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Enduring a 15 kilometer walk to the nearest clinic will soon be part of the past for villagers in Kalaf, Djibouti. Now, only a minute away from the village stands a maternity clinic completed on Dec. 22, 2014.
Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa team engineers conduct the final inspections on the Kalaf clinic in Kalaf, Djibouti, Dec. 22, 2014. The clinic will provide 3,000 people in the area with healthcare and a better access to vaccinations against contagious diseases. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Kevin Iinuma)
Mariam Msanga, Gombero Dispensary clinical officer, poses for a photo,Tanga, Tanzania,Dec. 8, 2014. Msanga runs the clinic and provides medical care to roughly 20,000 people. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Carlin Leslie)
Mariam Msanga, Gombero Dispensary clinical officer, provides medical care to a man in Tanga, Tanzania, Dec. 8, 2014. The Gombero Dispensary services roughly 20,000 villagers and provides a clean source of water from the water catchments installed under the U.S. Africa Command Humanitarian Assistance Program. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Carlin Leslie)
A boy washes his hands with clean water provided by water catchments at the Gombero Dispensary, Tanga, Tanzania, Dec 8, 2014. U.S. Navy Lt. Timothy Palik, right, Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa Tanzania country engineer, coordinated a project to construct the water catchments as part of the U.S. Africa Command Humanitarian Assistance Program. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Carlin Leslie)
Soldiers with the Ugandan People’s Defense Force pose for a photo with an explosive training charge in Camp Singo, Uganda, Nov. 11, 2014. Marines and Sailors with SPMAGTF Crisis Response-Africa were in Uganda from Oct. - Dec., training alongside the UPDF, focusing on infantry tactics, countering IEDs, and logistics.(Courtesy Photo)
An explosive ordnance disposal technician conducts a breaching class with a soldier with the Ugandan People’s Defense Force in Camp Singo, Uganda, Dec. 2, 2014. Marines and Sailors with SPMAGTF Crisis Response-Africa were in Uganda from Oct. - Dec., training alongside the UPDF, focusing on countering improvised explosive devices, land navigation and logistics. (Courtesy Photo)
An explosion rips the ground apart during an explosive ordnance disposal demonstration between Marines with SPMAGTF Crisis Response-Africa and soldiers with the Ugandan People’s Defense Force in Camp Singo, Uganda, Nov. 13, 2014. Marines and Sailors with SPMAGTF Crisis Response-Africa were in Uganda from Oct. - Dec., training alongside the UPDF, focusing on infantry tactics, countering IEDs, and logistics. (Courtesy Photo)
Maj. Benjamin Qi, a Baton Rouge, La., native, and commander of the 61st Preventive Medical Detachment, inspects and tests the well water at the Gbediah Ebola Treatment Unit site during Operation United Assistance, Gbediah, Liberia, Dec. 18, 2014. Qi made sure the water didn't contain harmful bacteria so the Soldiers of 36th Engineer Brigade could use it to shower. Operation United Assistance is a Department of Defense operation in Liberia to provide logistics, training and engineering support to U.S. Agency for International Development-led efforts to contain the Ebola virus outbreak in western Africa. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Ange Desinor, 13th Public Affairs Detachment/RELEASED)
From left, Spc. Deffor Benjamin, a Gettysburg, Md., native, of 615th Engineer Company (Horizontal), 52nd Engineer Battalion, out of Fort Carson, Colo., and armed forces of Liberia Pfc. Matthew Cooper and nail the wood down under a pavilion of an Ebola treatment unit in Gbediah, Liberia, Dec. 19, 2014, in support of Operation United Assistance. Both forces worked together to build the ETU. Operation United Assistance is a Department of Defense operation in Liberia to provide logistics, training and engineering support to U.S. Agency for International Development-led efforts to contain the Ebola virus outbreak in western Africa. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Ange Desinor, 13th Public Affairs Detachment/RELEASED)
Pfc. Melina Knight works on grading the road near the Ebola treatment unit in Buchanan, Liberia, Dec. 16, 2014. Operation United Assistance is a Department of Defense operation in Liberia to provide logistics, training and engineering support to U.S. Agency for International Development-led efforts to contain the Ebola virus outbreak in western Africa. (U.S. Army photo by Capt. Eric Hudson, Joint Forces Command – United Assistance Public Affairs/RELEASED)
Pfc. Melina Knight, left, works on grading the road outside the Ebola treatment unit near Buchanan, Liberia, as Spc. Daniel Martin from Lakefield, Minn., guides her from the ground Dec. 16, 2014. Operation United Assistance is a Department of Defense operation in Liberia to provide logistics, training and engineering support to U.S. Agency for International Development-led efforts to contain the Ebola virus outbreak in western Africa. (U.S. Army photo by Capt. Eric Hudson/RELEASED)
The Tanzania Defence Intelligence College is a multi-story structure that will be the cornerstone of intelligence education for the Tanzania People’s Defence Force and the sole source learning institution for the Armed Force Intelligence branch. The CJTF-HOA country engineers provide construction management and technical support locally from Djibouti while NAVFAC provides project management and oversight from Naples, Italy (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Carlin Leslie)
The Tanzania Defence Intelligence College is a multi-story structure that will be the cornerstone of intelligence education for the Tanzania People’s Defence Force and the sole source learning institution for the Armed Force Intelligence branch. The CJTF-HOA country engineers provide construction management and technical support locally from Djibouti while NAVFAC provides project management and oversight from Naples, Italy (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Carlin Leslie)
Chadian traditional and military leaders meet for the first time in N’Djamena, Chad, Dec. 13-14, 2014 to discuss security cooperation as the only way for peace and stability in the Sahel region of Africa. (Photo by Bardha Azari)
Chadian Sultan, Tamitah Djidingar, President of the Association of Tribal Leaders, addresses participants at a symposium with senior traditional and military leaders held in N’Djamena, Chad, Dec. 13-14, 2014. The aim was to start a dialogue on how to keep their communities safe from the threat of violent extremism. (Photo by Bardha Azari)
Maj. Gen. John R. O’Connor, the commanding general of the 21st Theater Sustainment Command, congratulates Soldiers and Airmen on completing their mission in support of Operation United Assistance before their departure from the Controlled Monitoring Area on Smith Barracks Dec. 16. The servicemembers formed the first “cohort” of personnel to rotate through the CMA after service in West Africa in support of Operation United Assistance.
Soldiers and Airmen prepare to depart the 21st Theater Sustainment Command’s Controlled Monitoring Facility Dec. 16 on Smith Barracks. The service members formed the first “cohort” of personnel to rotate through the CMA after service in West Africa in support of Operation United Assistance.
Sailors with the Beninese Navy conduct an Entry Control Point (ECP) exercise in Contonou, Benin, Nov. 27, 2014. Marines with SPMAGTF Crisis Response-Africa conducted the theater security cooperation engagement to help develop and enhance armed sentry skills as the Beninese Navy is preparing to deploy on a peace-keeping mission to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) where they will be standing sentry duties. (Courtesy Photo)
A service member with the Togolese Armed Forces conducts a personnel search on 1st Lt. Kyle Faherty during a armed sentry training engagement with U.S. Marines in Lome, Togo, Dec. 4, 2014. In Togo, the Marines trained alongside 20 students from the Togoloese Army, Air Force, Navy and the Gendarmerie forces. Training in both regions focused on weapons safety and handling, rules of engagement, escalation of force, personnel and vehicle searches, vehicle entry points as well as entry control points—ending with a final exercise that tested the collective tactical knowledge learned over the course of the training engagement. Marines with SPMAGTF Crisis Response-Africa conducted the theater security cooperation engagement to help develop and enhance armed sentry skills sharing tactics, techniques and procedures with the Togolese Armed Forces. (Courtesy Photo)
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