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Joint Advisory Commission Korea organization

also: JAK, Joint Advisory Commission, Korea, JAX, Jack, Joint Advisory Commission in Korea

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American Far East Command set_up Joint Advisory Commission Korea book_quoted
“You've got CIA agents hanging out while the pirates are attacking a fellow NATO entity. The general expansion of covert operations naturally exacerbated the command problems. In Tokyo, the Far East Command set up a command liaison group und…”
▶ The Colonel’s Corner- Presidents Secret War Chap 4 @ 56:43

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Operation Gladio - Korea part 3
▶ 4:37 Its cover name was JAK, J-A-C-K, Joint Advisory Commission, Korea. The CIA's role was already confusing to American military commands, but combining assets enabled the agency to best provide intelligence to the Far East Command and 8th U.S.…
Operation Gladio - Korea part 3
▶ 5:40 All U.S. military services, the British Marines, the CIA, and the Republic of Korea, which is basically Ri's area, military and civilian intelligence conducted special and intelligence operations during the war. My purpose is to correct, cl…
Operation Gladio - Korea part 3
▶ 6:08 Emphasize realities of air crew rescue operations, separate JAK special missions group activities, which were covert maritime operations from the U.S. special activities from 51 to 53, and reveal critical roles that were played. The militar…
Operation Gladio - Korea part 3
▶ 6:35 CIA internal compartmentalization of intelligence operation and paramilitary activities meant that few personnel could explain JAK organization or the full scope of what happened in Korea. The previous article titled CIA paramilitary operat…
Operation Gladio - Korea part 3
▶ 19:15 The peasants had to make the repairs and serve as village guardsmen. Continued guerrilla agents and their losses did not deter Jack or the UN-affiliated commands. And remember, the UN is not really a UN command. It is the U.S. with a handfu…
Operation Gladio - Korea part 3
▶ 21:15 Agents had to be inserted if tactical intelligence was to be collected. And we, the CIA, still had the covert mission. And I love the fact that he says we, meaning the CIA, yet he's wearing a military uniform. The aircraft snatch recovery s…
Operation Gladio - Korea part 3
▶ 29:10 There's another part in here. The military officers detailed to Jack paramilitary operations brought a wealth of combat experience. And then he lists a whole bunch of them. The junior intel officers were the weakest link straight from Ivy L…
Operation Gladio - Korea part 3
▶ 32:04 When you go back and you look at the training that it provided to these people who basically went on to do even more killings. For field operations, the CIA team had a select cadre of strong experienced sergeants and seasoned officers. Thes…
Operation Gladio - Korea part 3
▶ 34:58 at a candlelit defensive bunker 600 yards north of their landing site. And they didn't even know what they were shooting at. They were just shooting in the dark, literally. Coincidentally, the Americans, let's see, went on another jack mari…
Operation Gladio - Korea part 3
▶ 35:28 After a night of hard drinking, a Mustang lieutenant decided that a prank would loosen up a few stiff-backed Jack officers. He used a fire extinguisher to wake them up. The next morning, Lieutenant Curtis was standing before the mast in Col…
Operation Gladio - Korea part 3
▶ 39:48 determinants in warfare. It was not a good showing for us. Just a little bit more of this. Numerous U.S. military officers and sergeants served in JAK. Few knew about the other paramilitary and intelligence activities that was going on arou…
Operation Gladio - Korea part 3
▶ 40:48 cluster F from a logistic standpoint. It says it was, let's see, the assets were controlled by dysfunctional headquarters. That's not unusual. Military compartmentalization enabled Jack to hide its operations, even from their own people, to…
The Colonel’s Corner- Presidents Secret War Chap 4
▶ 57:12 controlled the area called Documents Research Division, which planned operations. The Joint Advisory Commission in Korea called JAK, Joint Advisory Commission Korea, actually ran the activity. It had a military officer detailed to the CIA. …