Our First Topic is the Immediate Aftermath of the 9/11 Attacks
 
 
 
 
 
  SOF STORIES: LIVE!   

 Immediate Aftermath of 9/11

 8 SEP @ 1200 EDT  
 
 
 
**New EVENT**
SOF STORIES: Live!



Don't miss our Inaugural SOF Stories: Live! event. After the popularity of our "SOF Stories from Quarantine," the community asked for more. So we're now holding monthly LIVE events where current and former SOF will share their views on important moments in SOF History.

Events will occur live and allow for audience Q&A after the main presentation.

The topic of the first event is: The Immediate Aftermath of 9/11.
 
 
mEET THE SPEAKERS
 
 

COL. (RET) Matthew Atkins


USAF Colonel (Ret) Matt Atkins was a Captain on September 11th 2001.

 Assigned as Chief of Intelligence, 20th Special Operations Squadron, 16th SOW, Captain Atkins immediately deployed with Lt Col Kingsley and assigned to the position as Director of Intel (J2), Joint Special Operations Air Component, Task Force DAGGER and Task Force K-BAR, Oman/ Pakistan/ Afghanistan.

He was deeply involved with the interrogation and internment of suspected Al Qaeda and Taliban forces and the movements of forces responsible for Hamid Karzai and his family until the end of February 2002.
 

MAJ. GEN. (RET) Michael Kingsley


USAF Major General (Ret) Kingsley was a Lieutenant Colonel on September 11th 2001.

 As Commander of the 20th Special Operations Squadron, 16th Special Operations Wing, Air Force Special Operations Command, he simultaneously dispatched aircraft and crews to support the Pentagon, World Trade Center and Afghanistan within the initial hectic hours of the attack.

Deploying as the Joint Special Operations Air Component Commander to Masirah, Oman, he established immediate C2 for theater Combat Personnel Recovery, Infil/Exfil, Reconnaissance and Surveillance, and Direct Action operations of all AFSOC forces based out of Jacobabad, Pakistan as well as those assigned to Task Force K-Bar, Kandahar, Afghanistan.
 
 

Command CCM Greg Smith


USAF Chief Master Sergeant Greg Smith is the Command Senior Enlisted Leader of USSOCOM. He was a Technical Sergeant on September 11th 2001.

 As the Superintendent of Strategic Plans, 16th Special Operations Wing, Air Force Special Operations Command, he was the first operational planner deployed following the attacks on the Pentagon and World Trade Center deploying with Lt Col Kingsley.

He stood up the JSOAC’s Tactical Operations Center in Jacobabad, Pakistan at the onset of Operation Enduring Freedom.  He built the first joint interagency operations center and served as the first J3 Operations Senior Enlisted Leader.
 
MODERATOR: CMSgt. Randy Anderson

USAF Chief Master Sergeant Randy Anderson (Ret) was a Senior Master Sergeant on September 11th 2001.

Assigned to HQ AFSOC Directorate of Operations, Chief Enlisted Aircrew Stan/Eval he initially supported the complete AFSOC global mobilization and C2 of deployed forces for Operation Enduring Freedom through the AFSOC Command Post.  He returned with Lt Col Kingsley as he redeployed with replacement forces to Jacobabad, Pakistan February 2002.  

A fully mission ready flight engineer he flew around the clock combat operations on the MH-53M Pave Low IV as a primary crewmember and also served as Colonel Kingsley’s JSOAC Senior Enlisted Advisor of AFSOC forces assigned to Task Force K-Bar, Kandahar, Afghanistan.
 
 
 
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