Jasper Jeffers
The US military has appointed Major General Jasper Jeffers to oversee the implementation of the Washington-brokered ceasefire in Lebanon, which took effect in the early hours of Wednesday, CENTCOM announced.
The head of the Special Operations Command Central will carry out his mission alongside US Special envoy Amos Hochstein, who helped broker the truce between Israel and Hezbollah over the past few weeks.
Jeffers arrived in in the Lebanese capital earlier this week as part of his mission to monitor the ceasefire’s implementation, CENTCOM said.
He met with Lebanese armed forces commander Joseph Aoun on Friday, where they discussed the coordination mechanism between the involved parties in the south, the Lebanese army said, as cited by the The New Arab’s Arabic-language site, Al-Araby Al-Jadeed.
The cessation of hostilities between Israel and Hezbollah will be chaired by the United States and include the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF), the Israeli army, the United Nations Interim Forces in Lebanon (UNIFIL), as well as France.
The New Arab takes a look at the US army's appointee for monitoring the ceasefire.
Who is Jasper Jeffers?
Jasper Jeffers’ military career began in 1996, after he graduated from Virginia Tech, where he was assigned as an infantry officer. His first assignment was as a rifle platoon commander and operations officer in the 4-31st Infantry Regiment in Fort Drum, New York State.
Jeffers then went on to serve as a platoon leader and executive officer with the 1st Battalion, 75th Infantry Regiment, at Fort Hunter Army Airfield, Georgia.
He then climbed the US military ranks by serving as a company commander and air operations officer with 1-5 Infantry Regiment, 1/25 Stryker Brigade Combat Team in Fort Lewis, Washington.
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