On October 3, 2011, several members of the U.S. Embassy's Office of Security Cooperation (OSC) traveled to the Djiboutian Armed Forces military training center at Holhol to provide approximately 200 pounds of medical supplies donated by U.S. Africa Command.

A military physician from Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA), Captain Ryan "Conor" Gough, accompanied the team to survey the needs of the training center's small clinic and see if additional medical materiel could be provided from excess stocks at Camp Lemonnier, or if CJTF-HOA could provide medical advice or training in the future.

Petty Officer First Class Tim Moore of the OSC said that his office had previously made more than twenty such trips to the Holhol camp, delivering approximately 4,600 pounds of urgently needed medical supplies ranging from bandages and sanitary wipes to antibiotics, folic acid supplements, and cough medicine.

Sergeant First Class Jay McBride, also on the trip, added, "It's important that we make this trip because the medical supplies go not only to the entry-level trainees here, but also their families and the local community members who are treated, at no cost, by the Djiboutian Army nurse at the school's seven-bed clinic."

Major Omar, commandant of the training center, expressed his sincere gratitude for everything that was brought. "We understand that you can't bring some items and can't promise us anything in particular on future visits, but anything you can bring will be very much welcomed and very much appreciated."