By Ann Roosevelt On Friday, U.S. Joint Forces Command (JFCOM) wraps up its Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA) Mission Rehearsal Exercise 09-1. "It does prepare us extremely well for the mission ahead," Rear Adm. Anthony Kurta, prospective commander, CJTF-HOA, said Tuesday. I think it is very reflective of what we will see once we are on the ground in Djibouti." The exercise reinforced to the incoming staff that "obviously our number one priority is caring for those folks,…
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