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JECC members return from Joint Task Force-435

Fifteen members of U.S. Joint Forces Command's (USJFCOM) Joint Enabling Capabilities Command (JECC) returned home after helping stand up Joint Task Force – 435 in Kabul, Afghanistan.
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By USJFCOM Public Affairs

(SUFFOLK, Va. – Mar. 5, 2010) –- Fifteen members of U.S. Joint Forces Command's (USJFCOM) Joint Enabling Capabilities Command (JECC) returned home early this morning after helping stand up Joint Task Force  (JTF)–435 in Kabul.

JTF-435, established by Secretary of Defense Robert Gates in September,  is responsible for overseeing detainee operations in Afghanistan.   

U.S. Army Col. Stephen Joyce, JECC vice commander, said, "This JECC Task Force 435 stood up and planned the main detainee operations in Afghanistan and has had a very important historical significance helping the Afghan government become a viable institution.”

The 25-member team, responding for a request for support from U.S. Central Command, deployed in October 2009 and was made up of personnel from the Joint Deployable Team (JDT) and the Joint Public Affairs Support Element (JPASE).  

While deployed, the team facilitated development of a mission rehearsal exercise battle drill scenario that enabled JTF-435 to become operational on Jan. 7 and assume command, oversight and responsibility for detainee operations in Afghanistan. 

JECC members also assisted JTF-435 with its major objective of training and mentoring the Afghan government in its efforts to help detainee  operations throughout  the country. 

In mid-February, an additional 10 JDT members deployed to Kabul to sustain support to JTF-435. 

Fifteen members of the original team returned this morning; the remaining original team members are scheduled to return next month.

The second JDT will re-deploy later this summer.