US. military prepares for Horn of Africa mission.."What Took

[ahmad guray]

U.S. military leaders preparing to deploy to Djibouti in January as the next headquarters staff at Combined Joint Task Force Horn of Africa just wrapped up the first phase of a new, four-part training program designed to prepare them as well as the follow-on task force for the unique, strategically important mission, according to Donna Miles of the American Forces Press Service. The command was originally conceived as one that would block terrorists from coming into the region once their safe havens in Afghanistan and Iraq were gone. "The mission morphed from direct action to doing theater security cooperation," Hunt said during a recent interview. This overall term includes civil military cooperation, humanitarian assistance, military-to-military training, and capacity building to improve regional security.In the midst of this is Somalia -- the largest ungoverned area in the world. Some warlords in Somalia have adapted a Taliban-style government, and others are flirting with al Qaeda and al Qaeda influenced groups such as Al Shabaab.On the military side, this embraces border security, maritime security, and training units to handle things at a national level.But this is a huge region facing a potential humanitarian disaster, and one four-man Army civil affairs team in Ethiopia handles an area the size of Connecticut. And the region has almost the same coastline as the U.S. eastern seaboard.The core staff for the new headquarters spent last week with U.S. 2nd Fleet at Norfolk Naval Station, Va., where they focused on the academic, "big picture" issues associated with their upcoming deployment, Navy Commander Nick Mungas, U.S. Joint Forces Command's lead planner for the mission rehearsal exercise, told reporters Monday via teleconference.Army Gen. William E. "Kip" Ward, (the truth is , E. "Kip" Ward is a coward affirmative action general . With No credibility nor integrity in the Region . He was also accused of Dictator malez sanawi and tribal entity sepretest lobbyists.. he just get demoted ..Here is the New The incoming head of U.S. Africa Command ) story, cont.... http://terror freesomalia.blogspot.com/2 ... print.html