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OUT OF AFRICA:MY YEAR AT COMBINED JOINT TASK

FORCE HORN OF AFRICA

Susan Toth15 September 2015

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Location: Djibouti Africa

Area of Responsibility:

• Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Burundi, Somalia, Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda,

Seychelles

Area of Interest:

• Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Democratic Republic of Congo, Egypt, Mozambique, Madagascar, Mauritius, Sudan, South Sudan

Mission:

Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa, in partnership with our joint, interagency, intergovernmental, and multinational teammates, conducts theater security cooperation activities to enable regional actors to neutralize violent extremist organizations and enables regional access and freedom of movement within East Africa in order to protect and defend United States interests. Plan, prepare, and on order execute crisis response within East Africa in order to protect and defend United States military, diplomatic, and civilian personnel, facilities, and interests.

CJTF-HOA: The Facts

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The Camp

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Life on Camp

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Work on Camp

• Joint and Coalition Environment– Foreign Liaison Officers from UK, CAN, FRA– Military Operation Liaison Officers from BUR, UGA, ETH,

COM, YEM

• Diverse problem set– South Sudan Crisis– Somalia– Kenya terror attacks– Training African partners

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Issues

• Coalition Information Sharing– Technology problem

• We are a victim of our technological superiority– Policy Constraints

• All Nations are circumspect when it comes to sharing

• Large area of responsibility, limited manpower footprint

• Trust