Navy Rear Adm. William Wheeler III, deputy commander of Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA), and Col. Søren Knudsen, Military Advisor to the Royal Danish Embassy and Defense Attaché Kenya, Nairobi, converse after a defense steering committee meeting in Mogadishu, Somalia, Nov. 3, 2016. The venue allowed members to discuss Somalian defense security situations, AMISOM challenges, and the current dynamics seen by all sides. These meetings align with the CJTF-HOA mission of supporting and enabling the stabilization of Somalia. Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa is a mult


Navy Rear Adm. William Wheeler III, deputy commander of Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA), and Col. Søren Knudsen, Military Advisor to the Royal Danish Embassy and Defense Attaché Kenya, Nairobi, converse after a defense steering committee meeting in Mogadishu, Somalia, Nov. 3, 2016. The venue allowed members to discuss Somalian defense security situations, AMISOM challenges, and the current dynamics seen by all sides. These meetings align with the CJTF-HOA mission of supporting and enabling the stabilization of Somalia. Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa is a multinational effort to conduct theater security cooperation, combat violent extremism and enable freedom of movement within East Africa in order to defend interests and support aligned regional efforts.


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