The Soviets called that post “Political Officer”...
I remember, I think it was Ham, the commander was going to go on a rescue and right at that moment, there was someone ready to take command from Ham and take it on himself.
It was so odd and I remember people asking who had the authority to take over Ham's command. A "Political Officer"?
I don't think there was much information regarding the officer who took over. Was he ever named?
The 30 or so people at the Benghazi Annex? Were they "Political Operatives" for that area or were they going to be fanned out to other locations - but then there was the "shootout", they were called home and given aliases, fanned out around the country....and so on.
"Strange times, indeed."