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dimension to the Arctic and we have to be cleareyed about that.”
“DOD and the different service branches are key to this whole effort,” DeHart said. “Working together with our allies, exer- cising together with our allies, developing capabilities together and ensuring that we’re interoperable with each other, these are all really important to security and peace in the Arctic. We need to have the right capabilities and the right presence.”
SURVEY SAYS
DeHart, left, then an adviser from the U.S. State Department; Jim Hoffman, right, an agri- cultural adviser from the U.S. Department of Agriculture; and members of the Panjshir provincial reconstruction team meet with Afghan locals on a hilltop in the Anaba District of Panjshir Province, Afghanistan, in January 2010. Team members were surveying a possible location for a water reservoir. (Photo by Sgt. Teddy Wade)
DIPLOMACY MEETS DEFENSE For someone who didn’t serve in the military, DeHart has a lot of experience working with Army and DOD partners. In addition to his recent tour as assistant chief of mission for the U.S. Embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan, in 2018 and 2019, he was the State Department’s senior adviser for secu- rity negotiations and agreements in 2019 and 2020—both memorable experiences he could talk about at length. DeHart also holds the distinction of having directed the only civilian-led U.S. provincial recon- struction team (PRT) in Afghanistan in 2009 and 2010.
SMALL-SCALE POWER
Jim DeHart, the U.S. State Department and Panjshir provincial reconstruction team direc- tor; Sir William Patey, the British ambassador to Afghanistan, and Tom Dodd, the deputy British ambassador, look over a micro-hydroelectric plant in May 2010. (Photo by Sgt. John Young, Combined Joint Task Force)
“I have a great memory, traveling on horse- back into the Hindu Kush, the mountain range that spans Afghanistan, when I was working with the PRT there in Panjshir Province,” he said. Te U.S. had rented horses for the trek, which covered 12,000 feet of elevation with no passable roads. “Tat was exciting—a real adventure.” DeHart said they covered very rugged, snowy terrain, riding roughly four hours each way. “We were going up there to check out progress on a school that our PRT was building, to see how they were doing.” Te visit allowed DOD engineers to examine the ongoing construction, ensuring safety for the workers and moni- toring the project’s development.
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