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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