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Humanitarian Projects in Kenya

Local citizens bring their herds to drink at a newly constructed well site in Shant Abak, Kenya, March 11, 2008. U.S. Navy sailors of Naval Mobile Construction Battalion Four Zero built the well, which can pump 25 gallons of water per minute, for local livestock. It is one of two wells being built in the village during several humanitarian projects organized by Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa.

Servicemembers assigned to Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa with with local community leaders during a ceremony in Shant Abak, Kenya, March, 11, 2008. The troops thanked the village for hosting Naval Mobile Construction Battalion Four Zero and to plan future humanitarian projects.

Seated left to right: U.S. Army Lt. Patrick McGuinnis, U.S. Navy Lt. Tuan Nguyen and U.S. Air Force Maj. Fay Spellerberg, all deployed with Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa, along with a Kenyan soldier, meet with local community leaders during a ceremony in Shant Abak, Kenya, March, 11, 2008.

Troops deployed with Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa meet with local community leaders during a ceremony in Shant Abak, Kenya, March, 11, 2008.

U.S. Navy Chief Petty Officer Joseph Hangren, left, and U.S. Air Force Maj. Fay Spellerberg, center, both deployed with Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa, present assistant village chief Mohamed Hassan Nuno a photo montage during a ceremony in Shant Abak, Kenya, March 11, 2008.

U.S. Air Force Maj. Fay Spellerberg, left, deployed with Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa, gives a wristwatch to a local boy at the Mama Hani Orphanage in Garissa, Kenya, March 12, 2008. The orphanage provides food, shelter, clothing, school placement and a family environment for over sixty children.

U.S. Army Lt. Col. Elizabeth Largeman, deployed with Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa, speaks with Mohamed Hani and visits with children at the Mama Hani Orphanage in Garissa, Kenya, March 12, 2008.

U.S. Navy Lt. Tuan Nguyen, deployed with Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa, visits with children at the Mama Hani Orphanage in Garissa, Kenya, March 12, 2008.

Local citizens bring their herds to drink at a newly constructed well site in Shant Abak, Kenya, March 11, 2008. U.S. Navy sailors of Naval Mobile Construction Battalion Four Zero built the well, which can pump 25 gallons of water per minute, for local livestock. It is one of two wells being built in the village during several humanitarian projects organized by Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa.
U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Eric Kreps