1. UNCLASSIFIED APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE The Nation’s Premier Laboratory for Land Forces 1 UNCLASSIFIED APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE The Nation’s Premier Laboratory for Land Forces UNCLASSIFIED APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE OUT OF AFRICA: MY YEAR AT COMBINED JOINT TASK FORCE HORN OF AFRICA Susan Toth 15 September 2015

2. UNCLASSIFIED APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE The Nation’s Premier Laboratory for Land Forces 2 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

3. UNCLASSIFIED APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE The Nation’s Premier Laboratory for Land Forces 3 The Camp

4. UNCLASSIFIED APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE The Nation’s Premier Laboratory for Land Forces 4 Life on Camp

5. UNCLASSIFIED APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE The Nation’s Premier Laboratory for Land Forces 5 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

6. UNCLASSIFIED APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE The Nation’s Premier Laboratory for Land Forces 6 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