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U.S. Department of Defense American Forces Press Service January 14, 2010 Exercise Trains Next Horn of Africa Task Force By John J. Kruzel WASHINGTON: Trainers at the joint U.S. military command that coordinates troop deployments are wrapping up an exercise to prepare forces for duty in the Horn of Africa. Warfighters and civilians participating in the training are getting a sense of the challenges they will face as the next headquarters staff at Combined Joint Task Force Horn of Africa during a realistic training exercise at U.S. Joint Forces Command’s Joint Warfighting Center in Suffolk, Va. Known as the Mission Rehearsal Exercise, the Jan. 9-15 program recreates a realistic and relevant training regimen tailored to the Horn of Africa, said Army Brig. Gen. Sanford Holman, vice commander of the Joint Warfighting Center. .... The week-long mission-rehearsal exercise is the fifth for Joint Forces Command since the mission began in 2002....Holman said the training takes into account lessons learned from past exercises and deployments. “We are concerned not only with the warfighter of today, but also the one for tomorrow,” he said.... Trainers from the warfighting center, as well as interagency and coalition partners and current and former task force staffers, are conducting the training to prepare forces who will deploy to Combined Joint Task Force Horn of Africa in Djibouti this spring under the command of Navy Rear Adm. Brian L. Losey. .... =========================== Stop NATO http://groups.yahoo.com/group/stopnato Blog site: http://rickrozoff.wordpress.com/ To subscribe, send an e-mail to: [email protected] or [email protected] Daily digest option available. ==============================
