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East Africa Response Force prepares to forward stage in Gabon

Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa Combat Camera

Jan. 2, 2019 | 7:14

U.S. Soldiers assigned to the East Africa Response Force (EARF), deployed in support of Combined Joint Task Force – Horn of Africa, depart for Libreville, Gabon, aboard a C-130J Hercules assigned to the 75th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron from Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, Jan. 2, 2019. The EARF provides a broad range of rapidly deployable military capabilities to protect American interests on the African continent should any threat arise. (U.S. Air Force video by Tech. Sgt. Thomas Grimes)

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