Dossel, Will, CAPT

Line Officer
 
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Current Service Status
USN Veteran
Current/Last Rank
Captain
Current/Last Primary NEC
132X-Unrestricted Line Officer - Naval Flight Officer
Current/Last Rating/NEC Group
Line Officer
Primary Unit
2001-2004, 132X, CNO - OPNAV
Previously Held NEC
137X-Unrestricted Line Officer - Naval Flight Officer ( In Training)
Service Years
1978 - 2004
Captain Captain

 Official Badges 

Joint Chiefs of Staff Transport Command Defense Intelligence Agency US Navy Retired 20




 Unofficial Badges 

Order of the Shellback Order of the Arctic Circle (Bluenose)


 Military Associations and Other Affiliations
United States Naval InstituteTailhook AssociationAssociation of Naval AviationMilitary Officers Association of America (MOAA)
Naval War College FoundationVeterans of Foreign Wars of the United States (VFW)Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association (AFCEA)Naval Aviation Museum Foundation
Navy League of the United StatesPost 364
  1977, United States Naval Institute - Assoc. Page
  1979, Tailhook Association - Assoc. Page
  1979, Association of Naval Aviation - Assoc. Page
  1985, Military Officers Association of America (MOAA) - Assoc. Page
  2001, Naval War College Foundation
  2004, Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States (VFW) - Assoc. Page
  2004, Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association (AFCEA)
  2004, Naval Aviation Museum Foundation
  2007, Navy League of the United States - Assoc. Page
  2008, American Legion, Post 364 (Member) (Woodbridge, Virginia) - Chap. Page


 Additional Information
What are you doing now:

Senior Intel Analyst/Navy Air and Missile Defense Command
Provides analysis and support for the Navy Air and Missile Defense Command's intelligence directorate.  Focus is on threat analysis  supporting ongoing and future US Navy integrated air and missile defense efforts as part of the  NAMDC mission.
   
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Operation Support Democracy
From Month/Year
May / 1994		 To Month/Year
September / 1994

Description
The U.S. and allied warships in CJTF 120 boarded over 600 ships during the operations’ first five months, and the big ships’ effectiveness soon drove embargo-busting smugglers to use vessels to carry contraband along shallow coastal routes beyond the larger ships’ reach.
            CJTF 120 selected the US Special Operations Command Cyclone-class patrol craft (PC) as the best response to the smugglers’ new tactic. The PCs were new to USSOCOM’s inventory, and needed sea duty certification before assignment to Haiti. After being certified for participating in exercise Agile Provider, the USS Cyclone and the USS Tempest departed for Guantanano, Cuba, on 24 May to participate in Support Democracy.
            On 30 May, CJTF 120 directed the PCs to begin operations with the warships off the north Haitian coast. The plan to integrate the PCs gradually into the interdiction operation ended when the ships, on their very first voyage, encountered a Bahamian sailing vessel trying to skirt the embargo. As the smugglers’ vessel headed for Port-au-Prince, the Cyclone ordered it to stand clear of the Haitian coast, but the vessels did not heave to until Cyclone fired warning flares and launched a rigid hull inflated boat (RIB) with SEALs aboard. The vessel attempted to play a waiting game that night, but at first light a combined party from the Cyclone and the HMCS Terra Nova – six Canadians and three SEALs – conducted a boarding and search operation. They found embargoed goods, and the Cyclone towed this vessel to Guatanamo.
            By 23 June 1994, the CTJF 120 fleet had boarded over 1,100 ships, but embargoed goods flowed steadily into Haiti from neighboring Dominican Republic. General John M. Shalikashvili, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, gave approval for the PCs to conduct patrols with Dominican Republic ships. On 11 July 1994, SEALs from the Cyclone boarded and cleared the Vinland Saga, a Danish vessel carrying a cargo of wheal flour. CJTF 120 directed Cyclone and Tempest to patrol the inner areas of the coast. These operations provided an opportunity to check sea traffic and collect information. The USS Hurricane and USS Monsoon patrol craft replaced the Cyclone and Tempest in September.
            Because of the continuing political repression in Haiti, the Clinton Administration sought UN Security Council approval for an invasion and occupation of Haiti if the sanctions failed to restore Aristide to the presidency. The Council granted its approval on 31 July 1994. The invasion plan had two phases: first, a 15,000 multinational force would invade, restore public order, and reinstate Aristide; subsequently 6,000 UN forces would train a new Haitian police force to maintain order. Accordingly, US Army, Air Force, and Navy SOF supported the XVII Airborne Corps in planning for a full scale invasion of Haiti. The special operations portion of the plan envisioned the takedown of key governmental sites followed by a link-up with conventional forces, similar to what SOF had done for the invasion of Panama  in 1989. After the main takedown, Special Forces teams were to secure the countryside. To serve as the SOF mobility and launching platform, an aircraft carrier, USS America, was added to the force package in spring 1994.   
   
My Participation in This Battle or Operation
From Month/Year
May / 1994		 To Month/Year
September / 1994
 
Last Updated:
Mar 16, 2020
   
Personal Memories

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VAW-122
   
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