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- Scott Alan Howell (born 1965) is a retired lieutenant general in the United States Air Force, who most recently served as the 15th commander of Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC), at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. He previously served as the vice commander United States Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) in Washington, D.C., where he planned, coordinated, and executed USSOCOM initiatives with the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Joint Staff, military services, and other government agencies. Howell was commissioned through the United States Air Force Academy in 1987 and earned his wings at Fort Rucker, Alabama. He is a career helicopter pilot with assignments in rescue and special operations, and participated in operations in Iraq, Kuwait, Bosnia, Haiti, Kosovo, Mozambique, Djibouti and Afghanistan. He is a command pilot with 2,600 hours of flight time across six unique air platforms. Howell has commanded a squadron, group, joint special operations air component, special operations wing and special operations task force. In his most recent command tour, he led all NATO special operations forces in Afghanistan as the commander of NATO Special Operations Component Command-Afghanistan and Special Operations Joint Task Force-Afghanistan. His senior staff positions include service in the Air Staff, Air Force Special Operations Command, United States Special Operations Command and as the deputy director of Special Operations at the Joint Staff. (en)
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- Army Commendation Medal ribbon.svg (en)
- Bronze Star ribbon.svg (en)
- Joint Service Commendation ribbon.svg (en)
- Air Force Expeditionary Service Ribbon with gold frame.png (en)
- NATO_Medal_Yugoslavia_ribbon_bar.svg (en)
- Aerial_Achievement_Medal_ribbon.svg (en)
- Achievement Medal USAF.svg (en)
- Air_Force_Combat_Action_ribbon.svg (en)
dbp:title
- Commander of the Joint Special Operations Command (en)
- Vice Commander of the United States Special Operations Command (en)
- Director of Operations of the Air Force Special Operations Command (en)
- Deputy Director for Special Operations and Counter-Terrorism of the Joint Staff (en)
- Commander of the Special Operations Joint Task Force-Afghanistan (en)
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- Scott Alan Howell (born 1965) is a retired lieutenant general in the United States Air Force, who most recently served as the 15th commander of Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC), at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. He previously served as the vice commander United States Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) in Washington, D.C., where he planned, coordinated, and executed USSOCOM initiatives with the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Joint Staff, military services, and other government agencies. (en)