Dee ihe na-esote paragraf a - Na July 1999, e kenyere Jacoby ọrụ dị ka onye nduzi maka ọgụgụ isi (J2) na Joint Staff. Oge ya bidoro site n'ịduzi ọrụ ọgụgụ isi iji nyochaa ọrụ na Balkans na Kosovo. Ọrụ Northern na Southern Watch gara n'ihu na-eme ka mpaghara No-Fly na mgbochi megide Iraq. Na mgbakwunye, ụgbọelu US Navy EP-3 nke ndị China jidere n'agwaetiti Hainan mgbe ya na onye agha China na-agbagha n'oge ọrụ na South China Sea na mwakpo nke USS "Cole"
mere n'Aden, Yemen. Ihe omume nke ikpeazụ a kpaliri mgbanwe dị mkpa na usoro nyocha nke iyi ọha egwu na nkwado maka ndị ọrụ na-arụ ọrụ nke gosipụtara na Joint Intelligence Task Force, Combating Terrorism (JITF-CT) na-arụ ọrụ n'okpuru nduzi nke Joint Staff J-2 dị ka akụkụ nke Defense Intelligence Agency. Jacoby nọ na-akwado mmụba ego maka JITF-CT n'ehihie nke Septemba 10, 2001 na ndị isi ọrụ na House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence. Ọ nọ na Pentagon mgbe a wakporo ya na September 11, 2001. O duziri nguzo nke JITF-CT, na-arụsi ọrụ ike na atụmatụ ọgụgụ isi maka Agha Global na Iyi ọha egwu na ọrụ agha na Afghanistan, lekọtara ọrụ J-2 n'oge mmalite nke ọgụ ọgụ na Afghanistan ma bụrụ ihe dị mkpa n'ịzụlite na ịgbachitere echiche arụmọrụ a na-akpọ "2 Plus 7" nke ghọrọ ebe etiti maka ọrụ US iji mebie nzukọ Al-Qaeda ma wakpo ndị isi ya na atụmatụ ya. Mgbalị ahụ lekwasịrị anya n'ịrụ ọrụ megide ndị isi abụọ na ndị isi asaa na-eme atụmatụ. Ihe si na ya pụta bụ ndakpọ nke ikike nke nzukọ ahụ. Jacoby mechiri otu afọ ya dị ka Joint Staff J-2 na July 2002.