U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Jose Zavala sits in the operators seat of a French wheeled cannon as a French infantryman explains the functions during a weapons display at the French military base in Djibouti City, Djibouti, March 19. The service members of Combined Joint Task Force, Horn of Africa, head quartered in Djibouti, employ an indirect approach to counter violent extremism. Through a strategy of cooperative conflict prevention, the task force helps build the internal capacities of countries at risk to prevail against extremists exploiting instability.