Army Maj. Gen. Joel ‘JB’ Vowell, goes ‘Between Two T-Walls’ with Task & Purpose

Vowell spoke to Task & Purpose reporter Jeff Schogol in June as he neared the end of his yearlong command of Operation Inherent Resolve.

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Aug 14, 2024 5:00 AM EDT

Army Maj. Gen. Joel “JB” Vowell between two t-walls — Army Maj. Gen. Joel “JB” Vowell spoke to Task & Purpose for ‘Between Two T-Walls.’

Task & Purpose is proud to unveil the first episode of its ‘Between Two T-Walls’ interview series. In an interview conducted in Baghdad, Army Maj. Gen. Joel “JB” Vowell, the commanding general of Operation Inherent Resolve, discusses the U.S.-led mission against the Islamic State group in Iraq and Syria.

See the entire episode here:

Jeff Schogol is a senior staff writer for Task & Purpose. He reports on both the Defense Department as a whole as well as individual services, covering a variety of topics that include personnel, policy, military justice, deployments, and technology. His apartment in Alexandria, Va., has served as the Task & Purpose Pentagon bureau since the pandemic first struck in March 2020. The dwelling is now known as Forward Operating Base Schogol.