A forklift operator loads a pallet of donated books onto a truck at the Port of Djibouti, March 20, 2009. U.S. Marines with the 9th Provisional Security Force organized the book collection with the not-for-profit group Books For Africa. A total of 22,000 books will be distributed to schools throughout Djibouti. 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.