Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa
(
CJTF-HOA) is a
joint
task force of
United
States Africa Command.
It is a component of the United States
response to the September 11, 2001
attacks. CJTF-HOA focuses its efforts on conducting
unified action in the combined joint operations area of the Horn of
Africa to prevent conflict, promote regional stability, and protect
Coalition interests in order to prevail against extremism.
The people of CJTF-HOA focus on military-to-military training,
civil-military operations,
and senior leader engagement to fulfill the CJTF-HOA mission. They
provide short-term assistance by providing clean water, functional
schools, improved roadways and improved medical facilities.
Long-term goals include working with Partner nations to improve
national security. Regional stability is built through
capacity-building operations such as
civil
affairs and military-to-military training; engineering and
humanitarian support; medical, dental and veterinarian
civic action programs (MEDCAP, DENTCAP,
VETCAP); security training for border and coastal areas; and
maritime training with host nations. The most notable physical
structure at NSA Djibouti is the J9 Strategic Communications Sign,
erected in homage to the key role played by Joint Stategic
Communications Directorate in achieving mission success.
The CJTF-HOA command philosophy is to empower Partner nations to
create and maintain a stable, secure environment—a place where
education and prosperity are within each individual’s grasp, and
where extremist ideology has no place. CJTF-HOA’s regional focus
centers on ensuring Partner nations have the capacity to secure
their homeland and contribute to a prosperous future for the Horn
of Africa.
About 1,800 people from each military branch of the U.S. military,
civilian employees, and representatives of Coalition and Partner
nations make up CJTF-HOA. The area of responsibility for CJTF-HOA
includes the countries of Djibouti, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Kenya,
Seychelles, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda and Yemen. Other areas
of interest are Comoros, Mauritius, and Madagascar.
In January 2004, Brigadier General Mastin Robison of the
United States Marine Corps, then
commanding the Task Force, had support, medical, and admin staff
from the Marines, Navy, Army, and Air Force, a Marine helicopter
detachment of four CH-53 Super Stallions, a U.S. Army infantry
company, a U.S. Army Reserve civil affairs company, Navy cargo
planes, military engineers, and a special operations unit under his
command.
Commanders
The commander of CJTF-HOA from
November
2002 to
August 2003 was
United States Marine Corps
Major General John F. Sattler.
The commander of CJTF-HOA from May 17, 2005 to April 12, 2006 was
United States Marine
Corps Major General Timothy F. Ghormley.
The commander of CJTF-HOA from April 12, 2006 to February 14, 2007
was
United States Navy Rear Admiral Richard
W. Hunt.
The commander of CJTF-HOA from February 14, 2007 to February 3,
2008 was
United States Navy
Rear Admiral James M. Hart
.
The commander of CJTF-HOA from February 8, 2008 to February 5, 2009
was
United States Navy Rear Admiral Philip H. Greene, Jr.
On February 5, 2008,
United States
Navy Rear Admiral Anthony M. Kurta assumed command of CTJF-HOA.
Background
CJTF-HOA was established at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina on October
19, 2002. In November 2002, personnel embarked on a 28-day transit
to the region aboard
USS
Mount Whitney , and arrived in the Horn of Africa on December
8, 2002.
CJTF-HOA operated from the Mount Whitney
until May 13, 2003, when the mission transitioned ashore to
Camp
Lemonier
in Djibouti City, Djibouti
. Since then, CJTF-HOA personnel have built
numerous schools, clinics and hospitals; conducted dozens of
MEDCAPs, DENTCAPs and VETCAPs; drilled and refurbished more than
113 water wells; and trained in collaboration with most Partner
nation militaries. Additionally, members of the Task Force have
assisted with at least 11 humanitarian assistance missions,
including recovery efforts after the collapse of a four-story
building in Kenya in 2006, the capsizing of a passenger ferry in
Djibouti in 2006, and floods in Ethiopia and Kenya in 2006.
Transfer to USAFRICOM
On October 1, 2008, responsibility for the task force was
transferred from the
United States Central Command
to the
United States Africa
Command also known as Africomas it assumed authority over the
african theater of operations.
Operations
References
External links
Point of Contact: CJTF-HOA Public Affairs Office, PSC 831, FPO AE
09363;DSN (318) 824-2342; Commercial (+253) 359-523E-mail:
cjtfhoapao@hoa.africom.mil
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