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秘书科恩司令审查了美国COLE经验教训
Secretary of Defense William S. Cohen has appointed retired Army Gen. William W. Crouch, former vice chief of staff of the U.S. Army, and Navy Adm. Harold W. Gehman, Jr., former commander-in-chief of U.S. Joint Forces Command, to lead a review of lessons learned from the Oct. 12 attack on the USS Cole in Aden, Yemen.
Gen. Crouch and Adm. Gehman have been directed to review applicable Department of Defense policies and procedures and address force protection matters, rules of engagement, logistical support, intelligence and counterintelligence efforts and any other matters deemed pertinent by the review panel in the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility. The review will be conducted separately, but in coordination with, an FBI-led investigation to determine culpabilty for the blast. The Cole Panel, along with a separate Navy review of the preparations that the USS Cole made for refueling in Aden, is intended to provide a comprehensive assessment of the incident and lessons to be learned from it.
科恩秘书曾指出，这些经验教训审查尽可能迅速完成。
一名盔甲官员，克劳奇在1998年12月在35多年的服务之后退休为军队副职员。1995年在欧洲部署到波斯尼亚，克劳奇队在欧洲指挥了美国军队。毕业区战士官员Adm。埃克曼将其作为美国联合部队指挥官的职位转向九月美国大西洋指挥。在海军局35多年的海军服务后，他的退休将于2000年11月1日生效。
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