US Navy (USN) Rear Admiral (RADM) Richard W. Hunt (center), Commander, Combined Joint Task Force Horn of Africa (CJTF HOA), talks with The Sultan of Tadjoura The Honorable Abdoulaker Moumat Houmed (left), during a visit to his home in Bankouale, Djibouti. RADM Hunt is the first American to meet with the tribal leader of the Afar people a nomadic group of tribes who live in Djibouti, Eritrea and Ethiopia. Also pictured is Aref Hamadou, Afar language translator (right)