RC South commander visit’s Arctic Wolves

FORWARD OPERATING BASE MASUM GHAR, AFGHANISTAN

09.30.2011

Story by Maj. David Mattox 

1st Brigade, 11th Airborne Division

FORWARD OPERATING BASE MASUM GHAR, Afghanistan - On the eve of International Security Assistance Forces’ Regional Command- South’s transfer of authority ceremony at Kandahar Air Field, the incoming and outgoing commanders toured the Task Force Arctic Wolves’ area of operations in the Kandahar province and met with leadership.

Maj. Gen. James L. Huggins, the incoming RC-South commander with the 82nd Airborne Division and Maj. Gen. James L. Terry, the outgoing commander from the 10th Mountain Division, were greeted at the rocky landing zone at Forward Operating Base Masum Ghar by Col. Todd Wood, commander of the 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division and TF Arctic Wolves, before being introduced to the senior leaders and staff of the task force, Friday.

For the past six months the 1-25 SBCT followed the guidance and leadership of Terry and his staff from the 10th Mountain Division. In a meeting with Wood and the 1-25 SBCT leaders, Terry praised the task force and it’s soldiers for the hard work they did and their accomplishments over the past six months.

Following the transfer of authority ceremony yesterday, Huggins took charge of the International Security Assistance Forces in the southern Afghan provinces of Uruzgan, Zabul, Daykundi and Kandahar to include TF Arctic Wolves.

“I believe this winter is the critical period to set conditions,” said Huggins during the meeting with the staff and leaders of the task force at FOB Masum Ghar.

• Date Taken: 09.30.2011
• Date Posted: 10.02.2011 10:48
• Story ID: 77900
• Location: FORWARD OPERATING BASE MASUM GHAR, AF