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Standing Joint Force Headquarters

Notably, it allows the combatant commander to more rapidly establish joint task forces and to better understand the battlespace before he uses his forces, thus giving him an advantage of time, perhaps his most critical resource.


État-major de force n° 1

The état-major de force n°1 (Force's staff n°1 in English) is a French Army's task force's military staff of level 2 (division).

Werner Henke

U-515 was sunk by the American task group 22.3, commanded by Daniel V. Gallery on April 9, 1944 and Kapitänleutnant Henke was captured along with about 40 of his crew.


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Azhar al-Dulaimi

According to Mark Urban's book on Special Forces in Iraq, Task Force Black, documents seized on March 20, 2007, when Qais Khazali and Ali Musa Daqduq were captured, described al Dulaimi's role in the Karbala attack and provided sufficient information for the raid where al Dulaimi died.

Blue-ribbon panel

Recent examples of high-level so-called blue-ribbon panels in the United States would be the Warren Commission investigating the Kennedy Assassination, the 9/11 Commission investigating the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, the Iraq Study Group assessing the Iraq War and the Clinton Administration's White House Task Force on National Health Care Reform.

Centaur-class aircraft carrier

In this role, the ship saw considerable action in the Falklands War, acting as the flagship of the aircraft carrier task force.

D. Howard Doane

Among his many life accomplishments, Doane served on an agriculture task force appointed by President Herbert Hoover that was charged with reorganizing the United States Department of Agriculture.

Dan K. Morhaim

He has had numerous other activities, including: Medical director, Region III, for the Maryland Institute for Emergency Medical Services System (MIEMSS) from 1982–1989; Fire Surgeon for Baltimore County since 1982; member of the Maryland-Kuwait Health Care Task Force (to Kuwait & Saudi Arabia, April 1991); physician at Indian Health Service Hospital (Navajo), Chinle, Arizona from 1991–92.

David C. Nichols

He served as Deputy Commander, Joint Task Force Southwest Asia (JTF-SWA) and Combined Air Operations Center Director at Prince Sultan Air Base, Saudi Arabia, from November 2001 through March 2002 during Operation Enduring Freedom.

Deployable Joint Command and Control

In partnership with the U.S. Navy Second Fleet, the DJC2 program has also produced and demonstrated a prototype configuration of a Joint Task Force headquarters afloat command and control capability, called the DJC2 Maritime Demonstrator.

Donald C. Wurster

He commanded special operations forces at the squadron, group, wing and subunified command level, and he served as commander of all U.S. forces assigned to Joint Task Force-510 during Operation Enduring Freedom - Philippines.

Ed FitzGerald

In 1995, FitzGerald was commissioned as a Special Agent with the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and was assigned to the Organized Crime Task Force in Chicago.

Edmund Ernest García

That same month the Sloat joined a convoy, consisting of 72 merchant ships and 18 LST's, which was guarded by Task Force (TF) 64.

Eric P. Schwartz

At the Council on Foreign Relations, he directed the Independent Task Force on Post-Conflict Iraq, working closely with co-chairs Thomas R. Pickering and James R. Schlesinger.

Erich Bey

Promoted to Rear Admiral, on Christmas Day, 25 December 1943, Bey led a task force consisting of the battleship Scharnhorst and the Z29, Z30, Z33, Z34 and Z38 out of Alta Fjord in Operation Ostfront.

Festering Season

At the same time, Paul Whythe, a cultural anthropology professor at New York University is asked to consult with the NYPD’s Cult Related Task Force on dead body unearthed in Brooklyn Heights.

Frederick Warren Purdy

On the night of 4–5 July Strong, a unit of a task force which bombarded Vila and Bairokc, to initiate the naval part of the campaign for Munda, was sunk.

Global Internet Freedom Task Force

The Global Internet Freedom Task Force (GIFT, currently known as the NetFreedom Task Force) was established by United States Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice in February 2006 "to monitor and respond to threats to freedom of expression on the internet".

GRES União da Ilha do Governador

In 2010, as the Task Force, came up with the story "Don Quixote the knight of impossible dreams," the carnival Rosa Magalhães, was overshadowed by just a few problems on the floats in front of the battery came queen battery Bruna Bruno, which is the front of the battery for years, along with Luciana Picorelli (current sponsor of the battery).

History of the School of Advanced Military Studies

Its officers also deployed to Baton Rouge, Louisiana, to assist the military's Joint Task Force and the Federal Emergency Management Agency after Hurricane Katrina.

House October Surprise Task Force

Two other Task Force members, Edward Feighan and Sam Gejdenson, also told Parry in 2010 that they had no recollection of the Russian report.

Hunger Task Force, Inc.

Hunger Task Force works to end hunger in Milwaukee County, Wisconsin by providing direct food delivery services, and works to end future hunger by advocating for fair and responsible administration of federal nutrition assistance programs.

Invasion of Palawan

A naval task force of cruisers and destroyers from the 7th Fleet under Vice Admiral Thomas C. Kinkaid—which was Gen. Macarthur's naval command—would protect the landing forces on their movements to shore and then remain to provide gunfire as needed.

Jeffrey Roy

In 2010, he was elected as the Chairman of the Franklin Democratic Town Committee, co-chaired Franklin’s Anti-Bullying Task Force, served as a member of Franklin’s Horace Mann School Building Committee, and was the chairman of the Board of Directors for the non-profit Masque Theatre Co., Inc. in Milford, Massachusetts.

Joint Task Force Lebanon

Task Force 59 personnel, led by Marine Corps Brigadier General Carl Jensen, were the first to arrive in the “joint operation area” (JOA) region on July 16 where DoD assets evacuated 21 American citizens out of Beirut by helicopter on the first day.

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

The journal was first published in 1955 as a follow-up to Harry S. Truman's 1951 Presidential Task Force on national health concerns and the subsequently written Magnuson Report.

Khmer National Navy

That same month at the Battle of Oudong, the MNK carried out its second large-scale amphibious assault, Operation ‘Castor 50’, during which another task-force of assault landing crafts was ferried up the Tonle Sap river to retake Oudong, the capital of Oudong Meanchey Province from the Khmer Rouge, who were waiting for them at the predicted landing site with B-40 rocket launchers and 75mm recoilless rifles.

Larry D. Wyche

While serving as the Commander of the 10th Sustainment Brigade at Fort Drum, New York, he deployed in support of Operation Enduring Freedom where he served as the commander of the Joint Logistics Command, Combined Joint Task Force - 76, responsible for logistics support to Soldiers, Marines, Airmen and Sailors in Afghanistan.

Liechtenstein disclosure facility

The Liechtenstein task force was led by Fritz Kaiser, executive chairman at wealth management firm Kaiser Partner, and the conclusion was a pledge to transparency called the Liechtenstein Declaration.

Manuel V. Domenech

Another relative, Douglas Domenech, his grand nephew, served as the Deputy Chief of Staff of the United States Department of the Interior and a Bush appointee to the White House Task Force on Puerto Rico's Political Status and now serves as Secretary of Naturl Resources of the Commonwealth of Virginia.

Mihail Kogălniceanu International Airport

In 2003, it became one of four Romanian military facilities that have been used by U.S. military forces as a staging area for the invasion of and ongoing counter-insurgency efforts in Iraq, operated by the 458th Air Expeditionary Group, and it is intended to become one of the main operating bases of U.S. Army Europe's Joint Task Force East, a rotating task force initially to be provided by the U.S. 2nd Cavalry Regiment, which will eventually grow to a brigade sized force.

Nida Blanca

The case rests on the statements of witnesses and Philip Medel, a self-confessed killer who surrendered to PNP Task Force Marsha on November 19, 2001 and confessed that Strunk had hired him to kill Blanca.

On Basilisk Station

However, the other half of the plan is the Sirius, a Haven Q-ship disguised as a freighter, which will flee the carnage and "coincidentally" encounter a Havenite task force.

Operation Inland Seas

Task Force 47 (TF 47), a 28-ship detachment of the U.S. Atlantic Fleet under the command of Rear Admiral Edmund B. Taylor, sailed up the Saint Lawrence River to participate in the official opening of the Seaway by Queen Elizabeth II of Canada and U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower on June 26, 1959.

Oregon Bottle Bill

The 2007 legislature also created a task force, charged with making recommendations for further updating of the Bottle Bill to the 2009 legislature.

RoseMarie Panio

Panio was appointed to the NYS Watershed Protection and Partnership Council by Governor George Pataki, served on the White House Committee on Small Business, and also as Chairperson for the 19th Congressional District’s Senior Task Force.

S. Elizabeth Birnbaum

She currently (2013) serves as co-chair of the Arlington County and City of Alexandria Joint Task Force to restore Four Mile Run.

Sea Frontier

Alaskan Sea Frontier - from 1 January 1947 with the establishment of United States Pacific Command, Task Force 95, Rear Admiral Daubin's Alaskan Sea Frontier, was to operate under the commander-in-chief of the Alaskan Command, Major General Craig.

Spectrum Task Force

The Task Force will also advise the FCC on the evaluation and refinement of spectrum assignment policies, which are not limited to the auction process.

In June 2002, the FCC Chairman established the Spectrum Policy Task Force to assist the FCC in evaluating changes in the spectrum, reevaluating the command-and-control approach, and helping to migrate it to a more consumer-oriented model.

Task Force 373

The leaked information shows that Task Force 373 uses at least three bases in Afghanistan, in Kabul, Kandahar and Khost.

Task Force 44

The task force consisted of warships from the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) and United States Navy and was generally assigned as a striking force to defend northeast Australia and the surrounding area from any attacks by Axis forces, particularly from the Empire of Japan.

Task Force 61

Later, in October 1942, the Task Force, now under Rear Admiral Thomas C. Kinkaid, confronted a force directed by Japanese Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto in the same area.

Task Force 74

Led by the Aircraft Carrier USS Enterprise, the deployment of the task force was seen as a Show of force by USA in support of the beleaguered West Pakistani forces, and was claimed by India as an indication of US "tilt" towards Pakistan at a time that Indian forces were close to capturing Dhaka.

Task Force K-Bar

In 2004, the units participating in Task Force K-Bar were each awarded the Presidential Unit Citation by George W. Bush for their service in Afghanistan.

Thomas Brownrigg

He then became commanding officer of HMS Scylla for D-Day itself, whilst also serving as Flag Captain for the Eastern Task Force during the landings.

Thomas P. Gordon

Tom Gordon was Co-commander of Delaware's first serial killer task force which led to the apprehension and prosecution of Steven Brian Pennell, the state's first and only known serial killer.

U.S. Route 90

The four-laning of U.S. 90 was pushed in the 1990s by former State Senator Carl W. Bauer through his role as the chairman of the Governor’s Interstate 49 Task Force while also a member of the Greater Lafayette Chamber of Commerce.

Unified Modeling Language

During the same month the UML Partners formed a Semantics Task Force, chaired by Cris Kobryn and administered by Ed Eykholt, to finalize the semantics of the specification and integrate it with other standardization efforts.

William A. Glassford

His most notable battle was the Naval Battle of Balikpapan, in which he led a U.S. task force in an attack against Japanese forces that had occupied the port of Balikpapan on Borneo.

Yoon Jang-ho

Yoon Jang-ho (Hangul: 윤장호; Hanja: 尹章豪; September 21, 1980 – February 27, 2007) was a staff sergeant (posthumous) serving as an English translator in Afghanistan as a member of the Task Force Dasan, a dispatched engineering unit of the Republic of Korea Army.