USASOC reorganizes, welcomes new commander

FORT BRAGG, N.C. (Army News Service, Dec. 8, 2005) —The U.S. Army Special Operations Command said farewell to the commander who led its transformation to a 21st Century fighting force, and welcomed his successor in a ceremony at Meadows Memorial Field Dec. 6.

Lt. Gen. Robert W. Wagner assumed command of USASOC from Lt. Gen. Philip R. Kensinger Jr. Just a few days earlier, Kensinger’s transformation culminated with deactivation of two commands and standup of a new brigade and battalion.

The Special Operations Support Command (Airborne) and the 528th Support Battalion (Airborne) were deactivated and their respective successor units, the Sustainment Brigade (Special Operations) (Airborne) (Provisional) and the Brigade Troops Battalion (Airborne) (Provisional), were activated during a ceremony at Fort Bragg Dec. 2.

The unit reorganization is a direct response to new security threats that developed after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks occurred, said Col. Edward F. Dorman, III, commander of the Sustainment Brigade.

Historically, Army Special Operations Forces did not have the organic, rapidly deployable logistical support like the conventional Army; however, the reorganization now provides SOF consistent logistical staying power for forward deployed Soldiers, Dorman said.

“These new units will assist and support our Rangers and Special Forces,” Dorman said.

The SOSCOM transformed into a multi-component Sustainment Brigade that now combines active-duty and reserve-component Soldiers into a deployable unit that synchronizes signal, health and support units together.

“The transformation of the 528th into the (Troops Battalion) tailors our support to Special Operation Forces,” Brig. Gen. Mark V. Phelan, deputy commanding general, USASOC, said. “They will always be there when you need them.”

“This ceremony joins both our history and our future,” Dorman said. “The lineage is not lost. SOSCOM and the 528th are closing one chapter. We are looking forward to future achievements from our new units.”

Dorman now commands the newly activated Sustainment Brigade and Lt. Col. Stephen R. Cain commands the Troops Battalion.

Kensinger assumed command of USASOC Aug. 29, 2002. Since then, 13,000 Soldiers have deployed in 85 different missions around the world.

“The command experienced an operational tempo faster than any other time in the command’s history under Kensinger’s leadership,” said Army Chief of Staff Gen. Peter J. Schoomaker at the Dec 6 ceremony. “USASOC is a transformational example for the rest of the Army.”

“I chose this job as the final chapter in my Army story,” said Kensinger at his change of command. “Soldiers should go out with their boots on.”

“The creation of the USASOC Futures Center, Group Support Battalions for the Special Forces Groups and Ranger Support Companies for the 75th Ranger Regiment will have lasting effects on the major subordinate units,” said Kensinger. “Commanding these 28,000 Soldiers is inspiring and unmatched.”

Wagner said he is looking forward to commanding USASOC, and he is already familiar with USASOC, having served in six special operations assignments including tours with the 1st and 2nd Battalions, 75th Ranger Regiment, and commander of Special Operations Command South.

“Our profession is who we are,’ Wagner said. “I will not forget we are a nation at war.”

(Editor’s note: Sgt. Joe Healy serves with U.S. Army Special Operations Command PAO.)

Think of the United Nations as the Commander in Chiefs Office.

In that case, you'll have to think of the OIC (Organization of the Islamic Conference) as aspiring to be the Commander in Chief.

The OIC is the largest voting block inthe UN and is the political arm of the global jihad, and its function is to serve as cover for their jihadis and protect them:

Terrorism's Silent Partner at the United Nations

Terrorism As a Right
With the Organization of the Islamic Conference defending any act committed on behalf of "national liberation," the United Nations cannot even issue an unequivocal condemnation of terrorism, let alone join the struggle to eliminate it...
The reason for this failure is that the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC), which comprises fifty-six of the UN's 191 members, defends terrorism as a right...

Part of their own declared agenda includes:

1. Strengthen:
a) Islamic solidarity among Member States;
b) Cooperation in the political, economic, social, cultural and scientific fields:
c) The struggle of all Muslim people to safeguard their dignity, independence and national rights.
2. Coordinate action to:
a) Safeguard the Holy Places;
b) Support the struggle of the Palestinian people and assist them in recovering their rights and liberating their occupied territories.

No prizes for guessing what that last one means.

What we have here, is their own official to further their jihad by political and financial means, while undermining the kuffar at their own UN by voting as a block. They ignore the UN Declaration of Human rights whenever they see fit, and came up with their own rules, in effect conceding that islam is not compatible with human rights no matter how much lip service they pay to agreements.

...It is clear that Islamic militants are quite aware of the incompatibility of Islam and The 1948 Declaration of Human Rights. For these militants met in Paris in 1981 to draw up an Islamic Declaration of Human Rights which left out all freedoms that contradicted Islamic law...

In 1990 the IDHR became the "Cairo Declaration on Human Rights in Islam," and was backed by the OIC itself. Essentially, the OIC picks up the ball from the terrorists and all those "misunderstanders of Islam" trying an attempt at plausible deniability, but not doing a good job of it.

Their aim of "coordinating action" to "safeguard the Holy Places" is in effect a declaration of acting as the saud/wahhabis international political arm to keep the hijaz under wahhabi control to legitimize their vile message as the custodians of the holy sites.

The only reason they want to unity in the islamic ummah is so they can build the strength to undermine and defeat us "filthy kuffar" once and for all.

Sorry. I guess that is not going to help you sleep any better...

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