U.S. Army Gen. Carter Ham, U.S. Africa Command commander, shook hands with service members assigned to the Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa on March 13. Ham visited CJTF-HOA troops three days after assuming command of AFRICOM on March 9 in Stuttgart, Germany. During his visit, Ham met CJTF-HOA leaders, the Djiboutian chief of defense and the U.S. Ambassador to Djibouti.