Joint Contracting commander visits Umm Qasr operations

Photo By Sgt. David Scott | Rear Admiral Jeffrey “Scott” Jones, former Coalition Naval Advisory Training Team Director left), Brig. Gen. Camille M. Nichols, commanding general, Joint Contracting Command, United States Forces  

UMM QASR, IRAQ

09.07.2010

Story by Sgt. David Scott 

United States Forces – Iraq, Deputy Commanding General (Advising and Training)

The commanding general of Joint Contracting Command, United States Forces – Iraq, visited with the combined forces of the Coalition Naval and Advisory Training Team at Umm Qasr Sept. 7 to witness the latest progress at Iraq’s southernmost port.

Brig. Gen. Camille M. Nichols toured Iraq Training and Advisory Mission-Navy’s Umm Qasr operations and facilities and attended a briefing on new developments planned by former CNATT Director, Rear Adm. Scott Jones and current CNATT Director, Rear Adm. Kelvin N. Dixon.

The visit marked Nichols’ first trip to Umm Qasr in her current posting with USF-I.

In September 2008, Nichols become the first commander of the U.S. Army Expeditionary Contracting Command, a subordinate command of the U.S. Army Materiel Command, and was appointed to her current command October 30, 2009.

In partnership with the government of Iraq, the DCG (A&T) develops professional Iraqi security ministries, institutions and forces that are capable of maintaining internal security and defending against external threats.

• Date Taken: 09.07.2010
• Date Posted: 09.11.2010 01:10
• Story ID: 56063
• Location: UMM QASR, IQ