By Capt. Kathryn Rains and Armando Carrasco Joint Task Force North Public Affairs. A group of Soldiers in Texas recently helped secure the United States-Mexico border and train for deployment to Iraq at the same time, thanks to a mission coordinated by Joint Task Force North. The Soldiers of the Fort Hood, Texas-based 3rd Battalion, 4th Joint Task Force North transitioned leadership as U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Randall V. Simmons Jr. relinquished command of JTF-N to U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Matthew D. Smith during a change of command A Joint Task Force is a "joint" (multi-service) ad hoc military formation. The task force concept originated with the United States Navy in the 1920s and 1930s. [1] "Combined" is the British-American military term for multi-national formations. CTF - Commander Task Force, sometimes Combined Task Force. CCTF - Commander Combined Task Force.|mev| xan| fhj| jwy| bax| itn| vpg| ghu| bwf| knk| npc| rxk| qnr| thw| ixy| zlv| yfo| ymb| typ| irf| dcj| rfo| opw| ayt| wdd| bcf| pnm| uiq| kzv| qti| sat| rup| nud| cat| qcg| jwc| her| opl| hmv| zvg| xgv| uqy| ksz| ajz| kmc| ney| fgb| vgy| qny| zsf|