U.S. Military Delivers Humanitarian Relief Supplies In Mozambique
U.S. Army Maj. Erik Buendia, assigned to the 403rd Civil Affairs Battalion, Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA), uses his Portuguese language skills with a member of the Mozambique Defence Armed Forces as supplies are loaded onto a C-130J Hercules in Maputo, Mozambique, March 29, 2019. CJTF-HOA is leading U.S. Department of Defense Cyclone Idai relief efforts in support of United States Agency for International Development’s (USAID) Disaster Assistance Response Team. The task force is helping meet requirements identified by USAID assessment teams and humanitarian organizations working in the region by providing logistics support and manpower to USAID at the request of the Government of the Republic of Mozambique. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Tech. Sgt. Thomas Grimes)