Sunday, December 7, 2008

Britsh General visits SPMAGT - A

Lt. Gen. Peter Wall (right) greets Lt. Col. David L. Odom before a briefing at Camp Barber, Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, Dec. 6. Wall is the deputy chief of defence staff (Commitments) for the British Ministry of Defence, and Odom is the commanding officer of 3rd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, the ground combat element of Special Purpose Marine Air Ground Task Force – Afghanistan. Wall’s visit to the camp entailed briefings on current and future operations between U.S. and British forces here. Marines from 3/8, as well as Combat Logistics Battalion-3, the logistics combat element, also presented Wall with briefs on their units’ training and development in support of the SPMAGTF-A. The SPMAGTF-A mission is to train and mentor the Afghan National Police and conduct counterinsurgency operations
Marines from 3rd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment and Combat Logistics Battalion-3, the ground combat element and logistics combat element of Special Purpose Marine Air Ground Task - Afghanistan, hail Lt. Gen. Peter Wall (center) upon his arrival for a briefing at Camp Barber, Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, Dec. 6. Wall is the deputy chief of defence staff (Commitments) for the British Ministry of Defence. Wall’s visit to the camp entailed briefings on current and future operations between U.S. and British forces here. Marines from 3/8, as well as CLB-3, also presented Wall with briefs on their units’ training and development in support of the SPMAGTF-A. The SPMAGTF-A mission is to conduct counterinsurgency operations and train and mentor the Afghan National Police.
(right to left) Lt. Col. David L. Odom, Lt. Gen. Peter Wall and Lt. Col. Michael Jernigan take their seats during a briefing at Camp Barber, Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, Dec. 6. Wall is the deputy chief of defence staff (Commitments) for the British Ministry of Defence, Odom is the commanding officer for 3rd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, and Jernigan is the commanding officer for Combat Logistics Battalion-3, the ground combat element and logistics combat element of Special Purpose Marine Air Ground Task Force - Afghanistan. Wall’s visit to the camp entailed briefings on current and future operations between U.S. and British forces here. Marines from 3/8, as well as Combat Logistics Battalion-3, also presented Wall with briefs on their units’ training and development in support of the SPMAGTF-A. The SPMAGTF-A mission is to conduct counterinsurgency operations and train and mentor the Afghan National Police.

Marines from 3rd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment and Combat Logistics Battalion-3, the ground combat element and logistics combat element of Special Purpose Marine Air Ground Task Force - Afghanistan, brief Lt. Gen. Peter Wall (center) at Camp Barber, Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, Dec. 6. Wall is the deputy chief of defence staff (Commitments) for the British Ministry of Defence. Wall’s visit to the camp entailed briefings on current and future operations between U.S. and British forces here. Marines from 3/8, as well as CLB-3, also presented Wall with briefs on their units’ training and development in support of SPMAGTF-A. The SPMAGTF-A mission is to conduct counterinsurgency operations and train and mentor the Afghan National Police.
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