2006 WVNG Annual Report PDF - West Virginia Army National Guard
2006 WVNG Annual Report PDF - West Virginia Army National Guard
2006 WVNG Annual Report PDF - West Virginia Army National Guard
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<strong>West</strong> <strong>Virginia</strong> <strong>National</strong> <strong>Guard</strong> <strong>Annual</strong> <strong>Report</strong> <strong>2006</strong>Special Operations Detachment – Europe (SOD-E)Special Operations Detachment - Europe (SOD-E) is a 30-soldier unit based at CampDawson near Kingwood. It is a theater level headquarters augmentation detachment alignedto Special Operations Command - Europe(SOCEUR), Stuttgart, Germany.SOD-E's primary mission is to conduct Commandand Control (C2) of Special Operationsforces under Commander, SOCEUR, to supportcontingency operations both inside and outsideNATO's area of responsibility. The unit's focus ison European Command in Europe and Africa. Unitmembers are also tasked to conduct sustainedoperations in support of federal or state declaredemergencies.SOD-E is organized into seven sections -command group, operations, logistics, personnel,intelligence, communications and staff judgeadvocate. Special Forces personnel staff thecommand group and operations section while non-SF personnel fill out the remaining sections of theunit. The unit is commanded by a Colonel, and aSergeant Major serves as the Senior EnlistedAdvisor.Early in the year the unit mobilized26 members for deployment toGermany to support the Global Waron Terror. The remaining membersparticipated in a NATO ResponseForce exercise in Norway and theRepublic of Cape Verde, Africa.63