s, as well as a U.S. C-130 Hercules from Camp Lemonnier and a Japanese P-3 Orion from the Japan Self-Defense Force Base Djibouti, over Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, Nov. 11, 2021. The mission represented the international participants' collective commitment to stability and security in the Horn of Africa, highlighted Djibouti as a leading security partner in the region, and exercised U.S. ability to operate in and through a variety of airspaces.
Photo by: PO2 Class Jonathan, Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti
Bomber Task Force mission over Djibouti highlights partnership and commitment
A U.S. Air Force B-1B Lancer from the 9th Expeditionary Bomb Squadron, Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, flies a Bomber Task Force mission alongside two U.K. and two U.S. F-35 Lightning IIs from U.K. Carrier Strike Group's HMS Queen Elizabeth over Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, Nov. 11, 2021. The mission represented the international participants' collective commitment to stability and security in the Horn of Africa, highlighted Djibouti as a leading security partner in the region, and exercised U.S. ability to operate in and through a variety of airspaces.
Photo by: Tech. Sgt. Michael Cossaboom, Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti
Bomber Task Force mission over Djibouti highlights partnership and commitment
A U.S. Air Force B-1B Lancer from the 9th Expeditionary Bomb Squadron, Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, flies a Bomber Task Force mission alongside two French Dassault Mirage 2000s, as well as a U.S. C-130 Hercules from Camp Lemonnier and a Japanese P-3 Orion from the Japan Self-Defense Force Base Djibouti, over Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, Nov. 11, 2021. The mission represented the international participants' collective commitment to stability and security in the Horn of Africa, highlighted Djibouti as a leading security partner in the region, and exercised U.S. ability to operate in and through a variety of airspaces.
Photo by: Tech. Sgt. Michael Cossaboom, Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti
U.S. special operations forces train alongside partners in Senegal
Senegal Maritime Special Forces soldiers kneel behind cover while conducting a raid during a Joint Combined Exchange Training in Dakar, Senegal, on Nov. 11, 2021. JCETs enhance U.S. relationships with partner nations by developing and maintaining critical military-to-military connections and improving joint and allied readiness and interoperability.
Photo by: Senior Airman Duncan Bevan, Dakar, Senegal
U.S. special operations forces train alongside partners in Senegal
Senegal Maritime Special Forces soldiers assault to an objective while conducting a raid during a Joint Combined Exchange Training in Dakar, Senegal, on Nov. 11, 2021. JCETs enhance U.S. relationships with partner nations by developing and maintaining critical military-to-military connections and improving joint and allied readiness and interoperability.
Photo by: Senior Airman Duncan Bevan, Dakar, Senegal
U.S. special operations forces train alongside partners in Senegal
A Senegal Maritime Special Forces soldier kneels in the grass during a Joint Combined Exchange Training in Dakar, Senegal, on Nov. 11, 2021. JCETs enhance U.S. relationships with partner nations by developing and maintaining critical military-to-military connections and improving joint and allied readiness and interoperability.
Photo by: Senior Airman Duncan Bevan, Dakar, Senegal
U.S. special operations forces train alongside partners in Senegal
Senegal Maritime Special Forces soldiers assault to an objective while conducting a raid during a Joint Combined Exchange Training in Dakar, Senegal, on Nov. 11, 2021. JCETs enhance U.S. relationships with partner nations by developing and maintaining critical military-to-military connections and improving joint and allied readiness and interoperability.
Photo by: Senior Airman Duncan Bevan, Dakar, Senegal
First Moroccan attends Swiss NCO course
Students discuss the five conflict-handling modes during Switzerland’s International Senior Non-Commissioned Officer Leadership Course, October 13, 2021, in Gossau, Switzerland. The leadership course consisted of many different exercises for multi-national SNCO’s to participate in order to further develop and improve their leadership skills. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Autumn Vogt)
Photo by: Senior Airman Autumn Vogt, Switzerland
U.S., Kenya forces enhance partnership through integrated training
U.S. Army Sgt. Alexander Poling, squad leader, 1st Platoon, C Company, 1-102nd Infantry Regiment (Mountain), Task Force Iron Gray, Combined Joint Task Force – Horn of Africa, instructs service members from the Kenya Defence Forces on urban rifle marksmanship tables of fire at Manda Bay, Kenya, Oct. 2, 2021. CJTF-HOA, operating from Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, 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 Photo by Staff Sgt. Amanda Stock)
Photo by: Staff Sgt. Amanda Stock, Kenya
First Moroccan attends Swiss NCO course
Students attending Switzerland’s International Senior Non-Commissioned Officer Leadership Course listen to a class visitor during an in-depth discussion of the curriculum, October 13, 2021, in Gossau, Switzerland. The leadership course consists of multi-national SNCOs and graduated its first Moroccan student.
Photo by: Senior Airman Autumn Vogt, Switzerland
First Moroccan attends Swiss NCO course
Students attending Switzerland’s International Senior Non-Commissioned Officer Leadership Course navigate an exercise designed to enhance cooperation and test the ability of working together as a group, October 14, 2021, in Gossau, Switzerland. The leadership course consisted of many different exercises for multi-national SNCO’s to participate in order to further develop and improve their leadership skills.
Photo by: Senior Airman Autumn Vogt, Switzerland
First Moroccan attends Swiss NCO course
Students discuss the five conflict-handling modes during Switzerland’s International Senior Non-Commissioned Officer Leadership Course, October 13, 2021, in Gossau, Switzerland. The leadership course consisted of many different exercises for multi-national SNCO’s to participate in order to further develop and improve their leadership skills.
Photo by: Senior Airman Autumn Vogt, Switzerland
First Moroccan attends Swiss NCO course
Command Sergeant Major Scott Haymaker, Africa enlisted development strategy planner, U.S. Africa Command, presents his challenge coin to Moroccan Armed Forces Master Sergeant Muhammad Lazaar, a student in the Swiss International Senior Non-Commissioned Officer Leadership Course, Oct. 14, 2021 in Gossau, Switzerland. Lazaar is the first Moroccan Armed forces student to attend the leadership course.
Photo by: Senior Airman Autumn Vogt, Switzerland
U.S. special operations forces train alongside partners in Senegal
A Senegal Maritime Special Forces soldier throws a concussion grenade into a hut before his team clears it during a Joint Combined Exchange Training in Dakar, Senegal, on Nov. 10, 2021. JCETs enhance U.S. relationships with partner nations by developing and maintaining critical military-to-military connections and improving joint and allied readiness and interoperability.
Photo by: Senior Airman Duncan Bevan, Dakar, Senegal
Planning is underway for the African Land Forces Summit 2022
Southern European Task Force, Africa, planners meet with a representative from Hotel Marriott to conduct market research and discuss logistical requirements for African Land Forces Summit 2022 at The Hotel Columbus Marriott in Columbus, Georgia on Oct. 19, 2021. ALFS is scheduled to take place in March 2022. (U.S. Army Photo by Sgt. Tianna Field)
Photo by: Sgt. Tianna Field, Georgia, United States
Planning is underway for the African Land Forces Summit 2022
Southern European Task Force, Africa, planners meet with representatives from several businesses to conduct market research and discuss logistical requirements for African Land Forces Summit 2022 at The Ironworks in Columbus, Georgia on Oct. 19, 2021. ALFS is scheduled to take place in March 2022. (U.S. Army Photo by Sgt. Tianna Field)
Photo by: Sgt. Tianna Field, Georgia, United States
Planning is underway for the African Land Forces Summit 2022
Southern European Task Force, Africa, planners meet with representatives from several businesses to conduct market research and discuss logistical requirements for African Land Forces Summit 2022 at The Ironworks in Columbus, Georgia on Oct. 19, 2021. ALFS is scheduled to take place in March 2022. (U.S. Army Photo by Sgt. Tianna Field)
Photo by: Sgt. Tianna Field, Georgia, United States
AGAPE provides opportunity to build strategies in evolving environment
U.S. Army Southern European Task Force leaders discuss options during the African Gap Analysis Planning Exercise, held in October at Caserma Ederle in Vicenza, Italy. The event examined how ongoing situations throughout the continent affect SETAF-AF's current and evolving distribution networks, while simultaneously validating innovative logistics concepts that increase the velocity of support and strategic freedom of maneuver. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Amanda Fry)
Photo by: Staff Sgt. Amanda Fry, Vicenza, Italy
AGAPE provides opportunity to build strategies in evolving environment
U.S. Army Southern European Task Force operations analyst Maj. Kurt Findlay leads a training session during the African Gap Analysis Planning Exercise, held in October at Caserma Ederle in Vicenza, Italy. The event examined how ongoing situations throughout the continent affect SETAF-AF's current and evolving distribution networks, while simultaneously validating innovative logistics concepts that increase the velocity of support and strategic freedom of maneuver. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Amanda Fry)
Photo by: Staff Sgt. Amanda Fry, Vicenza, Italy
AGAPE provides opportunity to build strategies in evolving environment
U.S. Army Southern European Task Force leaders discuss options during the African Gap Analysis Planning Exercise, held in October at Caserma Ederle in Vicenza, Italy. The event examined how ongoing situations throughout the continent affect SETAF-AF's current and evolving distribution networks, while simultaneously validating innovative logistics concepts that increase the velocity of support and strategic freedom of maneuver. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Amanda Fry)
Photo by: Staff Sgt. Amanda Fry, Vicenza, Italy
U.S., Kenya forces enhance partnership through integrated training
U.S. Army Soldiers assigned to C Company, 1-102nd Infantry Regiment (Mountain), Task Force Iron Gray, Combined Joint Task Force – Horn of Africa and service members assigned to the Kenya Defence Forces inspect a target for bullet impact during urban rifle marksmanship training at Manda Bay, Kenya, Oct. 2, 2021. CJTF-HOA, operating from Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, 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 Photo by Staff Sgt. Amanda Stock)
Photo by: Staff Sgt. Amanda Stock, Kenya
U.S., Kenya forces enhance partnership through integrated training
A Ranger assigned to the Kenya Defence Forces prepares to engage a target during urban rifle marksmanship training at Manda Bay, Kenya, Oct. 2, 2021. Combined Joint Task Force – Horn of Africa, operating from Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, 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 Photo by Staff Sgt. Amanda Stock)
Photo by: Staff Sgt. Amanda Stock, Kenya
U.S., Kenya forces enhance partnership through integrated training
U.S. Army Spc. David Fox, assigned to C Company, 1-102nd Infantry Regiment (Mountain), Task Force Iron Gray, Combined Joint Task Force – Horn of Africa, watches as service members assigned to the Kenya Defence Forces begin the next table of fire during urban rifle marksmanship training at Manda Bay, Kenya, Oct. 2, 2021. CJTF-HOA, operating from Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, 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 Photo by Staff Sgt. Amanda Stock)
Photo by: Staff Sgt. Amanda Stock, Kenya
U.S., Kenya forces enhance partnership through integrated training
Service members assigned to the Kenya Defence Forces inspect a target for bullet impact during urban rifle marksmanship training at Manda Bay, Kenya, Oct. 2, 2021. Combined Joint Task Force – Horn of Africa, operating from Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, 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 Photo by Staff Sgt. Amanda Stock)
Photo by: Staff Sgt. Amanda Stock, Kenya
U.S., Kenya forces enhance partnership through integrated training
U.S. Army Soldiers assigned to C Company, 1-102nd Infantry Regiment (Mountain), Task Force Iron Gray, Combined Joint Task Force – Horn of Africa and service members with the Kenya Defence Forces come together for a group photo following dynamic urban rifle marksmanship training at Manda Bay, Kenya, Oct. 2, 2021. CJTF-HOA, operating from Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, 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 Photo by Staff Sgt. Amanda Stock)
Photo by: Staff Sgt. Amanda Stock, Kenya
U.S., Kenya forces enhance partnership through integrated training
U.S. Army Soldiers assigned to C Company, 1-102nd Infantry Regiment (Mountain), Task Force Iron Gray, Combined Joint Task Force – Horn of Africa, engage targets while moving during urban rifle marksmanship training with service members assigned to the Kenya Defence Forces at Manda Bay, Kenya, Oct. 2, 2021. CJTF-HOA, operating from Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, 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 Photo by Staff Sgt. Amanda Stock)
Photo by: Staff Sgt. Amanda Stock, Kenya
U.S., Kenya forces enhance partnership through integrated training
U.S. Army Sgt. Alexander Poling, squad leader, 1st Platoon, C Company, 1-102nd Infantry Regiment (Mountain), Task Force Iron Gray, Combined Joint Task Force – Horn of Africa, instructs service members from the Kenya Defence Forces on urban rifle marksmanship tables of fire at Manda Bay, Kenya, Oct. 2, 2021. CJTF-HOA, operating from Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, 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 Photo by Staff Sgt. Amanda Stock)
Photo by: Staff Sgt. Amanda Stock, Kenya
