National security
CENTCOM announces Task Force Iron GateOpen the land-route coordination desk
The new desk has a remit and a staffing estimate. Operations is reserving the results column for work that can be demonstrated.
- Executive owner
- Donald J. Trump / U.S. Central Command / Interagency Coordination
- Status
- CENTCOM announces Task Force Iron Gate
- Due
- Implementation and interagency coordination; no completion date announced
- Paying for it
- U.S. military and interagency resources; no cost specified in the report
ACTIVITY
UpdatedThe reported task force remit has been entered as pending announcement.
I want the roads on the map too.
The report describes coordination, not completed interdictions.
Iron Gate, a strong name, I know gates very well. A gate needs somebody who knows what is coming through it, otherwise you've bought yourself an expensive opening. I want the cargo people explaining the cargo, no dramatic arrows that disappear off the edge of the slide.
I can see the edge.
Results will be entered separately from the planned remit.
Good. I don't want to discover a whole new border because somebody printed the map in Portrait.
The announcement has replaced the pending-announcement marker.
I want the gate people talking to the other gate people. Otherwise you get a wonderful report from one office and another office saying they never received it, tremendous government talent for not receiving things sent directly to them.
A shared reporting channel is included in the work plan.
Copy me.
Not on every email! I meant the answer, now somebody is already creating a distribution list with my name at the very bottom.
The results field remains separate from the staffing field.
I can count people. What I want next is what they did.
PUBLIC RECORD
Reuters reported November 7, citing a CENTCOM statement seen before release, that Task Force Iron Gate would coordinate efforts against weapons and sanctioned material moving across Iran's land borders and the Caspian Sea. The Tampa-based unit would work with other agencies and address dual-use goods and illegal revenue. CENTCOM's public announcement was expected later Saturday. The report does not establish completed land interdictions. November 8 update: Anadolu reported November 7 that CENTCOM announced Task Force Iron Gate, comprising about 20 military and civilian personnel in Tampa. Its interagency remit covers weapons, dual-use technology, sanctioned material and illicit revenue moving through Iran's land borders and the Caspian Sea. This confirms the announcement previously expected in this record, not completed land interdictions.