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Special Operations Command, Joint Forces Command welcomes Mullins

U.S. Joint Forces Command's special operations professionals saw a change in leadership in a ceremony at their Suffolk, Va-based headquarters.

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By MC2 Katrina Parker
USJFCOM Public Affairs

(SUFFOLK, Va. – July 22, 2009) – The mantle of command of Special Operations Command, Joint Forces Command (SOCJFCOM) passed from the Army to the Air Force as Col. Wesley L. Rehorn relinquished command to Col. David A. Mullins in a ceremony here today. 

SOCJFCOM is a joint special operations force (SOF) trainer and integrator, responsible for training conventional and special operations joint force commanders and their staffs on full integration of SOF and conventional forces in planning and execution to enhance warfighting readiness. 

SOFJFCOM supports combatant commanders and joint task forces in the Global War on Terrorism and combined joint special operations task forces in support of Operation Enduring Freedom, Operation Iraqi Freedom, Joint Task Force Horn of Africa, theater SOCs and the U.S. Special Operations Command Center for Special Operations.

The commander of SOCJFCOM also serves as the senior SOF advisor to the commander, USJFCOM, and Mullins is the first Air Force officer to serve in this capacity. 

Air Force Maj. Gen. David M. Edgington, USJFCOM chief of staff who presided over the ceremony, commented on Rehorn’s contributions to SOCJFCOM and wished him farewell and a job well done.

“He has taken SOCJFCOM to a new level of contribution in the entire force and knows the impact of what this organization can have by the training of special operations forces,” Edgington said. “He has gotten SOCJFCOM further involved in concept and development, experimentation, and building partnerships with different communities and countries to make sure we’re better prepared.”

 

“The strength of this command is through the people,” Rehorn said. “The crew of contractors are the core of the command, and our military people have been great. It has been a good run and this was a great command”

“This assignment is a tremendous honor,” Mullins said. “I am truly humbled and I want to do my service proud and I want to do it as part of this joint team at USJFCOM.  Very few individuals ever get the opportunity to command. It is an honor, blessing. pleasure and challenge. I look forward to the future and what this command will accomplish.”

Mullins’ most recent assignment was as commander of the 353rd Special Operations Group, Air Force Special Operations Command, responsible for supporting special operations forces throughout the Pacific theater.

He is a 1984 graduate of the United States Air Force Academy with a bachelor of science degree in military history, he also has a master’s degrees in military operational art and strategic studies from Air University at Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala.  Mullins earned his pilot wings in July 1985 and now is a command pilot with more than 6,500 flying hours. 

His previous assignments include command of the 486th Flight Test Squadron, staff duty as chief, Special Activities Branch, AFSOC; chief, Special Air Operations Branch headquarters, U.S. Air Force; and assistant for Capabilities and Requirements Assessments, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense, Special Operations and Low Intensity Conflict at the Pentagon.

Rehorn’s next assignment will be in Afghanistan.

Said Edgington, “We are proud that we will be able to send one of our warriors forward and contribute in the fight. Our support will be there.”