Interview With MAJ Danford Bryant

<p>MAJ Danford Bryant served as a team lead of a Civil Affairs (CA) operation in N'Djamena Chad during 2007-2008 and as company commander of six CA teams spread out across Africa during 2009 and 2010 in support of Operation Enduring Freedom Trans Sahara (OEF-TS). In this February 2011 interview MAJ Bryant discusses preparation for his deployment to Chad as team lead for a unique mission the challenges of working in that environment and the changes for the better he noticed between his return from that deployment and his time as a company commander particularly with regard to chain of command issues. MAJ Bryant concludes his interview with the observation When our footprint in Iraq is dramatically reduced and the same in Afghanistan our missions in the world are going to be a lot more focused in countries where there is no conflict ongoing. The individual in charge is going to be the ambassador and Department of State. It doesn't matter if you're deploying to those countries working for a combatant commander and a four-star general sends you there to execute a mission; you're not doing anything in those countries without an ambassador's approval. I think it's critical that our leadership -- and by leadership I mean everyone from sergeant up -- understands what it's like to work in an embassy environment.</p><p>This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore you will see the original copyright references library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world) and other notations in the work.</p><p>This work is in the public domain in the United States of America and possibly other nations. Within the United States you may freely copy and distribute this work as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.</p><p>As a reproduction of a historical artifact this work may contain missing or blurred pages poor pictures errant marks etc. Scholars believe and we concur that this work is important enough to be preserved reproduced and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.</p>