U.S. Army Gen. 'Kip' Ward, commander of U.S. Africa Command was the keynote speaker at the Sea Bee Ball, celebrating the 67th anniversary of the formation of the Navy Construction Battalion (Sea Bees), at Camp Lemonier, Djibouti, March 9. The service members of Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa, headquartered 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.