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USJFCOM Assigning Forces For New Afghan Strategy

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Monday, December 14th, 2009

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By Ann Roosevelt U.S. Joint Forces Command (JFCOM), the Defense Department's joint force provider, is providing trained and ready military forces for President Obama's new strategy in Afghanistan, a command official said. "I see my strategic role as being helpful, and one of the building blocks to achievement of the new strategy, the president's strategy," Air Force Brig. Gen. Robert Yates, director for operations, plans, logistics and engineering J3/4 at JFCOM, said in a teleconference Dec. 10. Looking below the…

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