Petty Officer 1st Class Joseph Sage, assigned to Maritime Civil Affairs Team 104, conducts English lessons with Sgt. Houssein Walieh from the Djiboutian police force. MCAT 104 is deployed to Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa to build lasting relationships with African partners and conduct Civil Affairs activities in support of the CJTF-HOA mission. Through a strategy of cooperative conflict prevention, CJTF-HOA helps build the internal capacities of East African countries in order to prevail against extremists exploiting instability.