"The ODC “performs a variety of advisory and support missions (non-combat), and while it is staffed exclusively by DOD personnel, it is embedded within the U.S. Embassy, under Chief of Mission authority like the rest of the Embassy,” Ryder added.
Ryder declined to discuss specific numbers of personnel “for operational security and force protection reasons.”
if it's only a handful, and they stay in the Embassy, then why this?
Because they are actively assisting the AFU in the field just like the CIA has been doing.
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