Derek Harvey

Derek Harvey
Mr. Derek Harvey, Director of the COE
Allegiance	United States of America
Service/branch	Defense Intelligence Agency
Rank	Senior Executive Service

Derek J. Harvey is the first Director of the Afghanistan-Pakistan Center of Excellence at U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) and a retired United States Army Colonel. He was selected by General David Petraeus in 2009 to lead the new organization.^[1][2] Harvey is a Senior Executive Service-member of the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA), and was the previous senior analytical specialist for Iraq to Petraeus, then Commander, Multi-National Forces-Iraq.^[3]

Career

Iraq

Harvey retired from the U.S. Army as a colonel in 2006 after 26 years service as an intelligence officer and Middle East Foreign Area Officer. Prior to joining DIA as a civilian in early 2006, then Colonel Harvey was the Senior Analyst for Iraq, Joint Staff Directorate for Intelligence, from November 2004 to December 2005.^[4] Previously, he was Chief, Commander’s Assessments and Initiatives Group/Senior Intelligence Analyst for MNF-Iraq, and “Red Cell” Team Chief for CJTF-7 in Iraq. He also participated in the Joint Strategic Assessment Team established by Ambassador Ryan Crocker and General David Petraeus to assess the situation in Iraq and to develop their combined campaign plan.^[5] Mr. Harvey is credited by some sources for predicting the insurgency in Iraq, as well as the defeat of Al-Qaida in Iraq early 2007.^[6][7][8]

Afghanistan

See also

• Afghanistan-Pakistan Center of Excellence
• Quotes - "An Army at War"

References

1. ^ DVIDS, U.S. Central Command Public Affairs - Derek Harvey, August 25, 2009
2. ^ Human Rights Change, US Military, Taliban Share Same View of Aid Workers August 27, 2009
3. ^ Harvard University conference, Air and Land Power in Counterinsurgency Operations: Implications of a Civilian Center of Gravity, September 2007
4. ^ Iraq Study Group, Iraq Study Group Consultations
5. ^ Harvard University conference, Air and Land Power in Counterinsurgency Operations: Implications of a Civilian Center of Gravity, September 2007
6. ^ IntelBase, Petraeus to Open Intel Training Center, 24 August 2009
7. ^ United Kingdom, Ministry of Defense, Security and Stablisation: The Military Contribution - Joint Doctrine Publication 3-40, p. 378, November 2009
8. ^ Bob Woodward, The War Within, Simon and Schuster, 2008, pages 17-26

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