Combined
Joint Task Force – Horn of Africa Mission Rehearsal
Exercise prepares forces to help “Africans solve
African problems”
U.S.
Joint Forces Command continued its Combined Joint
Task Force - Horn of Africa Mission Rehearsal Exercise
this week at the Joint Warfighting Center in Suffolk,
Va. using realistic scenarios to train personnel
to conduct joint operations within the Horn of Africa.
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Narrated by Robert Pursell, USJFCOM Public Affairs
Featuring: Navy Rear Adm. Phil Greene, the CJTF-HOA commander
Pursell: U.S. Joint Forces Command continued its annual Combined
Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa or CJTF-HOA
Mission Rehearsal Exercise or MRX here today at the Joint
Warfighting Center in Suffolk, Va.
The
MRX, also supported by U.S. Central Command, trains personnel
to conduct joint operations within the Horn of
Africa using realistic scenarios. Most of the scenarios
are taken from real life situations and provided by personnel
already stationed in the region.
The mission of the CJTF-HOA is to prevent conflict, promote
regional stability and protect coalition interests in east
Africa and Yemen through humanitarian assistance, disaster
relief, consequence management, and civic action programs.
Navy Adm. Phil Greene, the CJTF-HOA commander, explained
the CJTF focus.
Greene: The
focus is developing partnerships and forging relationships
with our African friends. We’re there
because they want us there and we’re in the business
of helping them solve African challenges. In the end it’s
about Africans solving African problems and how we contribute
to their efforts and capacity and capability to do that.
Pursell: Over
250 participants, including the Standing Navy Joint Command
Element Command Staff and individual
augmentees, subject matter experts from USCENTCOM and
several interagency organizations, are on hand for in
the event.
Multinational participation includes representation from
Djibouti, Republic of Mauritius, United Kingdom and France.
Once
the MRX wraps up, senior leadership will conduct an
after action review to summarize everything the happened
over the course of the exercise. Greene said the hope
is
that efforts of the exercise will help to increase
security,
improve stability and enable sovereignty in the HOA.
For
more information on this and other ways U-S Joint Forces
Command is supporting the warfighter, visit
us on the web
at www.jfcom.mil.
For
U.S. Joint Forces Command, I’m
Robert Pursell.
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