Joint Interagency Task Force West Holds Change of Command Ceremony

Camp H.M. Smith, Hawaii (June 25, 2021) Rear Admiral Charles Fosse, left, relieves Rear Admiral Robert Hayes, right, as Director of Joint Interagency Task Force West (JIATF West). Fosse becomes the 19th director of JIATF West, the executive agent for counter narcotics within the Indo-Pacific Command (INDOPACOM) area of operation. As the JIATF West director, he is charged with leading more than 140 Soldiers, Sailors, Marines, Airmen, Coast Guardsmen, and Department of Defense civilians and is responsible for assisting U.S. law enforcement efforts in countering narcotics and the flow of illicit chemicals bound for the Western Hemisphere within the Indo-Pacific.

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Jun 25, 2021

CAMP H.M. SMITH, Hawaii - Camp H.M. Smith, Hawaii (June 25, 2021) Rear Admiral Charles Fosse, left, relieves Rear Admiral Robert Hayes, right, as Director of Joint Interagency Task Force West (JIATF West). Fosse becomes the 19th director of JIATF West, the executive agent for counter narcotics within the Indo-Pacific Command (INDOPACOM) area of operation. As the JIATF West director, he is charged with leading more than 140 Soldiers, Sailors, Marines, Airmen, Coast Guardsmen, and Department of Defense civilians and is responsible for assisting U.S. law enforcement efforts in countering narcotics and the flow of illicit chemicals bound for the Western Hemisphere within the Indo-Pacific.

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