An Air Force general will take the helm of Joint Special Operations Command for the first time in the elite organization’s history.
Lt. Gen. Scott A. Howell has been nominated to lead JSOC, according to the Department of Defense. The position requires confirmation by the Senate.
Howell is vice commander of U.S. Special Operations Command and is based at the Pentagon, according to an Air Force biography.
He is a career helicopter pilot with numerous assignments in rescue and special operations units and experience in Iraq, Kuwait, Bosnia, Haiti, Kosovo, Mozambique, Djibouti and Afghanistan.
Howell, if confirmed, would be the 15th commander of JSOC. All but one previous commander has been an Army general.
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Lt. Gen. Scott A. Howell has been nominated to lead JSOC, according to the Department of Defense. The position requires confirmation by the Senate.
Howell is vice commander of U.S. Special Operations Command and is based at the Pentagon, according to an Air Force biography.
He is a career helicopter pilot with numerous assignments in rescue and special operations units and experience in Iraq, Kuwait, Bosnia, Haiti, Kosovo, Mozambique, Djibouti and Afghanistan.
Howell, if confirmed, would be the 15th commander of JSOC. All but one previous commander has been an Army general.
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