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228 Mil. L. Rev. 1 (2019-2020)

handle is hein.journals/milrv228 and id is 1 raw text is: MILITARY LAW REVIEW Volume 228 Issue 1 BUILDING A HOME AWAY FROM HOME: ESTABLISHING OPERATIONAL CONTROL IN A FOREIGN COUNTRY Major Clayton J. Cox* PROVIDE COMFORT started as a fast-moving train. No one knew in advance that they were getting on, how far they were going, or when they would get off Only a few tasks were well defined, and many were supported with difficulty. None of the units that deployed to Turkey had doctrine, plans, or procedures designed specifically for relief operations. But throughout the world the nature of the crisis had captured everyone's attention. Refugees were suffering and dying, and the situation would worsen if quick action were not taken. The train was accelerating, but no one hesitated to get on.1 I. Introduction In early 1991, Turkish and international relief agencies found themselves confronted with a large-scale refugee relief effort, one larger than anyone had anticipated, leaving the world unprepared to respond.2 Nearly one million Kurdish refugees huddled in the mountains on the Iraqi * Judge Advocate, United States Air Force. Associate Professor, Contract and Fiscal Law Department, U.S. Army Judge Advocate General's Legal Center and School. LL.M., Military Law with Contract and Fiscal Law Concentration, The Judge Advocate General's Legal Center and School, 2019, J.D., 2011, Brigham Young University School of Law; B.A., 2007, Brigham Young University. Career highlights include Area Defense Counsel, Air Force Legal Operations Agency, Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma, 2016- 2018; Trial Counsel, Chief of Adverse Actions, Chief of Civil Law & Claims, and Chief of Legal Assistance, 341st Missile Wing, Malmstrom Air Force Base, Montana, 2013- 2016. Member of the bar of Utah and the United States Air Force Court of Criminal Appeals. i GORDON W. RUDD, HUMANITARIAN INTERVENTION 56 (2004). 2 Id. at 36.