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Operation Helping Hand Assists Veterans, Their Families

There are many realities of war: deployments, time away from family, danger and injury. When a service member is injured, their rehabilitation process is both a team effort and a family affair. Operation Helping Hand, a Tampa-based volunteer organization and a donation-funded program, was created to assist that process, be part of that team and help those families.

Estranged Family Reconnects As Veterans

Aircraft are the most tangible pieces of American war, a story that is written only half with hardware, the other half is written with the lives of U.S. veterans and their families.

New Additions to Djiboutian Schools Help Children's Education

A ribbon-cutting ceremony for the dedication of new classrooms with a stocked library, bathroom facilities, a stage area for plays and power to Balbala primary school was the focus of a hand-over of the facility to the local community to take care of and preserve Sept. 6.

Comedy Corps Serves Up Laughter for Camp Lemonier Service Members

Service members were left in stitches thanks to three comedians from The Comedy Corps, who performed on camp in the New Cantina, Aug. 23.

Camp Lemonier Stages Crime Scene to Educate Service Members

She lay there motionless with a fatal wound on the left side of her head. The victim of a crime committed on an expeditionary base in Africa. But Jane Brigo, field representative for Central Texas College, is just playing dead.

General Pace Visits Service Members in Djibouti

The "head honcho." The "King of the Jungle." The

CJTF-HOA Service Members Receive Monthly Award for Outstanding Service

Camp Lemonier held an awards ceremony Aug. 16 at the New Cantina for service members selected by their senior enlisted leadership for a "job well done" during the month of July.

Rock Band Reaches Out to Djiboutian Villages

The U. S. Central Command Air Forces Expeditionary band

Marine Commandant Visits Djibouti

Four stars is a symbol of excellence when searching for a hotel or a restaurant. It is also the symbol of excellence seen in Commandant of the Marine Corps, Gen. James T. Conway.

Gym Beefs Up Its Exterior

Look, it's a huge block of cheese! A big Twinkie? No, it's a piece of the moon! Not really, it's just the camp gymnasium with a face-lift. The modifications are being made in an attempt to save energy by reducing the need for air conditioners running around the clock to keep the large facility cool. The project has been in the works for some time.

Djiboutian Workers Follow Winds of Change

Kellogg, Brown and Root is on the way out. Pacific Architects & Engineers is in. Starting in September, PAE will take control of support operations at Camp Lemonier, Djibouti.

Lit Lights Up the Night

Haircut at the barbershop: $5. One beer at the cantina: $1.50. A meal at the chow hall: free. Seeing Lit in concert while deployed overseas in a personal setting with fellow service members: priceless.

Higher Education for HOA Service Members Available

Having trouble taking online courses? Need a more intimate setting for learning? Not sure where to turn for answers to an education plan? Fear not, Central Texas College and University of Maryland University College are in Djibouti to help.

Navy Petty Officer Re-enlists While Deployed in Africa

Operations Specialist 2nd Class Jeffrey Hanson had two days left to decide whether or not he was going to stay in the Navy. Hard decision? Not for him.

Comedians Serve Up Laughter for Service Members

Service members had plenty of laughs at the New Cantina July 21, as comedians Dustin Chafin and Gary Bell performed their stand-up routines. The entertainment is part of the Morale, Welfare and Recreation program that the military provides to deployed troops.


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