Story by Staff Sgt. Terrence Clyburn | Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa | 04.04.2023
Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA) and Civil Affairs - East Africa Service Members joined Djiboutian political officials, administrators, teachers, students and associates for an Iftar hosted at the Diplomatic Studies Institute, Djibouti, April 5. An Iftar is the meal following sunset in which practicing Muslims break their daily fast during Ramadan....
Story by Senior Airman Destani Hill | Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa | 08.09.2022
Members of Alpha company 403rd Civil Affairs Battalion collaborated with the 353rd Civil Affairs Functional Specialty Team, and other volunteers, to conduct a Herd Health Veterinarian Engagement in the village of Chabelley, August 3-4, 2022....
Story by Spc. Gauret Stearns | Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa | 01.06.2022
In December 2021, U.S. Army Soldiers and Chabelley villagers worked hand-in-hand moving large rocks, digging trenches and replacing a damaged coupling. Combined Joint Task Force – Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA) engineers, including Soldiers from the 712th Engineer Support Company (712th ESC), helped village residents fix a leak in their only source of drinking water....
Story by Spc. Gauret Stearns | Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa | 12.15.2021
The silence is broken with the distinct cry of a horn cutting through the morning air. As if commanded by the sound, Djiboutian, French, Japanese and American Soldiers all leap from the starting line, sprinting across the arid desert. This dash across the Djiboutian desert was part of a rifle marksmanship competition held on Dec. 11, 2021, and hosted by Soldiers from B Company, 1-157th......
Story by Pfc. Gauret Stearns | Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa | 11.16.2021
On Nov. 11, 2021, Combined Joint Task Force – Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA) celebrated Allied Appreciation Day at Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti. Onlookers peered to the sky as Japan's P-3 Orion joined nine other U.S., U.K. and France aircraft in a low approach mission over Djibouti’s Ambouli International Airport. The event showcased the combined military presence in Djibouti and served to honor......
Story by Pfc. Gauret Stearns | Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa | 10.27.2021
Soldiers from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers 377th Engineer Vertical Construction Company (EVCC), from Pennsylvania, transferred the Combined Joint Task Force – Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA) engineering mission over to the 712th Engineering Support Company (ESC), from South Carolina, during a ceremony at Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, Oct. 20, 2021....
Story by Pfc. Gauret Stearns | Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa | 10.27.2021
Soldiers from Combined Joint Task Force – Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA) completed a 10-day RQ-11 Raven unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) operators qualification course at Chabelley Airfield, Djibouti, Oct.13, 2021, to increase the number of trained Raven operators within the command....
Story by Staff Sgt. Christopher Dyer | Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa | 08.28.2021
Forty service members stationed at Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, participated in a field training exercise at the Djiboutian Range Complex, Djibouti, Aug. 28-29, 2021, in preparation for the French Desert Commando Course (FDCC) scheduled for mid-September....
