A .50-caliber machine gun mounted on a Mine-Resistant Ambush
Protected (MRAP) vehicle maintained by soldiers with Task
Force Alamo, Texas National Guard, assigned to Combined
Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA), Djibouti, fire
rounds at a target at a military range in Djibouti in
January 2019.
Task Force Alamo is responsible for
rapidly deploying in response to any crisis threatening U.S.
personnel or property throughout CJTF-HOA, an area nearly
half the size of the continental United States.
U.S.
Navy video by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class
Nick Scott