 Nyora kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Musi wa4 Chivabvu 2015, Townsend akazova mutungamiri weXVIII Airborne Corps. Akakwidziridzwa kuva lieutenant general nguva pfupi pamberi pezvi. Townsend akava mukuru weCombined Joint Task Force CJTF Operation Inherent Resolve OIR musi wa21 Nyamavhuvhu 2016, achitsiva Lieutenant General Sean MacFarland. Muchiitiko ichi akatungamira mauto eUS sezvavakapinda muhondo yemhepo yakatsigirwa nemauto akasarudzika uye mashoma ekutumirwa kweMarine pamwe nekutsigirwa kwezvinhu uye ruzivo rwekusimbisa mauto epasi kurwisa Islamic State yeIraq neLevant ISIL. Kurwisa kwendege kweU.S. kwakauraya makumi ezviuru zvavarwi veISIL uye kwakakonzera kurasikirwa kukuru munharaunda yavo. Pasi paTownsend, mubatanidzwa weCJTF-OIR pamwe nevabatsiri kubva kuSyria Democratic Forces, maIraqi Security Forces, uye Hurumende yeLibya yeNational Accord yakatanga kurwisa kwakabudirira panguva imwechete kurwisa misoro yeISIL muSyria, Iraq, neLibya zvichiteerana: Raqqa mushandirapamwe 2016 2017, Hondo yeMosul 2016 2017, uye Hondo yeSirte 2016. Pakupera kwa2017 ISIL yakanga isisina nzvimbo muIraq kana Libya, yakanga iine nzvimbo shoma muSyria, uye yakanga yava pasi pevarwi zviuru gumi. Paramende yeIraq yakazivisa muna Zvita 2017 kuti ISIL yakanga yaparadzwa kubva kuIraq, kunyangwe hazvo zviitiko zvevapanduki veISIL zvakaramba zvichienderera. 