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Command welcomes back team from Kabul

Twenty-five members of U.S. Joint Forces Command's (USJFCOM) Joint Enabling Capabilities Command (JECC) have returned home after helping to establish the International Security Assistance Force Joint Command (IJC) in Afghanistan.

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By MC2 (AW) Nikki Carter
USJFCOM Public Affairs

(SUFFOLK, Va. - Nov. 24, 2009) -- Twenty-five members of U.S. Joint Forces Command's (USJFCOM) Joint Enabling Capabilities Command (JECC) returned home Friday after helping to establish the International Security Assistance Force Joint Command (IJC) in Kabul.

The deployment represented the command's first major operational use of the Ready JEC Package (RJP), a team of operators and planners with specific skills trained and ready to establish a deployed joint task force headquarters.

Army Col. Carl Giles, RJP team officer-in-charge, said establishing the command was a joint effort with the IJC and Afghanistan National Security Force, adding that the team achieved its initial operating capability by Oct. 12.

Navy Capt. Tom Savidge, officer-in-charge for the deployment's main body, said the team played a role in developing plans and operations for the IJC that will be executed over the next 12 to 18 months.

"We are building complex plans and solutions, which is both satisfying and rewarding," he said.

The RJP members also participated in the planning and coordination of security in Kabul, key leader engagements, border security and development of a common operating picture and command and control planning.

Upon arrival in Afghanistan, the team was dispersed throughout Kabul.

"[It was challenging] to be distributed in different places in an austere environment," Giles said. "But we were one team focused on the mission."

Army Lt. Col. Joe Wassell, an RJP member, said the team's separation upon arrival was challenging since it trained to work together.

"You can't plan for everything and you have to make it happen," he said. "We were out of our comfort zone, but sometimes you just [have] to dig deep."

The team also learned that what works for one culture may not for another, Savidge said.

"We were reminded to set aside our western view," he said. "We learned to take the Afghanistan perspective into consideration when conducting planning and operations."

"We do prudent planning on both sides, so that we can react quickly and effectively in any situation. We were careful not to cross into assumption," Savidge explained.