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BY CDR CAOIMHÍN
MACUNFRAIDH, OC LÉ EITHNE
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n November 2019, on my final day as Director of the Opera-
tional Headquarters (OHQ) of Operation Sophia, at the Joint
Operations Centre (JOC), I conducted the commander's morn-
ing update brief (MUB) to the usual daily audience of about 60
multinational personnel from all functional sections of the HQ.
After welcoming the attendees, calling the room to attention
when the admiral arrived, and listening to the detailed meteorolog-
ical briefing (crucial when dealing with a sea/air area of operations),
I called for the CJ2 (Intelligence) contribution, which was delivered
by another Defence Forces officer, Capt Paul McDermott (Air Corps).
The detailed brief covered the activities of General Haftar's Libyan
National Army forces in their siege of the Government of National
Accord in Tripoli, and intelligence aspects in the area of operations
of concern to the navigation and situational awareness of our air-
craft. The brief descended into technical matters where necessary
and then lifted back up to the geo-strategic level that is the daily
