Colonel Kelly Passmore, USAF, Commander of the 449th Air Expeditionary Group, administers the oath of office to newly promoted LTC Earl G. Matthews, SJA for Special Operations Command and Control Element-Horn of Africa (SOCCE-HOA) at Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, Africa, on 16 November 2013.  Colonel Passmore and LTC Matthews previously served together on the Joint Staff in Washington, DC.  SGT Alex Kniffin, SOCCE-HOA Command Paralegal, stands in the foreground.