Who did Task Force Ranger report to… what was the chain of command?
So Task Force Ranger is deployed to Somalia, to Mogadishu. It is not under my tactical control nor is it under my operational control. Garrison was the Commander. He did not report to me, he reported directly to General Hoar as well. But he and I talked everyday, met almost everyday. His responsibility was to coordinate with me, so that I always knew what was going on, and my responsibility was to try and help make sure that they didn’t interfere with UN operation or cause problems in that regard. I didn’t have a veto over any of their operations. They reported to the CINC and the CINC gave them some very specific guidance about what they could and couldn’t do without talking to him. I know that Garrison spoke to him daily. It was not generally known outside of the Mogadishu, that there was another two-star Commander there, so a lot of people back in the States probably thought that they were working for me, but they weren’t. How did you find out about the October 3rd incident? On the
