 Operation Observant Compass (OOC) was a United States Department of Defense operation initially focused on apprehending Joseph Kony and ending the Lord's Resistance Army in Central Africa.It was overseen by United States Africa Command.NBC News wrote in March 2017 that "The area of operations is the size of California, with about 80 military personnel and several dozen support personnel tasked with finding around 150 fighters with Kony's Lord's Resistance Army, operating across portions of four countries in some of the world's most inaccessible terrain.