BENJAMIN (CAIN) BELL

• Selected by the SOCOM Service Chief for operational experience and superb analytic skills to serve on a priority initiative for OSD(P) involving a once-in-a-generation study of the Russia-Ukraine war
• Authored the equivalent of a master's level thesis, presenting authoritative views of the Special Operations

domain of warfare in the context of the Russo-Ukraine War

• Published research findings in classified databases that have contributed to the joint and interagency knowledge base currently shaping US policy on the USSOF and Conventional Force integration
• Distilled complex findings into meaningful takeaways to inform the highest levels of the Department of Defense,

Department of State, the National Security Council

• Served as program manager for a Theater Special Operations Command's sensitive special operations control element over seeing three programs of record
• Selected, trained and led a diverse team of individuals with specialized technical backgrounds to form a staff responsible project problem-solving and innovation
• Supervised the day-to-day data collection, management, and storage of operational data inputs within specific intelligence community standards across multiple outstations
• Briefed senior military officers and civilian oversight delegations on program achievements, obstacles and opportunities
• Worked with key theater special operations staff to solve design a 5-year plan that have ongoing operational-level effects throughout the region

• Provided guidance, leadership and vision for Special Forces Jedburgh Detachment members to execute the planning, and implementation of effort toward highly specialized sensitive Special Operations requirements
• Twice selected to serve as the Theater Special Operations Commander (TSOC) Special Operations Liaison Officer (Bangui, Central African Republic and Tallinn, Estonia)
• Prepared briefings, Terms of Reference, Memorandums of Agreement and other inter-departmental documents for review and approval by Senior Foreign Service Officers
• Worked with Joint Services and Interagency Partners to integrate sensitive intelligence activities into broader military operations, plans, and programs
• Advised and mentored, and received mentorship from, senior NATO SOF Officers and Enlisted partners in bilateral missions