A Army Soldier from 2nd Platoon, Bravo Company, 1-327 Infantry, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), assigned to Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa's (CJTF-HOA) East African Response Force (EARF), loads linked ammunition into an M249 light machine gun on August 17, 2017 along the southern coast of the Gulf of Tadjoura in Djibouti, Africa. The purpose of the East Africa Response Force is to rapidly provide tailorable packages of forces to protect American interests on the continent of Africa should any threats arise. (US Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Nichol


A Army Soldier from 2nd Platoon, Bravo Company, 1-327 Infantry, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), assigned to Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa's (CJTF-HOA) East African Response Force (EARF), loads linked ammunition into an M249 light machine gun on August 17, 2017 along the southern coast of the Gulf of Tadjoura in Djibouti, Africa. The purpose of the East Africa Response Force is to rapidly provide tailorable packages of forces to protect American interests on the continent of Africa should any threats arise. (US Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Nicholas A. Priest)


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