THE PRO PATRIA PROJECT

HOWIE, Anthony Bryan

D46394, Lieutenant Colonel, New Zealand Defence Force

CITATION

Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit (ONZM)

New Year Honours List 2005

For services to the New Zealand Defence Force

New Zealand Distinguished Service Decoration

New Year Honours List 2018

For services to the New Zealand Defence Force

Brigadier Ants Howie was seconded from September 2011 as the Senior Military Adviser to the United Nations Political Office for Somalia

(UNPOS), and was subsequently appointed as the Senior Military Adviser to the United Nations Assistance Mission in Somalia (UNSOM) until 2016.

Brigadier Howie was a member of the Defence Sector Reform Unit, which formed part of the larger Rule of Law and Security Institutions Group for

UNSOM. He built confidence and interacted regularly with the main supporters of security sector reform in Somalia, namely the USA, UK, EU, UAE,

Turkey, the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM), and with the African Union Peace and Support Commission in Addis Ababa. His success in

this role saw him assigned by the UN to take charge of an expanded Defence Sector Reform Unit. As co-chair of the Defence Working Group, he

successfully brought all Somali and international partners together to develop and agree to a single plan to support the Somali National Army and its joint operations with AMISOM against Muslim extremists. Brigadier Howie’s work in the areas of defence reform, strategy development and force generation have contributed significantly to the peace and security of the region.

KNOWN AWARDS

Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit

New Zealand Distinguished Service Decoration

New Zealand Operational Service Medal

New Zealand General Service Medal (non warlike)

New Zealand General Service Medal (Iraq)

UNSSM Medal

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New Zealand Armed Forces Award

New Zealand Efficiency Decoration

New Zealand Defence Service Medal

Regular, Territorial

Multinational Force and Observers Medal

numeral '2'

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